The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-02
TRIBUI
TO MITCH
Thousands Cheer
Miners Chief.
SPEAKS OF THE sTzll
Ten Thousand Dollars
lected for the Mincls
Mitchell Says the Tailure =
Strike Would stun, INT -
Stay, Trades Unionism e
This Country.
SPEAKS OF THE sIal

Philadelphia, Sept 1.-The orGd~
workmen Of Philadelphia today paid
tribute to John Mitchell. President q
United Mine Workers Of America, ~
the same time showed their sympakNI
a substantial way for the striking au<nl
cite mine workers Of PennsyIvania
The presence Of the miners chief x1I
made tho ccasion of great demnn1c
ton. In the afternoon Q parade wa 14
under the auspices Of the Central Ito1
Union More than 1000 men wxo
line. President Mitchell rode 1t the -
Of the procession and his reception sle1
the route of the parade was enthustee@
After the parade a big picnic was ~
in Washington Park on the New Jcr4
side of the Delaware River. There We<<
probably 10000 persons In attendanc@
Here Mr.. Mitchell made two addresses
In his principal speech MT. Mitch4I1
said:
Growth of Trades Unionism.
This day has been decreed a. labof
special holiday and great hosts Of lab<
are assembled are are reviewing -
struggles of the past and preparing t63
struggles of the future. The year that h11
just closed has been unprecedented IN 1n&
growth of the trades union movem<u1
and the growth of independent thountI
and independent action; but with Tho.
great growth Of the trades union moves
ment new problems have arisen tnat VIII
tax our greatest strength to solve No
have this year government by tnjunctlen
and ownership by Divine right IN their
most accumulated FORM II one OF th4
most conspicuous capitalists of our coeuS
try properly represented the senttWeu<
and feeling Of his associates then w.
must take 1t for granted that they he<'
lieve that God in his infinite wisdomf 49,
given into their control all the reso<
of our country. l was taught to b@
when a boy that God loved all His peol
alike / was taught to believe that h4
conferred no more power or favors upon
one than upon another; and notwfthstauQ~
ing the declaration of the controllers "a
trusts, 1 am not pt epared to abandon the
teachings of my boyhood days
Every year sees some struggle kha
workers that stands out more conspicucu4
than other struggles. This year II hap
pens that the coal miners of Pennsylv4%
mia are engaged in life and death struz<
gle for a right to live. The struggle "a
the coal miners of Pennsylvania - nc4
only the greatest contest between capAta4
and labor in the history of the world be-
cause of its magnitude but stands ont ~
bold relief as the greatest struggle be-
cause of the issues, involved
Fighting for Rights:
1.-THE miners of Pennsylvania are f3Gf{t@s.|
ing for the rights granted them by Tho
laws of our country and as EXERCISED
by their employers. The coal miners a.
Pennsylvania are engaged in life am
"a D4@
to take their little boys and little girls
of tender age and frail physique from the
mines and mills and send them to schoet
where as American children, they prope
erly belong. If my reception in Phiiadel<
phia, IL my reception here, is representas
tive OF the sentiment prevailing through
out this country. l believe then, mn
friends the coal miners cannot lose-
1T am not one Of those who believe THAI |
the loss of the miners strike would rs<
suit in the destruction of the trades un- I
ion, but I do believe the failure of th8
miners would give the trades union one 81
the most severe shocks 1t has received faH
years. This struggle was not started Until
we had exhausted every conceivable con-
ciliatory method known to mankind Las
dies and gentlemen am one who believes
that the time is not far distant wheu
the working men will have to solve the |
labor problem. I am free to say that u1X
own views have been somewhat Changes
since this strike started
Nearly all well informed workers know
that / had identified myself with every
peace movement that 1 thought woul8 F.
help the workers. 1 am not prepared tQ
say that they are failures, but they are
failures as long as employers will no4 IS
listen TO reason and to truth. look fur@
ward to the time when ELL wage earner&
will takse their proper places In thl&
movement / look forward TO the tin4 y
when those who build mansions will no4
have to live in novels look forward ID
the time when the men who build The
lightning express and the men who build
the beautiful palace cars will not hava
10 walk from station to station looking
for work. | look forward to the time IS
when whose whose labor builds beautiful
sdifices, whose spires point Heavenward.
will nov have to walk past them. tea
Jagged tn enter. l stand for the solidarity
II the trades union movement hope To-
zee the time when no man who earns nia
,read by the sweat OF his brow will Be
outside the ranks % his trade union. :
ook forward to the time when the work
RS of our country will take possession o.
heir own country
Ten thousand dollars was collected Too
he miners.