| Show STRIKING MINERS IN CONVENTION They Assemble in Scranton to Consider Their litchel Makes an Address and Counsels Them Not to be tasty Hasty I Scranton cranton I Pa Oc Oct conven convention tOI tion of striking mine work worker et er called by M Mitchell Ich I ot of the Unit United Mine Workers Worker fur tor the pU purpose of considering tb the 1 10 pr per ont cent net ad advance vance offered by te the mile owners ownen en eon In nai lull toay today The hal hail which h ha a capet capacity or of abut about JO WU was filled IP Unlike mOt most conventions wu was arm an uter utter luck lack ot of decorations In U the hal hall A As each b ouch ot of the thu United Mine Workers entered the hall bali he wu was applauded applauded but tb the moat demonstratIon was wal mere tr fbi PI delt dent Mitchell 1 lie i the t ra gates t a as follows tollow MITCHELLS A S Gentlemen In opening this conven cona convention tion I to hurled outline the fur pur p pole which prompted U us tu to IU saU yo you he here and point out It If r cia tle tIle Cl course YO you should pursue In th the questions which so 0 laUy leet not only emily yourselves anti the constituency ency yoU represent but asu I Hi the 11 mit of oC In the ea m eW w and In anthracite region not dirt tY conne tle ted whIt Ih the loal coal industry Before ding I so how however ever permit mt me to YI yc I 1 up upun upon un on tv the roth growth ot of your n as evidenced b by th large ot of Iele gates at a assembled here TI I II Is with I tout lout exception the largest labor Ion which h has In the history ot of our naton natIon Tl Th rause IU wI i eh ch torce forced you ou to engage 11 iii cnUt st which h his this It iti e efrom from yea years ot of Suffering so 0 Indelibly In printed upon your memories tat that I t would b be a WAt ot of nords to 5 them hee here ol STORY OJ OP THEIR WRONGS I The story ot of your ur wrongs hal ha been truthfully 1 b by your It ha been portrayed In ni nil I its hideous hideousness n ness by the Iel ot of the pre press pressmen men Int sent Ier here to tn Iek eek out tl the truth and andreport report a as th they laly really IX cx li isi and wih with Ihl the I ha has d that nur lr case I Is Ju Just t and that the responsibIlity for this tl unfortunate strike r ruts solely upon Ullon the shoulders or of those who you Your own conduct during the strike even een unde under the not most circum circumstances stances b his 0 for tor and yo clit cause th 11 tOd o of aU all ut people o of Lii ln besot P teWa few hi number and tb thin olly only Inder tender Italo stances In which the mine miners Were not wholly at fault In fact tact I it hai been shown that mont overt act have committed b by those Whose dUI duty I it II Is to enforce the I law thin hy by the mine mineworker mineworker worker who hove ben been M so erroneously pictured I as In morn entirely devoid ot of repe respect fur tor law and order For this you deserve erve much mUth credit Lhor organist Uon have hae no greater enemies than the thoughtless strikers Why who VIolt tie the law lawor lawor or permit themselves t to he be provoked into Inlo the commission ot of rime crime I It ftc fre occurs Iu Iii time ot of strIkes that strikers Into viola ton of the law with t the hut hope anti and th the expectation that public sentiment viii be arrayed against the strikers amid tte ml military ary Irm arm ot of the can ald be I R so cul cured to curb the men IneD and defeat the objects for tor which the strike was IhU pirated Whatever r may be b our here her toay today whether you end or continue the strike It ft II Is my yu rn to t hOlt hone that eer every miner may regard It as hil his duty not onlY to oby obey but to assist ault In en the law I START OJ OS TUB STRIKE 1 When this strike wa vs put Into effect W we declared that I it would not end un tin less In I a majority of the the anthracite miner mine agreed to Its We STe repeatedly an flounced tbt We would oud not undertake to tn decide t the future no happiness or r mis er cry th the weal eal or woe o of the le live hundred mi tholand thousand person nt upon the anthracite coal Industry to for a livelihood W e bleve believe that ebat the men who ho minI mine coal oal tt that the men who work ork In the collieries that the by boys who work ork In the breakers hould al iii l be beto the otil era ot of our 01 your declare the strIke at t al an tn end that tle the had posted It at th ir of toning en an ot of It Ii per r cent ent In WUI wages 8 formerly