Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-11
MUST MAINTAIN ORDER
President Roosevelt Tells Strik-
ers Law and Order Are
First Considerations
MAKES NO SUGGESTIONS
SUGGESTIONS
Says Matter Has Not Been Mentioned
to Him in Any Manner, But lndi-
Gates He Would Not Hesitate to Use
Troope to Suppress Lawlessness and
Disorder.

Chicago May 1.-THE committee OF
laboring men appointed to call upon
the president and lodge with him a
protest against the employment OF fed
eral troops during the present team
eters' strike. was granted an audi
ence last evening. The committee con-
sisted Of Cornelius p. Shea, president
Of the international Brotherhood OF
Transfers; Charles Dold, president of
the Chicago Federation Of Labor; JOS
eph O'Neil, vice president Of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor; T. p. Quinn,
q member Of the canvassers' union,
and 4. Rickert. president OF the Gar
ment Workers International Union.
Outside of the members of the commit
tee and President Roosevelt, Secretary
Loeb was present during the confer
ence. The following account, of what
passed in the room was given out by
Secretary Loeb:
After presenting the protest to the
president, Mr.. Shea, acting as spokes-
man, said:
present to you II statement stating our
position in this controversy between
the Employers Association and the
Transfers Association. We have un-
I derstood that they had asked your aid
for bringing troops into Chicago. We
want to present our position to you"
Mr.. Quinn said
1T, will take about ten minutes to
read this. Perhaps we had better leave
1t with YOU The president said that
he would read it at once, and after
doing SO. said:
Order Must be Maintained.
II have read the petition you have
presented to Inc, the conclusion of
which is a. request for hearing be-
fore any action be taken by the federal
president relating to the Chicago strike
situation. AS yet, no suggestion OF
any kind has come to me from any
source that should take amy action.
OF the merits Of the case / am wholly
ignorant. have no knowledge of
what the situation is or of what steps
should properly be taken to end it.
II feel, however, that in view of one
statement, or series of statements In
your letter, ought to say this: I
regret that you should in the letter
have spoken at all Of the use of the
federal army as you have spoken. No
request has been made to me for ac-
tion by the federal government, but
at 1 the same time, Mr.. Shea, as you
have In this communication to me
brought up the fact. want to say one
thing with all the emphasis in my
power.
I'm uplloldins law and orders in do
Ing what he Is able to do to suppress
mob violence in any shape or way, the
mayor of Chicago, Mayor Dunno, has
my hearty support. am glad to be
able to say this to you gentlemen be-
fore say it to any other body. Now let
me repeat that know nothing of the
rights or wrongs of the points at is
sue What have to say is based
purely upon what ! regard as the un-
fortunate, phrasing of a letter pre-
scented to the president of the United
States. have not been called upon
to interfere in any way, but you must
not misunderstood my attitude. In
every effort OF Mayor Dunno to pre-
vent violence by mobs or individuals,
70 see that the laws are obeyed and
that order is preserved he has the
hearty support of the president of the
United States, and in my Judgment, he
should have that OF every good citizen
Of the United States.
Nov, gentlemen, 1t has been a
great pleasure to see you, and / am
glad have had the chance to say this
to YOU"
MT Quinn, who knew the president
dn his youth, said:
'Mr. President, what prompted us to
come to you with this statement is
that for the past two or three weeks
there has been continual howl for
the federal army. / have known you
long enough to know that would not
respond to a one sided demand, that
you will not respond until you have
thoroughly investigated the case"
The president replied:
Mr.. Quinn, as yet the mayor Of
Chicago has not made any appeal to
the governor and therefore, of course,
the governor has made none to me;
and as yet nothing in the situation has
demanded action by me-"
President Shea of the Transfers
union then said:
Let me explain that. The governor
has been requested by the committee
of the employers to demand federal
troops; the statement has been made
in the papers, I Immediately tele-
graphet1 Governor Deneen that we
would allow him to appoint a COM
mission"
Labor Leaders Against Violence.
Regardless of that / want to make
our position known to you in regard
to mob violence. Every time mob
congregates, every act of violence per-
formed by either union man or
sympathizer, 1t reacts to our detri
ment I believe that we are Skilled
workmen euough in our particular
craft to demonstrate to our business
men of Chicago that it is to their in
terests to employ us. There is moth
ing at stake, but the unemployment
of citizens Of Chicago who have been
forced out of their positions. Acts of
violence meet with the condemnation
of the officials, bobth locaf,and nation
al, of our organization. 1t does not
meet with the sympathies of our or
ganization. / simply want to say that
we want to be fair. to preserve the
business interests of Chicago, realiz-
ing that the prosperity of our employ
ers is our prosperity"
The president replied to this. say
ing: "Mr. Shea, / can only repeat what
have said, / am a believer in I'M
tons am an honorary member of