Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-09

representatives of the coal operators will
| signify their willingness to have your de
cision Incorporated i'm an agreement for
not less than one year or more than five
years as may he mutually determined,
between themselves and the anthracite
coal mine workers, and will pay the
scale of wages which you and the tri-
bunal appointed by you shall award We
will Immediately call n convention ana
recommend n resumption of work, I'M
| be paid, are to go in effect from the day
| upon which work is resumed.
Very respectfully yours.
JOHN MITCHELL
| President United Mine Workers of Am
erica.
JOHN FAIIEY
THOMAS DUFFY,
u. ID. NICHOLS.
District Presidents
STATEMENT OF PRES. THOMAS.
| Statement of Mr.. Thomas, president o,
| the Erie:
No one can more fully realize the
| gravity of the situation or the grave re-
| sponsibilities resting upon them than the
men who for months have been seeking
| to protect the property under their
| charge as well as the lives of loyal en-
| poyes from the attacks of misguided
| men melted by people foreign to the
otate ana 10 the industry we are seeking
10 deienu we are DONG all IN our power
and with incrcasi success to mine coal
| Mr. Mitchell and his lieutenants are do
| ing all in their power to prevent it. We
ask that such eHorls cease OF laillhs
tnat the state or pennsylvania ana II
she is unable the powers OF the United
states snail be cxerted TO aHoro 1ull pro-
tecton 10 employees not only while at
work nut while en- route from their
| homes as well as to their families, amt
mat the reign OF terror riots inumlda-
tion ana murder Whlcn TOT months mas
| preVaieu III the ahthraci'e region shaii
cease. record OF ~ Killed. over ~ H.
| Jureu ana WIN constant ana increasing
| destruction or dwellings, works, ma
cnlnery ana railroad by MOB violence
with no proper enforcement OF the law
or order by the proper otlclals Is not the
! time TO act on Mr.. Mitchell suggestion
OF TINS morning TO arbitrate with men
not in our employ. There are over HOO
! loyal employees at work IN ana around
re anthracite mines ana since TINS con-
ference mas been called open threats are
current IN mat region mat such men
VIII neither be permitted to work nor
I'VE IN that country. we are contendlng
Tor the rlght OF American cltzehs TO
work without regard 10 creed nation
AMY or ASSOCIATION. 10 seek TO prevent
TINS Is a crime ana we cannot by I'M
pncation sanction such course. We
ask the enforcement of law and order
IN the state that we be permitted TO
deal with our employees free from Tor
eiSn interference. convince, that under
such conditions we can fully perform our
nun duty TO the publlc, our owners ana
to our employees. | fully concur in the
suggestion of Mr.. Baer which can be
| pursued in case of failure to agree with
our employees but in many years of
such dealing it has never yet been re-
| quisite to call in assistance to fairly ard
satisfactorily deal with our own mon.
MR. MARKLE'S STATEMENT
statement OF MI Johh Markle' lhde-
ptiucht coal mine OPERATOR
nave ilSVn'u win u'ep interest 10
the remarks thtl you maze before us a
rev minutes after eleven o'clock inns
morning ana 90 thorough appreciate the
seriousness OF Inc situation IN inc an
! thraclle coal lleld OF Ichhs!IFallla' AZ
YOU dlsclalm any right or duty TO IN
terVene IN your oificial capacity but an
| using your personal influence as You az
NIT TINS matter Is beyond the merits OF
Inc Issue between the coal presidents
and operators on one side and the miners
on the other and you express the fact
that the situation has become literally
| intolerable, and as you further state,
the evil possibilities are so far-reach-
ing, so appalling, that II seems to me
that you arc not only justified in sinking
but required to sink for the time be-
ing any tenacity as to your respective
claims in the matter at issue between
YOU, In my judgment the situation APP