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Show ffifi GRATEFUL TO COUNTRY J) ieniiiwli I iSill'l M'ners Express Gratitude to III lnHili Roosevelt and People. Dill MI mtchell ,s heard ISlKliii MP' Hfflsra'lili Aw IItad ot Unltei1 I'l'"-Work'''a R Klnlfll' 511'w r"" t0 TcIe"rm of 01,lef Mn', B'sii i im w trate-,n whch iie infrm' iiim II' M'il'tfcSI'i That He Favor Acceptance of Offer flit jK'alSlllilIll' ' Ar,,itrnt0 lhe strlk Difference H' Ii' ireSI- rLi ' Also Scores tlio Operators for Bl4 fljfiljxj M Thelr llefu,nl t0 Accept Arbitra- LHl "I! ill J'S'J WiiF merit of President Bsfote. ! OlJftSi' ilvS Washington Oct 1? Following In M'!fflWl I? I tho text of 1'iesldent Mitchells com-KilWIl com-KilWIl tA inunloitlon Vi Jill I'M! t Wllke.hnrte, Pa , Oft 1 lMJ-Hon 'IPwIiiii! W Theodore llooseiclt, rreldent of the iBtll liVil! i 1 n""1 8H"''' Washington, D r ''ttEJIir B il Dear Sir I am In receipt of your tele- eBtlYf ilSlj i ''Ail Rram of Octol.fr 16th. which read a Ll! Ftij wi' J i! a ' ',B' appointed as commissioner Htr-l. lij-fll U HrlK-flen. John M Wllsnn B W VK'Hm ilfl '1 If- U I irlcer Judge Oioig Gray, 13 E Clark. eHi?nr-llr ..Ul'l) Thomas Wolkln anl IJIshop John gaMlti'I flgllrl B lj Kp"MI"' ,,l,h 1,on Carroll D " !iV l'x?r 1 5 Wright an recorder These name are iAMi;tlJrt !l '1 ncieptcl hy the operator aiul I now eHl'llr t?r !' i J """" earnestly auk and urge that the LIWl!?Hi'iiV 1 11 miners likewise accept thi cominlnlon iH'it iJ Jr.r J1 i ll '" ft matter of vital concern to all Llil I 1 !jf ,1 i 4' ",,r People and ppeclally to thou- In our eHii'L J- ill1 ' ' " J 5 rroi,t clllc, whii nre least well off, that W'rl le' lib i ""' 'ninlnK of .on I should he resumed LIW'if' 'lit,' Ii P without a day a unnereaaary delay eBK'Nlf W CONM MIllN Al I I II ff Uli-jht , f fl "netlMnc thereto 1 hex to Inform erererflr IliffYl , "" lhll n,l teiominen lall ns weie LIH iHl ii J Fiihmltted to th ixmitlM l.iurdu of eHl!)4ui i !l dlKtrl ta 1 7 and 'i lintel Mine. Jl ffll' i !'i Mnrkera of Am rlra and the) hnve 1,, 'iJjlSil J i'i unnnlmoti l usreei io rail a lelegato ieKaU '.ill 111 "JuLi ronntlnn to h. hrld next M'ndaj and flRjMiMf ' (I JM will r. r.miii.iil to the ram.nii tint eeUBSlinlJiL 'mid A n" n," " n "n "lke return m the po eeHMIr llfl 3" 11 VlJ Htlona an I notkinn plaea roimetly LLLlifn'T!rJFniMtf niiupled In th. in and auhinlt In the H ft'l (J(j WlVi romnilfinn aptointed h oii all rj'ion LLHliM ilSfil tYvHlw lion at uu. lutneen the operators iiB'', ' H'lMnlW "nl Mlnenrknn of the iiithiHrlte eeef-A ft i!J iSl1lJJri f o il fir )1j In . inn. . Hon with llile mih- LMlru;'.t3li'tial'.ta Jert we are Rlu I to knon that the mini HVi'f wiSttjMt cldeil to rere le from the untenable po- BSJ !V. 'IllM'IR elttnn iihkh iIk ii long on upleil anl LLLV I itfaUHItTsfi tone. ept a tnoditlM proioeltlon for the iiH l V 1 BllliRflH nrhltratlnn r th. . onlelrlkc ind to iiBJ II ' -Sfl'in . Ke vou full litltuli In the aeleitlon of LLLS3K ilrTlf H n cnmmiBition 1 Ml he rememheie 1 1 M, 'Nwiji' I Ihnt we pio! .n. 1 on O.tnher 1r I to ill t i KiV jl) i I i lire tlie whole matter In your haniW 1 i 'Jf 'Ml ' und Io nr it a ei llet of a trltninil LLB X? V J M' ft i f ollr nul1 "'lecttou It will illeo Ii.) Hii isiiifl'wll .1 retnemhrrc I that the rotnpnn limn. iiH.w! SI m ft.. 1 z T llul "ni- ufuaeil to a i ept the LLLWSIl ff-Slfc aeJ'l .! nrliltruncnl of the l'iril lent of the iiB it!;!' if F)l.'. 