THE LATE STRIKE.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 549, 20 October 1902, Page 3

THE LATE STRIKE.

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright,. ((Message delayed in transmission.) London, Oct. 1. President, Roosevelt invited the mine owners arid Mr Mitchell, the miners’ representative, to confer with him on the coal strike. Addressing the conference, Mr Roosevelt emphasised the fact that Uie disputants had incurred a grave responsibility by paralysing the coal industry in the face of caring rcr the needs of the community, lie appealed to them, for patriotic reasons, to desist from their attitude of oi-stinacy and to make individual sacrifices for the general good. He earnestly invited them to submit proposals which would relieve the present distressing situation. Mr Mitchell agreed to the dispute being settled by a committee appointed by President Roosevelt. The representatives of the mine owners vehemently declined to recognise either Mr M'itcheil or the Miners’ Union. They suggested that individual grievances against individual employers might lie .submitted to judges of district courts. They also warmly criticised the conduct of the Federal administration in refraining from sending troops to the mines to protect non-unionist workers. | In the circumstances, the conference proved fruitless. ... Mr Burt, Commoner, .Secretary ot the Northumberland Miners’ Union, expresses himself entirely in sympathy with the strikers. The Pennsylvania miners are Uie poorest and lowest paid laborers in the United States Some of them have been starved into submission, and latterly small batches of famished men resumed work (A later message announced that Uie strike had been declared off and matters in dispute referred to a committee.)