Show r tHE OPERATORS STAND P PAT AT NEW YORK Oct 4 4 The Thc The presidents of of the anthracite coal roads arrived h here e from Washington on a special train aa toda today E. E B B. B Thomas chairman board of or the l' l Erie Railroad comP com- com P l ny who ho represented that company at atthe atthe the Conference with President nt Roosevelt t at said today iterates s Op Operators Operators' Proposition There IK is nothing nothing to add dd to my any state state- nt at Washington yesterday In ret reto re- re t ct to the proposition made mad b by us that In case we cannot satisfactorily any grievances with our own tr employees It shall be bo referred to the t t- a s e-s of or the tho Court of or Common Pleas PIcas of ct the district In which the co colliery U ier Y is r t L eft for tor final determination This C provides provides-a a a. a tribunal which aft att af- af t t fiords r the miners every possible protect t i on i. i out but we cannot annot l 1 be s expected to turn I the con conduct of or p property which involves f the Interests of or such a a. large number of ot t o over O to th the th control of or an Irre irre- tia ble ar and d Illegal association and 1 place t the e lives lIv H and property ly of ot our loyal Joyal I employees an at it th there h rc m-rc mercy Ou Our r offer oLTer iS every for fat fair Lair and andI 1 I H 1 ih l treatment with appeal to lo an Ilni i i partial of or h tribunal free from front rom the the Influences i Pur the bituminous coal combinations i. i r forces o of 0 men are increasing and d dt t I we e produced yester yesterday ay over oer tons of or coal Call Off Strike President Fowler of or the New York Ontario Western road said It not unlikely that the public may jump at the conclusion that Mr Ill Mitchell Mit- Mit chell offered to resume op operations r. immediately Im Immediately Im- Im mediately In order that the Uie suffering public might be bc relieved relIe 4 at once I 1 think It worth while to call attention to the fact tact that that Mitchell offered at yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yester yester- days day's conference to conference conference- to make an un a agreement for not less than one on year ear or Ot more than live five years ears n as may be mutually deNow de- de Now tho the point I wish to make malce clear right here Is this Mitchell cannot order an nn immediate resumption n o of work because the tho bylaws bylaws bylaws by by- laws of the United d Workers Mine Une- Une Yorkers declare declare declare de de- clare that such a proposition must first be submitted to a n. convention of or its Hs del del- That cannot annot be done in less than two weeks weeks' time That time I am told is called d for tor b by the by Intimates Men Cant Can't Be De Controlled The public will observe o that hat there isa is isa a n. great difference between resuming work immediately and resuming world work at the end of two weeks In a word Mitchells Mitchell's proposition has a string to it l Moreover how do the operators know that Mitchell can control his men Did not they EQ Q back pa pu him at Hazelton two years ago when he ordered them not to strike The trouble la Is that lh there re are two sides to this fight the tight the responsible side tilde and the irresponsible side Bide Tho operators operators operators ope ope- stand for or something the miners are arc in inn a position llIo tp draw out nut of or any ement their leaders in may a make ItIs It Itis Itis is Impossible to make malte a binding a agreement agreement agree agree- rec- rec ment with Mitchell Indeed If Ir only the interests of or the miners and the operators were wen concerned concerned con con- the strike would be he of comparatively comparatively campara- campara tI el little general Importance Mr Mitchell referred to the charge of or lawlessness ness made by the coal operators in the conference yesterday e saying baying Operators Are Challenged Several of them made the statement that there had been twenty murders b by the t l s since the tile beginning of or orthe the strike We challenged the statement statement state state- ment on the spot and I volunteered to tender my resignation then and there 1 if it could be he proven en that there had been twenty deaths all told from violence since the Inception of the strike The proposition was not accepted The truth la 18 that there have been just seven deaths death and three of tho those e were caused by the coal and Iron police employed by the mine The trouble Is that these men never go go to tho the mines and they accept without question all the ther r representations ref made to tOI them |