New-York tribune., 1910-09-11

! tives of the company see TO 1t that the law
! is absolutely obeyed, that there Is no chance
/ of saying that either the wage earners or
the corporation favored lawbreakers or
t law-breaking, and let not your civil seq
| wants trust 10 the good will of either side
! but TO the might of the civil arm. See TO
| it that every scoundrel who seeks bTutaily
| to assault any man is punished with the
| disapprobation of every man in the com
! munity. Frown on the lawless and the
disorderly. and when yen have obtained
! law and order remember that on 1t you
| are 10 erect the structure of Justice IN
vestisate and find out the facts. See to
| it that justice is done, and that no injustice
| perpetrated in the past continues. Take
the two positions and YOU viii have de-
served well. not only of the city of Column
bus and of the state of Ohio. but of the
people Of the Republic in which we live.
| Throughout Mr.. Roosevelts speech Mayor
| Marshall sat silent, and gave no indication
of his feelings. but at the close he grasped
the ex-President's hand. saying: Il am
inexpressibly indebted to you, and you
/ have strengthened my hands in that I can
| now repeat what you have said
! Later, on the way 10 the railroad station,
| the Mayor announced his purpose of COM
peliing both parties to the strike TO arbi
trate. When told this later Mr.. Roosevelt
remarked that he hoped the Mayor would
| not forget that the first essential which
| must precede arbitration, was the restora-
! ton of order
No more dramatic scene has been pre-
| sented during MIR. Roosevelt's Western tour
| than that which attended his address at
| Columbus Two regiments of the United
| States army from Columbus Barracks,
whose assistance had been cheerfully
/ granted by President Taft. escorted the
automobile carrying the ex-President and
| helped to maintain order. An aSSembiage
| of upward of twelve thousand people were
gathered in the public park. in the centre
| of which a stand had been erected from
which Mr.. Roosevelt spoke. In the crowd
were many of the strikers, according to
q local police official, and it was noticeable
that they applauded as vigorously as did
the rest of the crowd, which received
every denunciaton of lawlessness and every
demand for the restoration of order with
manifest delight
Metcaif IN Charge of Arrangements.
j. a Metcalf. chairman Of the reception
committee appointed by the North Side
Chamber OF Commerce. had charge of the
arrangements, which We're admirable. He
it was who wrote to the President asking
for the presence the troops and who re-
ceived assurance over the signature of
Secretary Norton that they would be there.
For two months Columbus has been the
scene OF one of the most dsorderiy strikes
in the industrial history of the country
The Mayor appears to have been wholly
| unwilling TO Interfere with the strikers,
who have resorted not only to the use of
dynamite TO destroy the railway company's
property, but have invented the pepper
bomb made Of thin biscuit paste and
filled with red pepper. which when thrown
into a streetear breaks, thus forcing the
passengers to take flight. The police have
persistently refused to interfere to restore
order, and when appealed to have de-
clared that they had their orders, while
recently some thirty of them mutinied
when ordered to charge the strikers and
were Immediately forgiven by Mayor
Marshall. Under Ohio legislation the Gov
ernor cannot declare martial law ex-
cept on an appeal from the municipal au-
thorities or by direction Of the Legislature
Governor Harmon is seriously blamed be-
cause he has not called the LEGISLATURE in
special session to deal with the situation.
and too, because of his inconsistency in re
fusing to declare martial law and resort to
the use of the militia because of his IeSisIa-
tive limitations. and then this week in effect
declaring martial law and giving his as
surance that there would be no disorder be
cause the state fair was to be held III Co.
| 2Umbus- While the militia has been present
i'll Columbus for some time. 1t has been
until this week, compelled to take its orders
from the Mayor and his chief of police,
which has made its presence wholly inef-
fectIVe.
The friends of the railway company insist
that the motormen and conductors have
had no occasion to strike, and that no more
than so out ef 80 platform men, have
been on strike. They set forth that the
railway company is a profit sharing insti-
tuition, paying dividends to its employees the
same as to shareholders, each mans yearly
wages being taken as the basis for compu-
tation. on which he received the same per
centage of dividend a stockholdeT it is
further stated that there are more than
two thousand factories other than cigar
factories in Columbus, and that this strike
is the beginning OF effort on the part of
the American Federation of Labor to make
Columbus Il union town-an assertion which
gives some color to the representation
made TO Mr.. Roosevelt. that the strike has
been largely due to the desire of the COM
pany TO resist the organization Of its men
Attends Labor Union Meeting,
1t is typical Of eX-President Roosevelt
that the last thing he did before leaving
Cincinnati was to attend last night after
the opera the lodge meeting of the railway
firemen, who had remained in session to
receive him He made the lodge a brief
address. i'll which he eXtolled the advan-
tages OF we'll controlled labor organiza-
ton, and declared that all such should be
kept free from anything which could give
its enemies the slightest excuse for charg-
ing that il was j lawleSs institution.
The last of the rear-piatform speeches of
this afternoon. So many people tried TO get
within hearing distance that two policemen
jumped upon the car TO keep them from
engulfng the ex-President.
Get down. please said Mr.. Roosevelt
so that | can see the people I thank you
for your help, but | can protect myself"
The policemen got down, and the ex-
President talked about the homely virtues
which have been his texts many times be
fore