Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-11
WANTUNCONDlTIONAL SURREN-
DER.

1t was learned on good authority in
New York yesterday that The attempt Of
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, to bring
about a settlement of the strike Of the
anthracite miners failed completely. 1t
was further said that =. A. y. Widcner,
who saw J. Pierpont Morgan while the
conference between Governor Stone and
Others was taking place ir the office of
the Uni ed States Steel Corporation,
could not induce Mr.. Morgan 10 recede
from his original stand Of nOn-inierfer-
ence in the strike. The coal presidents
also say that no proposition by Governor
Sccne or any one else looking 20 a COM
promise with the striking miners can be
considered. They reitera'e e that the un-
conditional surrender of the miners is
the ouly way that tbc strike can end.
In The present struggle in The anthra-
cite coal field The public has heard much
of the position of the Mine Workers
Union end much of the attitude and
views Of The anthracite coal companies
and ihe coal carrying railroads. Little
however, has been heard Of the position
of the individual operators, who never
theess represent heavy investments al d
who produce millions of tons of coal
each year.
OF all these individual operators the
largest is the firm of G. b. Markle q
Co.. of which Mr.. John Markle is the
head.
John Markle, who for more than
twenty years has been resident of
and an employer Of labor in the an
thracite regions, was asked yesterday to
explain where the individual operator
stands in the conflict now being waged
in the anthracite region. He describes
Mitchelps advent into the anthracite
field in 1899, the organization of the
miners and gives the history Of labor
agitation as affecting the operations of
his company. In speaking of the
present strike. Mr.. Markle tells about
the failure of the National Civic Fedora
ton to prevent the strike, and de-
nounces the act of Mitchell in calling
out the engineers, fircmen, and pump
men as calculated to destroy vast mining
operations. The rest Of the history of
the strike he passes over, other than to
say that MtchelPs organized 'per-
suasion" consists of budgeon in one
hand and dynamite bomb in the. other,
and knife or revolver in the clothes
Mr.. Markle asserts that the great ma
iority of the workers are anxious to re-
turn 20 work, but are deluded by Mr..
Mitchel's promises. He says Mitchell
isn't sincere in his cry for arbitration
The stand Of The individual operator,
he states thus: ''On the broad principle
of the fundamental rights Of American
citizens he stands shoulder to shoulder
with the corporations who control the
anthracite coal properties, and in stand
inc in that position he is fighting for
YOU, Mr.. Anthracite Consumer; for you
Mr.. Honest Worker, and for you, Mr..
Honest Employer; for you Mr.. Bond-
holder, and for you, Mr.. Stockholder,
in the whole anthracite coal region. |
have no hesitation in saying that am
satisfied that no political party will at
tempt for a moment to interfere in the
situation existing in the anthracite
region. feel pretty positive that Nor
Gan cannot be induced to change his
mind. and will leave the whole matter
as he originally decided, in the hands
of the operators