The sun., 1902-10-16
THE ISSUE Ar THE MINES.
Law. Order and the Rock OF Eaua, Rights

To TIE EDITOR or THF SUN-Sir: All honor
to TIE SuN for the proper stand 1t takes in
this conspiracy against law and order; and
all honor. too. for the mine operators and own
ers who know where they stand and who
should be upheld In their rights. no matter
what the consequence.
Your editorial Of Saturday. the nth inst.
has the true ring OF American citizenship
Are These Men Madf' And SO to-day.
Abroad and at Home Is the same. while
many of the letters in to-dsy's issue. par
ticulsrly the open Letter TO the Governor OF
New York" and &C. y s. as with others. ex-
cep,ing "Horseshoelng Establishment" with
his ina cinsry tales show up the true inward
ness OF this trouble.
Why is it that the intelligence of the country
is so slow TO understand the meaning OF this
coal strike? Are We TO live n per petual revo-
luton because . few delude q miners allow
,hs1msclyss TO be h9odwinhed by an irrSspon.
only the catspsw OF bad advisers
Why does not this righteous save the
his peaceful strikers. act, worse than men
OF the Middle Agesf th.t t Should De the proper
he means good and not evil in keeping up this
rebellion against the industries OF the country.
This conspiracy is not against the operators
States. and Il is armed defiance OF the same
and should be treated rs such. We End. as
y.
10 do with II. All the meetings which have
been held have given ENCOURAGEMENT TO the
Sksr The OF n,Y by
feeble effort three months too late. Will II
be necessary for the United States Govern
ment to take II up' II looks very much like
IT, unless the ntindated miners can show a
bold front and revolt from their irresponsible
leaders
longer and the descendants of Valley Forge
soldiers will do a. their forefsthers up
MoxrcLAiR. n. j.. Oct ~.
To THE EDITOR OF The SvS-Su: All honor
to Father OReilly of the Church of the An
nunciation, Shenandoah. Pa Though adj
dressing Catholics. 20 many OF whom are
allied with his church. he was 80 inspired by
his duty as man and Christian that he ignored
all other considerations. There was no taint
of mere policy or popular consequences A.
q Divine teacher. he told his people their duty,
a Protestant OF the Protestant-. but has read
no such n sermon. and needed denunclation.
coming from any pulpit Of her own denomi-
set at naught by the officials tsave he markI
and striking savages OF the mining region
Sl Wives and SSidren By. WHAT what do t6sy care
Who are the cause BRooKLYNlIE.
OCT II.
To rHE EDITOR OF THE SCS--!Sir: The
much abused former President. X. Is, Hayes.
while Governor Of Ohio during a local coal
strike when by one side he was urged 10
send troops to the locality OF the strike. and
by the other for political reasons. advised not
to ieopardizc the interests OF his party, served
notice to all sides that he would send troops
immediately 10 preserve order, ana that he
intended TO protect men Who die not Want
those Who did Had the vscillatiug Governor
Of Pennsylvania three months ago announced
the sam" purpose. New iork would doubtless
b fl.a a. nj sn a
II seems TO an out slider that the first OF the
labor questions to be sctt led il whether
equally with the man who does not want 10
work But is there State in the Union to-
day where. when trouble arises. the man who
and sure protection the man who does not
want TO work knows he will have
NEW ioHK. Oct IL, EQUAL RIGHTS
To THE EDITOR OF The SUS-Sir: Your
position regarding the coal strike is simply
"imprcgnable," the momentous question Is.
shall a man labor II he wishes toY- Ii not.
We need q Cromwell at once. Your editorials
Of last sunday, and to-day may be kept at 'he
same standard, as they are tho only things
that encourage mo to think that the nations
honor may survive the crs,hiness OF the hour
CooprnsrowS. Oct. IL
To THE EDITOR oP THR SuS-Sir: Tho
spirit which inspired the letter by American
Mechanic" which appeared in THE SUNDAY
SvS (OCt. i2l, is the Fundamental spirit of
American freedom. This spirit must be- in
all ful-bloodsd Americans. and the heart OF
every real patriot must have bounded ~
in biz type on the first page OF every news
nap"r, and would go lar toward settling tho
rOMPToA. y, j., oct i3
To rHE EDITOR OF The SuS-Sir. Let us
suppose the mine operators yield to the min