The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-15
COAL OPERATORS MEETING
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WCSh. anu liLC SSS1 yl says tIICJ 1loNC stenographic notes of the proceedings, MT. Mitchell agreed to forego the rec ognition of the union in his demands upon the operators if there was gen. eral advance in wages of ten per cent. MT Parry and MT. Leake announced that they would leave the city tonight, but their destination could not be learned.
 All of the leading operators were present at the meeting except President Olyphant and Vice President Wilcox of the Delaware and Hudson.
 While the coal operators meeting was in progress J. Pierpont Morgan and his partner, Robert Bacon, arrived in the city from Washington and they went directly to MT. Morgan's office. MT Morgan was asked:
 Have you heard anything from MT. Mitchell in regard to the terms of the operators?"
 No, haven't heard anything since I left" replied the financier.
 Have you anything to say about ! your conferences with the president" No, I haven't word to say. The newspapers nave nad everything that occurred over there"
 1 Mir Baer was asked if the presidents had had any intination that the propo- sition made to President Roosevelt last night was acceptable to the miners.
 You will have to see MT. Mitchell" was the reply. "We certainly did not consult MT. Mitchell"
 | You can readily understand that want to leave this whole matter in the hands of MT. Mitchell and his col l leagues I am particularly anxious not to say anything that might be con- strued otherwise. I will say that in my 1 opinion the proposition made by the operators at least so far as their des- 1 ignation of who should be invited to go on the commission of arbitra tion is con- i cerned, is an insult to the president of 1 the United States. I desire that the president should use his discretion in the selection of the personnel of the commission. By indirection it would seem from the operators propostin that tn president has evil designs on the mine owners No one believes this The opeatos indicate what class of men should be selected for the personnel of the commission. For instance, they say that an expert mining engineer exper- fenced in the mining of coal and other minerls and not in any way connected with coal mining properties shall be one of the members. In other words this one must be an expert miner out Of a job. This member either must have been employed in the mines as an ex- pert or must expect or hope to be em- ployed in the future as an expert Another must be an eminent sociologist We'll, who? Must he be a speculative sociologist, theorist, or what? Anoth- CT member is to be some man actively participating in the mining and selling of coal and familiar with the commer- cial as we'll as the physical part of the business. This must certainly be one o1 the operators or one of their represen- tatives No other man familiar witt the commercial features of the bushes. in those fields fits that description.
 "In the classes of persons from whom the mine operators prescribe the com. mtttee shall be selected there is to bt a single representative of the man wht digs coal, the man who works in anG about the mine.
 Now, as a matter of fact the entire question of selection and appointmen of commission should be left to tht president of .he United States. MT Mitchell has said that he wll be per fectly satisfied with whenever the pres ident selects If the mine owners are tC be permitted to suggest who shall con stitute the arbitration commission, Wh! in all fairness should it not follow tha MT, Mitchell should likewise be permit !. ted to make suggestions as to the per sonnel of the commission. I hope tha the president will decline to act on thi proposition of the mine owners unles he is given a free hand"