The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-07

NAN4A NSAdSiAl IhOb5tFGll lOQdJ anu lCIL Washington very soon afterwards.
 MT. Sargent indicated that the inter- view concerned the coal strike, but he would not discuss the matter From the fact that he always has been influential with labor organizations it is generally believed that he Is entrusted with a mes- sage to President Mitchell of the miners union. It is also said that MT. Sargent is to meet MT. Mitchell in Philadelphia and deliver the message of the President urg- Ing that the miners end the strike in the interest of the public.
 
 in sympathy with you and all good citi- zens favor your cause
 Do not fail to have resolutions drafted in plain, temperate language, telegraph them at our expense to President Mitch els headquarters immediately on the adjournment of meetings.
 (Signed) JOHN MITCHELL, President United Mine Workers of
 ''T. N NICHOLS,
 ''President District No. 1.
 THOMAS DUFFY,
 "Presdent District No. z.
 JOI1N fAf1b1s
 President District No. 9.T
 Stone's Act Causes Sensation.
 The news of the calling out of the en- tire state guard caused a mild sensation among those gathered at strike head quarters, but apparently the least per turbed were President Mitchell and the three district presidents. There was a crowd in the lobby of the Hart hotel, and as soon as the miners chief came down the stairs with his travelling bag in hand he was asked for an expression on the action of Governor Stone. He at first declined, but moment later as he pushed his way through the throng he exclaimed: "If they call all the troops out In the United States 1t wont make the men go to work
 President Nicholl said: Nothing has arisen to warrant the calling out of more troops but if they are not used for any unlawful purpose their presence in the coal fields cannot do us any harm"
 District President Duffy remarked that "the troops are not needed. I protested to Governor Stone when they were first ordered into my district, and l am still of the same mind.'
 President Fahay said: 'T do not see the necessity for calling out more troops unless 1t be that of bolstering up the operators side of the struggle"
 The news of the call for all of the troops was received so late that no opin- , ions could be had from any of the of ficials of the coal companies living in this vicinity.
 President Mitchell, accompanied by the three district presidents, left for Buffalo at Il :35 D. m. over the Lehigh Valley railroad There they will meet commit tee of the national association of man ufacturers who wish to devise some plan for bringing the great struggle to an end
 One Soldier for Two Miners.
 Scranton. Pa October 6.-With the whole division of the national guard in the field there will be twenty-three sol diers for each of the 430 mining opera tions and little more than one for every two men now at work about the mines. There is no settled opinion here as to what effect the calling out of the whole guard will have. The operators have claimed all along that 1t would break the strike by inducing to return to the mines thousands of men who they claim are only deterred now from doing so by Tear of violence The strike leaders have been saving the calling out of the third brigade had no tendency to break the strike. but on the other hand that it has had the effect of deterring men from re- turning to work.
 Another Solution.
 New York October 6.-At a meeting of citizens interested in the solution of the coal question held today at the residence of Andrew H. Green, a committee con- sisting of Andrew H. Green. Bourke Cochran, Roger A. Pryor, the Rev Leighton Williams and Rabbi Gottheil was appointed to arrange at the earliest date for a mass meeting to be held in the largest hall obtainable in this city.
 Attracting Attention In Germany. Berlin, October 6.-The coal strike in the United States is attracting more and more attention here. The newspapers print rather full accounts of the confer ences at Washington The press takes sides with the miners and censures the operators for their unyielding attitude. The Frankfurte Zeitung, regarded as the best financial authority in Germany, to- day devotes a leading editorial to the strike. It alludes to the spirit of the op- orators as "lunacy of fancied greatness, I" and adds:
 When the coal combination sees 1t is able to throw 70,0OO,0O0 of people into anx- iety and need remain beyond reach, 1t will naturally get the idea that 1t holds possession by the grace of God, like the potentates of old Europe"
 This paper also alludes to the probable effect on the continent of the withdrawal of English coal for the United states. and says it is likely England will draw from the continent the deficit caused by the shipments to the United States, and concludes:
 Hence, if the strike continue, the price of coal will rise on the continent"
 Men Had Shotguns.
 Mt Carmel Pa., October 6.-While a company of the Fourth regiment infantry was patrolling the Lehigh Coal compa- ny's eolliery early this morning three men armed with shotguns were discov- cred behind a log close to the engine house They were made prisoners. One told Col McNeil of the Fourth regiment they were hunting for birds. The men were released later. About midnight a crowd of unknown men hurled rocks at the soldiers camp. Sentries fired in the direction of the place the rocks came from. Part of the regiment searched the woods but found no one. Col. McNeil says the troops shot to kill, as he will not allow his men to be made targets. No new mine was started up this morn ing.
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