The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29

correctness of his figures. this would make upon the average number of work ing days in 1901 a grand total of $S6s per employe, or an average of s7.O5 per week, thus as a result of the strenuously op- posed and bitterly regretted advance wrung from the operators by the strikers of 1900 the average adult employe of the Reading Coal and Iron company is per- mitted to spend upon himself, his wife and his children the munihcent sum of s1.01 per day.
 "In closing this statement I desire to say that we have entered and are con- ducting this struggle without malice and without bitterness, we believe that our antagonists are acting upon misrepresen- tation rather than in bad faith we re- I gard them not as enemies but as oppo- l nents. and we strike in patience until l they shall accede to our demands or sub- init to impartial arbitration of the aIner- ences between us. We are striking, not ] to show our strength, but the justice of our cause, and we desire only the privi- lege of presenting our case to fair tri- bunal. We ask not for favors, but for justice, and we appeal our case to the solemn judgment of the American people. Some Weightier Questions.
 Involved in this fight are questions weightier than any question of dollars and cents. The present miner has had his day; he has been oppressed and ground down, but there is another gener- ation coming up, a geenration of little children prematurely doomed to the whirl of the mill and the noise and blaekness of the breaker. It is for these little children we are fighting. We have not under estimated the strength Of our opponents, we have not over estimated our own power of resistance accustomed always to live upon little, a little less Is no uncomfortable hardship. It was with quaking of hearts that we asked for our last pay envelopes: but in the grimy and bruised hand of the miner was the little white hand of child, a child like the children of the rich and in the heart of the miner was the soul rooted deter imitation to starye to the last crust of bread and fight out the long dreary bat tie to win a life for the child and se- cure for it place in the world in keep ing with advancing civilization.
 (Signed) JOHN MITCHELL, President United Mine Workers of Amer
 ica.
 Was 1t Forgery?
 Harrisburg. Pa, September 8.-Gover- nor Stone called up General Gobin by telephone tonight and advised him that he had received telegram from Shenan- doah advising him that the call for troops to Columbia county was a forgery.
 General Gobin replied that the sheriff's call for soldiers was authentic. and that Sheriff Knorr had sent his deputy to him (Gobin) for troops.
 After his talk with General Gobln tho governor said that the general would send troops to aid in the arrest of per- | .x1,1,o hcxr cfn md dol ad frp ms ane forcibly taken non-union men from cars.
 Has Restored Order.
 Scranton Pa. September 2S-By work- ing his troops eighteen hours a day, re- gardless of the rain and awful condition of the roads, Col Watres of the Thir- teenth regiment has succeeded in restor- ing order throughout Lackawanna coun- 1 ty.
 Late last night at Grassy Island col fiery, half mile from the Thirteenth's camp, two soldiers from company A were stationed in a patch of underbrush as part of an outpost to the camp. volley of stones descended all about them, fell- ing one of the soIuiers to the ground. The soldiers shot at the fleeing figures and relief detail, attracted by the firing. secured the country for two hours in a fruitless search.
 At 12:3O this morning shot was heard on a hillside near the camp and a search light was turned in the direction whence the shot came A man with a gun was deseried rushing to the cover of the woods. After a short chase a couple of soldiers from the outpost on the hill ran him down. He proved to be Michael | Vaughan, the high constable of Oliphant borough. The only explanation he vouch- safed to Col. Watres this morning was;
 T wanted to try out your soldiers and see if they were to be depended upon"
 Changes in the Plans.
 Pittsburg. September Exchanges in 1 the first announced plan of President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers caused no little speculation here today. Instead of going to Wilkesbarre this morning he remained here until tonight, going to Philadelphia on the fast train 1 on the Pennsylvania railroad To add to 1 the mystery, W. B. Wilson, secretary l treasurer of the organization, who had | announced his intention of returning to l Indianapolis, changed his mind and de- cfeed to accompany MT. Mitchell to Phil adelphia and later both will go to Wilkes barre. Neither of the officials would talk concerning their eastern trip nor tell why their plans had been chsvged. They remained in their room all day in conference and received many call CTS.