New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-19
DOLAN WAKES BITTER.
Implies That Mitchell Lacks Com
mon Sense and Courage.

Pittsburg Feb 1s-District President Dolan Of
the United Mine Workers to-day gave out the FOL
lowing letter. constituting another bitter attack on
President Mitchell:
billy for the mess into which he has the miners
the the miners fG@ the d lam which
aione is Tesponsbie for the serious situation which
confronts the miners he got started wrong 61s and
common sense to make a temporary retreat when
6 ne SAY aion ns o Tas ines anu
He led he argument for the miners by demand
Of coal Were higher at that time than they
two years ago Inc operators ,1 ,n f books
OF all the companies in the country. large and
would agree TO take reduction If the price were
shown to be lower, the operators TO pay an ad-
T. l. Robbins asked Mitchell TO accept that offer.
Mitchell never replied Robbins Tepeafe9 the sues
into Robbins apgsed to the sh and the
question. Mitchell then arose and said Il decline
TO answer" From that time on our cake was
to write an intelligent statement. but a does
not have TO have college education 70 know when
When Mitchell saw what mess he was in he
tried to brighten the operators from following up
their advantage by making radical statements and
scare the operators by the threat OF a national
f f5 S but the ne called our 9 0c SHADE %
ask the public 10 allow US to shut on theIr coal'
smut down the rdllrOaOSs stop tn6 NlIIS anu rae
tories, and then have the newspapers make public
sentiment for by telling everyb body how Just our
is.
From the time Mitchell made that first olunder
he went from bad 70 worse until the Ryan reSoIu-
ton made situation hopeless, and came on
without agreement. Mitchell has always lacked
courage. He is more careful OF his OWN reputation
successful leader than he is OF the interests or
his people Never in his has he fought
against the popular tide, matter whether II was
right or wrong. Two years ago, when the oper-
ators whipped him into line for reduction, he dis
appeared from the convention with an attack or
what he called nervous prostratiOn," and he made
all the miners leaders fight 10 have the delegates
accept the reduction before he would get out or
the Turkish bath
his administration / have not, although he has
always fought me. 1 candidate for national
vtce-president against him in 1898. and he never
forgave 1 have letters in my desk to prove
that he sent organizers into this field and issued
orders TO spare expense TO have me defeated for
district president in my own field And IL was the
unions money and not his with which he was
willing to be lavish TO vent personal spite
1t has been evident for years past TO everybody
connected with the labor movement that Mitchell
is suffering from common. ordinary dose of "Oig
head" He is working all the time toward one-man
power, and the truth of the matter is that he is
Ing situation. Circumstances have made him.
tide has been in his favor until lately, and he
doesn't measure up TO hts job 1t takes something
besides Prince Albert coat and a carnation IN the
buttonhole to make real labor leader. 1t takes
common sense and courage, and the man who
lacks either ought to hire somebody tell him OF
his shortcomings and retire from his job.