New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-29
TELLS THE MINERS SIDE.
Continued from first page.)

TT, There could be grosser perversion of ruth
Workers Union is iawiess organization Dur
hs en xees the the
among voluntarily idle population of three quar-
ity oficers and the ioyalty and
OF our members that we have been more Success -
police IN melting IL Despite all precauJi.
but it would De logical to charge any one Of
the religious social or political organizations Sc, OF
an unlawful organization because some of its ad-
Mne sns Of as il is With G an
pnIawfu organization because some of its mem m
as severe as the operators in their earnest con-
a s Of any and every act OF violence p ben
made, or will be made, to eonaene any offence OF
The public should be made aware, however, that
the operators and certain section OF the PEI Of
responsibility, and that crimes of violence are e
laid At the doors of strikers when the mp s
Iron police are clearly and unmistak bly, at faut.
point to one single uaterance ON their part in as
approval OF the lawess actions of their nire 81
Scranton VS. DESTROYED by lightning; rsw Sreat
and conviction of the person who set fire to the
whdh e s ls rs are sa sea of the
THE STRIKE OF THE PUMPMEN.
Mr.. Baer assumes that the pumpmen, engineers
and fremen, were called out so that the mines
would be DESTROYED and with their
ent upon their ishers would be deprived ct IF
Tor a long ume Inc truth Is that Tie
the pumpnen, engineers and fremen was called
in their own interest absolutely and by their own
against io wh iae ey aene OF
and against which some of them had ,oT
than one year ago The fact that several weeks
independent strike of the pumpmen. engineers ana
fremen and the further fact that the operators
pumpmen, engineers and fremen would strike un
less srantea an eight hour worday should Ta, eSp old
originate in any desire the part of the mine
their own livelihood If the mine workers had
sought the destruction OF the Mining @ steam
men without giving the companies any notice at
made in public utterance by Mr. Hewitt IN
ard organized labor. 1 do refer his expressed
fear that I shall become a dictator" in contro
election or TO his assertion that IN this contest
the allied coal presidents are fighting the battle OF
labor against the ag.yreSSions or the
United Mine Workers in order that the individual
workman may be employed upon terms satisfactory
AS an influential director of of the coal roads
panies are lighting to compel the worknlen 10 ae-
cept employment under conditions sasfacfo les 70
individual rights is simply cloak under winch
pI iey He is undoubtedly in position to know
that nbership in an organization was lIe~i;eo
structions were issued from the general Offices of
the coal companies notifying some classes OF
with the union or surrender their positIon Eo5
1901 were In protest against the action OF the COM
panies which Disseminated against and dis,
charged union workmen because of their afflliauon
with the organization
MINERS NOT RETURNING TO WORK
In this strike it has been claimed by enemies Of
the upIG and Sgsea BY Me- ecosEe ehd Of
trade organizations" that men were prevented
and it was confidently predicted that the moment
the militia came the strike would or Tef0y shd i1se
doah for than eight weeks. and STILL for lack
81 dnd mime bs n65 me OF fGf mas Is no @
toned in the Panther Creek Valley. in wlkesbarre
@ By the os en t 9 aa sPS MANI 6 On he
contrary. many men brought here to take. the
places Of the strikers have Joined the ranks of the
is not The Temotest possbiiity of the mines being
bic settlement Of the strike Il. has been made
Reverting to the demands Of the miners for II, IN
Baer claims hat he cannot possibly pay an In
crease in wages that would amount to 10 or. Is
presidents admit that they can afford to sacri-
Of dollars rather than pay this increase: neverthe-
less without advancing the miners wages (, one le
year from 80 to 80 cents ton and at the pres
s the a pupc to d pay frs
a ton in orde- to save this same public 10 or Is
pTodaced is sold IN the market below the cost Of
mining 3 but he fails to that the @ e parton ion
which the miners received no compensation what
installation Of washeries the miners were locked
for loading mis- very coal which brings small
Baers process of rea soning. the miners would re-
mine the small sizes gratuitously.
INCREASE IN COST OF LIVING.
shall not enter deliberately into the question
of cost. but shall merely say that Mr. Baers
wages in 1900 was more than coanterbaianced by
an in the cost Of Living w Raer LETT aa fns
that this advance Of 70 Per cent which was paid
10 cents a ton; but this is, least, problemat icaf
In March 1902 ''The Engineering and Mining Jour 1
cuiation in order to show what effect the Increase
in res o this hPd Gs ef
ures OF the Delaware and Hudson the Delaware IaIe
and % ad
Mining sIS which hi fair To u.s. De hs the
e as to be drawn that the rssgting in
crease in cost not large; in all probability not
over cents a ton at the OUTSIDE -,
Bae claims that the averase Rag per fo wo 4e
sate Of a ar the correctness of his figures
this Toud make GRAND ths toa Of 8
per employee, an average of - % week thus
REGRETTED advance wrung from the operators by
the strike of 1900 the average aan IS
to spend upon himself his wife and his children
the munificent sum of 81 u a Gay. .. ~ +,+ ~
In closing this statement desire 10 say thaI we
have entered and are CONDUCTING this struggle Iyl
without malice and without bitterness: we believe
that antagonts are acting upon M
sensations rather than In bad IalIn; we a
strike in patience until they shah accede to our
demands submit TO Impartial litS
differences between us We are striking. not to
show our strength but the justice of our cause.
and we desire only the privilege of presenting our
case TO fair tribunal We ask not for favors; out
for justice and we appeal ne our case 10 the
Involved in this fight are questions weIshuer tnan
any question of dollars and cents. The present
miner has had his day: he has been oppressed and
ground down but there IS another generaton COM
ing I'M generation of little children prematurely
doomed to the whirI of the mill and the noise and
blacknesS NJ the breaker. It is for these little
children We are hghting We have not under
estimated the strength of opponents; we have
not overestImated our own power OF RESISTANCE
accustomed always live upon little itlie les
no uncomfortable hardship 1t was with a quakiils
af tha. ed last pay envelopes,