The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-04

Cn,nnonn 1,1cas Tor the District OF Penn
& sylrania In which the colliery was ~
Gated There the matter closed.
struggle Must Continue.
Tonight both the miners and theso pe-
1a.to.s ..rc still in the city, pnt
ti,sy sciulal to their seveIai ioe sie.,',
s,,.,s.. s,,i,, n, a late hour saying ,hat Inc
IS win continue. II was a re-
1,4asss.aasle chapter in the ccofoliiie ,..a,
tors q: the country iEat '"as 800
;o-aaS FOR the first tiliie the 1Te stue -,
Z ~, i2,,,u,,lIc l,aa ,niesvened directly
4 i}e;We{.u The great su.tass vi caPlLLii I1a o
l.f,o, in an effort IL q what ne nm
seif regarded as q sla.aoh' 49,,
ity The result was orifs aAe -,
.3Sss1s.,.,. ,,,se erx3x s-..I.ioeeisy race 10
1ace. with the wilota country 60 =
intent On ana watching iheii oo".s'. 4
.:,ncfpicaily the issues between ,iie
.., .,,e,, forces stand as they did before
the President summoned the Tepi .>ss1 -.
,3,.os ~ contending forces TO tAe
& national capital. and forgetting ms ,N ~.
ar,,,a suffering besought, them aot -
or the great country wherein they uMeil
and out OF pity for the countess 80 sit'5
of suffering poor. to adjust liz 60
fercnces and work together IN pea..
the commonwealth. What u 81 .,ea
Il v,iu result from the conference As ioi e'ts
indefinite future
Their Views Far Apart.
To-day the views OF the contenoels =.
Che GREAT industrial strussie wei ie-..s ~
trcmc and wide apart ina, ei i .,.',,oo,,-
,ntdf3le ground possible and so ahe eoi'
rs.,a.,,,a - an END without any
r,rrroan,ent for its continuance. NJ co'-
ference had LASTED six hours, ineil'uiiit, q
recess of three hours between Lee mo- it.t,se
and afternoon sessions. taken TO era o .
The miners aud operators to piepiii 's ~
ten responses to the President ) al,i'e11
The ;-,,,ncantc parties 10 the st-' 50
they will continue as heretofore. " idl
course the administration will tahe.lleAl
no one il prerarea to say. One OF i'iae
opc,a,ors as he acft the White House
with closely set jazz was asked reSaiciias,
this and replied; .ss.if anyone knows "i IA:
the President Will do next that is more
Ehan know.
Those in the Conference.
Fourteen men. including the President.
s were in the second story front room at
the temporary White House during the
pnomentons conference. President a.tf'
Du and three of his district leaders, repro
ran,ing the miners. and five railway men
and one independent mine owner, repre-
se,.ti,,a lie mine owners. President
Roosevelt was accompanied by Attorney
8 General Knox, Corlnl.ss. ois2r oil LABOR
d Nss;igi,tsaid Secretary Gorteiyou.t All INC
Cabinet except the Attorneys d.
kept alppf from the conference eti, ne
1yaeen tie no meetings the President s
4 agsfsers called on him o talk over the
situation What. took place at the con-
1trt5f5e IS sqt forth IN ample statements
S cgcri l;,t :t, ,ln press by principals them
seayes. ana AZ ts,e White lloase.
che President listened 10 l'otf' sides
With thc ;greai,st caenrncss lmmedia1eiv
,sfie The conference :snrseon-G General 's,sll
eiSe,- and Dr. Inllg insisted on making
IN examination OF his wound and re-
y d,nssinf5 it. Apparently no evil result
I,ed deselo.,ca and DIR. Lung snnounceo
that the President condition was satis-
factory.
Mitchell Fast 10 Arrive.
,ro-,ay,s conference began few MN
ma. after Al o'clock. President Mitchen
ana his three district presidents Oh ny
minors uron. were the first 10 put III
an s5a,,1acalance at the temporary WINK
li,3,se on Lafayette Square, where d
large crowd had assembled TO witness
tie coming OF the chief participants IA
the coal strike. They had arrived lieie
aboalt O'Clock in the morning ana iaau
nut up at small hotel near the eapi-
1oi They went in a street car ~ ON
their hotel to Jackson Place. ana Tenn
sSlyania Avenue. and walked liie nan
block TO where the President was await
s i,1f them. Their, arrival was g few MINI
,Ites in advance OF the hour named lot
The conferences: il O'clock.
chr operators reached the temporary
!. White House at one minute past eleven
los1.l6ck. in carriages, which they had
taken ON leaving tile private cars In the
railway yard. where they had spent last
night
Each party was escorted to separate
rooms on tho first floor. and soon after
they were ,ishered upstairs the miners,
representatives being ahead
In the front room. on the second hoor
they found the President awaiting them
IT is the place IN which he has trans
acted all business since he returned from
his western trip. lie was in roller
chair and had on dressing gown.
After tile introductions. he smiinglv
explained his Inability to receive his
guests in a more formal manner
Those present We're: President Roose-
Welt. Attorney General Knox. Secretary
Coselyou, Carroll ID. Wright. commits
sioner OF labor: Presidents Bacr. of the
Reading: Thomas, of the Erie; Trues-
dale OF tho Lackawanua and Western,
and Fowler. of the Ontario and Western
Railways. Daniel Wilcox, Of the Della
ware and Hudson Railway. representing.
President Oiphaut Joseph Markle. re-.
presen,ing the independent coal opera
tors, and President Mitchell of the Mine
Workers. Union. with Thomas Duffy.
n Nichols and John FahS, presidents Of
districts numbers 4, / and 3, of the Min
sls' Union, being the districts in which
xhc anthracite coal is mined Later. Assis-
fant Secretaries Loeb and Barnes. who
are stenosraphers. came into the con-
ference room.
I'he President entered at once into
tile business in hand by reading the
statement, which he had carefully pre-
pared. urging settlement OF the strike
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