The daily sentinel., 1914-06-16
STRIKE ! \
KEAT|NG'S HOPE
Congressman Tells How West
Virginia WaIkOut Was Ar
bitTated Recently.

TASHlNGTON. D.. c.. June 16.
w by Edward Heating, Con-
gresham at Large from Colo
RADIO. l-On June the following
resolution was introduced in the sem
ate by Senator Robert l.. owen OF
oklahoma, and in the house by my
self:
Joint Resolution.
Authorizing the President of the
United States TO appoint a commits
sion to settle the Colorado coal
strike.
Resolved by the senate and the
house of Representatives of the
United States of America in congress
assembled, That the President OF the
United States is hereby directed to
appoint commission of five persons.
distinguished in experience. discre-
ton and integrity and free from
any interest In the disputed mes-
tions, to invite the coal operators and
coal miners of the state of Colorado
to Immediately submit the questions
In controversy to said commission
lot settlement. Said commission
shall inquire into. consider and pass
upon the questions in controversy,
and, II submitted, settle the same
upon Just and permanent basis.
with view to preventing the re-
currence of such difficulties in the
future, and in any contingency make
| a full report of the facts and their
conclusions to congress at the earli-
{ est practicable date. and not later
than December LIST. 1914.
/ The resolution as originally draft
ed was an exact copy of the agree
ment under which President Roose-
welt named commission to adjust
the famous anthracite coal strike in
pennsylvania and provided for "a
commission of five persons. one of
whom shall he an officer of the
engineering corps OF either the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States, one of whom shall be an ex-
pert mining engineer. one of whom
shall be familiar with the commercial
handling of coal. one of whom shall
be familiar with the employment OF
labor and one OF whom shall be of
eminence as a sociologist''
We struck ont the qualifications of
the members of the proposed com
mission at the suggestion OF certain
senators who felt that The President
should be left free to select high
class men without regard to pro-
fessional or business connections.
Gave Pennsylvania Peace.
With the simple change noted,
the Owen-k eating resolution is re-
production of the document which
enabled Roosevelt to bring Industrial
peace to PENNSYLVANIA through the
adjustment OF a controversy inyolv-
ing ten times as many men and
twenty times as much capital as are
concerned in the Colorado difficult
ties?
Why cant the same results be
produced by the same means in Colo
RADIO?
In what particular does the Colo
RADIO strike differ from strikes in
Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Ohio
or Illinois?
BY comparison with other indus
trial wars which have claimed the
attention of the people of the COM
munity within recent years, the Colo
RADIO strike affects a small number
of men and n small amount OF cap
ita. 1t is true that the loss in hu-
man life has been shockingly large.
but that is only another compell-
ing reason why the state and nation
should demand prompt and peace
full. and. above all, permanent ad-
iustmenth.
Congress Ready to Act.
lHlnt aHl with the
temper OF congress on the Colorado
situation, and | do not hesitate to
say:
II the mine owners and striking
miners will agree to submit their
differences to commission to be
appointed by the President, the
Owen-Keating resolution can be put
through both houses in forty-eight
hours. The President will undoubt-
edly approve 1t and will name
commission which will command the
confidence of the country and which
will decide fearlessly and imparti-
ally between miner and mine owner.
1t will be noted that the authority
OF the commission is not limited in
any way-it is to be given an abso-
lutely free hand. It may recognize
the union. or refuse to recognize 1t,
or recognize ii 10 a limited extent.
1t may grant the strikers demands or
may sweep them out of court and
declare they haven't leg to stand
on. In word. II is made the su-
preme court for the hearing and ad-
iustment of this particular dispute.
The decision of the anthracite COM
mission was so satisfactory that en-
nloyer and employe have labored in
harmony for many years, and there
is nothing to indicate rupture in
the near future
West Virginia Settlement.
A few days ago ! was in the office
of the secretary of labor when the
two senators and four members of
from West Virginia entered
and asked for an interview with the
secretary.
They stated that the United Mine
Workers of America had called a
strike in the Kanawha coal fields in
their state and that about 10000