Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-04

contending for the right of the Amer
lean citizen to work without regard 10
creed. nationality. or association. 10
seek to prevent this is crime and we can
not by Implication sanction such q
course.
Statement of Mr. John Markle, the
independent coal mine operator
Mr. Marke takes much the same po-
stion MS the other coal presidents; tut
ly endorses the remarks of President
Roosevelt as an American citizen ana
adds:
II now ask YOU to perform the du-.
ties vested in you as president OF these
United States: to at once squelcn lhe
.anarchistic condition of affairs exist
ing in the anthracite coal regions by the
strong arm of military at your com
mand record of twenty-one muir
ders long list of brutal Assaults,
houses and bridges dynamited. dallS
acts of violence now taking place, ana
several washeries burned down, are
actual evidences of this condition OF
existing there. Are you
asking us to deal With a set of out
laws? l can hardly conceive OF sucn
a thought. The respectable citizens OF
these United States will insist upon tne
officers in power giving to the citlzehs
Of Pennsylvania law and order. ana the
right to work If they so desire
MIR. President, represent the fndi-
viiual coal operators and in add11lon
thereto we represent, far better than
Mr.. Mitchell does, a majority OF the
anthracite coal workers, including some
II 900 men, who are now working. en-
deavoring against great odds to relieve
the public of the possibilities of coal
famine, in making this appeal to you.
Mr.. Mitchell's organization is small
minority of the total number of work
ers in the anthracite coal field and ne
is holding large majority by intimi-
dation, coercion and attempts at bodily
harm. If you desire anthracite coal
to be placed in the market quickly,
take the necessary steps at once ana
put the federal troops in the field. and
give to those desiring to work proper
protection.
MIR. President, a condition exists, not
a theory. in the anthracite coal fields
between a set of professional agitators
and their co-workers on the one side
(anarchistic in these acts) andt oper-
ators and majority of the working
men on the other, who are 3endeavoring
to relieve the seriousness of the an
thracite coal situation. You. Mr.. Pres
'ident. can relieve the situation at once
Will you do IT?
TruesdaIe Wants injunction.
Mr.. w. II. Truesdale, president of the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railway company, said that:
Realizing fully the gravity OF the
situation as stated by you and appre-
ciating the burden of responsibility
which this situation imposes upon us,
we feel that our duty at, this time, hay
ing in mind all existing conditions, is
so plain and Straightforward that we
can not possibly mistake it. AS citiZen.
of this country, as trustees of vast
and important interests committed to
our care by the thousands and tens
of thousands of security holders whose
savings or legacies are invested in
these properties; as men who have
committed to them the interests Of as
loyal. true, faithful citizens, and en-
ploNes as ever marched to victory in
support of right and freedom under the
flag of this or any other country, but
who With their families are today out
casts, hunted, bounded and driven al
most to despair and desperation simply
because they seek to exercise their
plain, simple, right and duty of work
ing at their chosen avocation, or as in
many cases of protecting and saving
from destruction by fire, flood or dy-
Mantle the properties of other citizens,
their employers ysso are only endeavor-
ing lawfully ano8peacefully to main
tain possession Of, protect and oper-
ate their properties. 1t is first and
foremost our duty, and we take this oc-
casion to state it, and press it upon
your consideration and thru you upon
that of the authorities of the state of
Pennsylvania, to insist upon it that the
existing conditions of anarchy and law
leSsneSs, of riot and rapine, cOndi-
ton which has been raging with more
or less violence turnout the anthracite
regions during the past five months,
be Immediately and permanently sup
pressed. That to this end we ask that
the entire authority and power of the
state Of Pennsylvania, civil and mill
tary, and needs be, that of the Uni
ted States government as we'll, be ex-
ercised for Herewith"
Secondly, Mr.. Truesdale demanded
that the civil branch Of the United
States government
AT once institute proceeding against
the Illegal organization known as the
United Mine Workers association, it's
we'll known officers, agents and mem
bers, to enjoin and restrain permanent
ly it. and them from continuing this or
ganization, and requiring them to de-
sist Immediately from conspiring, con-
niving, aiding or abetting the o,1tlawry
and intolerable conditions in the an
thracite regions for which they, and
they alone, are responsible"
MIR. Truesdale added that the coal
presidents are advised by their counsel
that such civil action will lie on the
part Of the United States government,
as it is well known that United States
statutes are daily being openly and
grossly violated He adds:
Can it be expected that those who
are now daily fragrant violators of the
laws, state and national, who have no
respect or good morals will be bound
by the decision of any commission
or body of men which has no power
or authority to compel compliance
herewith? We know they will not
be-
Mr.. Fowler, president of the New
York, Ontario & Western road, concur
red in the statement of the others, but
added that he would present fuller
statement next week
Mitchell Replies.
The president asked Mr. Mitchell if