Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-02-24
THE THREATENED COAL STRIKE.

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viii be worse than blunder on the
part of the persons responsible. 1t
Will be crime" And that, take it all
in all. is the opinion of the press from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, SAYS the
Literary Digest. "The public ought
to have some rights in a free coun-
try" protests the Washington Post.
Failure to reach an agreement at In
dianapolis is regretted by all newspa-
,pers. The United Mine Workers
Journal undianapolis) the organ of
the $4,000 miners preparing to strike.
quotes President Mitchell thus:
"'There must be an increase in wa
ges or there will be no agreement
was the declaration of President Nit
chell to the operators scale committee
Wednesday morning.
After Calling attention to the gen.
eral prosperity of this country, Mr..
Mitchell asked in an impressive man.
ner:
"'Why should not the miners enjoy
their share of this prosperity? Must
the miners stop now? Is this their
end? Have they no future?
I'm making this statment SO that
you gentlemen will know where I will
Ssoiu WhSh IL SOiuCo W d DOlul Ill InlS
conference whether to agree or not to
agree."'
In the camp of the miners them
selves there seems to be considerable
strife. Patrick Dolan, head of the
Pittsburg district of the United Mine
Workers, uttered words to which. in
the opinion of the Indianapolis News,
the miners should pay heed. "Why
dnacp,f Iah, Ill
truth? Why doesn't he tell you that a
strike now means disaster to the
union?" he is reported as crying out.
And further:
81 want to tell you that if we can
get an agreement by further consul
tation, as we have been able to do in
times past, then We had better not
pass this resolution. There are many
districts unorganized to a great extent
which we cannot control. Many of our
young men have never been through
a strike; they are ignorant of such bit
ter experiences and what it means to
see the women and children suffer. |
1t is easy to get into strike, but it
is hard, bitterly hard, to get out again
But, if needs be, you will find that
can still strike just as hard as any
man in the union"
"Why fight" asks the Cleveland
Leader, in reviewing the "singularly
formidable" balance of forces; "why |
fight with destructive results, to get
what should be obtained without
WARP" 1t is obligatory upon both sides, |
says the Kansas City Journal, ito do |
everything possible to make it's own
attitude fair and reasonable" The
New York Journal of Commerce can
not see how strike could succeed, |
coming at the beginning of spring
Would those who have to pay, it asks, |
feel sympathy for those responsible |
either for higher price of coal or |
suspension of the supply?" That John |
Mitchell feels the seriousness of the |
situation is proven by these words in |
his speech to the miners on the strike: |
'In deciding this important matter
you must consult the interests of the /
men, the women and the little child |
rem, at home, and If your judgment /
differs from that of your president, /
you should stand and vote your con-
vicitons, even though you be only one
man against thousand"
The most discouraging feature OF |
the news from Indianapolis, the Buff |
falo Express feels, ''is that there is a /
well-defined feeling there that certain /
large soft coal operators welcome the |
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