New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-18
THE PRESIDENT AND COAL STRIKE
How the Matter Is Regarded in the Mining
Region.
From ME Wilkesbarre Record.

From The Wnkesbarre Record.
Our esteemed contemporary, The New-Iork
on the whole. In a erfestly fair and square man
but occasionally ~ ciscloses its organlc chaI
Ti1iictyeHesS It Is not often that 5Ir Miller fvho
IN FACT one OF tic abest in the entire nation)
be pIlloried for writing ia needless manner ana
make point against the President for settling the
coal strike. he becomes unfair, his pen travelling
WHEN service. Of course. does his conscience little
credit Inc P PTeL Gay had not Iterfered the an
thracite strike would soon have terminated, ena
81 itators and IN way that would not have served
to encourage the spirit q unrest ana tlrDGieHcS
20 8iGg f ar no!itcai organzStion The editor
st.a sS is exnoited tbis canard now a number
Of times and are sorry to find 50 able Journal
some vague partisan advantage. Upon what pcs
sible semblance Of authority Goes - he ZINES mes,
base its absurd statement that the strike was sbOut
anished when the President injected himself INTO
INC ayssq We here in tho wyoming Valley, wero
the centre Of the storm anu stress eIlou anu u.
OF tie ad in fscf bee0ught 10 use his good Offices
70 end the .'intolerable condition" then existing
we should have known 1t. On the contrary, al inns
lime there was no thought Of yielding on the part
~ Inc miners They were lighting. they said
then. for their very existence and were wliiing 10
permit 20 win the right to work under better and
more humane conditions The strike would have
gone on indefinitely mao hoi Ihe FfeslleLt lnlei
Vened. The cold weather vas coming on apace
and
ing was imminent. The innocent third party was
about 10 become the victim Of circumstances over
which II had control. These had no coal. ana
could not POSSIBLY exist during the bitter weather,
rfdlv approaching, without il. An ntoerable con-
clifton existed. Every body. who was anybody. had
attempted bring the warning factions together
and failed. Mark Hanna and Senator quay and al
the Influences belonging TO their zones OF action had
ber snuohed and had retired from the fight utterly
discouraged. The prospects were indeed blue;
Finally. as a last resort when verything looked
HACK and desperate the President was pleaded with
nute TO a close. When all else failed he concluded
10 try TO act peacemaker. lie brought MS &C
~7lsfor1ed force and tact into play the moment ne
TOOK tic subject up His temperament. his mag
ne+isrn and his winning personality were OF once
aroused lie put the matter cogently before IN
hfe logic He diytUely inspired 10 avert gIedt
ralarnitv and OF course succeeded. The WholS
vrorId witnessed his magnificent adjudication ana
TIC heavens fairly rang with applause. SItat
cfrh Of relief escaped from all Americans An lacl
condition Of absolute torture had been removes
s,6 the spirits OF the nation rose joyously as Is
lie custom when impending cataclysTn is avert
81 40 President has done the nation a
Teat ter personal service than President RooseFeit
ia On this occasion. We believe he rose 70 sreas
Seirht that great emergency confronted MIN aHd
fhaf ne proved equal 10 il. This Is the opinion as
- an mankind save few who have special reasons
~ their own for thinking otherwise ,-.s
TIE Democrats viii gain no votes oy upbIal4-
y-- The President for achieving great dIstln
fsIr we insist he performed a great act enc hsN-
- strike and he wifi know exactly how we mere
~ fhe coal regions feel about Il when We sl54i
iys him the largest majority ever gwen heuSl-
- Presidential candidate IN this sectlcn o. tns
IA rIevs1oae STATE next November Great SERVICES
are always rewarded