3 Vntlcd HtntrB and preferred Hint of the irererererM rSwWliIii fo'!iX loril Cotnuum I'leia Julgea We pro- H E 1 iKJ liflJI oi.pl to lcne ierthlnx to jnu wlth-iiiW wlth-iiiW ?!) tffl J1 SillTlM out condition or reaeritlon haMnicthe iiHriplirNMr Hl'lffl ntnion faith In your Impartially and eeelu'ill 8!"'' KWA ui:risu, or opkhatoup iiiBeflvl KlidliliS' '" lnllr refural to accept nur nrbl- iiiH'llMlrilj'JB' 5?1 tritnent the vitrntota Bought to hold Hjnll'l I jKri4v sou In pirt ariountnhle for the .n LLLH ' V 3Rll' condlttoiiH width )ou wert trvliiR to LLLLb LifeWr lii leim d ind to lnrtrurt ou an to our iiiB' f 'l!Bil!l 5' dutks con. ernliiR them I.lftht il iiiH i ! ',r "I'i !!'.) I't'r thej neiln npiedred liefore ou iiiV tll.fffltK 3'. j' drnpplne the Common l'lea JudRe nud iiH it 'lllfi iSWl! riopnmnir to nhl.le hy the cr.llit of a B " 'vnjit;1 'jlf TTI trlhiinal appnlnled liy jou hut nttetnpt- iiH I'irilK rtl-ifl lnk tn ir. ill"' within llxed and rar iiiH ii Moth iV rfl; ",n ,lml1" he elm icterand location of LLLI FI Vi tin 'tvl It! "ir "" " J0" "f,t "' l""nr' eiH IJwillS Ul"fli oi'i'osrn io rnorosAU til' iij SK j 'To Mils proposition an tin opei Hora iiiH M '.). til. i SI mad. It we wrie unalteiahl ot med iiiB ' "ii il -ir1'1!! yirm h taiiFe our iffi.ct for sou nf a i,i ll! t M III ,nn" :""' "ur hi"1 "" '" "hat l due to . .ill HI! the dlRiilly of jour otllre dt minded that iiiH i tl ' ' l'l f "'' 'houlrt not he l pnltj to a requmt iiiH VJ M ';! ' rf i" '" irrept thm fient repomlhll iiii'' 'iJ 1 -ill.' iv "5 " oinpiiuied hy detailed and luiper- iiiil'j i'!'!' ' III! '' h lnent r itrl llona ia to the in inner In , ,JaJ 'IIJ tl! whiih sou should meet It ae.ond In iiiil I1 t'l ill? U'l i V ciure i in fill iiuilsmR of their iroponl- H j hy ,Ul. ,8 r Hon dim lot.e.1 to ua na It did to jnu and iiiH ' : itli'U W?'1) ' l,lnll that the rratrlrtlnna weie iiiH ' iVvil' r't nt' "w1 ,nlr"" to enahle ou tn wcure un- i ( If I v' MAT tier them n will lulnnre 1 rind thor- iiiH' I i- JilltlJ oiiRhls lni irtlal trlhiinal Hut now LLLI in AlV Pillllfl ""' 1" lnl" 1 onrflf removed there iiiH. " J if. ultlcS obJieiioni hj lirnadenltifr anl trenfith- iiiBi'tilOllf". Wfli't' rnliiR the rnniniHMlnn we feel .onildent iiiH L'dTwli alsinS ,,nt '"" convention will declare lt w III- iiiH t lHl(i ifil. Tf lncncKa to hne all qiteftiona between ("ilTlJi.' IPiLili) t,le ''' ,0lnR companies and the 'ii jer !i3wift tfo 4K rfM ot ,ntlr ctni'lojet-a who are mem- I ilmf i"3 '1? ,'er of our "rminlantlon determine I hj I ?llyi' ,'W ,ne noar'1 of eminent and lmiwitl.il nun I Sll H-'''?i r,10fl" b xo f feel grat1ful to nu I ! Ms ll '' I J!r I ""'hlcnt for the patilotu eftoita iii III'. VI I- I J11"1" l",u' nnt I" hrltiK ulmul an H ii1' V l llo,lc"' ' tihment of the atilrTe ef- iiH t'.U'llL till j I fort!' f,"ch ou '"ntlmioil tlmplte tho B nt. ir, 13J1 I "markjhl. t-plrtt and inndiut whl.h eiiB ! ' !lJ H ' Mtf i I 5"u '" "rBt !Mlni '" comivati) m in- iVbVbVbV srftl !li Mit Uc Ul'rc '" n P0tlon to tiipalhli iiiH''') UEt liw' fvlt ' so" Itimmuch an we lm 1 long iiiHiill illleM.!, hem fontd tn "iidaro airogume Insult J li 1,'llJl A jffli and falii wilnera fr mi the num. oiiii.e J y iWW I I I'LNSl t'KOM tiLAMIl.US iiiH 'h '111 till I?' i '0llr B' ude In due to sou and tn 'j''- ttl TO J. I the Amerl ui p.oplo und the pre who I LLLHiJUi'Mr fflw I ,"u" Pr ' ' u" ,ind u" i uic io.k iiiH "V i rAw I k'rut3l w I i bin hope la no uUmt t , H7: ' 'ttm,' " Uurlm. ill tliene long month hi iiiH,JM iKltl1 whlhouiu tlv.M have been ImpiiKned. H y-t Aif and our . )) ii . ti niallclouuls unalled j! lit g ' hm 'i'i. I from anslng any l'j 'Ii!! 8 orln tiklnir nus action whhh would , liiHiV, ) 'Tllll' ' nJ t0 'fidti