The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-22

President Roosevelt summons the
| AriDitrators to Washington on Friday
| Morning Violence Not Ended Vet.
WILKES BARRE. Pa Oct. oi-After he-
| ing ont for 1872 DAYS the striking mine work
| ers az noon to-day voted TO accept the pro-
| position Of arbitration and to return ia
work on Thursday morning The arhtra-
| ton commission will meet in Washington
| on Friday. TIE mon needed 10 get the
mines in share are o 60 To work Tomorrow
morning and 10y Nor day 20 per cent Of the
| collierics in the region will he working
The production will be more than 900 900
tons Of mined coal and 200 600 tons Of washed
coal for the six DAYS beginning next Mon
| day. For the remaining three days Of this
week the production is expected to reach
$4,000 tons. The coal famine will soon he
| over.
President Mitchell did not allow the con-
vention to vote by roll call but called for
a general ave and no vote on the proposition
and the delegates rising TO their feet de-
| clared for the ending Of the strike without
| a dissenting voice.
A telegram was ordered to he sent 70 the
President by Mr. Mitchell accepting the
| terms.
| OPPOSITION BEATEN DOWN.
| Overridden by a large majority. out
voiced. the engineers, firemen and others
who are to be sacrificed made the best OF
a hollow victory by arising with the others
| and declaring for ending the strike.
Before that moment came many had
made speeches 10 the effect that the question
Of few losing Jobs was not the one Of vital
| importance. 1t was the question as 10
| whet her the strike should he ended or not.
National Secretary W b Wilson told the
! delegates that the one course was to end
the strike. President Mitchell expressed
| his confidence in the convention and said
| with conviction and in a manner that i'm
| pressed the strikers that there was now no
! doubt a. TO what the convention would
| decide. and he appealed for a decision
! without "A dissenting vote. II was well
put. The delegates with one voice cried
Aye" to the resolution.
Wild scenes followed Delegates threw
their arms in air and cheered. some stood
on seats TO lift their voices above the crowd.
| For five minutes they spent their breath in
| declaring their pleasure and then sat down TO
| hear the other resolutions A political para
| graph commencing Senators Quay and PEN
rose for their parts in the sett lement efforts.
| which partisans Of the two leaders tried
TO have inserted, did not appear. The plan
was to use this as campaign document.
| SO loud was the protest when the effort
! became known that the Resolutions Commit
tee not only did not mention the name Of
| either Quay or Penrose, but was so fearful
Of allowing politics to creep in, that no men
/ tion was made Of President Roosevelt. In
stead the resolutions took the general tone
| of thanking all connected with National.
State and municipal governments who had
aided the union. NO mention was made Of
any one in particular, the thing was care
| fully generalzed
The resolutions do not pledge the strikers
| to abide by the finding of the Arbitration
| Board the convention evidently thinking
| that it is understood the strikers will do
| So There was no clause relat i've to the treat
| ment of the non-union men either, one eK-
| pressing the strikers determination To
treat them fairly being too delicate propo-
sition to make TO some of the delegates.
| The delegates entered the convention
| determined To- end the strike before noon.
| This was evident in the first few speeches.
| The opposition was slight and the tenor
| of the remarks was all for hurrying through
the vote on returning to work. There was
no doubt what that would be.
| BALM FOR THE DISSATISFIED.
One point the deleg ates were not quits
clear about was made plain.
I'D ike to know" said one III John
| Markle and the other individual operators
are parties to this agreement of arbitration
$50 understand said President Mitchell
That was enough. Then followed rapid
| assurances that the men would get their
places back.
"The Kingston Coal Company has Of
| fered to take all without discrimination,
said one.
| a superintendent told me that the non
union men would be kept, but that places
would be found for every striker" said
| another.
I'D like to know who is afraid 10 sacri-
! fee Job for the cause" queried one. look
| ing around fercely None arose MANY
| have given up their lives for the good Of
! the cause" no cried Who would not
| give up a iob?" There was no reply and
| he sat down
| The telegram to President Roosevelt,
| the formal acceptance of the terms and
| the promise 20 return to work on Thursday
| we're the report Of the committee first pre-
| scented, and then followed the argument
| before the vote was taken 1t did not
change the complexion of the things, but
! President Mitchell would not put the vote
| until the question was talked out.
But the oh doctors were still In force
Several were heard. and one cried. in a tone
of hopeessness,
"Well, it's hard dose to swallow, but it
seems the best step that we can take, and
| guess we have to take It,"
Tho note Of defeat, dependency and