New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-12
SAYS MORGAN WILL NOT AID.

rx,1,yoR HEWITT DECLARES THERE
VIII RE NO ARBITRATION AND
ANSWERS CRITICS.
t-x.Mavor Abram 5. Hewitt VINO feceHtE re-
+,,rr.d from his summer home at bar haroor'
a,d had minated that he might nave another
statement on the coal strike d'iu ,le
/ cinIas involved to add to those previously given
-. - bin, Yesterday declared that he had changed
/ his mind about giving out statement as ne oio
NOT wish to impair the effect OF those Oh carrier
5ate He however consented 10 tax on the gen
! or.l sitrotion and in the course OF his remarks
/ 5aiara7 that h. knew absolutely that Mr.. Morgan
u-or1d not intervene for the settlement of the
strike He said there would be no arbitration be
/ ,weer the operators and President Mitchell, but
that the operators were ready and anxious TO ad-
! inst any grievances with their own employees.
II told Mr. Mitchell before the strike began just
what was going to happen said Mr.. Hewitt Mr.
! Mitchell is fighting for his very life He wants
recognition not arbitration. Mr.. Mitchell destroyed
| the principle Of arbitration IN the coal regions.
Continuing he said in part;
Mr.. Morgan will not interfere in this strike; 1
know that positively There VII De no aTpltratlon
mat Is S YEAR itself out The men viii soon
get tired and return TO work MI MisGheH came
don't atosst4Sr blame Mr. Mitchell for bringing s
on Of fPe e ebe sHTed 9ana M
strike. When he called the convention at Shame;
kin he thought he would be able 20 control II and
fellows came in and wanted the strike and the
convention got beyond Mitchells control. Then he
anthracts miners that he would ask the biturni-
nous fEs 70 sG 9 FIRE Was a5dtr 6t M
Mitchelrs mistakes Mr.: Mitchell in PUBLIC camors
What 'S Mr M Et wants is Teeosniton Ter him
self. II is case Of Mitchell WORKING. FOR Mitchell
Viii 6a no reeosntion OF Mr. Mitchell on the part
OF the operators and no arbitration between the
operators and Mr.. Mitchell,
MITCHELL KILLED ARBITRATION.
1t was Mr.. Mitchell who DESTROYED the principle
Of arbitration in the coal fields The opera tors are
SESSIONS or otherwise with their own employs Bu,
That is ''I positive What Nj Mitcheli does is this
10 use an hustration: He comes 10 the operator
employees right I want you to arbitrate with me
It IS Just as Il came into office here and
take it Naturally. would answer: Certainly
not This IS ny oieG and mean 4 TO keep It." It
That was just the situation in the case of the
it viii mean nothing less than giving him the man
aFement Of their properties, and you easily
Referring to some Of the comments which hav.
been made his earlier statement Mr.. Hewitt
said:
some Of my GT!ties reproash me with being the
erested nov s tbr9eh q nv Ere be net ui fhn
IT IS generally recognized that when have ex-
sena 'sa ded se SaP8
made tour Of inspection through the mining re-
gions. l found terrible conditions then 1 found
ws saa s6 19i AFTER hs he5
became director OF the I.ehgh Coal and Naviga-
tho conditions Of the workingmen They replied
he od 90 50 Ses qe o ESn POat t5 from
that ii would always conduce to the profit OF the
for them Finally brought them around to my ms
point Of view and it was NOT long before better
1nE-aC 81.
When this strike was called the employees Of the
steads. They were thrifty and respecta be-as re-
had ssc5c in the saving banks They never wanted
10 STRIKE but now they haze to live on their say
pockets against their Will simply because they do
not dare TO go back to work. is that right ask?
PRESIDENT TRUST KINDERGABTNER
The same year / was elected president Of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers. At the
centennial celebrat ton OF mining and metellurgy
capacity as Presdent-eect delivered centennial
address. In my address made what believe TO
be the first reference to the so-called ques-
ton. President Roosevelt IS beginning to dis
the question In his speeches but he is a
He will know more later on
SIR. Hewitt produced copy of this address, and
pointed out portions which referred TO trusts and
conditions In the mining regions.
In these parts was the following:
But besides economy IN mining. there must be
Eaarg and ab b in 1e5 he rf6t bn@s Of the
operations are subject to constant Interruption
caused by strikes or artificial impediments The
loss OF interest the plants at the mines and in
the lines of transportation caused by any serious
stODpace To the works would OF Itself be sufficient
render an Investment OF this kind Improbable
To insure continuous operations the best relations
laborers In their employ. 1t is notorious that
throughout the coal regions these relations have
been unsatisfactory character, resulting. often
recurring intervals. in strikes and lockouts. which
have raised the price OF coal TO the consumer have
impaired the dividends OF the owners, and have
reduced the workingmen and their families
condition of suffering and generalization appalling
to every we'll Uisher OF the race. It Is fortunate
therefore that the interests or all classes concur
in prevention OF these destructive and demoraliz-
ing collisions and that owners of the property, for
their self protection. VIII be driven TO remove
the causes which have produced them.
II is idle for them to eXpend thei. capital for the
best machinery for the highest skill for the most
economical transportation, unless they can at the
same :ime insure the continuous production from
a contented Iaboring population This they have
It in their power do. If the same spirit of sacri
fee which has sent out missionaries into every
and the same efforts had been made TO establish
and maintain the SchooIhonse. the church, and
above ali the Sunday school, which have borne
such fruits elsewhere in this bread land: II the
for the unfortunate had been carefully provided:
If reading rooms and night schools and national
places of amusement had from the outset. been
maintained for Il growing and restless population,
the coal regions to-day might have been paradise
on earth instead OF disgrace to civilization And
hero IT Is that this power OF concentrated
agement can exert itself with sure and absolute
success The appropriation of a few a ton
on the coal mined to the work of improving the
moral and Intellectual conditions OF the miners and
their families will in time Incredibly short change
the whole face of society IN the coal regions