The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06
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advantages, amons which msv hr mont 4
. shorter wefhiag day, q hishef a1.
wages ard The eIose,l shop pftnsirla
nni1h has always experienced dirfH'fI ,
collsrtlna dies from q lsfae pr snff
~ members, hence ibe condition w. 1If.t
that me operators retain ffom hs'r .u.
ptayses' vaeea suns tuficirni ~ psr dH,
and hand them over ~ tho Officers e 80
unl1u. That hetthef Mitchell nor HE general
sssn eompfeheRded tho absufdifv AMI .
legality Of such action ls 4 clear lndI.a'.n
~ their eallbfei " would be dlr.u' N,
conceive % q mofe unbuaines'ilte, nHfa
aenaeiesa proposition than this sugros'sd
-chsch-oh- system.
Then came the browning folly NJ deciarrsI
q suspension of work on April ?, a chuisn
bluh 20 Brighten tho operators into Concedrs
tho unions demands. strange a. n may seem,
thu miners themselves actually believed that
II they obeyed Mtchelrs order 20 cease york
public opinion would force q resumption N
their own terms within two or three vesss
nj the longest. IL worse came TO worst 'hoy
could eclare a formal strike. ]terrotiye ~
police and the sherlns. shoot and slug a isv
score non-unlon men. and finally c1cct y
settlement. This oft repeated programmes
received its first serious setback whom the
state constabulary fired on q mob AZ Mount
Carmel last Monday. A sccond "a.
ment came when Gov, Pennypacker sent forth
hs emphatic declaration that II necessary
the state Of Pennsylvania would use all tho
forces nj its command for the preservation II
law n order. The final paralyzing blow
fell when Mitchell finally realized. late 90
Friday evening. that the President of tho
United States could not DO lnveigled or
coerced into entering the struggle and ena-
bic the union 10 effect n compromise and
claim a victory.
At present the results OF his lndustrlal
opera boufe are apparently as follows Oper-
ators and many coal dealers have on hand q
large supply Of anthracite. which in sons
cases they may try TO sell at exorbitant and
unjustifiable prices. A holdup Of this nature
should be strongly resisted, The public has
had a period Of needless anxiety, but it has
learned q valuable lesson. Mitchell's lack %
real astuteness and generalship has been
laid bare. his former dictatorship Is gone.
The multitude Of his erstwhile deluded fol-
lowers have found out the difference between
an imaginary sodlike being with llmitless
powers and a self-confident agitator with
brazen assurance-that a case OF swelled
head doesn't go on Olympus; not for any
considerable period. They have. further.
willingly sacrificed in what they believed to
be a good cause more than one-twelfth Of
their yearly earnings. This means fewer
comforts and recreations for a long time 10
come. and all fair minded men are genuinely
sorry for it. But necessity Is q hard law and
10 sometimes works both ways
The most important result OF the whole
dispute Is the assertion by the State OF Penns
s~ylvania that American freedom shall not b.
interfered with; that the Declaration Of lnsN
dependence instead Of being q dead letter 10
O vital. enduring document.