Evening journal., 1902-10-04
WILL ROOSEVELT
TAKE STEPS TO
OPEN MINES?
Continued from First Page.)

cost and Inconvenience TO the public
Pennsylvania win use the whole power
Of government to protect not only the
man who wants to work. but his wife
and children while he Is at work, and
TO punish every man who by instiga-
tion or by overt acts attempts to de-
prive any man of his liberty to work.
The duty of the hour is not to waste
time negotiating with the fomenters
Of this anarchy and insolent defiance
Of law. but to dc as was done in the
war of the rebellion, restore the ma
jesty Of law, the only guardian of
free people, and 10 rc-establish order
and peace at any cost
'The constitution of Pennsylvania
guarantees protection to life and
property When riot and anarchy too
great to be appeased by the civil
power occur the governor Of Pennsyl-
vania is bound to call out the state
troops to suppress It, If the power Of
Pennsylvania is insufficient to re-es-
tablish the reign of law, the constitu-
tion Of the United States requires the
president, when requested by the
legislature or the governor. TO sup
press domestic violence You see
there is a lawful way to secure coal
for the public.
}, "Under these conditions, we decline
to accept Mr.. Mitchell's considerate
offer to let our men work on terms he
names. He has no right to come from
Illinois to dictate terms on the ac-
ceptance of which anarchy and crime
shall cease in Pennsylvania. He must
stop his people from killing, manning
| and abusing Pennsylvania citizens
/ and from destroying property. He
z must stop it. because 1t is unlawful
and not because Of any bargain with
US.
1--WE viii add to our offer to con
: tinue the wages existing at the time
Of strike, and to take mp at each col
r licry and adjust any grieyance,' and
: further condition-if the employers
. and employees at any particular col
hery cannot reach a satisfactory ad
I justment of any alleged grievance, Il
I shall be referred to the judges Of th'
p court OF common pleas OF the distric
r in which the colllery is situated fol
: final determination"
: No Dealings Vita Mitchell.
The president then aske the repre-
n sentatives Of the anthracite companies
v whether they would accept Mir Mitch
d ellis proposition They answered
n mo" In response to a further Ques
e ton from the president they statel
? that they would have no dealings witt
Mr.. Mitchell looking toward a settle
" ment Of the question at issue. ant
that they had no other proposition t
n make, save what was contained in tn
3 statement of Mr.. Baer, which in ei
g feet that if any man chose to resum
.. work and had a difficulty with his en-
ployer, both should leave the settle
n ment OF the question to the Judge @
the court of common pleas OF the dis
trict in which the mine was located.
At about o'clock the conferenc
was brought to a close, without an
agreement.
}. II was a remarkable chapter in th
economic history Of the country ths
was written yesterday. For the frs
q time the president of the republic ha
, Intervened directly between the gret
It forces Of capital and labor in an G
= fort to avert what he himself regarde
= as a great national calamity. The r
suit was to bring the principals in th
great controversy face to face with II
whole country, eagerly intent an
watchful of their doings. Technical
n the issues between the two grei
y forces stand as they did before II
president summoned the represent
! tives of the contending forces to q
70 national capital. and, forgetting h
N own acute suffering, besought them fl
Ie love of the great country wherein tho
l. dwelt and out Of pity for the counties
throngs OF suffering poor to adju
their differences and work togeth
In peace for the common veal Whs
!, 81 anything. will result from the co
ference IS for the .ndehnlte future
determine