Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-07
HANNA TALKS OF STRIKES
Senator IN Address at mautauqua Tells Of
Labor and Capital,
WORK DONE BY The cTWc FEDERATION
Says when Laborins Mes Make cen-
trsct TheS stay ~ n, a. was
shown IN Recent Miners
conventionp

URBANA. o., Aug. Ex-senator NJ. A.
Hanna addressed the Urbana. Chnutsuqns
today on the topics Labor and Ita Reia-
lions to Capitals 4f
The senator was met 1t Springfield by.
a large escort made up OF prominent clti-
zens Of Urbana and Springfield and Presi-
dent George w. Hit Of the C~hautauqua as
ISOLATION and taken by special trolley into
the lamp near Urbana.
An audience OF nearly 5000. greeted him
at the tabernacle when he arose to speak.
The senator was introduced by Colonel w.
r. warneck, member Of congress from this
district. He was first given the Chautau-
qua salute-a waving Of handkerchiefs-
and then heartily applauded. His address
was frequently and vigorously cheered.
II was purely extemporaneous a was
largely devoted to an explanation Of the
origin, aims and accomplishments Of the
Civic federation OF which Senator Hanna
is the president. So
He said the object Of the organization
is to better the condition Of labor, to bring
labor into closer contact with capital and
Il possible by effort and education to make
1t impossible to have strikes.
Continuing, he said:
In every instance but one In a ten months
life we have settled every labor difaculty
where the organization failed was the an
thracite coal strike. admit thnt the Civic
Is hard to conciiiate' * Is hard TO arbi.
trate a question when only one side win
consider Z. But ~ that eonnsction. ] want
ii my ehort in that strike and Others.
When appealins to the employers TO CON
Situation that i did not think they fully ap-
preciated, or understood, l told OF the ex-
Periepce Of myself and associates recently
In connection with the. coal mining OF weat-
ern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana aud nll-
nois. l have said that I thought there ie-a
better way TO settle d~inereaeess and after
twenty. years Of experience the operators
sontrollne the mines ot the states men
we organised what was termed 1.-THE In
t~erstate Association composed Of the OPP
these states ras OH I'VE SEreed 'n upon SVI q acaie Of
wages, flexible enough TO adapt itself to DIFF
ferent physical conditions. That scale once
to TX the basie price. That was four
years ago. The contract was made. The
S sgPsir sosl w sna t into g ssi InInaTs sS sac sold ID
their contracts and delivered IT. The next
year it was renewed BY . horisontal ad-
newed. and then last year. II was LEVIED.
Peace and harmony, good and seccessful
business operations, have ssucceeded that
In using that argument with other IL
E Ess said Iort 70 ne WY H. what y y2S ar SopS
cannot make IT," that i true, but when
that remark carried with Il the in~sinuaticn
ssss.sne a.ss = ess.sse4 / sssnt.sn sav shas
] deny t. ana now I have the proof. The
has brought about 4 condition. that Is
alarming not only 90 the peace 81 society.
BIZ but e TS shs Tats5igf sntsEsss. pE our Pee.
United Mine Workers of America a pro-
sst0R &c % shsii ca cali fP IRosstSSf Inc 10 o snS gntsioa1
delegates OF the Organization and settle
that question. When every !other means
when they saw hunger and starvation Be,
Would be desperates they then Tesolved
g call that nettpnar convention. and Aye
whether the ~bituminoue men belonging 70
that Organization would go out and strike
familiar with the great railroad and In
dustrial interests OF this country can ap-
gRsrsclats via that meant # would stop
Industry that depends upon the fuel from
Jfo5Ra Mitchell, the president Of the or
ganization. had EXPRESSED himself publicly
as averBe to that sxpedient, and, knowing
what know Of his Influence With his men
and believing ae ! did that the men who
had entered into a solemn compact with
the employers, which has been In force
for four years. bound. only BY their honor,
they would defend that honor, and they
did by voting unanimously against the
strike: Now there Il one OF the best les
SOM that has ever been presented to the
sasT%oSnue'sssstp arRs sSRls ffSSsnat osn f Be- urged 81 'f is
favor of getting farther with this policy
and encouraging these men and their class
by assuring them tina they can earn and
establish the confidence Of their employers
and the whole American people BY. such
acts az these. II will take time and
patience and work, because II 10 9 work OF
education, and one Of the most efncient
and best methods Of that sort Of education
IL TO have the talk from this platform and
from every other platform controlled by
the C~hautauqua circle.
What there Is yet to be- done along the
line OF this great question depends greatly
upon the support that weareceiye and that
II be not confined q. that small orsaniza-
ton OF the Civic fedSrdtion It's Z great
question. We ADMIT 1T Is OF the greatest
Importance to our body and to- BUR future
asa country. It. isl a subject that must be
dealt with from the political rostrum and
fairly from the platform OF Chautauqua
circles and from the pulpit Itself. -