The evening times., 1902-10-07
GOVERNOR STONE
MAN Of THE HOUR
In Ordering Out the Entire
National Guard of Penn
syIVania He Places It Up
to the Miners.
OPERATORS JUBILANT
officers Of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor Say They VIII
Not Order a General Strike.
The Presidents Callers.

The ordering out % the entire Nationa
Guard by Governor Stone Of Pennsyl-
] vauia for the preservation of order
n the coal regions is regarded here as
/ -hs most important development in the
/ coal strike situation. It row remains
/ 20 be seen whether as many of The strfk-
! ers are willing to return to work as the
! operators claim.
( Stone mas made it necessary now for
the operators TO demonstrate the cor
+ irectness Of their position by producing
. The men TO reopen the mines They
have insisted that II proper protection
was afforded coal mining could be re-
sumed- The only suggestion they made
to the President in response to his ap-
peals was that he should send Federal
troops 30 the strike region to protect
men willing to work. This was fmpos-
sible until the governor should exercise
his authority TO the limit and. falling
should call upon the President for as
s5stauce.
There are about 2.G00 Pennsylvania
state troops now in tie fed. The gov
ernor viii distribute the remaining :. zoo
in such localities as will render them
most effective for preserving the public
peace.
The operators claim that this means
a speedy ending Of the strike.
The critical stage of the struggle Is
thus a hand II the re-enforcements Of
State troops which will begin going OUT
today are hot sufficient TO preserve order
Governor stone viii probably ask the
President Of the United States TO send
Federal soldiers 10 the scene.
In the meantime President Roosevelt
is not relaxing his efforts to bring about
a peaceful solution Of the trouble. Franz
P sergent. Commissioner General Of
immigration. who went to PhiIsdaipbTa
yesterday. supposedly With q mes.ags
from President Roosevelt to John Mitch
ell. president Of the United Mine Work
ers Of America, returned TO Washington
this morning He called on thz Presi-
dent soon after j O'Clock and had a CON
ference with him lasting about half an
hour When he came from the Presi-
dents house Mr.. Sargent declined abso-
lutely to discuss his visit 10 PhiIadef-
phia or eren 10 say whether he had been
in communication with Mr. Mitchell or
not
All I can say is" said Mr.. Sargent.
that I have been 10 Philadelphia and
have made my report to the President.
The best Information is that the Presi-
dent has appealed to Mitchell to send his
men back 70 work and asking them 10
place patriotism above ali selfish coz
siderations. 1t IS stated thai the appeal
is accompanied by a promise that the
President VIII do all he car toward Sc
curing Congressional aid for the miners
a. The coming session, so far as that re-
lief can be afforded by Federal Iegisla- .
ton
There is no doubt OF the neral effect
hat would be produced by he acqufes- (
cence Of the miners in such an appeal +
from the President Il would strengthen I.
hem much with The general public But
1t also involves setback for the min /
ers' union. for the recognition Of which T.
by the operators they have been working /
so strenuously-
labor leaders here are opposed to the +
Of the appeal. and it is their /
opinion that Mr. Mitchell wi;: not listen +.
to the proposition of th= President. /
Members Of the executive committee OF
the Federation Of Labor, who are IN ses-
sion here. say that they will advise .
Mitchell to reject any suggestion from f
The President for the miners to return I
10 work with only the intangible promise +
Of possible remediable legislation by
Congress.
The officers of the American Feder- /
alton Of Labor say that they will not
order a general strike Of ali labor al
iIiated with coal mining, such as the
railroad men who haul coal ard all other
bodies Of Iaboring men who a:5ght handle
IL. when it has arrived at its destination.
President RooseveIt's Callers this
morning were Attorney General Knox,
Secretary Of the Navy Mociy. Postmas-
g General Payne. and ex-Fourth As
iistaut Postmaster General John s
Fiarksou. II Is assumed that thew dis
,ussed the strike situation. inasmuch as
he President has practically side
Tacked all other public business.