The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-04
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
THE MINERS and THE OPERATORS VIEWED.

THE MINERS and THE OPERATORS VIEWED
THE EXTRAORDINARY BRUTA CHRISTIAN GEN
T1EMAN" GEORGE F. BAER AT THE CONFERENCE CALLED BY
THE PRESIDENT STATES YESTERDAY 1T is HARD
CHARACTERIZE
THE BEST WAY PERHAPS TO ATTENTION AND
THE 1NsoLENcE HE REPRESENTS is TO CALL AT
TENToN TO THE PROPOSAL OF MITCHELL" The PRESIDENT 0r
THE MINE
THIS NEWSPAPER WHAT MITCH
1rnAsTpE WELL WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ASK YOURSELF
IS THE FINER GENTLEMAN PUBIcsPRITED CIT
IzEN THE PERSON GREAT DELBERATIoN INsULTED
HIS FELLOW GUEST IN THE PRESIDENTS CoNsERv
ATvE THOUGHTFUL WHO APPROACHED GREAT QUESTION
MODERATION.
WE THINK THE MILLIONAIRE PRESIDENT OF THE READING
RAILROAD COMPANY PRESENTED MITCHELL, THE PREs
DENT THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WITH
OF THE OCCASION THE WORKMAN LEADER
WAS COMMENSURATE
Now WHAT WILL COME? WE NOW KNOW
NOT PRODUCED WE KNOW THAT THE
MINERS ON STRIKE HAVE GRIEVANCES
WHICH OUGHT AND THAT IN THEIR OFFER TO
SUBMIT THEMSELVES CLEARLY IN
THE RIGHT, OPERATORS IN DECLINING TO AGREE
THEMSELVES AS CLEARLY IN THE WRONG
THE COAL. MINES OF PENNSYLVANIA
YEARS OPERATED IN OPEN AND FIAGRANT VIo
DEFIANT INsoLENcE OF THE BARoNs IN
RESPONDING REQUEST YESTERDAY OUGHT
TO CONVINCE PERSON THAT THE MEN WHO
CONTROL THESE MINES ARE ARoGANl GREEDY AND hEASA
nGNG BY THE STATEMENTS OF MR. BAER AND JOHN MITCH
ELL YESTERDAY REPRESENTATIVES RESPECTIVELY OF THE
STRIKING MINERS OPERATORS UNLESS
WISER COUNSEL PREVAILS, NO PROSPECT voLUN
TARY SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE PAR
DEPLoRABLE AND DISASTROUS CONTROVERSY THE
SITUATION, VIEWPOINT OF THE PUBLIC IS APPALLING
ANTHRACITE SUCH AS IS IMPORTED IN SMALL
BRITAIN HAS ALMOST CEASED TO BE
PURCHAsABLE COMMODITY AT ANY PRICE THE COST or BTU
MINoUs STEADILY INCREASING THE FROSTY
AUTUMN WEATHER. WILL BE INDISPENSABLE TO
HEALTH COMFORT, HERE.
THAT THE MINERS HAVE BEEN AND
TO ABIDE BY THE DECISION OF ANY FAIR
COMPETENT ARBITRATOR OR ARBrRAToRs He
THAT PUBLIC SENTIMENT WILL BE AGAINST
THE MINERS FOR HE SAYS THE READINESS OF THE MINERS TO
PUBLIC FEELING FROM CENsURING US
IN REFUSING TO SURRENDER" MR. MITCHELL ALLEGES THAT
THE RIoToUs MINERS HAVE
AGGERATED; COAL AND IRON POLICE EMPLOYED BY
THE OPERATORS LARGE MEASURE RESPONSIBLE FOR
A
CONSIDERABLE THE STRIKERS WOULD RETURN
TO WORK IF THEY WERE PROTECTED FROM THE
MINES" SAYS OPERATED EXCEPT BY CERTIFI
ARE THE cBRTIFCATED MNTERs AND NOT
WEAKENED" LEADER OF THE MINERS De
STATEMENT OPERATORS THAT LARGE GUAM
Titles MINED, ASSERTS THAT THE MINE OWN
ERs CAN NOT GIVE "oCcULAR EVIDENCE OF THE TRUTH oF
MR. BAER THE PRESIDENT OF THE READING RAILROAD COM
PANY, AND PERHAPS THE LARGEST OPERATOR OF COAL IN PENN
sYLvANIA ASSERTS THAT QUESTION
ARBITRATION BETWEEN SUCH AN ORGAN
IzATIoN REPRESENTED MITCHELL AND THE oP
ERATORs-RREsPoNsIBIITY SIDE AND RESPONSE
Billy ON THE OTHER" HE ALLEGES THAT CONTRARY TO MR.
ASSERTION. is NOT AS GOOD AS
BOND" PRESIDENT OF THE NINE WORK
IN FINE THE coNTET1oN OF THE IS THAT
ORGANIZATION HEAD CAN
DESPITE ITS
PLEDGE TO ABIDE FAITHFULLY BY THE DECISION OF FAIR
D1sINTEREsTED ARBITRAToRs' LEADER OF
CONTENTION
Ed THAT 1T is BEGGING THE QUESTION AS THE OPERATORS
NOT TRIED ARBITRATION AND DO WHAT MIGHT
FOLLOW OPERATORS RETORT THAT THEY JUSTIFIED
WHILE CoNCEDING NINE OWNERS CERTAIN
ARBITRATION
REMEDY FOR CONDITIONS PREVAILING
sYLvANIA COAL FIELDS THE MERE CHARGE
IN
DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE REFUSING ARB-
ON
STATUTE BOOK OF PENNSYLVANIA PROHIBIT RAIL-
ROADS FROM ENGAGING IN COAL MINING. WERE
ENACTED PROTECTION LONG AS
EFFECT CORPORATIONS RAIL
ROAD BUSINESS COAL
CONFORNED THIS STAT
UTE AND KEPT FAITH WITH THE PUBLIC? A
THE FEDERAL STATUTE BOOK PROHIBITING
RESTRAINT TRADE" ETCHAS
PEOPLE? TT