Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-22
MINERS
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ADDRESS
THE PEOPLE
Makes Statement of Penn
sylvania Strike Situation
to Citizens.
MITCHELL is PLEASED
MITCHELL is PLEASED
Workers Declare Loyalty to Con-
tracts and Arbitration Right.
In JUSTIFICATION OF THE STRIKE
President Mitchell win Make No
Statement in Regard to Details Of
the Continued campaisn-Point to
Joint Convention System with Pride.

the Continued campaisn-Point to
Joint Convention System with Pride.
Indianapolis, July 21.-The address
to the American people, provided for
in the report of the committee to the
convention of the delegates from the
United Mine Worksrs of America and
adopted at the meeting of the conyen-
ton Saturday afternoon, has been is.
sued. 1t shows the line of action that
has been decided upon in the fight of
the anthracite miners in Pennsylvania
1t gives in clear and decisive terms
the reasons for the strike among the
miners In the anthracite district. 1t
shows what has been accomplished
In the bituminCus districts where the
miners have had contracts with the
ioperators for several years and points
with pride to the fact that during this
time the miners have lived Up to their
agreements. This address clescs with
an appeal to the American peonlc for
assistance to carry or the strife in the
east until their requests arc granted
| or competent board of 1s'bi! ration
makes it plain that they ere il the
wrong.
Mitchell Pleased.
President Mitchell is well pleased
with the result Of the convention and
it is stated that he will return to the
anthracite field as soon as he has clos
led up some of the businers. in conaee-
ition with the convention in Tndianano-
I lis. Concerning the details of the carl-
'Epaign that will be waged by tho ifpian
iin the fight in the east Praeide,st lit
Echell will make no statement. He has
tsaid concerning the situation:
Il The great thing is to be able to go
before the operators with the United
Mine Workers of America behind me
las q unit and with message from
this convention that we shaH and viii
3lleep every agreement made either.
with them o. with Others Then when
II can add the assurance to them
so that thev will know it is true that
iupion labor evaTvwlere is with US, the
/ fight will 10 half won =,
Address TO Pgb'ic.
The an1eal sent forth by tie miners
4 is as follows:
.'we. The renro-e~tqs.-,os = tao 47,.t-
4 ed Mine Wc-'-9r~ Qf h-net;ea. in ro7-
4 ven}ioa acrerbta1 f,''r am ocia,;-g
tDG SrSG fetz1 " = W. So 10 fs'i"
I constituents cnf ~ ,-aeA r~-7,-,,,-:Sy
Of which W. arr 49, i, ~, +asc,
for the infcrr,ot:c,, cf nlf -r%a Tvs -
know. the li"e of ro+.n, ~ "1'-a f'n.
iternined to pureun il ihe nrees:,t cfis-
lis in our affeirs a~a tse 7eaen.e tfat
have imp2Ilel rs to thia Aarisfo-'
4 CAS- miners Of coal we Tie. witf the
exalted pride Of the narept tn 'rc.-
a.
l4last ffteen decades. with I'll the at-
!; tending iafinerces upon tha eiv.liTa.
) ticn of tho pres ont w''feh it has no
duccd. We SEQ tho r7i~f,fv aagtaes
furrisnima tha r,ot;vn no-raa in orr
mills ard factories rednci'F 10 q 77iai-
mum the lahG" cost cf ir7su>,nrahl. c--
motive a'n,ost taing of life. haviny.
its mulfituGa Of cars filled with the
Epr odrcts OF all nations speeding to all
portions of our conntry, malltne the
farmer Of The west almost naighhor
I to the mill hand OF the east
Pride in I-ahor's Fruits.
.,Wo see the GREAT farrae as and roll
4 ing mills hripGing forth all fcsms Of
! constructive iron and steel used in our
magnificent modern structures. We
see the sturdy steamships carry;ng the
surplus products of our labor with
speed and safety to all the neighboring
nations of the earth returning to oGr
shores laden with the finest wares
: which other people in other climes
have produced.
s'And when we see these things we
: feel proud of the fact that our labor,
; delving in the damp and dangerous
caverns of the mines. has produced the
: coal that has made such wonders pos
sible. and laid the formation for most
! of the wealth the world has today.
:. But when we look upon the enov-
nous fortunes that our labor has made
possible with the innumerablc com
J. forts and luxuries that it brings to The
. people at large and then examine the
| paltry pittance we receive as wages
:. for the labor we have to perform, the
. dangers We undergo, the dampness we
{ must endure the foul air we must
breathe. and the peculiar rheumatic
:, and lung troubles superinduced by
: these conditions which we must bear,
we naturally feel that we are being
unjustly dealt with in the same
amount of this worlds goods which we
q receive in return for so much labor ana
a so many sacrifices.
Effect of Combines.
/ ''The great combinations of capital
!, which control the coal industry have
4 become so powerful that no miner can
9 lhope, through his individual efforts, to
4 secure a just share of the wealth
n.