The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-27
TO PREVENT 4 COAL STRIKE
The New York Conference Expect
ed to Be Successful.
Prominent Pennsylvania Business
Men to Meet Mr.. Morgan This
AfternoOn-Father Phillips Active
in Negotiations for a Compromise.


Men to Meet Mr.. Morgan This
Afternoon-Father Phillips Active
in Negotiations for a Compromise.
NEW YORK. March 27.-An attempt
will be made this afternoon to harmonic
the differences between the anthracite
coal operators and the miners at con-
ference to be held at j Pierpont Morgan s
Office between Mr.. Morgan and Rev. Ed
ward $. Phillips, of St Gahriel's Roman
Catholic Church, HazIeton. Pa.
Father Phillips arrived here last night
and will meet Mr. Morgan by appoint
ment- He viii be accompanied by several
business men from ,yilkesbarre, Scran-
ton, PottsvilIe, and Hazleton. among
whom are Secretary McAllister OF the
HazIeton Board of Trade; William Lau-
terbach and c. J. German. Father Phil
lips is very optimistic and confidently ex-
poets that some agreement satisfactory to
both sides can be arrived at today.
Father Phillips takes a keen interest In
the miners. and was very active in ar
ranging a settlement of the strike last
fall. He wrote to Mr. Morgan last
Thursday, asking for a conference, and
received an answer yesterday afternoon
arranging meeting for today.
The great purpose of the conference is
to appeal to Mr.. Morgan to avert the
strike which is now threatened, because
OF the refusal of the operators to recog-
nize the United Mine Workers.
The operators contend that any such
recognition on their part would result in
their being hound by such rules as the
union would see fit TO make, while they
could not hold the union to any agreement
whatsoever They say that the union is
absolutely irresponsible, and any recog-
milton by the operators would precfpitate
endless difficulties at the coIIieries. In
consequence, they are determined to re-
sist all demands for recognition unless
Mr., Morgan, we CONTROLS about SO per
cent of the coal industries in Pennsylva-
MIA. should favor the step.
The mine workers and their represent
tatives are equally insistent on what they
consider their rights and a strike is
threatened unless their demands receive
recognition.
Father Phillips said today that he and
the other men who would meet Mr.. Nor
gan today represented the purely busi-
ness interests of the mining region to
which strike would 30 an incalculabIe
amount of harm. W. are here in the in
terests of capital as well 4as labor, said
Father Phillips.
There does not seem to be very much
fear of an impending strike and the fact
that Father Phillips has taken up the
matter seems to indicate that the diff
cuities between the operators and the
men win be satisfactorily adjusted
John Mitchell, President Of the United
Mine Workers. is vet in the city and has
had conference with Father Phillips
IEe will not be member of the commit
tee which will wait on Mr. Morgan. He
took an active part in the strike last fail
and It was at his instance and against
the advice Of Father Phillips that the
strike was ordered.
It was originally intended that Arch
bishop Corrigan and Bishop Potter should
be invited by Father Phillips TO act with
him in arranging an amicable adjust
ment OF the trouble win MI Morgan
While this may yet be done should the
conference fail, it has been decided that
at present such a step is unnecessary.
Mr.. Morgan had intended to sail for
Europe today. but he changed his mind
several days ago The change in his
plans was not due in any way to the re
ports from London that the detectives
Of Scotland Yard have reports that the
Gnancier is to be assassinasad there by
men who are opposed 10 his formation
Of the biiIion-doHar Steel Trust.
Mr- Morgans decision TO POSTPONE his
trip was due to a desire OF attend 20 sev-
eral important business deals before sail
ing as well as his anxiety regarding the
threatened coal strike IN ALL