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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1902
Page
23
Washington dispatches detail the national effort to resolve the coal strike through legal and legislative channels. President Roosevelt faces cabinet opinions on issuing a public statement while Mitchell and the miners seek a negotiated path. House members from Wisconsin pledge support for Roosevelt’s actions.
News from New York reports Roosevelt's mediation between anthracite operators and miners failed. Coal prices rise in tenement districts with sacks fetching 20 cents per pail and a ton at 37. A Salvation Army note warns it cannot meet winter demand. A French shipment of 6.0% tons of Scotch anthracite is planned, marking increased foreign imports amid the strike.
At Washington yesterday President Roosevelt pressed for a compulsory arbitration plan to settle anthracite strike grievances with Court of Common Pleas judges as final arbiters. Operators and union leaders sparred over immediate resumption and union control. Officials urged federal action if needed, while Morgan interests moved coal into supply to ease shortages.
President John Mitchell of the Miners Union arrives at strike headquarters in Wilkesbarre with District President T D Nicholls. Other leaders stay home. Mitchell repeats the strike will continue and defers any new action until consultation with district presidents. He declines comment on a suggestion for legislative inquiry and notes operators have pushed men to return to work.
Six thousand Illinois citizens signed a Chicago petition in twenty four hours urging President Roosevelt to call an extra session to avert a coal famine. The plan proposes appointing a temporary receiver to operate the Pennsylvania mines closed due to the strike, circulated under Senator William E. Mason.
Charles Barry a Chicago lawyer with offices listed as the headquarters for a company claiming large coal holdings in Virginia West Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky has written to President Roosevelt offering control of these lands under any conditions the President may suggest He asserts he acts for the public but notes funding is needed to develop the fields which have not been exploited much The letter was forwarded to the President today.
Maryland Governor John Walter Smith declines appointing delegates to the Detroit coal conference on Oct. 9 saying no authority to end the anthracite strike can be gained. President Gude of the Business Men's Association appoints five DC delegates to join five more chosen by the Board of Trade. Wisconsin Governor La Follette appoints twenty delegates to Detroit for the coal strike conference.
Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore says he hoped for a fair settlement from the Roosevelt Mitchell coal talks. He commends the president for seeking an amicable end to a long strike and expresses sympathy for workers while noting the conference produced no fruit.
Secretary Wilson travels to Pittsburgh for a Trades Council mass meeting while noting coal cars piled in yards. He expects no meeting with President Mitchell and plans to return to headquarters after addressing the gathering about coal handling amid mine activity by 2,000 workers in the anthracite field.
The New York World queried Mayor Bookwalter on the anthracite strike in Pennsylvania and public sentiment in Indianapolis. He urged immediate action, advocated Parliament or State measures to curb railway coal transport ownership, and said public opinion favors the miners.
Birmingham Oct 4 Union blocs vote to strike on Monday over a $1 assessment to aid anthracite strikers. Blue Creek miners face a decision as over one hundred of six hundred oppose the strike and will continue work despite union policy. Deputy sheriffs will guard against interference as men report to work.
In Wilkesbarre and nearby towns violence erupts as nonunion families flee as mobs bombarded homes. Labor leaders say foreign workers were brought in to break strikes while authorities report scattered disturbances and dispersed mobs. In Mount Carmel soldiers were sent to quell a march toward a coal mine and clashes occurred but no major injuries reported. In Missouri a mine workers strike spreads as unions and operators fail to agree on a new wage scale, over 1000 miners quitting.
Senator George G. Vest of Missouri, in Baltimore for eye treatment, condemned Baer and allies for their stance on the coal issue. He warned of severe national trouble if a quick settlement is not reached, noting the danger of freezing children and food shortages. He doubted an extra session of Congress would help but urged bipartisan support for any reasonable solution the President offers.
Boston reports a long vanished anthracite field may be revived if current conditions persist. The Mansfield bed, found in 1835 and proven significant, sparked attempts by three companies to mine. Tariffs and hard times stalled operations by 1838, with hopes for state aid to restart larger scale production.
Norfolk & Western Railway announces coal trains will run on Sundays across Virginia to ease fuel shortages. State laws prohibit Sunday freight trains, but officials say the unusual need may excuse it. Daily output from Flat Top and Pocahontas areas is about 24,000 tons.
International coal news shows UK production at 219 million tons with Britain importing more steam coal from the United States and Canada. In the U S Treasury notes a Canadian anthracite run of mine export request. Huntington reports a record price for West Virginia soft coal. Pittsburg upcoming labor mass meeting. Utica iron mines idle due to furnace coal shortage.
Evansville reports coal prices for local use climbing by one cent per bushel on all grades with assertions that more increases may come next week. Local mines operate at full capacity as the Teamsters union secures a wage raise after a brief strike. A separate Toledo meeting supported striking miners and condemned mine owners while President Roosevelt was praised. An appeal for mediation in the national coal strike was issued from New York universities and civic groups.
A grand monument at Crown Hill Cemetery memorializes Dr. Joseph Warren Sawyer. It features a polished Quincy granite base, a die with Byzantine Greek-inspired sides, a front Knight Templar Masonic relief, and a Solace figure holding lilies. Created by McDonnell & Sons of Buffalo, NY, represented locally by Henry Myers.
Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Workers says operators dominated the Roosevelt conference with coal buyers and miners. He backs Mr Mitchel t's plan to place the dispute in the president's hands for arbitration and notes funds allow continued relief for workers and an indefinite strike. He cites coal shortages and railroad car shortages as reasons for reduced mine output.
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