paId w n r deemed emd It our duty to cal call a convention and nd perit th the miner tl I judgment on tho of It its I or rejection UP In JI the Irl ot of th the operators I scant the delegate leal attend aUnd lag this tu to 1 I be calm ald amid dIN dINI I I consider the questIon In II all t its I tO tn carefully the than chan s R e C su Ut and th the ot or Id ilof at the strike I be con cun 1 mullet nut not reach but mt mutt t not over overestimate your 11 Ion n the other hand you ou should Duld Iak try precaution to protect url the o of your 1 re who I regret t to say IRY have Vt shoe hII n a no nl to treat ou J tarl fairly In ti tit I t an anti l wo who have ner fleer Ibon shown nn nil r M for the welfare of at thO thee a h him r In their Fir th Ir In may mussy 71 years Ih the operators h hit your de demand mends mand for I tr ot of mint anti hIl HI an advance ot of 1 19 per r cent nt i in your Jr I 1 am well el aware a that Ihl this II I Is not ittis factory to OU You Yuu hlll have felt auld n wih with JUstice that 1 a period or of time should bould be during which thi ad adanO adVance Vance anO should remain mall In force Your experience where llla ar are bt bused on ona a sliding dl Ial scala has hal been so 10 unsatisfactory tor tory to you th that you u believe that the sliding scale method of t determining WA wage should hould b he abolished You Yuu also alo bl believe that the In laws WI of It should I be h by the tho coal cORI companie and Wal wages 1 b 1 tale Ie each month you resortIng the right ot of spendIng your you choose Whether I It II Is believed wise at this the time to insist upon ulon A compliance with al all your our demands t is a question which you ou I as most moat arl are caled called u upon on onto to decide Personally I la have e hoped wo should boul b be able abl at t some mc time to lIh tb the ame same method ot of wage ae differences as now exists In the laou Inous col coal regions where employers er and nd mIners mine delegates meet In Joint Inter interstate state tte an and lIke prudent eon n hu business mel men mutually agree up upon upon on a fal scale ot of wages all which remains In toe force for tor one year thus removing the oU a of strike and lockouts ane anen and via n yet let I believe that In future the operators will 1 accept this humane It end method ot of ott t ti eating wIth lh their employee ORGANIZATIONS Abor br organizatIons like labor say lav lavIn sayIng In Ing machinery are here to stay tay CapI CapItal tal r a fur tur a tune time refuse to 10 deal wi with li may Inay because of at It its Ireat great Ita te tb t growth of for tor tora fora a but like truth earth tHY they ti w I U rise aln agI md nd 1 Iffy battle batUt I Iii deCe l of th the p pooI 0 Dm EG TEI AD NoI Now gentlemen permit In me t to ad ou OH to consider serIously the COUt course yet intend to pursue The 88 f the yo An In are centered oil Ut the citY ot of 8 Scranton today aay I ly awall the result ot of this I 44 nut not wish you U to accept 1 cent If less d tor for your labor than It If is p Poe Ibl for tor you to secure eure I 1 do not wish the great yo ory whIch h has ben bean buit built lunon among or I you to le be wrecked anti ruIned thru haf It an mistake of mine mineor ruile or you yours 1 I If you legislate wisely anti nd Judiciously I tt 1 n fl see ee a telny destiny brighter and happier nt you and for tur those who wi will tk take your yUt when you OU have hae I away I see a future where here the little boy w II Ill be In at atthe atthe the echol school by J 1 ot of wasting th their lr youn young lives away wa n a the breakers hel heit imig to ern earn a I ii for tor their par tn eats I van can see t I where pl pleas pleasant alt ant hm homes and te hs ha y smIlIng tace faces of the wi wives ad and mo r rs will 1 b be In vivid IVIe ut of to contrast with the t 1 was u wel well of received The next t net i rr WA was thu ot Of It committee on credentials The committee con alt slats of at nine members i three from each ot of the districts Wila WIIIiam th ot of J I kown a the Golden by ren reason or of bing being time the miner In the at anthracite le w lr and read 4 a short hott poem m Ir The convention ot at I Il oA 01 Jk ck tok took a rl tees until 13 1 p m in t to alow allow to the n lenta tl t PresIdent Mitchells not mior h ha h Ih hl uit lIed th a ut ot of I it if f th qs I Witch bih wIll 11 mini nl 1 n t I h coliC on dillon A r f to tOdaY shows howe that n a tl lii f th strike by the coat nt ii I |
