Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-09

100000 mine workers whom we have
the honor to represent, We have after
most careful consideration and with
the hope of relieving the situation
and averting the sufferings and hard
ships which would inevitably follow
in the wake of a coal famine, decided
to propose the resumption of coal
suggested:
Before doing so, Mr.. President, we
desire to say we are not prompted to
suggest this course because of any
doubts of the justice of our claims
We are prompted by no fear on our
part of our ability to continue the
contest to a successful issue, thanks
to the generous assistance rendered
us by our fellow workers in this and
other lands; thanks to the justice
loving American public whose SYM
pathies are always on the side of
right, we are able to continue the
struggle indefinitely. But, confident
of our ability to demonstrate to any
impartial tribunal, the equity of our
demands for higher wages and i'm
proved environment we propose that
the issues eliminating in this strike
shall be referred to you and a tribunal
of your own selection, and agree to
accept your award upon all or any of
the questions involved. If you will
accept this responsibility and the rep
resentatives of the coal operators will
| signify their willingness to have your
decision incorporated in an agree
ment for not less than one year or
more than five years, as may be mu-
tually determined between themselves
and anthracite coal mine workers, and
will pay the scale of wages which you
and the tribunal appointed by you
shall award we will Immediately call
convention and recommend the re-
sumption of work, upon the under
standing that the wages which shall
be paid are to so in effect from the
day upon which work is resumed"
Mr.. Thomas Views.
Mr.. Thomas statement recites acts
of lawlessness in the coal region and
asks if Pennsylvania is unable to sup
press them that the power of the fed
eral government shall be exerted to
afford full protection to the employees
not only while at work but to and
| from their homes, as well as to their
families; and that the reign of terror,
riot, intimidation and murder which
for months has prevailed in the an
thracite region shall cease" He says:
1--WE are contending for the right of
American citizens to work without re-
gard to creed, nationality or associa
ton"
Markle Outspoken.
Mr.. Markle takes much the same
position as the other presidents, fully
endorses the remarks of Roosevelt as
an American citizen and calls upon
him Ito at once squelch the anarchist
ic condition of affairs existing in the
anthracite coal regions by the strong
arm of the military.
He cites twenty-one murders, a long
list of assaults and other acts of vio-
lence as evidence of lawlessness.
'Mitchells organization" Markle
claims, sis a small minority of the
total number of workers in the anthra-
cite coal field and he is holding
large majority by intimidation, coer-
cion and attempts at bodily harm"
The suggestion is made that the way
to get coal to the market quickly is
to put federal troops in the field to
protect those desiring to work.
Truesdale Comedies.
| Mr.. Truesdale, realizing the gravity
/ of the situation and appreciating the
responsibility which the situation i'm
/ posed, says the presidents feel their
duty is plain and straightforward. 1t
is to insist that the existing conditions
of anarchy and lawlessness, riot and
rapine, a condition which has been
raging with more or less violence
throughout the anthracite regions