The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-04

/ United States whom ] represent seem To
4 feel that they have a right TO ask this OF
/ YOU and / VIII assure you that aHthra-
cite coal will be rapidly PLACED in the
/ market 10 relieve the seriousness Of the
situation.
Condition Not Theory,
please remember. Mr.. President, that
there is a large idle class Of men now IN
the anthracite fields. doing every kind
/ OF unlawful act 10 prevent those who de-
sire to work 10 relieve the situation IN
the anthracite coal market Please re-
! member that in the field now are only
| 5000 national guards; please remember
that the total national guard OF the state
OF Pennsylvania is only about 1000 Mr..
President, condition exists, not a the
DRY, In the anthracite coal fields, between
| a set Of professional agitators and their
! cO-WOrkers on the one side tanarchistie
tn their acts and the operators and
majority OF the wOrkngmen on the other,
| who are endeavoring TO relieve the seri-
| BUSINESS OF the anthracite coal situation.
| You, Mr.. President, 1 believe can relieve
the situation at once. WIN you do it?''
Mr. Truesdale's Statement.
Statement OF w H. Truesdale. presi-
dent OF the Delaware. LaekaWanna &
| Western railroad:
mfr. President-Re Representing the inter-
ests of the Delaware. Lackawanna &
| Western Railroad company, its board OF
directors and its stockholders, permit me
| TO say lnAts fcdALlIk Iulil the EfAN4AN
or the situation as stated by you, and
/ approaching the burden OF responsibility
which this situation imposes upon us, We
feel that our duty at this time, having
IA mind all existing conditions, Is so plain
! and straightforward that We cannot pos
sihiy mistake IT, AS citizens OF this coun-
try. as trustees OF vast ana important in
terests committed to our care by the
thousands and tens of thousands OF Sc
cuTity holders, whose savings or iegacies
lare invested in these properties; as men
who have committed to them the inter
/ ests OF thousands Of as loyal, true, faith
tul citizens and employees as ever marched
/ 10 victory IN support OF Tignt and freedom
/ under the flag OF this or any other COUP
try, but who, with their families, are to-
day outcasts, hunted, bounded and drlV-
en- almost 10 despair and desperation,
simply because they seek 10 exercise their
plain. simple right and duty OF working.
at their chosen avOcation, or, as in many
cases, OF protecting and saving from de-
properties OF other citizens, their en-
ployerd. who are only endeavoring TO
lawfully and peacefully maintain posses
sion of, protect and operate their prop
critics.
'-Ihis duty is so Enthusiastically plain
that he who runs NAV read. IL is first
and foremost our duty. and we take this
occasion TO state IL and press II uDOn
your consideration. and through you upon
| The authorities of the state OF FennSyI-
Vanla. TO insist uDOn IL that the existing
| conditions OF anarchy and lawlessness,
OF riot and raDtne. a condition which has
throughOut the anthracite regions during
the past five months. be Immediately and
| permanently suppressed.
ITO this end we ask that the entire au-
thoritv, and power OF the state Of Penn
sylVania. civil and military, and II needs
be. that OF the United States government
as well. be exercised forthwith.
Second. We ask that the civil branch
of the United States government, taking
I COgniZdnce OF and following the decisions
of its courts rendered In litigation grow
ing out OF previous similar conditions. at
once institute proceedings against the lie
gal organization known as the United
Nine Workers association, its well
known officers. agents and members. to
enioin and restrain permanently IL and
them from continuing this organization,
requiring them to desist Immediately from
conspirlng al or aDetting the OutlaWry
and intOlerabie conditions In the anthra-
cite regions for which they. and they
alone. are responsible.
Injunction Wanted.
1--WE are advised bv our counsel that
such civil action viii be uDon the United
States government as IL Is well known
that United States statutes are being
openly and grossly violated; that pre-
Yious decisions of the courts Justify fully
such action being taken at this time, and
that ample remedy can be given lmme-
diatelY and effectively for existing con-
] ditiOns. We feel it our duty. Mr.. Presi-
dent. TO at this time urge that the pro-
! lection OF the laws of the United States
be forthwith given our property and our
/ employees, as suggested above. Can II
| be expected that those who are now udly
fragrant violators OF the law, state and
national. who have no respect for the
rights or persons, property or good NOR
ais. will be bound by the decision OF any
commission or BODY OF men which has
| No yVa fnnrtfW pDmnel COM
Dliance Herewith? We know they VIII
not be.
Third. then. Mr. President, there is a
| great, a pressing duty imposed upon US
II this time TO the thousands of true,
/ loval citizens OF Pennsylvania who nave
been lawfully pursuing their various avo-
cations or professions under great dlIfi-
| cultieS. and who. with great sacriilce'
have been abused. Viiified. bo<cOtted,
and. in manV cases. almost ruined De-
cause they had the manhood TO raise their
I voices against the Illegal acts and Vio-
lences Of this Illegal organization ana aus
officers and agents No step can be
taken bV us. Mr. President. which can
possibly result in placing these good clt-
Zens of PENNSYLVANIA at the further mer~
CIV of this Illegal organiZauon. us otticers
] I'd members. Think of il. Mr. President.
physicians have been threatened and boy
! cOtted because theV saw fit TO minister
to the diving child of some poor worker
because he was exercising MS God-glVen
|
| vide for the wants OF his dying child.
Members OF the clergy have been threat
ened likewise for performing the oIficeS
of the dead TO the members OF family
| OF non union worker. The conditions
there are simply indescribable. and Il Is
hard 10 believe that thew can possibly
exist To the extent that they have any
where in this free country.
Union Men Are Young.
Fourth, another duty. Mr.. President,
and we regard il as the most supreme.
/ One-siNth OF the membership OF this IL
legal organization is composed of young
men and boys between the ages OF 1t
and 90. the future citizens and lawmakers
OF the great state OF Pennsylvania. These
! young men and boys, during the past
two Years, have had their young. imma-
J tuFe minds poisoned with the most dan
! gerOus anarchistic, distorted, wicked
views apd errors concerning the rights
of citizenship and property that anyone
can pOssibiy conceive OF, all through the
teachings and practices OF the OFFICERS.
I organizers and apostles or the United
Mine Workers association. Mr. Presi-
dent no adjustment OF this matter can
be thought of which by any possibility
can result in further Strengthening and
fixing in the minds of this youthful ele-
ment in the anthracite coal fields the
belief that the teachings OF the organlza-
ton and its officers, with their acts and
dOings in support thereof. constitute the
! ethics and objects of American citizen
ship frequently referred 10 during the
past weeks IN prOclamations issued on
behalf of the illegal organization. The
consequences that may result 20 the COM
ing generation in the anthracite coal re-
gi0ns as the result OF existing conditions
there are fraught with the gravest dan
gers 20 the stability and perpetuity OF
this country and its Institutions
No Compromise
Fifth and finally, Mr.. President, as a
plain citizen OF these United States. look
ing at the whole question broadly and
I win reference To its possible effect on
our future welfare and prosperity. think
It my bOunden duty TO resist and combat
with every power and faculty, both
physical and mental. the avowed ana