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who hold the same views as the opera
! tors, predict that with military protec-
| lions for the men who want to work there
will be no trouble in getting sufficient
number of men to produce enough coal
| to relieve the fuel famine.
The strikers, as a result of the COVER
nor's action are even more firm for hold
! ing out than they have been at any time
since the suspension was inaugurated.
The leaders say they look upon the
struggle now as general one of capital
against labor and maintain that with the
help of organized labor the country over
the miners can stay away from the mines
until the operators are compelled through
public opinion to yield a point While
the miners generally condemn the calling
out of the troops they say they feel that
in the end it will be a help to them.
They recognize the fact that great pres
sure was brought to bear on Governor
Stone to send his entire military force
into the coal fields and now that he has
done it the question of coal or no coal
this winter, they argue, is ''up to the
mine owners" President Mitchell's re-
mark to the correspondent of the Assoc
ciated Press last night that the military
of the United States could not make the
men work if they did not want to was
repeated today by every leader or miner
spoken to- They pointed to the statements
made by different authorities that since
the troops came into the Wyoming region
the coal production has not increased and
that very few additional men have return
| ed to work
| The borough council of Plymouth at its
meeting last night passed a resolution
with one dissenting vote protesting against
the presence of troops in the borough. A
battalion of the Ninth regiment was
placed in that community yesterday.
ROOSEVELT TO MITCHELL.
| WASHINGTON, October president
| Roosevelt has requested Mr.. Mitchell,
president of the Mine Workers union, to
! use his influence to induce the men to
/ go to work with the promise of the ap-
t pointment of a committee to investigate
their grievances and a further promise
! that the president will urge on congress
! Legislation in accordance with recon-
mendation of that committee. No reply
has yet been received from Mr. Mitchell.
| The president sent Carroll d. Wright,
commissioner of labor. to Philadelphia to
meet Mr.. Mitchell and Mr.. Wright has
reported that after the proposition had
been submitted, Mr.. Mitchell said that he
wanted to take it under consideration.
The miners unions are today voting up
on the question Of whether they shall con-
i tinue the strike, but this is upon the
proposition of the coal operators and not
upon the suggestion of the president to
! Mr.. Mitchell. 1t is expected that the
miners will take up the suggestion of the
president and decide upon it after it has
been presented by Mr.. Mitchell.
! Commissioner of immigration Sargent
returned from Philadelphia today but had
no information to communicate as he did
not see Mr.. Mitchell in that city
/ A DYNAMITE OUTRAGE.
| SHENANDOAH, Pa, October 7.-Mrs.
Kuklewicz, of Brownsville, called at mill
tary headquarters this morning and re-
ported to General Goblin that her home
was partly destroyed by dynamite eX-
plosion about 1 o'clock this morning and
she was compelled to move out with her
family. 1t was reported to the general
that the explosion was determined upon
by the Lithuanian local of Brownsville.
Provost Marshal Farquhar, in command
of squad from the Second City troop,
went to Brownsville to make investi-