Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-10
President Truesdale, Of the Lacka-

President Truesdale, of the Lacka-
wanna road, had nothing to add to
the statement submitted by him to
the president at Washington Friday.
He believed, he said. that it was not
the intention Of the authorities 10
call ont the federal troops.
Makes Light Of Mitchelrs Offer.
President Fowler, of the New YORK,
Ontario & Western road, said:
ut is not unlikely that the public
may jump at the conclusion that Mr..
Mitchell offered to resume operations
,, Immediately in order that the suffer-
ing public might be relieved at once.
think It worth while to call atten-
ton to the fact that Mitchell offered
at yesterdays conference to make an
agreement for not less than one
year, CT more than five years, as may
be mutually determined
''Now the point / wish to make
clear right here is this: Mitchell can
: not order an immediate resumption
of work because the bylaws of the
United Mine Workers declare that
such 4 proposition must first be sub
mitted to a convention of it's dele
gates. That cannot be done in less
than two weeks time. That much
notice, am told, is called for in the
bylaws.
"The public will observe that there
is a great difference between resum-
ing work Immediately and resuming
work at the end of two weeks. In a
word, Mitchell's proposition has q
string to it. Moreover, how do the
! operators know that Mitchell can con-
troll his men? Didn't they go back on
him at Hazleton two years ago when
he ordered them not to strike?
1.-THE trouble is that there are two
sides &c this fght-the responsible
side. and the irresponsible one. The
operators stand for something; the
miners are in position to draw out
of any agreement their leaders may
make. 1t is practically impossible to
make binding agreement with
| MITCHELL"
Quny Refuses to Talk.
Philadelphia, Oct 6.-United States
Senator Quay was asked Saturday for
statement regarding the strike con-
ference at Washington, but he de-
clined to make any comment on the
/ failure to reach an agreement.
The senator did say, however, that
he had not been summoned to the ma
+, tional capitol by the president.
Cardinal Gibbons Disappointed.
Baltimore, Nd, Oct. e.-Gardina|
/ Gibbons furnished TO the Evening
News the following as his views Oh
Fridays conference between Presi.
| dent Roosevelt, the coal operators
and President Mitchell:
"In common with every other per-
son in the country I had looked for
ward to the conference of yesterday
with the most eager and hopeful an
ticipation. Certainly it was noble
opportunity, and President Roosevelt
cannot be too highly commended for
/ the effort made by him to end AMIGA
bly, strike that has been so pro-
longed and the cause of SO much
an.siaty, and no doubt, also, of con-
| siderable distress, Withnnt ventur-
ing to express any opinion as to the
legal rights involved in the matter
at issue, I cannot refrain from ex-
! pressing my sympathy with the
workers in the mines in theit effort
to better their condition. I hoped
from the bottom of my heart that
| some adjustment fair to both sides
would come from the conference, and
if the dispute had been left by mutual
agreement in the hands of the presi-
| dent himself to arbitrate I ana con-
tident there would have been a great
feeling of satisfaction. Unhappily,
that was not to be, and my disap-
pointment that the conference has
proved without fruit is acute"
To Redouble Efforts to start Mines.
i Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 6.-The Wyou,.
ing region was quiet Saturday morn
ing and the troops were not called out
to suppress any disorder. Peter Hal
chett. the negro deputy who shot a
striker at Plymouth, Pa. Friday night,
was lodged in Jail Saturday.
The superintendents of the big coal
companies held meeting Saturday and
discussed the failure of the confer
ence at Washington Friday. The ID.
cal operators, 1T Is stated, will now re.
double sheir efforts to get more mines
started in this region next week.
Great Interest In London.
/ London, Oct. 6.-The coal situation
in the United States and President
Roosevelt's Intervention have aroused
widespread interest here, though many
of the comments are purely selfish.
Commenting ston the prospective
scarcity Of coal in the United States
for some time to come, the Globe sgg-
gssts that the consequent demand for
English supplies is liable to lead to
such coal famine here as to necessi-
tate government action to prevent the
export and depletion of local stocks,
1 American Locomotive the Best.
| Wellington, New Zealand, Oct. g.
After having made exhaustive trials
of American and British built loco
motives on the government railways
the officials report that the best re-
suits Rave been achieved with the
fopmec.