The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-21

should recommend a return OF our peo-
pie 10 their old positions. and If the
coal companies fail TO give our men
their old places. If they fail 20 treat
them honorably. we shall carry the
question 10 the tribunal named by the
president and ask that tribunal 10 de-
eide that we are entitled TO the work
we left when we went on strike.
No Assurances.
''Now. gentlemen. those are my views.
have no assurance that If you return
10 work on Wednesday all of you viii
be given back your old places. l do
believe. however. that the coal oper-
ators will gradually displace the men
who have your jobs and give you your
old places again. | dare say that hun
dreds of the men who were brought
here from the cities and from the
farms 10 take your places. Will return
TO the cities and farms when you go
back. / have no doubt at all that be-
fore two or three weeks have rolled by
there will be no question about the re-
instatement of the men. However, re-
member this, that when your votes are
cast / want you 10 cast them with the
fun knowledge that some of you may
not get your old places back. l dare
say the companies are as anxious to
have competent engineers, hremen.
pumpmen and inspectors as you are to
I'll those places. and You know that the
men they brought here 10 take your
places are not competent to run the
hosting engines; that the firemen they
have brought here have not been sue
cessfuI, and while the companies VIII
not go out before the public and say
they will sacrifice the men who stood
them, as they call II, they will in most
cases be glad to have their old and
competent workmen back"
His remarks were greeted with ap-
plause Another delegate made a
speech against ending the strike With
out definite assurance of reinstate-
ment, and Mr.. Mitchell was again
called upon for an explanation OF the
status of the arbitration plan as 1t
now stands. In response to this re-
quest, he said:
1--WE have not adopted their PROPOSE
ton as they made il, and the PROPOSE
ton would never, with my consent,
have been adopted as they made II.
When the coal companies sought 10
practically name the arbitrator we
objected and secured a modification or
their proposal That modification en-
abled the president to select men out
side of the classes suggested by the
operators. Organized labor is repre-
scented on the commission. / do not,
however, assume that either the cap
italists or the trade unionists who are
on the commission Will permit their
special interests to influence their
judgment in making their decisions;
but organized labor is on that commits
sion, and IL is there because the pres
ident of the United States wanted il
there, and because we would not agree
10 the proposition unless il was there"
Then the delegates again took up the
debate. Many of the delegates spoke
with great earnestness. Three of them
were willing to return to work and
trust to the union to do justice to
them. Another was willing to leave
the whole matter in the hands of Pres
ident Roosevelt's commission, and an
other said:
If I cannot get my job back can
look for another one. Therefore. let
us so TO work and give the American
people some COAL"
Committee on Resolutions.
The sentiment of the last speaker
was loudly applauded. After further
debate on both sides of the question it
was decided to let the question go over
until tomorrow morning. A committee
on resolutions was then appointed and
at 5:lS the committee adjourned until
10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The
committee includes President Mitchell,
Secretary Wilson and District Presi-
dents Nichols. Duffy and Fahey.
The committee met tonight and out
lined set OF resolutions to be pre-
scented to the convention tomorrow.
Nothing official was given out as to
what they will contain. 1t is probable
that they viii recommend the accept
ance of the arbitration plan, that all
grievances be submitted 10 the COM
mission appointed by President Roose-
welt; that all men who shall not find
Immediate employment shall be taken
care OF by the union until they Eet
position. and that organized labor
throughout the world and other organ
izations and individuals be thanked
tor the assistance given the mine
workers during their SfrueaIa