Show LEADERS DECLINE OFFER WASHINGTON Oct PresIdent Mitchell of or the Coal Miners Miners' union has refused ed to com comply pI with the tho appeal of President Roosevelt Hoose to call all the U lIt strike off Ills letter leller to the ti which was made public at tho the Is as follows HOTEL Oct 8 8 lion J KC Hon Theodore c Roosevelt t President dent of ot the United States Slates Washington D D. D C. C C. Dear Dear Sir Sir Hon Carroll DWright D D. Wright has no doubt rt n ported to you ou tho the delivery clell of or your mc message mci t tb me last Monday und and Dl my st 1 t to him that thal- I take your O suggestion tIon under ads ad- although I did not look upon It with favor Since that time I have ha consulted with our district presidents who concur fully tully InIn in In my mr views We desire to a assure sure you rou again that we feel keenly keenly- I the responsibility of our our position position position po po- po- po and the Gravity ln of nf the situation and It would give II us great pleasure to take any action which would bring brine this coul coal strike to un wt end In a manner that would safeguard the tho Interests of ur our constituents In proposing ln that there be bo an in Immediate resumption of coal mining upon the conditions we suggested In III the conr conference conference confer confer- renee r- r ence enee at the White Iou House e we believe helle that We ue hod gone sone more than half halt way and antl had m met t your our Wishes It Is unnecessary In this letter to refer to the malicious a assault ault nude made upon us In the the- ther r response of or the coal operators We Vc c feel confident that you OU must ha have beep been Impressed d with the fairness s of ot our proposition and amI the Insincerity of oC those who mall maligned rI us Having ln In mind our experience nc with th the coal oI operators In the rho past w we have p no rea reason on to feel eel an any degree of or confidence I in their willingness ness to Jo do us justice In fir the future and ami Ina Inasmuch a as they have ha refused to accept ceeN the decision of a t tribunal tri trl- rl- rl bunal selected h by you von 11 and Inasmuch ns as I there is no law through h which you OU could enforce the findings of the commission you ou suggest t we respectfully decline to advise our people to to return to work simply pimply upon ulon the thc hope that the coal operators operators ope ope- r bo ho Induced or forced d to comply with the recommendations of your our commission As stated above p wp we believe belle that w we went more mor titan than half halt way In our propos proposal 1 at Washington and we do ln not feel that we should be asked lo to make mako further sacrifices We o appreciate clate your our solicitude for the HIR people people peo peo- of r our country who are now and ami will willbe be he subjected to great suffering and In Inconvenience In- In convenience iJ by a n. prolongation atlon of the th coal strike antI and we feel that the onus of ot this terrible state stale of affairs should ho ht upon lh the side which has refused to defer to lo fair and anti Impartial J e investigation tI- tI ono got I am respectfully JOIN JOHN MITCHELL President U. U 1 M. M 1 W W. A. A |