The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-19
VOTE WILL NOT
BE UNANIMOUS
miners Want to Be Assured Of
Getting Work.
MORGAN WAS REASONABLE
PRESIDENT MITCHELL SETS THE
FINANCIAL MAeNATE RIGHT.

HfILKEsBARRE. Pa. Oct. IS
w What II probably the last fun
week of the anthracite coal
strike closed today without anything
developing TO change the peaceful
trend OF events. IL was a quiet day
az headquarters and q busy one in
the district and sub-district head
quarters throughout the entire coal
fields, on account of the election OF
delegates 10 Mondays convention. All
the locals" must have met and
selected their representatives TO the
MllkeSbarre gathering. There seems
TO be little doubt that the convention
viii accept the offer OF arbitration.
Reports have been received here. COM
ing principally from the region around
Scranton, that there viii be much OPP
position 20 the acceptance OF the plan,
but these reports are not taken seri-
ously al President Mitchell's headquar-
ters- There VIII be opposition IN the
convention, but II is expected 10 dis
appear after Mr.. Mitchell explains the
proposition To the delegates.
Probably the most difficult question
which viii come before the convention
Is the one relative TO strikers securing
their old places The companies are
on record as saying they will take
care OF all the employees who have stood
by them during the strike. Many or
the miners want the convention TO
withhold acceptance of the arbitration
plan until the union Is assured that
the strikers viii be employed Ia their
former places. This will likely cause
a long debate. but the officials Of the
union say the matter will be fixed up
satisfactorily 10 all concerned.
Morgan Was Reasonable.
President Mitchell was asked tonight
what he knew of the report cabled to
the Manchester Guardian from New
York that J. P. Morgan was forced to
intervene in the coal strike, and in re-
ply he said:
ITO my personal knowledge Mr.. Nor
gan has been trying 10 settle the coal
strike ever since he came back from
Europe two months ago. II others had
been as fair and reasonable as Mr..
Morgan was. the strike would have
been settled long time ago. | know
nothing about Mr.. Morgan's financial
interests compelling him to seek a set
Element OF the strike. but | am In
formed that he has keenly felt his re-
sponslbility 20 the public In connection
with the coal famine and has done his
best TO bring about the end. Both Mr..
Morgan and Mr.. Cassatt of the Penn
sylvanla Railroad were working for
a settlement when President Roosevelt
made his last and successful move.
MIR. Morgan could not very well be
forced to do something which he had
been trying TO accomplish for several
weeks. ! make this statement in JUS
tice 10 Mr.. Morgan. We have had no
quarre! with him, and We wish none.
We do not fear him, but prefer his
friendship II ne Is willing TO give II
10 US. / am creditably informed that
he Is friendly 20 organized labor. AS
IA organizer OF capital he comedies
the right OF labor to organize also.
and when labor organizations are fair
and conservative he believes in deal
ing directly with them for the adj
vantage OF both employer and emplOye.
II Is this relationship which the Unit
cd Mine Workers seek i'm the anthracite
field. and we invite Mr.. Morgan 10 CO.
operate with US In securing perma-
nent and scientific solution of the la
Dor problem in this region
Accident at Mount Lookout.
The shaft on the Mount Lookout col
ilery OF the Temple Coal a. Iron COM
pany at Wyoming was wrecked today
by one Of the locomotives used for
hauling cars containing culm. The en-
gineer left the locomotive for a mo-
ment and it suddenly started and ran
full speed 200 yards 10 the shaft and
plunged down, landing go feet below
the surface at the Rash vein Fortu-
nateiy the boiler did not explode, but
the big machine in its fall tore out
the lining OF the shafe and did other
damage that viii cause a suspension
for a week or more. A few seconds
before the accident a cage holding ten
men was lowered down the shaft. and
they had just stepped OF at the bot
tom when the locomotive plunged
down.
II Is probable that the homeward
movement of the 10000 soldiers in the
field VIII begin about the middle Of
next week. IL is costing the state more
than $50. 900 day to keep the national
svuaFd In the field