The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-28
SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE
IS BEING NEGOTIATED
Roth Sides Admit Proposition is Under ConSidera-
tiOn--SUppOSed to Include 10 Per Cent Increase.
Political Influences Said to Be at WOrk-BumnOuS Min
erS Are Becoming Involved in the Trouble.

philadelphia, Pa, Sept 27.-The ne
r,tiations are pending and rapidly
earring completion for an amicable set
t,enient of the great anthracite coal
strike.
while the identity of the person or
,srsons who are said to be at work en-
5oavoring to bring about the immediate
oDd peacefuI adjustment of the differ
eDcss between the employees and en-
,lovars has not been disclosed, it was
onanlv admitted in authoritative cir
clos tina. such endeavOr was in prog
ress.
President Truesdale of the Delaware,
Tackawanna & Western railroad, re-
ferring to the meeting yesterday at j.
p Morgan and company's office, said
in New York today,
81 know of no settlement of the strike
having yet been made. However, ne
gotiatiOns toward the settling of the
sfrike are actually under way. They
are being conducted by man who
does not directly represent either
party to the difficulty.
-Seuaror Hanna is not the man l
refer to- he added, and 1 have not
seen Archbishop Ryan at ALL
Al HaZletOn the Associated Press at
10 o'clock tonight secured from Presi-
dent Mitchell OF the United Mine Work
ers the admission that he believes that
the mine operators have agreed to
make the striking mine workers an Of
fer of a 10 per cent increase il wages.
Further than this. Mr. Mitchell de-
clines to talk. He has been reticent all
dar on the subject, and several times
declared that he knew nothing of the
runors of the settlement of the strike.
From Scranton tonight came the
"a a a ~
operators of that section the opinion
was prevalent that the influences at
work were of a strong political nature,
ana that the operators would be oblig-
ed to offer the men at least the cOnces-
sion on an increase in wages.
Mr.. MirchelTs admission TO the AssO-
ciated Press that he believed the re-
port that the operators would offer an
advance TO the men was made while he
was holding a conference with his lieu
tenants. Those at the conference were
National Committeeman Fred Dilcher
Of Ohio ". Farley Of Alabama, Ben
jamin James of Pennsylvania. PreSi-
dent T. ID. Nichols of the Wyoming
LackaWanna district, and President
John Fahey of the SchuylkiH region.
After the meeting. which lasted un-
Il. midnight, President Mitchell inform
ei the Associated Press that the meet
Ing was held for the purpose # dis
cussing the question of holding the
men together if negotiations for a set
Element should be on foot. Mr.. Mitchell
has not been yet officially informed of
the operators action. It is understood
that the offer made by the operators
does not carry with it recognition Of
The union.
Coupled with nearly all the reports
Of q probable early settlement OF the
trouble came the announcement that
the men would be offered an increase
Of pay, but that the mine owners would
positively decline to arbitrate the diff
tarences through President Mitchell, or
to in any manner give recognition to
the United Mine Workers.
The refusal of recognition, however.
would not prove a difficult obstacle to
overcome. President Mitchell in his
open letter to the public having eX-
pressed his willingness to accept a set
t-meEt through separate conferences
Of their direct employers. If the rail-
road PRESIDENTS and others who con-
uoled mines would accept this Drcpo-
sti0n, he said, he would waive all
claim to recognition Of the union. One
condition he exacted. however, was
That these various conferences should
De- held the same day and in the same
city.
Affairs We're quiet throughout the
strike region today, and the striking
forces were increased by the closing of
few more mines.