New-York tribune., 1905-08-11
MINERS HEAR PRESIDENT.
GREAT CRUSH At STAND.
Many in Cro1Cd Hurt, in Spite of
Mr. ROoseUelt's appeal.
rsr TELEGRAPH TO rHE rR1Rrxr !

VvrkesbaTre, Penn, Aug. I0-Over eighty
thousand mine workers assembled in this city
,osav 70 do honor TO President Roosevelt and
= hear what he had say TO them. 1t was the
,--.atest outpouring OF labor men which ever
eree-ed President of the United States and
T,-.sisenr Roosevelt was the first President since
I,,,oln in 1866. &c address such a gathering Of
--~,ntzed laborinE men.
Not half Of the eighty thousand heard his
s5sress owing TO their inability TO get near
cough 10 him 10 hear his voice. clear and dis
,,ot though il was. The crowd which thr6nged
she river common. the largest open space in the
eity was so great that many had TO use glasses
70 distinguish the faces OF the speakers. Fifty
feet from the grandstand il was barely possible
70 hear any Of the speakers. owing to the con-
slant crushing and surging of the crowd and
the general uproar it caused. II is estimated
that there were two hundred thousand gathered
FOR the occasion.
Had il not been for President Roosevelt many
might have been seriously injured. AS the crowd
surged forward. with such force that people
were lifted from their feet and the great cables
holding them back were strained and the posts
uprooted, he sprang to his feeC stopping Car
dina Gibbons's speech. and with voice and
gesture urged them back and begged them TO
stand still. Several times in the speechmaking
he did this. but despite this. scores of fainting
&
by policemen and handed over to the ambulance
corps
The speeches Of Cardinal Gibbons Mayor 2. c.
Kirkendan and Father Curran could scarcely be
heard so great was the noise. but President
John Mitchell. the chairman Of the day, managed
% command attention. His forceful address was
hoard by many thousands. although the crowd
vas so great that il impossible for more
,ban one-tenth TO hear what was being said.
cheers greeted Mr.. Mitchens speech, and
more cheers came when he introduced President
Roosevelt
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
President Roosevelt's voice had greater carrying
mowers than that Of any Of the other speakers.
and he spoke 10 the crowd in sections. that
while no one part heard more than one-fourth
OF his address. all we're satisfied by hearing
gone Of il His references 10 the mine workers
elicited cheer or cheer, and were taken with an
excellent spirit All present were deeply i'm
pressed. and what he said had marked in
fuence on them. The President said:
an particularly glad to speak 10 this audience
Of miners and their wives and children. and
peclsIy 10 speak under the auspices of this great
Temperance society In our country the happi-
ness Of all the rest Of our people depends most
of al upon the welfare Of the wageworker and
the welfare Of the farmer. II we can secure the
welfare Of these rWo classes we can be reason
ABLY certain that the community as a whole will
prosper And we must never forget that the
chief factor IN securing the welfare alike OF
wagewoFkEr and Of farmer. as OF every body else.
must % the man himself
The Only effective way TO help anybody is TO
help him help himself There are exceptional
times when any one Of us needs outside help,
and then il should be given freely; but normally.
each one OF Us must depend upon his own eXer-
tions for his own success. Something can be
done hy- wise legislation and by wise and honest
administration of the laws; that is. something
can be done by our action taken in our collective
capacity through the State and the nation.
Something more can be done by combination
and organization among ourselves in our private
capacities as citizens, so long as this combina-
ton or organization is managed with wisdom
and integrity with insistence upon the rights OF
those benefited and yet with just regard for the
rights Of Others.
But IN the last analysis the factor most in
6uential IN determining any mans success must
ever be the OF that mans qualities, OF
his knowledge. foresight thrift and courage.
Whatever tends 10 Increase his self-regpect
whatever tends 70 help him overcome the temp
tations with which all Of US are surrounded. is
Of benefit not only 10 him but 10 the whole COM
nUnity.
BENEFITS OF TEMPERANCE
No one society can do more 10 help the wage
worker than such z temperance society that
which am now addressing It is Of incalculable
consequence 70 the man himself that he should
be sober and temperate and II is of even more
consequence 10 his wife and mis- children; for IL
is hard and cruel fact that in this life Of ours
the sins Of the man are often visited most
heavily upon those whose welfare should be his
one special care.
For the drunkard for the man who loses his
Job because ne cannot control or Will not control
MS desire for liquor and for vicious pleasure. we
have a feeling Of anger and contempt mixed
win pity. but for his unfortunate wife and
Atue ones feel only pity, and that Of the
deepest and tenderest kind
Everything possible should be done TO en-
courage the growth OF that spirit of selfrespect.
kef-restraint self-reliance which, If il only
grows enough is certain 10 make all those in
Wnorn II shows itself move steadily upward tow
arc the highest standard Of American citizen
tnip L is proud and responsible privilege 10
o citizens OF this great self governing nation;
eho each Of us needs 10 keep steadily before his
eyes the fact that he is wholly unit 10 take part
: = me work Of governing others unless he can
LIsl govern himself. He must stand up man
.ely for his rights he must respect
ne rights of others; he must obey the law,
&c ne must try 10 live up TO those rules Of
issh1eousness which are above and behind all
REMEDY FOR LABOR TROUBLES.
Ihs applies just as much to the man Of great
--A as 10 the man Of small means TO the
elialst as 20 the wageworker. And as one
ssIles. point let me urge that in the event or
- oihculry. especially il il is what is known
,rsn. ls0or trouble. both sides show themselves
ss1- 70 meet. willing 10 consult and anxious
60 J" irest the other reasonably and falrly,
80 y iook the others side Of the case ana |
h ue other justice. II only this course could
sssTlefsiy followed. the chance Of Industrial
~ Would be minimized.
r-s.t my friends. ! want 10 read you an e1-
IRON 2 letter ] have just received from q
l--o4c priest whom / know well and whom
oN 10 BE- as stanch q friend OF the iaboring |
- * there Is TO be found in this country
g. ana then-not too often-it is good thlng
go 81 % US 10 hear what is not perhaps alto-
80 Daiatsble. provided only that the person
Lo iells the truth is our genuine friend, knows |
-, ne IS talking about (eVen though ne may
be , sse al sides Of the case). and tells US what