The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-21
STRIKE COMMISSION REPORTS
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commissioner of labor investigate the strike and make
port The latter did and in the latter part of the month
reported the of the controversy be substantially given
above In July rong of less serious character
place the mining regions of Pennsylvania and troops
der Gen. Gobh Shenandoah and other places
AS the strike prolonged throughout and early
fall without settlement the country brought face to face with
the prospect of serious fuel famine In places SIS
asked for hard coal and but little could be had
price The the pulpit of cities and political con-
venton took the matter and proposed various plans for end
ing the strike, but nothing accomplished until President
Roosevelt the of October asked John Mitchell rep
resentatves of the coaopeang railroads meet him for
ference at the executive Office in Washington This conference
the first of the kind requested by president of the United
States took place Friday Oct The mine operators rep
resented by George Baer president Of the Reading railway
system; W. H. lruesdae president OF the Delaware Lackawan
& Western railroads. E B. Thomas, chairman of the board
Erie raroad Thomas Fowler president New York Ontario
Western road r. NJ Oyphant president of the Delaware &
Hudson road and John Mare OF New York President Nit
chel representing the strikers agreed arbitration by
committee to be named by President Roosevelt but the PROPOSE
ton rejected by the operators who declined arbrae
cpt with the miners individually and demanded that troops be
furnished permit them reopen The
thus ended in failure
the guard of Pennsylva
ordered the coal fields Oct President Roosevelt
asked the coal miners to resume work on promise of nvestga
ton and congressional action. The request declined
conference of Mayors Detroit resolutions passed urg
ing the of Pennsylvania seize the coal mines and coal
roads by condemnation and them for the benefit of the
public and asking that the attorney general bring proceedings
against the coal roads for violating the Sherman antitrust In
the meantime the President continued his efforts bring about
settlement and finally after repeated conferences in which Mr.
MITCHELL Secretary Root Commissioner Carroll D. Wright
Commissioner Sargent and Messrs George W. Perkins and Rob
ert Bacon of the firm of Morgan Co. of New York took
part the parties the controversy agreed accept arbitrator
these men: Gen John NJ Wilson, Bishop John L. Spadng
Judge George Gray Edgar Clark Edward Wheeler Parker
Thomas H. Watkins and Carroll d. Wright. This agreement
reached early on the morning of Oct. ID.
President Mitchell called delegate the miners
Wkesbarre, Pa and at this convention it unanimously
ed Oct arbitration and to work in the mines
Oct. 20.
Various estimates of the total loss caused by this strike
made but of them obviously much too high,
making nearly $2oooooooo The following figures though
necessarily based conjecture like the Others probably
the truth:
Loss railroad companies in freight $I4oooOoo
Loss anthracite operators from. unusual sales Of
bltumnOus coal 6OOOON1
Cost of coal and iron police force
Loss to miners i'll wages 100000
Damage to mines 100000
Total. .$26oooooo