ii oni Illation iwin dim HliH ill ffllll cult, hut It i Imoine u ,lul to .! iiBiH i 1 ' t'llfr fin1 "'" h " lr1"1 thc ihiiiil.il which I inirerererererli iii 1 1 ill v ,inNt '" " '"' 'I"1 "',nn "" and to pro. I MeTiHlll'I.H Vt 'll rlalm "ut " ,,av' from "" f"- eH'SI! r 111 IB xor J I"1 " lI "io method whl.h I ' vltB.i$; i Kil nowi li I to bieak the deadlock If .kliLWl'"i Vl V mlr ' " r nt arhltiatlon oi lmpattlul I Hjj 4 If lifi inv .tMinn hid iieen m..epted l i-'H I ' 'It m i''' h lnt ml of now there need t Hi1t i 'I il '1ft l ' ,0 inilft We have been no JiM S m l ,r Mi Ii -lint to r nond to tro .H i" J ll' It, r mini for coal that iU ring 4, , A HJ C1 ti e f the strike we have mor HI; . lil, i !S th i HI rd arbitration hut we IBJJImIV!!? HI I li 'i' i 1 een met with the i. Pl'Hrii ulnf J, III S! 'U " 111 not permit nulldei to l"Mlm MJl .B ',ll' "' ''' '" ' '" "" tnanaufmint f our 'Bllll tiJ S MW tv" lf ' ' '" have nothing to nr. gHrrip!''l i ffi i ir ' n"B)"N,FI'J ViSill'1 tlfnta 'l 5? ' ' Nlv "' " " f minager of the ram- m i!Mrl4fi R lUftiV ' n 'ho mhlv rou.ed public inmuience j Lujflbi VM fiW I t0 r ' '" 'hi pnaltlun we ate HH J Aii 8 ! Jl pnuJ it t in (iimu.a and the heroic ge'H;iil'iiroRl4iUtl eni.urn f our men and womrn In .HlilMJfrrl laiW fu I "'-;i' r i ItlitH of a vital Amerl- 6 H ilh tf-r Hj lluilg cm tn. i le hi - Hon the vl.tois . 'IH'fi. I lifll'1.' ' The pooi u 1 1, tpald mlne-vtoiker of kSlitl S.lJlt.ra th "i c I r i,oni who toll hard fiom rl. irftinlB I ' e r v in rnu ., until late at nlttht tor a B I'll (?,,! ' llvilhood nobly aupported lis oiuun-rH oiuun-rH VUl) ,,13 jrl I ' izd labor In thle and other land have rVH ntr , tauBht tin so violation tnanaifert a fiM I.tl.l n W i " tul leaon in civic and Kclul clut J "K 'lll' lpil1"e xultov r ihe ttlhute to the dig MHIllL ' ' lilts rf I tor h uuse It la the triumph k'i lgHI i'i' ' i h' ot ''i"' " f ( Kuod i111'1"' p""r mimM ftl' ,rt0 no' owcvei exult ovet our oppo- HulfgagH S ll' fl J fM ( n u t We njp u to them now ua we gaggegVH lHjw,lltl SWi,ie ,r ' lh' llr" t tuin theh eye to gVgVgVH i IU ' " It-ViT 1he fu ute und to co nporate with ua In gggggggggggB 'till til ,!',' n" ' '" tr'ahllah better relation ggggggggggVB Jl .' 'l. hW iu' " i 'n r an'l emplee for tho ggggggggH)!'' nil !alrd,-m nn'0,h ggggggggggB I V il v i)5 ' ' LS FOU OPf " Toi!s ggggggggggBvli'''erii Mil "u f"i,'v them Ibeir arumnt re gggggggggggfl 'ft I'i i.W X:ntat 1 ti d al with u ktul In Una hour ggggggggggH.il VOlir ?''ifl:v't ii 'h v a' fore d toakioild '; i pp-'riH Ti !il51Ujcir ln-i,lut' t opeiaU ttiUi mint i, "rill! I fi gegegegBUr Sv Huiif! witnout our i oi ent ind c rf anon 1 Id out the nl t hind I in nl shin ind ink th. m to J .In with u tn o urlna; amlcnl le relation and whole nn e . ondltlonn In till n Klun W e ror glv them even the fale i.ruiwtlon' nhlih Hies have made ngalnm nn Thes hiratl ua with being tilmlnal rlnt r und anarchlut and inn organln Hon they th nounced a latvlea and Ir teaponilhle They know and did know that their charges were untrue and without foundation In fnct the know thnl every officer of the United Mine-W'orkeit Mine-W'orkeit of America from the president down has tonatantls urged upon It mi'tnhershlp the Imperative need of respecting re-specting the law, that every man who commits a deed of violence Is sn enemy to our cause has been our watchword PhW THANHflW.HBlO.NH ClF LAW Despite tliene admonition supported with all our Innutnce there have hsen a few trlmci and a number of misdemeanors misde-meanors chargeable to those on strike Kilt Mr