New-York tribune., 1902-09-11

He admitted that most Of the coal went TO
supply the Industrial Establishments along the
lines with which -fe companies had contracts.
and tha- oal- q er.oT percentage, and that q
the sna,lc- sizes was coming 10 this city
MaKGLf: Br.AAIEs MITCHELL
john .lsYkie. ne haad os the firm of 6. T.
Marlzle & Co. tn largest of the individual coai
operators in the arthractte tield. was among
'the callers yesterday et the ofice OF ! P Nor
gan & Co. hut do not see Mr.. Morgan, FSho lelt
his office early n the afternoon Nj. Marh's
had this TO say concerning the strike;
There viii be 10 arbitration anc no settle
rnent of the coal strike IN any way We ha'e
not forgotten our experiences on FORMER ~ ~
,ae,on There had been in existence from 1880
an agreement with the men in our employ plO-
.-;dfrg for the settlement in an a1nicabie "a''
IF ell differences that arose, by arbitrafioi.
This was the result OF local strike Ias'iiis
three months. in 1885,. In 1881. not"lths'ahU-
ing the existence of this contract for aroltI8''O
the men deliberately broke their agreement on.
went Oh strike. which lasted SIX months
we re-esta blished the arbitration aereelIIeit @
Ter 4. was over. and went on. In 1872 there
was a widespread strike in the Lehlsh Ies'0I''
but our men stood by their agreement ana never
lost days work In 1890 John MltoheH aP
peared and began campaign Oh our proper -
C,ur enployes presented list Of grievances
and replied to them and suggested tnat oui
answers were not satisfactory they ccu4u Ue-
rnsnd arbitration under the existing agreement
Mr.. Mitchell distinctly opposed any aTol'I a'''l-'
asserting that were insincere'
Father Phillips. a well known priest OF HAZE
fon of his own yoliticn urged the men 10 0o11e
ny their compact and suggested ATchDis'op
RYAN of Philadelphia, the third aFolll a.O'
Mr. Mitchell opposed all OF this, claiming thaI
sas.-a
held. TO which Mitchell came, unsolicited anu
made 9 sneech. He asked me publicly If "oulo
a1,iss b,y the arbitrators verdict, and When l
xss5 We would he turned the audience anu
rlesded with them nevertheless, TO 90 upon
strike Father Phillips and / toilo"eo 'lii'
,rsins the men 70 stand by their agreeiiie-iI
for arbitration. and the men refused 70 -oilo"
MitcheiTs lead. Then came a round OF 'hie@
intimidation and violence. Almost d2hy I'o'-
ing parties OF several hundred men appear
mon our preper+y led 10y MrcheIl's lieutenanls'
IN the vain effort TO compel our men 10 "1'1
their agreement They inaugurated a reign ol
-. ,-hior 3na1l,, resulted in the employees
breaking their compact and throwing tA0 p'0-
1ected arbitration TO the winds -.
The Hon. Marcus a. Hanna came INTO IL I,ie
a,snnre and secured some concessions. Ihe
strike ended and it was heraldeG as a tr1uilI,L mn
for Mitchell. Work vas TesarlleT e oI-ne ,It has
conditions on October %. 1900 Ihe result li1e
been The establishment Of every klnd OF a ltoes
union in the coal district. From that uile on on
there have been ipnumerahle strikes MfIclIsl- @ -
VAS l,erorne a derli-god. and alone is obeyed
50 that all ordinary and usual means ol ute
c.ipline are practically dlsreSardeu- VIZ W. @ r
history before US. I sure no reasonable man
1rfIl ASK us 10 engage in any arbitration with
Mr. Mitchell his immediate followers
oTrAY coNFERS WITH PLATT.
Senator Quay, Of Pennsylvania, arrived at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel early yesterday morning
On his way home from the Adirondacks, ana
later sn the day called on Senator Platt at the
latters Office in the United states Express Btlia5
ing No. 40 Broadway. He declined atteINa al Q Q
30 say anything about the meeting ana ieII lue
City in the afternoon for Pennsylvania, ,as.
Senator Platt. at the Fifth Avenue fo'el' Iael
night also declined 10 discuss the conference
held with Senator Quay. Asked II he sun Pc Pc
lieved that the strike would be setlleo pS 'n9
end of this week. he said:
u believe it win be settled very soon. ,..,
senator Quay says il was suggested that
he wishes he sanguine as you are
Il never said was sanguine." said the Sena-
sBut YOU said something about being positive
that the strike would be settled within TWO
.Yes. ! did" said the Senator, and 1 be
iieve that II VIII be speedily settled Ii "ouid
have been settled before this except for one
or two things going wrong. 49,.
The Senator would not say what these things
were. -,
Senator Depev. who IN conference with
AIr Morgan early in the day, returned 10 N&e" &
mort last evening He would not talk about
his visit TO Nr Morgan but II was said that
h. discussed the coal strike with the banker
ard that the latter pointed out 20 the senator
thar intervention on his part at TINS time "ouiu
not he effective and that the only thlng was 70
let the parties concerned fight it out
ON good authority il was learned last night
that President Mitchell Of The United Mine
Workers had no faith in anything coming from
Governor Stones mission TO New-fork. At the
same time IL is said he holds 10 the hope that
the miners viii win
ANOTHER PREDICTION.
e he T-ar,r
slen yesterday that the strike viii end on next
Monday, September l.. or soon after, and will
wait until a day OF two after Monday before
making any new move. G.. L Herbert. of H l.
Herbert & Co said yesterday afternoon:
IF by September II there decided
signs of the ending of the strike. viii make
ARRANGEMENTS to import Welsh anthracite in
large quantities this city. II VIII be brought
in thousands Of tons.
Regarding the price at which she Welsh
shracite would be sold. he said he could specify
no price at present Inc Prlce "oulo, however
he = good deal below the present schedule Of
anthracite Othe- dealers. II IS said conten-
psafe the bringing Of caTgoes Of Welsh aDthra-
cite TO NeH-Eork.
The list of speakers Tho Hfl address the
mass meeting to be held on Saturday night IN
Madison Square Garden, under the auspices Of
the Central Federated Union. in support of The
striking miners, includes Samuel Gompers, John
Mitchell. John Brooks LeaVItf, Ernest Crosby,
7 Brown Samuel SeabUEE, Samuel Prince,
Henry George. John : Crosby John NJ. Quinn,
raeniauain Hanford Samuel E Donnsliy, James
p Archibald. II. = Fitzgerald. Matthew Barr,
Alfred J. Bolton, J. Holland, Matthew McCon-
vile Edward II. Hanna, Herman Robinson. Au-
cuEt waldinger and Robert r. Buero.