Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-04

appeaSed by the civil power, the gov
| ernor of Pennsylvania is bound to call
out the state troops to suppress 1t. lie
must fearlessly use the whole power OF
| the state to protect life and property
and to establish peace--not an armed
! peace, but the peace of the law which
| protects every man at work and going
to and from work. He has sent troops
to the coal regions. Gradually the pow
er of the law is asserting itself. Unless
| encouraged by false hopes, order will
| soon be restored, and then we can mine
coal to meet the public wants. II the
/ power of Pennsylvania is insufficient to
re-estabish the reign of law. the con-
| stitution of the United States requires
| the president. when requested by the
I Legislature and the governor to sup
! press domestic violence. You see, there
! is a lawful Way to secure coal for the
public.
| The duty of the hour is not to waste
| time negotiating with the fomenters OF
this anarchy and insolent defiance of
| law. but to do as was done In the war
of the rebellion, restore the majesty of
| law, the only guardian of free people,
I! and to re-estab1ish order and peace at
1 any cost.
The government is contemplate
| failure IL ii can only protect the lives
and property and secure the comfort OF
/ the people by compromising with the
| violators of law and the instigators OF
| violence and crime.
Just now it is more important to
! teach ignorant men, dwelling among us.
misleel and used as tools by citizens OF
either states that at whatever cost and
inconvenience to the public Pennsylva-
mia will use the 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 instigation or by overt acts at
| tempts to deprive any man of his lib
| erty to work.
| Under these conditions we decline to
accept Mr. Mitchell's considerable offer
4 to let our men work on terms he names.
/ He has no right to come from Illinois to
dictate terms on the acceptance of
! which anarchy and crime shall cease In
| Pennsylvania. He must stop his peo-
pie from killing, manning and abusing
PENNSYLVANIA citizens and from de-
stroying property. He must stop it be-
cause it is unlawful and not because of
any bargain with us.
I'VE will add to our offer to continue
the wages existing at the time of the
strike and take up at each colliery and
adjust any grievance this further con-
dition--if the employers and employees
at any particular colliery can not reach
satisfactory adjustment of any al
legged grievance it shall be referred to
~, s.,l - sub f ,0v,ato M N
pleas of the district in which the coll
liery is situated for final determination.
Signed) GEORGE +. BAER.'
MitchelI's Reply.
The following is the text Of the state
ment made to the president by the Off
cial representative of the miners un-
ion:
MIR. President: At the conference
this morning we. the accredited repre-
sentatives of the anthracite coal mine
workers, We're much impressed with the
views you expressed and the dangers
to the welfare of our country from a
prolon CATION of the coal strike that you
SO clearly pointed out. Conscious of
the responsibility resting upon us, con-
scious Of our duty to society, conscious
of our obligation to the 100000 mine
workers whom we have the honor to.
represent, we have after most carsful
consideration. and with the hope Of re-
lieving the situation and averting the
sufferings and hardships which would
inevitably follow in the wake of a coal
famine, decided upon the lines herein
after suggested:
Before doing so. Mr.. President, we
desire to say that we are not prompted
to suggest this course because of any
doubts of the justice of our claims. In
deferring to your wishes we are
prompted by no fear on our part of our
ability to continue to contest to a sue
cessful issue, thanks to the generous
assistance rendered us by our fellow
workers in this and other lands, to a
justicesloving American public whose
right, we are able to continue the
our ability to demonstrate to any Inn
partial tribunal, the equity of our de-
mands for higher wages and improved
environments. we propose that the Is
sues eliminating in this strike shall be
referred to you and q tribunal of your
own selection, and agree to accept your
award upon all or any of the questions
involved. If you will accept this re-
sponsibility and the representatives of
the coal operators Will signify their
willingness to have your decision incor-
porated in an agreement, for not less
than five years, as may be mutually de-
termined between themselves and the
anthracite coal mine workers, and will
pay the scale of wages which you and
your tribunal appointed by you shall
award we will Immediately call a con-
vention and recommend resumption
of work, upon the understanding that
the wages which shall be fixed are to
20 into effect from the day upon which
work is resumed
(Signed) John Mitchell,
president U. NJ. w. OF A.
.John Fahy
"Thomas Duffy
I'D. d. Nichols,
District Presidents U. NJ. w. A.
of A.
Mr.. Thomas Statement
Statement of Mr. Thomas, president
of the Erie railway:
mo one can more fully realize the
gravity of the situation or the grave
responsibilities resting upon them than
men who for months have been seek
ing to protect the property under their
charge, as well as the lives of loyal en-
ployes, from the attacks of misguided
men incited by people foreign to the
state and the industry we are seeking
to defend We are doing all in our
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