The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-18
COAL STRIKE SETTLED.
Operators Agree to Conditions Which Had Been Pre-
yousIy Accepted by President Mitchell.
Commission of Five Men to Be Selected by President to
Act as Abitrators-Who Will Compose the
Board of Arbitration?

jury 10 themselves or tnelr families.
For these reasons the arbtrations
heretofore proposed have been de-
elined. 1t will be remembered that at
the conference in Washington October
3 we made the following offer: That
We would take up at each colliery any
alleged grievances and in the event of
a failure to make satisfactory adjust
ment the questions at issue to be sub
mitted to the final decision of the
judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of the district in which the colliery is
located. This offer was made by US
in good faith and We desire here to
reaffirm it.
No Recognition of Union.
THE coal companies realize that tho
urgent public need of coal and the ap-
prehension of an inadequate supply for
the approaching winter. calls for an
earnest effort to reach a practical con-
clusion which will result in an in
creased supply and the presidents of
the companies desire to make every
effort to that end which does not In
yolve the abandonment of the inter-
ests committed to their care and of
the men who are working and seeking
to work in their mines. The respon-
sibility they must bear and meet as
best they can
"They therefore re-state their posi-
ton: That they are not discriminate
ing against the United Mine Workers,
but they insist that the miners union
shall not discriminate against or re-
fuse to work with non-union men;
that there shall be no restriction or
deterioration in quantity or quality of
work. and that owing to the varying
physical conditions of the anthracite
mines, each colliery is a problem by
itself.
Accepting Presidents Offer.
I'VE would suggest commission to
be appointed by the President of the
United States (if he is willing to per-
form that public service) to whom
shall be referred all questions at issue
between the respective companies and
their own employees, whether they be-
long to a union or not. but decision Of
that commission shall be accepted by
US.
The commission is to be constituted
as follows:
l. An officer in the engineer corps OF
either the military or naval service Of
the United States.
g An expert mining engineer, expe-
rienced in the mining of coal and other
minerals. and not in any way connect
ed with coal mining properties, either
anthracite or bituminous.
8. One of the judges of the United
States courts of the Eastern district
of Pennsylvania.
4. A man of prominence, eminent as
a sociologsit.
5. A man who, by active participa-
tion in mining and selling coal, is fa-
miliar with the physical and CONNER
eial features of the business
Immediate Resumption.
ut being the understanding that i'm
mediately upon the constitution of
such commission, in order that idle
ness and non-production may cease in
stantly, the miners will return to work
and cease all interference with or the
persecution of any non-union men who
are working or shall hereafter work.
| The findings of this commission shall
! fix the date when the same shall be eff
fective, and shall govern the conditions
| of employment between the respective
| companies and their employees for
term of at least three years.
GEO. F. BAER, President Philadel-
! phia & Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany; Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Com
pany; Temple Iron Company.
IF. B. THOMAS, Chairman Pennsyl-
vania Coal Company; Hillside Coal
and Iron Company.
II. TRUESDADE, President Della
ware & Lackawanna Railroad Com
pany.
"T. P. FOWLER, President Scranton
! Coal Company; Elk Hill Coal and Iron
Company
"R. NJ. OLYPHANT. President Del
aware Hudson Company.
ALFRED WATERS, President of
the Lehigh Valley Coal Company
The note appended TO the statement
reads:
THE schedule referred to in this
statement was not brought from New
/ York, as it had not been completed"
Way Open for Settlement.
While no official statement was made
at the White House after the opera
tors address was made public, the
| opinion was expressed that the way Is
now open for a complete settlement of
the strike and that the mines would
! soon be in operation once more.
The issuance of the statement fol-
/ lowed a conference at the White House
which assembled very quickly after
Mr.. Morgan and his partner, Robert
Bacon, had reached Washington on
flying trip from New York. Mr. Nor
gan and Mr. Bacon arrived in Wash
ington about 10 o'clock tonight in a
special car over the Baltimore Ohio
and drove at once to the Hotel Airing
ton. There they met Secretary Root
] and the three gentlemen walked over
to the White House and were shown at
once to the Presidents room They
remained with the President until ten
minutes of II o'clock and then came