Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-11-27
HOPE OF settlement
ALL WITH COMM SION
Conference Between Miners
and Operators Comes to
Sudden Termination.
COAL ROADS CALL IT OFF
Decided at New York Meeting Not I'd
Grant Interview to Mitchell and
His Associates-Surprise to
Every One.

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| His Assoc ates-Surprise to
| Every One.
| Washington, Nov. 27.-All prospects
| for an understanding between the
| United Mine Workers and the coal OPP
orators outside the anthracite coal
| strike commission came to sudden
! termination late yesterday afternoon
| through the receipt of a dispatch to
| Wayne MacVeagh, representing the
| PENNSYLVANIA Coal company and the
1 Hillside Coal and Iron company. nott-
| Tying him that at a meeting of the ans
| thraeite men in New York it had been
| decided not to grant an interview to
| Mi. Mitchell and his associates, which
| mad Been suggested for Friday next.
| The announcement, coming as 1T did
| after an all day session in this city be-
| tween Mr.. MacNeagh and Mr.. Mitchell
| and his associates, attended part of the
| time by Carroll d. Wright, in an en-
| deavcr TO adjust some details of the
| proposed agreement between the oper-
| ators and the miners, completely SUR
4 prised everyone here.
| barrow Makes Statement.
| From a reliable source it is learned
| that a proposition to meet Mr. Mitch
| ell on Friday next was made at the in
| stance of MIR. NIacNcagh, who was no
| less surprised than Mr.. Mitchell at the
made by Mir. barrow early in the day
| the impression had spread that a COM
| plete agreement would be effected at
| the conference, but when the meeting
| broke UP MI. Darrow read to the news
/ paper men in the corridors outside his
| room in Wizards hotel statement
| which made it clear that no final
agreement had been reached, and that
| no further conferences We're likely. The
| statement was as follows:
| The conference today was simply con-
| tinuaton of the conferences held at
| Scranton and with precisely the same OBJ
| ject-that of trying to reach basis Of
| helpfal discussion for an anlicabie settle
| ment.
Mr.. Macveagh has not been in Scranton
| since day and some matters de-
! enue might be useful before either the
| operators or the representatives of the
| miners approach the serious task of form
ulating d definite agreement for their sig
| NATURES.
Now Up to the Operators.
| Mr.. Mitchell, when shown the dis
! patch from New York telling of the ac-t
1 ton of the operators simply smiled and
| said that he had not asked for the con-
ference, but that when it was sug-
gested to him IL it would be agreeable to
meet the operators he said it would. 4
ME. 1oaTiOW ana WI. lAiOyu, nOWeVer,'
| We're outsDoken regarding the action of
h the operators. Mr.. barrow said 1t was
now UP TO the operators, and that he
would return at once To Scranton and,
on Tuesday next would appear before
the commission ready to go on with the
hearing. Mr.. Lloyd, holding in his
hand the Associated Press dispatch, re-
lsrred TO the fact that Fridays confer-N
ence had been suggested in order to adj,
just some matters ON Which there was
sun some disagreement.
Yet. said Mr.. Lloyd, the same men
who only last Week wired the commis-N
sion their assent to the general pro7
visions of the tentative agreement and
upon the strength of which the com-
mission adjourned for week In order
TO give the parties time TO get to5ethS
en- now go completely back ON their
former action and call IL off. we are,
satisfied 10 go before the commission
anu continue the hearing.
MosSs. Mitchell, BARROW and Lloyd
left here at 6:33 o'clock over the Penn
sylva,lia railroad for Scranton.
/ Mitchell Says Little.
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