Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-02
Has No Power but that Of Persuasion, Ys
Hopes TO Succeed.
HEART-To-HEART TALK THE PROGRAM
Confidential Chat in Private Between the
Obstinate Opponents,
INVITATION IS LOOKED ON WITH FAVOR
Meeting VIII He Had, but It's Outcome
ia Uncertain, Although President
f. sanEuIne of Bringing
About Adjustment.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1,--President Roose-
welt will make an effort TO bring the anthra-
cite coal mine owners and their striking
employees together in the interest OF the
public good.
This conclusion was reached after series
OF conferences with his cabinet advisers COW
erinE yesterday and today The decision
was arrived at when the lawyers OF the can
met informed the president that there was
no way under the constitution and lhe
form Of government Of the United States for
federal Intervention to end the strike
Every phase was canvassed and the deter
nination to have the mine operators and
President Mitchell confer was reached when
IL was found that no other methods were
was found that no other methods were
open. At the conclusion Of the conference
today, which was attended by Secretaries
Root, Shaw and Moody Attorney General
Knox and Postmaster General Payne, at
the temporary White House, the following
statement was Issued:
WHITE HOUSE, Washington, october /.
Tsiiwey' rsIimoF FhiisdeiPhia; G Sf ". L. Truesdale
president Delaware, Lackawanna & West
p. B. Thomas, chairman OF the board, Erie
company, q Cortland street, New lork
Thomas P. Fowler. president Eew p1oI,s1 1ork.
street, Philadelphia; r. III. Olyphant Presl-
dent Delaware g. Hudson, New YORK; John
York: / should greatly like to see you on
Friday next. October 3, at II a. m, here IN
WshngtSn IN baS TsSarSa Sas 80 5ns matter 1
of vital concern to the whole nation. l
have sent similar dispatch to MI John
MITCHELL president OF the Ohlteo Mine
"o'NeiS 0 THEoDoRE ROOSEVELT.
workers OF America Wilkesbarre; should
greatly like TO see you on Friday next,
October 2. al II o'clock a & mi here IN Nv WASH ash
supply, which has become a matter OF
vital concern to the whole nation. l have
sent a dispatch TO the presidents OF the
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
President Can Only Appeal.
At the meeting Friday the line OF ap-
proach toward the settlement OF the strike
will be an appeal by President Roosevelt
to both sides to come together as men and
not to allow false pride OF feeling OF OBJ
stinacy to stand in the way Of the termina-
tion of the great strike, which is fraught
with threat OF misery to thousands Of peo-
pie. 1t is stated by one of the presidents
advisers that beyond this the president
cannot go. He has no power Of compulsion
which can be brought into play against
either side and he must rely on his persua-
Bive appeals TO their sense of humanity II
anything tangible is to be accomplished.
The president intends to lay before his
hearers the situation as It appears to him
with all the prospective horrors that will
follow a fuel famine, and will urge them
In the interests Of humanity to open the
mines and supply the demand for coal. The
president has taken this action because he
feels 1t to be his duty to do so, as the
executive head OF a nation threatened with
peril. The president has in a sense taken
a1f ha af a TO-
in this great dispute between capital and
labor and though the arbitration is not
compulsory and Is not even known under
the name of arbitration in any of the In.
vitations issued today, It is the hope oi
the president and his advisers that It will
be effective.
In the Interest of the People.
Just how no one can say, though there Il
the suggestion OF a temporary arrangemen
which will tide over the cold weather.
is stated by a member OF the cabinet tha
there is no political purpose in this effort
but the president is moved TO assert hi
influence In the interest OF the people Il
the other attempts 1t is said the operator
felt that politics was the most prominen
motive. In this connection the story is re
vived OF the settlement OF the strike ii
1900. The operators claim that when tina
strike was settled under stress OF a DO
litical exigency the way was paved for tn
present strike, they have also claimed tha
the strikers have hoped political infiuenc
would be exorted in their behalf and tn
operators compelled to make further con
cessions. The efforts OF Senators Quay an
Penrose and Of Senator Plat OF New Yor
and Governor Stone OF Pennsylvania ar
pointed out as a eertihcation OF the clair
of the operators All this they have as
serted is due to the settlement which wa
made In 1900,
All these various questions have bee
discussed during the last few days, "a
gether with the legal situation and III
power OF the federal naturalization in tn
premises, and the conclusion was rsache
that the president could do more by bring
ing the interested parties together than
any other way. There will be no one pres
ent al Fridays meeting at the temporar
White House but the principals 1t is tru
that Friday is cabinet day and that
o'clock. the hour appointed for the meeting
IS the usual hour for assembling the cab
net, but according TO the present under
standing that cabinet meeting will be post
poned.
win Have Privacy.
The purpose OF the postponement
plainly to relieve the invited guests frol
the feeling Of reserve that might naturall
be created II they appeared before the en-
tire cabinet, including some exceedinEl
clever lawyers, whom the coal peopl
. might not care to meet In a business wa
in the absence OF their own legal adviser
SO the absence OF the cabinet will give II
president an opportunity 20 do Just VIII,
he wants, namely-to have a gold hea
20 heart talk with the operators and NJ
Mitchell. to induce them to talk to eaC
other freely and TO reason quietly an
soberly. and finally to agree. II pOsslbl
20 make concessions on each side whiC
will terminate the strike. II this latt,
result cannot be attained Il is hoped Il
foundations may be laid for an agreemel
IN the near future, perhaps an agreemel