Show On tho contrary many men brought her lo ttiko the phicofi of the strlk < T 11 have Joined till rank ol tho strikers rflnco the arrival fit tho rnlllllu and there In not the remotest possibility of tho mlnOj 110 l Ing tfiiccrHafnlly operated until 1111 hon orable and crjiiltiblo settlement Of the strike bus hoon made 1 Vo havo oiiUTid mid ire conducting tho HtniKRio without nmlleo and without blttcriiciM Vc belIeve lint our antng onlMtH tire aollnp upon my rrprenentnUon everywhere1 Wo riiwurd them lint 16 ine mles hut ns opponents nnd we strike III patienti mill thov < hnll accede to our dumunds and Hiinmlt to Impartial arid tritjuli lit dlnoroiicuH between us We nre Ktrlklng not lo show our Htronrth but the Jiiciko nf our cause und wo do sIre only the prlvllogo of statIng our CUM to p i faIr tribunal Wo uok not for avers but for Justice ami wo appeal our cast in thug solemn Judgmeitt of the American Amer-ican people Involved III thl light nro questIons weightier than imj quasi hut of dollars and ronts Tho proRcnl miner has hud bin losaon lie ban been oppreshod and ground down but there In another gob oratlcn coming up a gcnoratlnn of llttlo children prematurely doomed to the whirl of lie mill and uuko l and hlackne of tho brenkor It ls for theo llltle children we ur SIgh thug Vo have not undor ostlmntid the HtreiiKih of our opponents wu have not ovcrcillimilvd our own power pow-er of rislHlnnco Acouslnmrd always lo llvo UDOII little a little leas la no ler rlbli hiirdahlp U wax with a imklnK of hearts that we naked for our last pay wnvelope but In the grimy and bruised I hand of thc miner wan tho little whit hand of a child a child like I the children of the rich and In lie heart o f tho 1 minor wns the determination to starve to the I I IIIBI crust of niid and light out the long dreary battlt to win a life for the child md secure for Jt u place in the world In I keeping with th advancing cIvIlization APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT Petitions Urging President to Usa Good Offices to End Strike New York Sept JS Petitions are being chculfUid thioughout the country coun-try by the members of the various or ganisations comprising the American Federation of Pathollc Societies asking ask-ing President Roopevolt to use his good oliln iu end the coal strike The i members of the societies making up the federation number at least 00flQQ pel sons BIshop McFaul of Trenton X J and Bishop Messmor of Green Bay Win ale the Mplriiual advisers of the Ceder allon and are Interested In tho circulation circu-lation of the petition The petition roads In purl ve do not musk YOU to use any official power In the miltoi for you have none to IIFC wo only I aak you im the llrst cltl zen of lie iutt inn to medIate between those Parties You can speak as no tutu I chin can ip nk for the plain people of tho I country 1very l workingman knows lliaL you are his friend no capitalist of common com-mon sense can Imagine that you are his enemy The petition has already been signed by eight presidents and other officers of Catholic bocletles of thin city and Jjlool lyn 111 |