The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-28
ROOSEVELT FIGHTS 4 STRIKE.
TRIES TO PREVENT TIE ONE
IMPENDING IN OMAHA.

Tur.s ms Night Speech late N Enen
20 Make Both sidos Look Fairfy st the
Question. as Coal strike Commissioners
Dld-Some Disorder NJ the Meeting.
OMAHA, Neb., April U.-The President
tonight took cognizanoe OF . conduo n
of Affairs here in Omaha that threatens Q
business paralysis such as no city in this
country ever faced. On May !, IL present
indications come true as read by business
men and laborers alike, the city viii De
tied UP by a complete strike. Even the
tearnsters employed by the merchants
throughout the city have promised to stop
work unless all the other demands MADE
by an the other laborers, each in his own
branch Of work. are agreed 10 by the
employer.
The Ak-sa.-Ben. the org anization OF
Omaha's business men which tonight
had entire charge OF the Presidents re-
ception. 10 peculiarly affected by the pros
poets Of the city. These men are in such
q AZ now that they are almost ready TO
cry for peace AZ any price. They went
TO the President yesterday afternoon at
Grand Island and asked that he employ
his genius TO effect q settlement OF Omaha Q
prospective troubles next week.
Tonight. after q greeting by all the peo-
pie Of Omaha along the principal streets
which equalled his reception when he
campaigned in Omaha two years ago, the
President went 10 the Den Of the knights
OF Ak-sar-Ben on the outskirts OF the town
and addressed a crowd Of 10000 people.
For a time the crowd was very disorderiy.
The people in the middle Of the ball stood
I'D and fought with one another and the
people behind yelled. Ex-senator Mander-
son tried three times to restore order. Al
last he called the police. Their Efforts
caused several free fights and more disorder.
The Senator roe gain and said:
Finding myself quite unable TO control
the disordery and unreasonable spirit OF
some Of the people present. announce my
willtn gnees TO give over the effort. and 20
turn this audience over to the man who sub
jected to his control the disorderly and
riotous coal strikers Of Pennsylvania, the
President of the United States.
The crowd Quoted with a suddenness
which showed that all that it had been wait
Ing for was q chance TO hear the Presidents
voice. The President spoke OF the fact that
this was the birthday Of President Grant
and delivered his usual homilies on civic
righteousness.
Then turning to the subject which was
uppermost In the minds Of his hosts he
said u part:
.IfImight give word Of advice in Omaha
] should like to see your daily press pub
uah In full the concluding portion Of that
report Of tho Anthracite Coal Strike Com
nniseion, signed by all the members thereof.
by those In a special sense the cham.
pions Of the wage worker, and by those
IN q special sense identified with capital.
Organised or unorganized. because. men
and women OF Omaha, those people did
not speak first as capitalist or as
iaborer; did not speak first as Judge.
- army man, ~ church man. but they
spoke, all Of them. unanimously signed
that report, all Of them. as Ameri.
can citizens. anxious 70 sss right and
justice prevail. (Cheers and alpplauss.)
mo one quality will get III out Of any
difficulty. We need more than one; We
need q good many. We need, a. ] said.
the power, first. Of each man honestly try
ing to look It the problem from his fellows
standpoint. Capitalist and wageworker
alike should honestly endeavor each to
look at any matter from the others stand
point, With o freedom. on the ono hand,
from the contemplate arrogance which
looks down upon the man Of less means
and. on tbs other. from the no less con-
temptible envy. jealowly and rancor
which hates another because he Is better Oh
Applause and prolonged cheers.
Each quality is the complement Of the
other, the supplement Of the other. and In
point OF baseness there is not the weight Of
the finger to choose between them. Look
at the report signed by those men; look at
II In the spirit In which they wrote 1t, and
II you can only make yourselves. make the
community, approach the problem Of to-
day in the spirit that those men. your fell
lows, showed in approaching the great
problem OF yesterday, any problem or
problems will be solved.
ANY man who tries to excite class hatred.
sectional hatred. hate OF creeds, any kind
Of hatred, In our community. though he
may Affect TO do Il In the interest OF the
oIass hs is addressing. 10 In the long run
with abeoluts certainty that CLASS own
worst enemy. Applause and cheers.l
In the long run and az whole We are
gong TO 70 up or 20 down together. OF
course, there will be individual exceptions.
small, local exceptions. exceptions In kind,
exceptions in place, but as whole II the
Commonwealth prospers eome measure OF
the prosperity comes to all Of US. II It is
not prosperity then the adversely. though
II may BE- upequally upon US. will weigh
moro or lees upon all. II lies upon our
selves 20 Determine our own fate
NY fellow citizens, mon and women OF
Omaha, let me close In expressing the
abounding confidence have that you Of
this city. that you Of this State, will In the
end work out your fate Alright. because
] hold you TO be in . peculiar sense typical
Of al that u best In the American character.
] bslisve In you with all my heart. be.
Meve that you are strong In body and strong
In mind, and that you have what counts
for more than body. more than mind -
character, honesty, and, In addition thereto,
courage, hardihood, manliness. the qualities
that make q man At 70 20 out and do battle
IN the rough world a. Il actually 10. lap
plause.l Virtue you have got TO have that.
The able. fearless, interruptions man
who y not guided by the Law e curse to
b. hunted down like q civic wild beast. and
his ability and his courage. whether In
business, In politics or any where else, only
serve 70 make him moro dangerous and q
greater curse.