Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-12-10
STRIKERS URGED
TO STAND FIRM
President Mitchell Addresse.
Miners at Trinidad, Colo.,
on Labor Question.
8 NO CHANCE TO SETTLE
Mitchell and Miners Leaders serves
With Papers in . Damage Suit
Brought by the Victor Fuel
Company.

temperature at he freezing point.
President Mitchell addressed a crowd
of $500 in h open air. The crowd
sEivered from cold. but listened atten-
lively throughout. frequently inter.
rupting the speaker with cheers. Mr..
Mitchell spoke from a platform decor.
ated with bunting and flags. He said
in part:
can not tell when or how the strike
will end. whether in a day. a month or 9
year: that depends on yourselves. Yot
riiices. l have been In many strikes and
seen starvation and eviction. Strikes are
serious things. not pleasure. and men must
sseiAy y%ic D ! ~ p1 An oTsam,saSion sn str, no.
cannot be driven from Colorado. Our or.
ganizatton Is 30S, 600 strong-too strong tc
be beaten In this state. II you are Of the
coal till you receive fair compensation
under proper conditions. You should al;
oney the law. and this a good union man
derstand the citizens alliances. both here
and In Denver, state that the men have
no grievance and are out because they
is save q s ssen sni.lm.dat neI,a by af h,.tors. This
9aomt oy higher wages. II you feel as ]
90 you VIII mine no more coal until you
receive better pay. better hours n bet.
able and ~lawabiding n strike, strike. and
strike until you win.
Loud and prolonged cheers greeted
the last words. and the crowd
s"armed around to shake his hand.
THE conditions of the strike are un.
changed. see no immediate chance
Tor settlement" said President Mitchell
TO the representative of the Associated
Press at his hotel.
confers With Governor Peabody.
Trinidad. Colo. Dec. 4.-Governo.
Peabody has invited President John
Mitchell to a conference with him on
the subject of settlement OF the strike.
Mr.. Mitchell said he would go to
Denver II possible. He added, how
ever. that pressing business would re-
quire him to hurry his return to Chi
cago.
Governor Peabody has decided not
to send more troops to the coal fields at
present. He will do SO, however, un.
less Mr.. Mitchell succeeds in his eft.
operators.
President Mitchell was served with
a summons to court in the suit Of the
Victor Fuel company for an Injunction
to restrain the United Mine Workers
officers from interfering in any manner
with the operation Of the company's
mines. Later in the day MI. Mitchell
oAA sAS tAiAIlCIS IedOeIS were served
with papers In a damage suit for $S5. 00c
filed by the Victor Fuel company.
Mine Owners Indignant.
Denver. Colo, Dec. 4.-Delos A. Chap
pell. president OF the Victor Fuel COM
pany. and F. j. Hearns, president Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company.
had a conference and decided to reject
the proposition which they were i'm
formed had been agreed on at the on
fprQnco Mt Trinidad nofwoon prooidont
Mitchell and the district oficials to call
of the strike II the operators will grant
an eight-hour day, recognition Of the
union being waved. 1t also was prac-
tically decided to reject any other
proposition that may come from the
United Mine Workers.
Our course is fully determined on"
said Mr.. Chappell. I'VE Will have
nothing whatever to do with Mr.. Mitch.
ell and hia colleaRuea.'