The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-30
MITCHELL DAY CELEBRATED.
THOt SANDS or MINERS W tW n
DESPITE (OlI SHORT ;GE.
Gio-iGcxti0n Of Mitchell Oh the banners
-CarIcatures and Jcsts Over presi.
dent Dsrr -- Neither Jones tmonr
the Orators-The Joiiincation General.

| was the Ccntre az the Mitchell dsv cole
| braiion to-day. President Mitchell was
! here and there was large parade and
! great enthusiasm About 900 mon wcrs
/ in line and about 10000. despite tn. very
/ cold weather and the furrir- Of snow,
{ listened Ia the speeches OF the leauris.
, Work was SUSPENDED generally The
/ public was deprived cf some lJ1.oDJ tons
| of coal. which il needs badly aIio Ito
! miners thcrselvce suffered los, of ,ome
$500 ,oco in wa eos for tho day wi'nuu' caring
/ where It went IT." day was a iclhh.4,tion.
! and ont they marched 10 ENJOY IT, Tho
, operators viii USE the point beIo,, tho
/ Commission. They expect u.,hy e the
! Foreigners Ia remain away iron. VIOLA 81
! Saturday. 1t il All Ssirjs' bay ,Ld ia
! observed hy the Greek ard Roman Catro-
! lies among the mine worher~, usTaiiy,a "a
! a holiday.
Against this enforced idlcnc., tie OPP
! orators have no urojrcticI Trey must
! lose money aud operate Their minc- either
! not at all or with an insufficient force.
! The men in line to-day Lad hitC LAID,
and horses, carriage, and Wagons. and
| some Of them had spent some ,,onny in
! buying fantastic attire. one who, local
| appearing H. grotesquC costume and Causing
! lli''tl l'All sAlDlR INV INV VI INV IhIotr,
The tart was made during "a heavy
I furry Of snow al II A ". and during tie
| parade the furrcs continued AZ Intervals
The air was raw, cold and uncomfortable.
but the crowds lined the streets along the
entire line Of parade and cheered vigor-
/ ousy. Some women ran to Mitchells
ca rriage to shake hands with him and
many laboring men did the same in his
10 NI,tlar
Haggerty from West Virginia. where Hag-
gerty was one of the men Jailed for con-
tempt Of court in violating an injunction,
and Father Powers of Spring Valley, H..
who has been a close friend Of President
Mitchell for many years. In other car
riagrs We're the district leaders and with
them Father J. j. Curran of the Holy
Saviour Church, this city.
The banners the men carried were the
first public expression of their views re-
gardng the ending Of the strike. They
look upon it as a victory The banners
said: Mitchell and Victory, we thank
the public for aiding US to win Mitchell
is our conauering hero. we will stand BY
our great leader Nit chell, We honor and
respect our Presidents, Mitchell and Roose-
welt At Nit chell's command we will fight
again. Three cheers for our noble lea der
Mitchell"
Al the sight. OF Mitchel's name I he cheers
arose afresh The breaker boys in line
kept shouting. What's the matter with
MITCHELL" and taking up the crowds re-
frain Hes all right
The shafts Of wit were all directed at
President Baer of the Philadelphia and
Reading He was depicted in crudelv
drawn pictures a. being bear dancing to
a tune which John Mitchell is whisting
Again, he was shown as a bear in sup
plicatng attitude. with Mitchell shaking "A
finger at him and saying, Now. will you
do il again.
one local even braved an attempt az
verse:
Hall to Mitchell chief ~ men
tie drove the Bacr back IN his den
lN" months OF this, the baer had enough,
And sald 10 John Mitchell. Let's kiss and make
up"
This effusion was cheered and laughed at
from end To end Of the line Of march
Al the park whore the addresses were
made, Father Curran was the chairman.
Among the speakers was the Rev. James
Moore Of Avoca. He called for a small
boy and made an exhibition Of him. APP
pealins to he miners affection for their
children. He said the miners had Tough, a
brave fight and had won a noble battle
and the coal barons would hereafter be
afraid 10 attack the men of the future be-
cause they would say: These men are tho
children Of those who successfully carried
through the strike in 1902
Thomas flaggerty, an organizer, de-
nounced the suppression OF free speech
bv the Use OF the Federal courts under
which he suffered in West Virginia with
Mother Jones and others. and had received
thirty days more Imprisonment than the
rest
The famous Mother Jones said she had a
great respec, for President Bacr because
he told the truth and the rest of the opera
tori we're afraid TO. He had got the work
ingren down a. slaves and would keep
them so If he could and had said so.
In introducing President John Mitchell
Father Curran expressed the hope that he
would be elected the head Of all labor
organizations
MAKE OPERATORS PAY. SAYS MITCHELL
Mr.. Mitchell said: Il feel that the victory
II due not to myself but 10 the men, women
ana children who stayed a, home, and |
want To pay my respects to the women and
Crlldrcn of the anthracite region | hon,
that thore will never aga In be a strike in IN.
coal fields Of Pennsylvania | want the
union miners tn prove that they are bCt-
ter workers than the non-union men |
wmh tae men and the operators TO meet,
! do not want In make enemies of tho
operators.
i want 10 impress upon YOU that meme
horship IN the union ir the only safeguard
ne operators are no; Going to pay tEe bill
VI NV S'llN'. l''N VIII nltk" INC workers
pdvst II hey can. but il rot th"y will make
ihc public pay the costs, lm they will not
pay Tor II themselves in any event, II he
hcov"N the min" workers, therefore, to SEQ
oft mat Trey are rot he viCt i'm. and ho,s,
Fnn VIII to tru" to Yourselves and to one
another ard see to il that the cost ~ this
creates, lator struggle that has ever co.
CURED H. moi placed on your hacks Stick
nv Your tiiion ard your union will stick by
YOU"
ftFiGY or NoN.uNIoN NAN oN Gti.Lows
iAILEION IA, Oct ~ - All the Colliorics
IN IA" region wcI" idle to-day, the men
voluntarily quitting work TO celebrate
Mitchell cay, About $500 met end bows
participated in the Parade here this after.
noon. mas meeting was held N tho
Grand Opera House which was addressed
ny National NiCe-Pso,ident Lewis, Of the
United Mine Workers One Of he displst
ing features of the parade was float upon
which was an offigy representing u non.
uhirn workman hanging to a crudelv made
gaInWs. No attempt was Ingde 90 sion
~" spectacle and tho cfligy WIS toned and
GlN"ucd by the iaradcrs Throughout the
line Of march
SCRANTON. Pa. Oct 20 The Observance
"l Mitchell day was general here Oh the