The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-27
Tried to Avert the Strike in the First
Place and Is Now Seeking to
effect a Settlement.
CONFERENCE AT NEW YORK
WHICH, 1T is SAID, WAS ATTENDED
BY RAILWAY OFFICIALS.
Latter, However, Denied Meeting
Was HeId-The Strike Discussed
at Republican HEADQUARTERS.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26-The Times will
say tomorrow: Senator Hanna made an
other visit to the offices OF ]. p. Morgan
& Co. in Wall street yesterday, which was
much more protracted than his call on Mr
Morgan the day before. conference was
held at Mr.. Morgan's Offices which was at
tended by all of the presidents of the coal
railroads except President Oliphant. of the
Delaware & Hudson, who is i'll. Mr.. Nor
gan is working hand in glove with Senator
Hanna to bring about settlement of the
anthracite coal strike, and report got
abroad in Wall street after the conference
that the strike had been settled. President
Fowler, of the Ontario & Western, and
other railroad officials declined to talk
Some of the officials would not even ad-
NIT they attended the conference.
president Truesdale, of the Lackawan-
ma, discussing the rumored settlement,
said: There is not word Of truth In It,
AS a matter of fact, we are no nearer a
settlement to-day than we have ever been
We started in to fight the miners union
and we propose to continue that fight to
the end As for the report of a confer
ence of the railroad presidents / do not care
to say anything about 1t one way or the
other. Certainly there is no settlement,
conference or no conference. In regard to
the story that Archbishop Ryan called on
me Tuesday can only say that he did. but
that I was out and that did not meet him.
I do not know of any representatives Of
the miners coming to see me-
''William Pierson Hamilton, Of the firm
of j. Pierpont Morgan & Co., declined to
make a statement about the conference
fo1~ in, fho oaan
of his firm. He contented himself with
saying that there was nothing to be given
out and that nothing has been given out.
President Thomas, of the Erie Railroad.
who was reported to have admitted that
such a conference took place. later abso-
lutely denied that he had made any such
statement
"vice President Warren, of the Jersey
Central. said he knew nothing of such a
conference and that the Jersey Central had
certainly not been represented.
"John Edmonds. agent of the Philadel-
phia and Reading Coal and Iron Company,
said he had heard nothing OF such a con-
ference.
1.-THE strike, IL is said, was discussed at
Republican national headquarters yester-
day at conference attended by Senator
Hanna, Senator Scott, Treasurer Cornelius
n. Bliss. Joseph II. Manley and Fred s.
Gibbs. Before the meeting Senators Platt
and Depew. of this State, and Senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, were consulted
The session lasted more than two hours
Senator Hanna was very reticent when
asked about what was being done TO settle
the strike and professed to know nothing
about IL.
" But you went TO see j. Pierpont Nor
gan. the head of the coal syndicate, yes
terday and to-day TO see what could be
done about settlement didn't your the
senator asked.
~ was at Mr.. Morgan's Office replied
the senator but 1 went there TO see man
from st. Paul
Have you been informed that settle
ment has been reached?
=" NO Senator Hanna answered Il have
heard that some OF Markles men have re-
turned 10 work. but about all the informa-
ton have is what CLEAN from the news
papers
1T is reported. however, that Senator
Hanna is not only doing all In his power
TO end the strike. but that he almost sue
ceedeo in averting II before IL was ordered.
His efforts would probably have been sue
cessful but for the interference OF self
constituted committee that upset his
plans