The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-27
Roosevelt Testifies He was
Prepared to Take Any Meas
ures to End Great Anthra-
cite Strike of 1902.
HAD STANDING ARMY ALL
READY TO TAKE CHARGE
Declaring Attitude of Opera
tors Unreasonable He Had
Arranged to Take Over
Operation of Properties.
lBy Leased Wire 10 Evening Herald. ]

lBy Leased Wire 10 Evening Herald. !
New York MAY 2T.-Thcudnre
Roosevelt, as president. was ready To
take measures equivalent to action
in time OF war tu end the great
strike in the anthracite mines la
1909. lie was determined To take
action even though an effort should
bee made later 60 impench him, for H.
Mr. Roosevelt so testified IN giving
testimony here today before n referee
iu the suit uf Alexander 4. Wales "a
lawyer. OF Binghamton, ~ j.. against
John T.. White. president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers Of America FOR fees
he alleges are due him Tor the part
he took in settling the strike.
In september" said MIR Roose-
Welt the situation began To grow
acute. II was "a situation fun Of men
ace To- the country. ] asked 20 ap-
pear before me representatives OF the
operators and of the miners / re-
gardcd the attitude of John Mitchell
then head of the miners. as reason
able aud The attitude of the opera
tors as unreasonable and offensive"
After telling OF his efforts 10 settle
the strike through a commission OF
arbitration which Grover Cleveland
consented To- head he continued. Il
made up my mind | would have Go
take drastic action unless the opera
tors ana miners got together. 1 in
tended to send in the t.lted States
army only wanted tu get IL Ia thcfe
ana IA take care of the situntioH.
II told senator quay OF penrsyi-
vania, ld act. ana Ia guarantee that
the people OF the eastern seaboard
woud have coal and have Il rgh,
away. I told him Il ne would help me
na .ftf. f.. lfls o
hc wished. I asked quay 20 arrange
to have Governor Stone 80 Pennsyl-
Vania when I notified the governor,
send word to me he was unable to
control the situation and then / would
send IN the army.
II pl1nucda a. have General SchO-
Held go in and take crargc with the
troops ana act practically as re-
ceiver for the mines. | told The
general it woui Dee equivalent To- Hc-
ton taken in tim' 4 war and that
h. must pay no heed Go any G'uer au-
"a, rity--no heed 60 writ from
Judge cor anything else except my
commands lie said he would do So"
colonel Roosevclt said ne kept his
plan secret. even from the mombcrs
OF his cabinet. The operators he
said. persisted In their uncompTo-
missing plan until finally change
came aud after many disputes about
the mt mbership OF the commission
one was appointed ana the strike
ended"
Colonel Booseyclt was constantly
sparrlug with Mr. Wales. who con
Quoted his own case. when under cross !
tEnminutiuu.
Mr. wales finally angered him. and /
ho bent forward. shaking his finger |
az the lawyer ana scowling az him. lie /
said he had never seen Mr. Wales be- |
fore and knew nothing OF any part !
which the plaintiff took IN settling the J
strike.
Mr.. Wales tried to make Colonel I
Roosevelt admit he was willing 10 vi- I
ulatc the laws. defy the courts aud !
disregard the constitution Go settle ihc |
strike.
"a wouldn't accept Your iutogrrc- |
tAtiOn of the constitution" Colonel |
Roosevelt rotorted ~ proposed that |
-very action ! took should be In ac- |
rordance with the constitution as I
Abraham Lincoln construed O.
Would you have settled the strike /
law OF no lawf' persisted the plain I
.lfr
"sd have settled IL Colonel Roose-
,elt said. ia have found a law"
New York. May 21-''lt anybody /
doubts the existence ol thar river now /
his sincerity is open to question
This Was the comment OF Colonel /
Roosevelt today on his return here 1
from Washington ON the lecture he 4
delivered last night before the Ma
tioual Geographic society, iu which \
h. officially announced the discovery
~ river iu Brazil
Colonel Roosrvolt planned to re-
main ln town touaN. spending some
time nt his editorial offices. where 10
WIS arranged to take his testimony
ln the suit brought bY Attorney !
Wales AGAINST John Mitchell for Iees
be- alleged are due FOR the part he
took boo settlement of the rennyl- I
tunin coal strike ~ tgO3
Colonel Roosevelt expected 90 re-
uru 90 his home In Oyster hay late
u the day.