Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-19
fR|KES AND
| LOCKOUTS.
| Foreign to the Purpose O
4 Organized | lboh
| SAYS JOHN MITCHELL
| 8, Regard Interests Of esp,'''
h 70 labor so opposed That rh''
F'' can't bo RecOnoii'd'
SAYS JOHN MITCHELL

4 ,..,oolls. Ind, Jan. iS.-rhe I FOUR
al'n-r nnol convention Of the Unit
pa 'r Workers Of America VIII open
Nine ,ono,po n'' morning at 10 o'clock a,.
'0, ,ro,a today brought delegates
f. .y ,,r,' part Of the United states ties.
p ,, s',', Mitchell arrived shortly ai'er
'IasD' He was met at Greenfield
''O'S .n,,on committee representing
. .l ls,.p Labor union OF Indianapo-
4 and including several prominent
4 ~. ,ha arrival Of the president az
fi ,l,o ~ many Of the delegates anu
aO'ei, ileS to welcome him ana 10
lDsS heir greetings. AZ : oG'V sa,.
ena sHv ,ras served at the hotel Tor
l ,,a.dbsI and the reception commit
Ai ,s,er the dinner President Lev
H. Of the Columbia Na!lo ~, = p br,ne
sComed President Mitchell IN d Oii''
4 ~, .'s,ondlng. Mr.. Mitchell spoke on
4 teT minutes and said
r. Vve mn 10 the measure that mas
sat for me by the people OF the
VA states is indeed a difficult one
4 " Teater number are prone 10 pc
4 sibst a man whose name has ap-
4 IA in the press daily for the last
Montbs and whose picture has been
sn,s6 IN the newspapers from one
III 10 the other Is Il great orator'
~ a great orator and be able 10
n eloauent speeches has not been
wish | am just a plain talker
Il haye perhaps been honored by or
nl,ss labor as much, II not more,
n any one OF its many leaders to-
4 Whether ] deserve these honors
Fro, cannot say. have tried to
mn duty toward the men who nave
Isen me as their leader.
n heartily thank the people OF In
.napolls Tor the welcome they have
,snded me. I believe that they have
rlght conception OF the purpose OF
Ianged labor The majority OF them
Iaye differently than they did five
ps ago, when the unions of the coun-
were blamed wholly for the many
likes and lockouts In factories and In
coal districts
Ii am not here to speak Of the merits
the controversy between the opera
\ and miners In the anthracite iielcf.
likes and lookouts, however are ~
h to the purposes OF organized labor.
b. not believe In strikes. | regard
Im as horrible and the creators of
terlng But | do believe that the
boring men Of the country should
,er surrender the right TO strike and
protect themselves against organized
ptal
I. for one, do not regard the interests
capital and labor as so much OPP
sej to each other that they cannot
rNonclled ] have abiding faith In
citizens OF this country and believe
i they can solve the great labor
pblems which confront us and solve
lm right The labor principles are
hsldered more lofty now by that class
the people who heretofore did not
defstand the purposes Of trade
ionS The anthracite strike will re-
h believe, in the establishment Of
per relations between employers
employees"
the probability Of the an
aclle-workers and the miners ever
ing able to get together n Joint con-
luon Mr.. Mitchell said: 81 see no
spec! Of that coming TO pass now,
twill have TO come at some not far
lant time. The miners In the an
aclte region are now mining more
Z OF coal per day than they have
q done before. Their condition, Of
nee Is not what could be desired,
i is not nearly so bad as II might
II Is worse just now than II there
been no strike and II vii take
De tine for the old conditions to re-
usl themselves"