President we make the unqualified un-qualified dci Lirntlun that the Imported guardians or law mid order the companies com-panies coal and Iron polite, have committed com-mitted more unprovoked murUcts during dur-ing this strike than tan he charged to the great army of men who have been In Idleness for the past live months W'e have reraatcdlv. arid In lanalinat not susceptible of misconstruction condemned con-demned tiansgit salons of law on the part of those on strike, we challenge the coal companies to pclnt to one public utterance on their purt In which thes huve even depiecated acts of violence committed hy their hired gu itds i We declare that It nn unfair and unmanly for the coal road president to Insult us while we wire sour guests, i and tharge out organisation with le-sitonslhlllty le-sitonslhlllty for ucts ot lawlessness dur , Hue the strike It would he Just as lost I -tal to charge the American arms in the Philippine with lelim an anuy ol mur- , ! derers tortureis and robbeis because i ' ft i lime were mmmlttirl hv soldier there I "tit II the millennium there will be crimes In eveiv tommunlts and hii-nun hii-nun nnture Is the same no better anl to worse among the half million eo- I pie dependent upon the toal Held' as It Is fverywheie In nut muntis The pie- I tense of the npetators that they were tumble to proluo toal because Intimidation Intimi-dation Kept from work men who weie I willing to work has been proved false hy the fitt that th. ptote. Hon which . thev lemnndid has decie.ised rither Ihnn Ini rensed the numbri of men mining mi-ning tci.il A hiinilod thou ind troops I could not have tnnblel the opeiatnrs to slnit their mine for the simple re iron i I that the n n who work them lie' intmheiK of the Tnltel Mine-Workers of inerl. a in. n who were detet mined to stand to Hi lint for th'lr il,ht to oraanlse and through their organisation organisa-tion io demand bettei vjes and Improved Im-proved Mindlllons ot employment HI f ton ovr MAN Deprivation misrepresentation anl Hotip tofseihei weie not inftltlent to I drive them Into stirren er They stool I shoulder to shoulder tn the list The operators tlet luted that th could hove nothing to do with tin Tnltnl Mln. Workers of America bill they have found It necessars to raroirnlxe the pow er or the I nlte.l Mlne-Wnrkeis ot ' tnerlcn HiioukIi vou Mr President and to seek teims of peace whlth will enable them to resume their lmstnois I of mining and selling coal The recng nltioi of out sirinRth thus fotced upon the ottrntors hv stein neurits we ex ult ov.i not In aus narrow spirit hut because we believe it marks a forward step tow ml a new eia I'pon the foun-ilitlons foun-ilitlons laid through wnr vve ate ready to Join with tin m In hulldltiB for hettrr conditions and n long and lasting peace Tho rrilted Mine-Worker of America since Its orfrnnlrntlfin In the anthracite Held linn cnnstnntls sought fair w iges and Just conditions of labor, con lltlons Just to both opeintor und miner We hive nevettinule demand hesoiut the ahlllts of tf,e Industis to pi on a bisls of equitable division of piollts between labor nnd cnpltil Vmlcahle relitlons between employers employ-ers and emilosees the litter speaking lliroiirih their organisation and their ormnlzere nnd the companies 111 miln-tnlnlnK miln-tnlnlnK discipline adjuslng nil .lllllcul ties hy conciliators methnls avcithiB loril strikes and lockout nnd securing stable and sntlsficlors con lltlons tn the Industrv Our niginliuiloii, bs tho same method which we have pioposed his secured Just su h relations ml Just such lesult In the coal llcllj qf the rountrs Oruinlzittnn like nn It.