The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-03
THE PRESIDENT PETITIONED
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COuCluueu pS SdyluS tLAobL II "oS 1liiiS for us to wake up and take those things which of right belong to us.
 William Trueman, alderman-at- large, also made a brief but pointed speech, in which he termed the barons of the coal market as sphinXes who are along the roadside and they ask us what are we to do in the matter of fur nishing coal for New Haven, and it is up to us to decide and answer. They hold the key to the situation and we must decide by some very decisive ac- tion. We must answer the question: and whether right or wrong remains with us. He compared the present strike with that of France in the time of the famous bread riots, when rulers were beheaded because justice would not he dealt out. He said that it is necessary for us to take decisive action as to what we wilLdo with respect to our relations with our fellow beings, all of whom have been created in the inn age of God. He urged that there be more meetings of the nature of the one last night, where all citizens could gather and discuss matters of vital public interest so that they would be prepared to quickly understand all matters which might arise
 The last speaker was Edwin Whiting, venerable and respected citizen of the Ninth ward, and as he himself said the winter snows of many years had whit ened his beard. He said that it was not customary for him to address asem- blages as large as the one last night hut hat ha ic d,1+I to speak his sentiments. He said in the | cause of humanity and for justice there must be some action. This country has shown itself ready to help sufferers in all other parts of the world when af- l fiieted or distressed in any way and that i it was certainly the duty to protect their own citizens and the time had come for this generosity and spirit of humanity shown to others to be demon l strated at home. He said that there 1 should be more of the Spirit of '76" in the hearts of all and we would quickly show the barons and leaders in the ranks of capital that when the people speak there was need of their taking heed and granting their demands. l The resolution adopted with a ringing I vote was:
 New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. ?, 1902 To Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States:
 Sir: The undersigned citizens of New 1 Haven in mass meeting assembled, hereby respectfully represent, that | hard coal is now selling in this city at $15.0O per ton and, to people who buy in less than ton lots, at the rate of 5000 per ton, while soft coal is selling at $9Oo per ton. The supply of coal here is nearly exhausted and the price going up daily. All necessaries of life, that require heat in the preparation are ab- normally high and going higher. This is manufacturing city and averages with the rest of the state in matters of l wages, and the Bureau of Labor Stat istics for this state, 17th report for 1901, page 14 shows that factory operatives here earn on the average $44153 per an- mum with three persons besides the 1 worker dependent upon that earning for years support. This gives each mem- Der of the laborer's family $110.3S to live year upon, or thirty cents per day, for food, clothing and shelter. Cold weather is rapidly approaching and the failure of the coal supply is shutting down factories. Here are all the clements of tragedy, of suffering, sickness, death.
 In the coal regions the situation is this: The miners claim to have griev- ances and demand higher wages, short CT hours, that coal mined shall be hon. estly weighed, recorded and paved for, and an agreement in writing covering wages and conditions of employment
 The miners ask for arbitration, the op- orators refuse it, and the Pennsylvania authorities lack sufficient of virility to protect the suffering public. It is up to you to do something.
 We understand from the newspapers that the attorney general has conned legal tonnes, can find no precedent for interfering in the situation, and that the authorities at Washington have given it up, with no resource but moral suasion.
 The Pennsylanvia authorities have also given it up. From this it is ap-
 parent that the corporations and trusts have become bigger than government in | Ililo SOuilLlyS lhdC uul lHSliLullOHo are | about to rend and tear us. At such a
 time we need at the helm a man of the
 veni, vidi, vici character. One without
 strenuous virility now is a dangerous
 man to whom the American people will
 never trust themselves knowingly
 The situation, as the authorities leave it, point directly and immediately to-
 ward suffering, disease, death, anarchy
 and vigilance committees. The Amer
 ican people will not have it so; if their ] government can't protect them they
 will protect themselves, and against
 even fallacious extreme of individual
 ism.
 We now respectfully petition you to
 give the operators forty-eight hours
 notice in which to start the mines, and
 then, if they be not started, to take
 possession and mine coal in the name of
 the whole people and under the law of
 necessity which, with horse sense and
 the Christian Religion, is a part of the
 Common Law, of American men, as
 men.