New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-05
PLAN UNDER DISCUSSION.
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--.s,ribe the rates that should be substituted
- .,s roads should refuse 10 comply the next
= - ~ mart Of the government would be
+e institution by the commission OF sun Al 'i-'
- r-rtrea states Circuit Court 10 enforce
-. -.-.~~iss,or,s order. The findings Of fact,
-, ne commission would be deemed IN such
-. =, he rrinla faole correct, but the carriers
-.Is introduce other and further proof than
,,,,s, before the commission, and virtually
-. he case retired in the Circuit Court
-, - The court should decree an enforce
-, ~ the Interstate Commerce Commission
- III the roads the latter could continue the
,..e-s-,,r almost iate-minably by appealing 10
l-,--,,,- Court n Appeals and thence ~ the
riahest tribunal in me land
Mr. KNOX AND Mr.. WILCOX
.--,-,sv General Knox said to-day that he
- hsaD asked about the statement made by
- wilcox Yesterday ar The White House. thar
=. has written 10 The Pre- ldert and TIE Al
t,-rev General IN June last, asserting that the
T-rfrs5 Mine Workers was q trust interferlnE
with The operations az the Delaware and Hue
sol. company ia mining coal in Pennsvlvaria-
M -Snox said Of this statement
did nor take AIr. Wilcox seriously upon This
subject Any one desirlEg 70 know h.s calm
views upon rhet subject Deducted from me er,
states wiz Doe much interested in two articles
by Mr. Wilcox, the hrsr one entitled The Re
cent Construction OF The Anu-Irust ACT IN
THE Forum Tor December. le+>. and me oih-f
tuon the 'FutIitv Of the Anti Trust Act IN
''The Forum" for February, ia ~ In The Erst
II these articles Mr. wilcox expresses MS con
strucuCn az the statute In these words. The
statute applies 10 nothing save inIeis-ole COZ,
uel c.. which begins Wheu the subjects thereof
begin 70 move 10 their place ~ des nation ana
ends when they are s-l6 Local tacilles or ih-
diridual services incident TO this operation are
no part of interstate commerce. and are not
covered by the act. In both ms articles Nt,
Wilcox makes clear thar he thinks mining and
fJs operations are not within The provisions al
the statute.
MITCHELL STILL Confident.
President Mitchell and the other members q
she miners committee who attended yesterday:
conference left Washington at 1880 O'Clock this
morning over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
for their headquarters al Wnkesbarre. Before
boarding the train Nlr. Mitchell said that prob
ably soon after his arrival in Wilkesharre h5
would issue directions 10 the miners as 10 how q
proceed, but he could not say positively what ht
would DO. Asked what directions, II any. De
would issue, he replied that any directions
issued would only be for the continuance Of the
DO you feel" he was asked. that public ser
riment viii sustain YOU N continuing The
srrlke2"
II certainly must do so after the result Of
Yesterdays conference ne replied We are
confident that we have the sympathy of every
Workingrnan IN the country. and We believe that
we VIII have The financial support OF most OF
Them"
rs the outside contribution sufficient 70 re
heve present distress ?"
Il can't state the exact amount but so Tar we
have been able 10 relieve all cases Of absolute
want, and We expect the contributions 10 IN
being able 10 continue the strike through the
winter. but we shall regret very much 70 have 10
do so. not only on our own account but on ac-
count AZ the public Indeed, II only the inter-
ests OF the miners and the operators were con-
oerned the strike would be Of comparatively
little general importance
Mr. Mitchell referred 70 the charge of law
lessness made by the coal operators IN the con-
ference Yesterday saying. several OF them
made the statement that there had been twenty
murders by the strikers since the beginning
OF the strike. We challenged the statement on
The spot and I volunteered 10 tender my resig-
nation then ard there II ca could Pc proved
thar there had been twenty deaths, az told.
from violence since the inception of the strike.
The proposition was not accepted The truth
is that there have been just seven deaths, ana
three o. these were caused by the coal and
IRON police employed by the mine operators.
The trouble Is that these men never go 10 the
mines, and they accept without question all
NE Representations made 70 them
II is not yet kn0w7l whether or not President
roosevelt VIII issue q statement commenting
upon the outcome Of yesterdays coal strike con-
terence. Some Of the Cabinet members advise
hin against such a course.
Late last evening The operators who were in
.Le conference called or Secretary Root but
NE POSITION they had assumed made II iupos-
sioie 10 carry the negotiations further, although
various phases ~ the situation were briefly
discussed
Nearly all the visitors al the White House to-
gay discussed the coal strike situation. At
torney General Knox and Secretary Root were
ne hrst callers Secretary Hay was with the
PRESIDENT FOR some time Senator Scott OF
West Virginia who called was asked by the
r.ssloetl % give Ein his views on the slJua-
non Carroll =. Wright Conn issiorer Of La
oor, called % present 20 the President some sta
Nsucs ne had prepared concerning The uiniug
situation Postmaster General PAYNE who at
tended al The preliminary strike conferences.
was az the " hite House in the afternoon. Con
"oiler tidEely also saw the President