Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-18

.etter to President Accepting the
Arbitration Con- 5.lissi0n.
lie CRITICIsES OPERATORS
.0es over In Rri"f the Various NfG"-
tiutions Prior to $rttlemeHt--''"-
CInres Cont GtHce Thm, MINERS
NiII innor>e Acceptance.


,elegraphic correspondence. consisting
Of the letter X President Roosevelt 10
John Mitchell president Of the United
Nine Workers. and the latter's reply.
has been made public al the VI hltt
louise:
| Washingtpn, oct l6,
| IT. John Mitchell, President United Mine
| Workers of America, WIKI 'sbdrre. IA.
! have appointed as commissioners
| Brigadier General John NJ Wilson, MT,
r.. W. Parker. Judge George Gray, M.
| E. Z. Clark. Mr.. Thomas IL. Watkins ahd
Bishop John l.. Spading, with Hon, Car
| roll d. Wright as recorder These names
| are accepted by the operators, and no"
| most earnestly ask and urge that I'M
| miners likewise accept this commission.
| 1t is a matter of vital concern TO all our
people and especially TO those IN our
| great cities who are least we'll Oft that
| the mining of coal should be resumed
| without a days unnecessary delay
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. l6.
| Hon. Theodore Roosevelt President OF
the United States, Washington. D. c.:
Dear Sir-I am in receipt of your tee-
gram of Oct. Is, which reads as follows:
II have appointed as commissioners
brlRauleT CeHeIdl JoiiIl 4h. W 'iSoii' "a e
| E. W. Parker. Judge George Gray. MI
| f. f. Clark, Mr.. Thomas Fl. Watkins and
| Bishop John L. Spalding, with Hon. Car
roll D. Wright as recorder These names
are accepted by the operators. and now
| most earnestly ask and urge that the
| miners likewise accept this commission
| 1t Is a matter of vital concern to all our
people and especially to those in our
| great cities who are least well off that
| the mining of coal should be resumed
| without a days unnecessary delay.
Replying thereto, | beg to inform you
| that your recommendations were submit
ted to the members of the executive
boards of districts I. and 3. United Mine
Workers of America, and they have unan-
imously agreed to call delegate conven-
ton, to be held next Monday. and will
recommend to the convention that all
men now on strike return to the positions
and working places formerly occupied by
them and submit to the commission APP
pointed by you all questions at issue be-
tween the operators and mine workers OF
the anthracite coaltields.
Speaks Of Early Negotiations.
In connection with this subject we are
glad to know that the managers Of the
coal companies have decided to recede
from the untsnable position which they
80 long occupied and to accept a modi-
fled proposition for the arbitration Of the
coal strike and to give you full latitude
in the selection Of a commission, 1t will
be remembered that We proposed on Oct,
3 to place the whole matter In your hands
and to accept the verdict OF tribunal OF
your selection 1t will also be remem-
bered that the company managers at
that time refused to accept tho arhttra-
ment Of the president of the United
States and preferred that of the local
common pleas judges. We proposed tn
leave everything to you without condition
or reservation having the utmost faith
in your impartiaity and good judgment
In their refusal to accept your arbitra
ment the operators sought to hold you In
rart accountable for the very conditions
which you were trying to remedy and to
instruct you as to your duties concerning
them. Eight days later they again APP
peared before you, dropping the common
pleas judge and proposing to abide by
tho verdict of tribunal appointed by
you, but attempting to prescribe within
fixed and narrow limits the character
and vocation of the men you were to
name To this proposition. as the OPP
orators made it, we We're unalterably OPP
poscd-frst, because our respect for you
as a man and our, ideas as to what is
due to the dignity Of your office dema nded
that we should not be a party to a re-
quest Of you to accept this great respon
sbility accompanied by detailed and i'm
pertinent restrictions as to the manner in
which you should meet it; second, be-
cause careful analysis of their proposition
disclosed to us, as it did to YOU and the
public, that the restrictions We're too mar
row to enable you to secure under them
a we'll balanced and thoroughly impartial
tribunal.
Endorsement Expected.
But now that you have yourself removed
nhiartjnnS broadening
strengthening the commission we feel con-
fldent that our convention will declare its
willingness to have all questions between
the employing companies and the 9o per
cent of their employees who are members
of our organization determined by the
board of eminent and impartial men cho-
sen by you. We feel grateful to you, Mr..
President, for the patriotic efforts which
you have made to bring about an honor
able settlement of the strike. efforts which
you continued despite the remarkable
spirit and conduct which you at first
found in the company managers We
were in a position to sympathize with
YOU inasmuch as we had long been force.i
to endure arrogance insult and false wit
ness from the same source. Our graft |
tude is due to you and to the American
people and the press who have supported
you and us in the long struggle which We
hope is now about to close. During all
these long months in which our motives |
have been mpugned and our characters |
mdliciously assailed we have refraned |
from saying any word or taking any &C
ton which would tend to render recon
citation more difficult, but now it be-
comes a duty to defend ourselves against
the ISLANDERS which have been heaped up
on US and to proclaim that we have from |
the first favored practically the method |
which is now employed TO break thu |