Gunnison news-champion., 1902-11-07
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the \sws CHAsrs0> appends sosa,
extracts FROM the last .evle VI Re
sle~s Os the tepse-
Bot the strike has been .ets!ea.
saa President Roosevelt Is eut,t.sa
tp. aud Is getting, a large share oi
ae credit Most people say, ~Tha
President settled It = Ii would b.
more accurate to say that he helped
No~ the facts are thai N
Morgan bad been try ing to settle ihs
strike all the tlme Since returnlnl
trum Esreps has done little else
EVea hs Was at once surprised g.
hud how dittcslt task II Was.
Time and time again NJ
Morgan eBdeayoFed TO secure som
-lIght reoessioa from this sttstudf
winch would make settlement pos
slble. Tue railway presidents wera
IS a stone wall. They had beeom
almost fsBstieal They knew thai
4 Mr Morgan were to throw aslde
every other consideration and rush
on TO settlement, at any cost, b.
nad the power to d. So; bat they fell
tnat be would not 20 to this ex
IRENE.
The intolerate tone of the railway
presidents N their conference with
President Roosevelt displeased the
country, aud greatly strengthened
Mr.. Mitchell, whose bearing was
dlgnltied and respeetful. Men ~ho
had taken the operators side Of the
controversy SAID such manner
spoiled Their case
That was Saturday. The next day
Mr. Cassatt sent Mr.. Bser, of the
Reading, flying to Mr.. Morgan BY
special tram. All that Sunday teIe-
phones were throbbing through the
East as tnanclers talked to RAILWAY
chiefs. Monday all met in New
\ ofk for consultation. As thereto
fore, counsels were divided. Som
were for fighting 1T out; some flr
settlement by p''sting notices of r
ing a small Increase of wages. others,
for other methods. But now there
was a master mind and a master viii
among them; 1t was Mr. Morg an.
He dictated terWs; he decided upon
the plan. The brain of Ehhu Root
had supplied the idea; the power Of
Pierpo,nt Morgan clothed it with
life. lad not Mr. Morgan
compelled the operators to accept
this compromise, the fat would have
been in the fire.
When John Mitchell, as the rep
resentative of this principle of arbi.
tratlon-of this new era-stood face
to face with the presidents of the
coalearrying railroads and mining
companies IN the presence of the
Chief Magistrate of the nation, the
American people had presented tC
them, for the first time, full view
of the new type of man who j,
marshaling labor's hosts and direct
ing its battles 1t was there he won
his greatest fight; with the repre-
sentatlves of eight great corpora
tious as his antagonists, and with
millions of people as anxious. eager
spectators. Under circumstances
that might have tried bitterly BIT.
terly the strength of any champion
tins mid, unassumlng sou of the
plain people. demonstrated anew the
teaching that it is to him only who
has conquered himself Is 1t given to
conquer and lead men. When. un.
moved by the attacks Of his adger-
saries, he calmly offered to submit te
a commission appointed by the Prpsi-
dent all the questions in dispute, aud
to abide by the decision of that tri-
bunal, even If the mine workers we're
not granted a single concession, he
won over the public. 1t took sides.
1t forced arbitration as the means Of
settlement. And in doing so it has
4 proclaimed, IN no uncertain tones.
ITS confidence IN such man.
Messrs Tribune and Republican.