New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-26
COAL ROADS WON OVER.
INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS TELL PRESI-
DENTS THEY CANNOT AFFORD
To SETTLE NOW

Despite the fact that conference in Washing
ton between representatives of the coal roads
and the miners seemed to have paved the way
for an agreement yesterday the independent
operators met the presidents of the coal roads
in this city and made strong protest against
the proposed agreement. The result was that
the presidents declined an invitation 70 meet
John Mitchell and other representatives of the
miners in Washington on Friday. and expressed
a preference for a continue ton of the hearing
before the commission which President ROose-
Welt appointed This action seemed 70 make
a settlement between the operators and the
miners without arbitration by the commission
impossible, at least for the present
1t was understood here at the time the inde-
pendent operators made their protest that the
agreement nearly reached in Washington was
on the basis of an increase OF 1O per cent in
wages and working day of nine hours for the
miners Early yesterday the independent oper-
ators who had arrived in the city held meeting
at the Hotel Imperial. where there was short
discussion of the situation They said they
could not agree to have the hearings before the
commission discontinued until they had pre-
sented their side of the controversy with the
miners. and. if necessary. had shown their
books TO refute some of the statements made by
representatives of the miners before the COM
mission
From the hotel they went to the office of c. D.
Simpson. at No. rs WiIliam-st-. where they
prepared a statement 10 be submitted to the
presidents of the coal roads. and made arrange
ments to meet them at the rooms of the Temple
Coal and Iron Company, in the New-Jersey
Central Building. in Liberty-st, early in the
afternoon. They said they controlled about IL
per cent of the anthracite coal production that
they had stood by the coal roads all through
the long strike. and that now they could not be
ignored in a settlement
The meeting with the presidents took place
just after p. m. The presidents at the meeting
were George F. Baer. of the Reading; W. H
Truesdale OF the Lackawanna; Thomas p
Fowler. of the Ontario and Western. and Robert
NJ. Olyphant. of the Delaware and Hudson. and
with them were David Wilcox. vice-president
and general counsel Of the Delaware and Hud-
son. and E. B. Thomas chairman Of the boards
of the Lehigh Valley and Erie railroads The
independent operators present were j. L Cake
and w. H. Gearhart. Clear Spring Coal Com
pany: James J. Jermyn. JeTmyn < Co, a. D.
and F. NJ. Spencer; W. W Watson. the Mount
Jessup Coal Company, Limited, and the Moosic
Mountain Coal Company; c. d Simpson, the
West End Coal Company; J. l. Crawford, Peo-
pies Coal Company; Henry w KinssbUry, the
Stevens Coal Company; J. y. Kier, Elliot Nc
Clure & Co. and Riverside Coal Company; Ed
ward Sturges the Pine Hill Coal Company and
the Clarence Coal Company; Robertson & Law;
f. s. Dolph and W. G. Robertson. the Doiph
Coal Company Limited w G. Robertson. Aus
tin Coal Company; Carney & Brown; w c.
Thomas. Black Diamond Coal Company, T L
Cake the Raub Coal Company; w H. Gearhart.
the Enterprise Coal Company; w L. ConneH.
the Glen Ridge Coal Company; Fl. c. Reynolds.
the Wyoming Coal and Land Company; William
J. Hand and Charles c. Bradbury, the Nay Aug
Coal Company. and William Conneu, William
COnnen & Co.