-dividual It.-dividual must nnd upon what It has done mid the life it has live 1 We Invite In-vite sctullnv nul Investigation of our reeorl and character In the soft coal flel is we hive Joint conferences with the opvntoi ind with them we adjust difference we sign Joint agreement together vve preeerve discipline settle disputes nnt matntiln lint mans and stiibllltv In the trile We have asked the inihriflif opontors to Inquire of the soft i nil opentnrs how well ihes are plened with their business relt tlons with us whether or not we kp nmeements nn I tender sutlsfartnn icetvlie for wages paid to our members One business mli ml-iht thus lnrn from anotner what Is the rhuctr of out ntgiiiilxatinn Mans soft coal operator oper-ator have pulilli Is dec lured that thes would not dispense with our ni-opin-tkm ami would deem it a dlwistet If lomtelled to go I ek to the .hunt' ion, lltlons which existed when their labor via unorganised J pon our past rornul ut are Wiling to stand or fall WHAT UNION iK13t 'W'e hive time and time ngaln Invited In-vited the anthracite opnutors to udopt these busliH'm meihods and to ileal with us tin this hash. Despite repeatul rebuff we perslnted but thes resriitecl aus attempt ui on oui patt to organUe their emplosees Thes lefusej out oveituiea for amicable dlsiusslon and possible aiitlsfaetois luljusttnent of wage elirferuuceH In Joint coufeicnce I'liey refused to have uns eUallUHS with their cmplusecrM, exiept u Individuals, thes f-fused concession and refused ulhitiutlou thus put their luck against the wall of piejudlce unci their fines aihltrurlls ugiiinat progreu thes thought themselvcH Nttouger than the gieat union prlmlple which Is milking Sllitl stllde thioughout the wot Id while lomblnliiH tilth toil ore tlons und pool lug their Intmcsts In hard and ft allt-ante allt-ante tins toull dens the men who worked fot them tin light to oi fan lie nml sneak tlnoiuh llleli oraunliatlon DKMONhl ll VTr's Kl PONSHIIUITY 'When the conlllct cuino on thes attempted at-tempted to Justlfs themselves upon th false plea that ours Is an It responsible i organization when vve demonstrated nut lisponslhlllts and lellablllts ths then asset ted that we were a lawless organlmulon which wus dominated by violence Whin soi et attempted to Intern re tn settle the strike thev rle- cltred theli dlvlnels apiulnted right to he ht alone When t ept estimative of national and Muto government tried to mediate thes resented am h med-t'lng med-t'lng hs pnlltl. lans Hut thanks to sou .Mr I'lesldent and to the power of public opinion thes have been brought to a nallzutlon of the fact that the In terests or vvelfute of the Ameilcan people peo-ple cannot 1 lgni.it l with lippunlty. rONKlDKNrh IN TRlBl'NAl, "lly the eminent tribunal which you have named vve have confidence that Justice will be done our people We are glad to have a thanre to appear heforo such a court imrow.iert to consider and dispose of all question at Issue ' Tlrst among these I the demand 9f the mlne-woiker for Increased wages ml i reduction I i the hours of labor second I the relations which ought tn exist between the emploser and th organisation or-ganisation whl h the men have formed and which thes authorize to speak for them ' Ktom this arbitration w hop ind believe will tome a complete, satltfao-loiy satltfao-loiy and p-innnmi solution of the trniibi s cch I, hn vexed the anthni ilt ii 1 1 i mm time immemorial He sptctfud) UI!. 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