The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-09
VINO IS FORCING A COAL STRiKE2

In case strike Is declared IN the anthracite coal regions
unlikely that pckeuE abbcatng other OF law
quite likely that
blanket uuneoua viii by the operators
and that some thousands Of men who have families to support
jobs hold strike will be cali
their offices and shops and because they memheu Of
the Pennsylvania militia will be compelled hayouet and shoot the
striker thereby aphoidns the dignity Of the courts and enforcing
the inIunconA
the strikers be awless they expect
the hayonet but when rsht
down brass % deny that Law brcaker must expect
punishment
ira strike involving workers will be
national calamity aud The public viii have to pay for H. The
wn up. $4,000 their families VIII have 70
supported business region viii be dead
end and the commercial and financial systems OF The whole eoua
Try will be thrown cut Of or less
public for coal it win have 70
contribute to the support q the strikers and their families Il WI
dividends OF the stocks aud
bonds the % trust Miners and operators employees and employers
working and capitalists protested By law the pubic aP
be projected IN nothing the Neutral territory that hos
tile armies ovcrruu and lay waste
strike carried such exsat
public speaking through the president Of the untrd
finally eomhatan the su Of the neck aud
dispute president appointed strike
commission hoped that
permanent pece prosperity would be the 81 the acpt
ane Of the commissions finding BY the miners BY opera
highest Kind Of law Tor all oaecraa
and between tho miners and
the and the public represented By the strife comma
sion.
Yet operators yfu-ed
things the commissions nndnE Pet
killing forward until the
compelled oae faith the value Of arbitration
believe that the cid method q striking and siusxns and
dispute operators the -
complicated. but simple after all TIE paid
quality Of coal they dis has beoa
the custom Of the operators TO weigh the coal and aS OF deduct
might be MIXED with Il The miner.
proved strike that this Weighing and docking
unfairly done by the mne owners Ahel proved taA hs sa
the mines eefaude Of their By the
docking They offered the Of
tbs Each mine and 10
docking honestly The commission
held this only and ordered
In this case At least striking attempting
employers business Thy oay askinE that hsy
allowed that that they dis hon
weighed paid n the honest With its
tvcA
Aer the commission agreed request
after commission had
Of enee the miners went 70 work and the company dos not
any dlsobeyed
appointment Of the Wsshmsn the trust put forward petty OBJ
lection another whie being argued down.
hsh priced lawyers hiaknE To shov how
Of them might BE- mentioned that arbitration
Of arhraors and miners agreed refer the
Carol D Wright wright decided In favor q
arbitration board then voted
withdraw wghrs jurisdiction
disguised hcy wouldn't
three members three miners on the
negative recorded the
motion TO wishdraw the carried and When the
miners talk strike the offers refer wrsht
ready o reafarm decision.
hnsen months miners going
mines day expecting hear when they that the coal
haTon had decided to ou The terms Of their agreement and 10
appoint they
aperated By The delays Of the tus, Which
the rights Of the public easily pledge
And the miners have decided that this arbitration
thing sounded fraud they about decided
the old style method of striking and fighting and ong and blood
only way up notice
DO do this ali good citizens Who chip
nd the militia pay up
Ing licking they
break law doesn't seem that nat trust is due Zoe
licking and doesn't violations
about smuggling
Iron police aud the slipping Of sticks Of dynamite under oaaef