Show VIEWS O OF OTHER EDITORS ON THE INTOLERABLE STRIKE From the Brooklyn Eagle How soon can the thc coal operators In Inthe Inthe Inthe the anthracite regions be in a n position to supply the demand for the product of or their mines after alter work In them has hns been finally resumed This Is lo the practical question which confronts ever every householder and every every ev ev- ery cry Industry dependent upon anthracite anthracite anthracite cite coal in the entire North Atlantic seaboard of or the United States It Il will require fully tully six months for forthe forthe the mines nunes to catch up and be able to tome me meet t all aU the demands which are arc made upon them oven wen It If the they run to their capacity c and ani war work th their thi I. I men loen In shifts This Is the answer made to the above abo questions by Dr David T. T Day chief of ot the Division of or Mines Unes and Mineral Resources In the Geological Survey and no man Is better qualified to express I an opinion on this subject than Is Dr Day Dar From the Minneapolis Times Thousands upon tipon thousands of or families tami- tami lies In the Northwest are aro dependent upon anthracite coal for tor or heating beating purposes purposes pur pur- poses poes and are provided pro with stoves that will burn anthracite but will not burn bituminous coal or When hen at decided expense and great Inconvenience they have procured stoves that will burn fuel other than the hard variety wh where herc rc will the they get the softer fuel If It the strike continues contin contin- ues there Is bound to be a n. scarcity of oC soft oft coal and of oC wood except at nt prices that to most purses are pro pro- The strike has served to bring the evils of trusts and monopolies into more prominent notice than a c decade dec clec- cade c- c ade of or ordinary conditions would have done There Is a compensation In the Insulting words of oC the assumptive Baer When he called the Government Government Govern Govern- ment contemptible even by implication he roused a spirit of oC Intense opposition In the heart of or every American against him and the cause he represents The necessity of oC some controlling law under which the necessary sary products of oC the earth shall not be subject to the whim the passions or the greed of oC any set ct of or men employers or e employees has been made so patent that Congress can cannot cannot cannot not afford to Ignore It longer From the Washington D D. C. C Times The General Attorney General of oC Pennsylvania Pennsylva Pennsylva- ala nia has ample power b by quo warranto suing to set on toot foot proceedings to forfeit the charters of oC the thc coal companies companies com com- panics neglecting to operate their prop prop- Neither contentions with la laborers ta- ta borers over the terms of or employment nor strikes among amon them are a legal reason for tor a failure on the part of oC the offending companies to operate their coal properties X A bill In equity could be filed flied contemporaneously contemporaneous with the proceedings b by quo warranto to appoint appoint appoint ap ap- ap- ap point a receiver to take charge of the property owned b by the corporation and operate It in the Interest of oC the public during the of ot the quo warranto warranto warranto war war- litigation Pennsylvania Pennsyl has therefore ample legal authority to terminate the confusion confusion confusion con con- fusion in the tle coal coat rc regions glona b by legal pro pro- C rss s a a. week It is t. t be hoped that Coy Gov Stone atone tone will wm resort at once to any and all RII the legal processes which mn may be Involved to end a condition condition con con- In the Keystone commonwealth which the President has justly characterized char char- as Intolerable From the Atlanta Constitution The most moat novel suggestion that has hilS yet come concerning the trusts emanates ema ema- rates nates from that distinguished Ohio Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican Fire alarm Foraker AccordIng AccordIng According Accord- Accord Ing to Senator Foraker pr ker the reason the trusts should be let tet alone Is la that everybody everybody everybody every every- body these hesp he days Is a l stockholder in one or more of them Here Is his ment mont It seems to me that commercial conditions will before beCore long Ions regulate and cont control ol the trusts Hostile legislation i la Is neither necessary nor desirable Not BOlong so BO long ago ngo when a n farmer er saved up a a. few hundred dollars he ho loaned It out ut to a neighbor or else he bought another piece of oC land with It Nowadays however how how- ever eer he buys stock stock not not at all for speculation spec spec- but merel merely as a n. profitable In Investment In- In vestment vestment vestment-i In n pome romo well established railroad or industrial corporation Mechanics Me Me- je hanics clerks clerIcs and th the class which may maybe maybo be bo called the thrifty are generally speaking the largest holders of ot the se securities securities se- se of oC the great trust corporations corporation They would not welcome hostile legislation legisla la- la tion nor would It be to their best In in- in The Information that we are arc all trust magnates in greater or IC less 8 degree will be a a. surprise to a a. good I many people In this part of oC the countr country If U nowhere else From the Indianapolis polls Journal Not ot a man In the country who has given any attention to the matter Imagines im imagines imagines Im- Im agines that anthracite coal coni would be cheaper than It was a year ago If the Government should own and operate the mines mints oven even If It It were sold at cost The Government never nover has done anything anything anything any any- thing as cheaply as an individual or private private private vate corporation The employment of oC over miners and the operating of three or four lines of oC railroads would require an army of or men Even If It only the coal mines were operated by the Government the lack of oC business methods meth moth HIs WOUld woud make mak coal very vory h hh h tty Equally Impracticable I Is the proposition of Mr Hills Hill's convention In New York to seize the anthracite mines under the the- right of ot eminent domain and pay a fair Calr compensation compensation for tor them At best beat the purchase would require many millions of oC dollars probably not less than This mone money would be raised by Issues of oC bonds upon which interest must be paid from year car to year ear so that to supply a a. limited portion of oC the people of or the country with anthracite the Government Government Govern Govern- ment would be he at a large annual ex ex cx- pense If It the coal should be sold at a a. aprice price to meet the expense of or mining and the Interest t on the purchase of oC the mines the price would be so 80 high that only a few could c in the luxury From the Cincinnati Times The placing of State troops in the field In the anthracite coal region places pIn pIn- ces It Il up to the operators to make good their statement that if ii given Riven the laws law's protection they could mine coal The They have ha now been cn given this pro pro- Any cry that the militia are used to intimidate strikers Is 19 false false- the they are there to support the law to protect property and the rights o omen or of ormen men A peculiar condition surrounds the situation The miner r proper is isan isan an nn expert he has a license from the State secured after aCtor a careful examination examina examina- examination tion and no man without this license can perform certain certain- work in the mines The supply of or this skilled labor IB Is In Inconsequence Inconsequence consequence limited Until the miner goes Into the mine the horde of oC Unskilled unskilled unskilled un un- skilled and juvenile ju laborers dependent depend depend- ent upon his work can do nothing There seems little inclination at t this ls time of oC an any number of ot skilled miners going to work It will be difficult to Import skilled miners and secure them licenses The only qualified men are in the tho bituminous fields where both operator and miner are largely ely In sympathy sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy with the anthracite miner in his fight for tor recognition of oC the union in determining the wage scale The bituminous miners and operators appoint appoint ap ap- ap point committees which meet once a a. year ear agree on wages and sign a contract contract contract con con- tract binding both parties Because of or this condition few tew skilled miners from the thc bituminous fields arc are to be expected to help out the hard coal opera op op- era tors |