The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-12
MITCHELL ASSAILED
Ex-MAYOR HEWITT CHARGES SELL
FISH MOTIVES.
DOES HE WANT ARBITRATION?
WILL NEVER BE RECOGNIZED BY
OPERATORS.

Miners President Charged With
Personal Aims-He Is Very Active
Iy ut Work, However, and Will
Make Flying Trip TO-day-PeO-
pies Alliance of Anthracite Dis
trict Present Demands to Gov.
Stone for Extra Session of Legis-
Iature and Special Legislation.
New York, Sept 11-Abram S. Hew-
lit, former Mayor of New York. gave
out a statement to-day in which he
said he knew positively that ]. P. Nor
gan would not interfere in the coal
strike. Mr.. Hewitt also said that the
coal operators would not agree to ar
bitrate with President John Mitchell,
but that he believed they would con-
slider grievances presented by their
employees.
II don't altogether blame Mr.. Mitch
ell for bringing on this strike. Mr..
Mitchell advised against the strike.
When he called the convention at
Shamokin he thought he would be able
to control it and show what big fell
IOW lie was. buI lHOSC yOutl5 lOlAONS
came in and wanted the strike, and
the convention got beyond Mitchell's
control.
Then he called the Indianapolis
convention. He told the anthracite
miners that he would ask the bitumi-
nous miners to go on a sympathetic
strike. He did so, and they refused.
Mr.. Mitchell in public, clamors for
arbitration. But does he want arbi-
tration? What Mr.. Mitchell wants is
recognition for himself. Mr.. Mitchell
is fighting for his very life but there
will be no recognition of Mr.. Mitchell
or the part of the operators, and no
arbitration between the operators and
Mr. Mitchell.
ut was Mr.. Mitchell who destroyed
the principle of arbitration in the coal
fields. The operators are willing and
ready to adjust any grievances by
concessions or otherwise with their
own employees. But they will have
nothing to do with Mr.. Mitchell That
is positive"
MitcheIPs Many Advisers.
Wflkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 11-President
Mitchell completed arrangements to-
day for a flying trip to Philadelphia
and Harrisburg. At o'clock to-mor-
| row morning he will meet a commit
| tee from the state legislative board Of
| railway employees of Pennsylvania, ant
| at 3 o'clock in the afternoon he vii
| leave for Philadelphia, where he vii
| address the United labor councils Of
that city. On Saturday morning he
will start for Harrisburg, where he
will hold a conference with Gov. stone
He expects to return to Wilkesbarre
Saturday evening.
George w. Purcell, national board
member from Indiana, who has been
in West Virginia for some time past,
arrived in town tonight. He had a
conference with President Mitchell. He
said the strike in the New River dis
trict, West Virginia, was progressing
favorably to the miners. Several OPP
orators had granted the demands of
the men, and he claimed it would only
be short time until all the other OPP
orators followed suit.
H. Gaylor Wiltshire, the well-known
Socialist, was closeted with Mr.. Mitch
ell for some time this evening. Mr..
Wiltshire is of the opinion that unless
the strike is settled in a short time
there will be a social revolution in the
country. The officials of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Com
pany claim the output of coal at their
mines and washeries was larger to-
day than at any time since they re-
sumed operations. The report is dis
credited at strike headquarters.
President Mitchell says his reports
from the entire strike region show
that no miners are returning to work,
and that the output of the coal at the
few washeries is not what it is claim
cd tn he