The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-11-28
NEGOTIATIONS OFF
COAL TROUBLE BACK TO COMMISSION
FOR SETTLEMENT.
VIII Be No Private Conference to End the
Affair, On Account Of the Independent
Operators They Demand Full Hear
Ing, and Assert Moreover, That They
Have a Good Defense.

Washington, Nov. 26.-All prospects
for an understanding. between the Unit
ed Mineworkers and the coal operators
Outside the anthracite coal strike COM
mission came to sudden termination
late yesterday afternoon through the
receipt Of q dispatch to Wayne Mac
Veagh, representing the Pennsylvania
coal company and the Hillside coal
and iron company, notifying him that
at meeting OF the anthracite coal road
men in New York it had been decided
not to grant any interview to Mr..
Mitchell and his associates, which
had been suggested for Friday next.
The announcement, coming as il did
after an all day conference in this city
between Mr.. MacVeagh and Mr..
Mitchell and his associates, attended
part OF the time by Carroll D. Wright,
in an endeavor to adjust some details
Of the prop sed agreement between the
operators and the miners, completely
surprised everyone here.
From a reliable source it is learned
that the proposition that the operators
meet Mr.. Mitchell on Friday next was
made at the instance OF MIR. MacVeagh,
who was no less surprised than Mr..
Mitchell himself at the turn affairs
took today. From statements made
by Mr.. Darrow early in the day, the
impression had spread that complete
agreement would be effected at today's
conference, but when the meeting broke
up Mr.. Darrow read to the newspaper
men in the corridor outside his room
in Wiilard's hotel "a statement which
made it clear that no agreement was
likely. The statement was as follows:
"The conference today was simply
a continuation of the conferences held
at Scranton, and with precisely the
same object--that Of trying to reach a
basis of hopeful discussion for an ami
cable settlement. Mr.. MacVeagh has
not been in Scranton since Thursday,
and some matters have since developed
as to whether a further conference
might be useful before either the oper-
ators or the representatives Of the
miners approached the serious task Of
formulating different agreement for
their signatures.
Mr.. Mitchell, when shown the dis
patch from New York telling of the ac-
tion OF the operators, simply smiled
and said that he had not asked for The
conference, but that when he was asked
il it would be agreeable to meet the
operators he said it would. Mr.. Dar-
row and Mr.. Lloyd, however, were out.
spoken regarding the action of the op
orators. Mr.. Darrow said it was "now
up to the operators" and that he would
return at once to Scranton and on Tues
day next would appear before the com.
mission ready to 60 on with the hear
ing. Mr.. Lloyd, holding in his hand
the Associated Press dispatch, referred
to the fact that Fridays conference had
been suggested in order to adjust some
matters on which there was still some
disagreement.
"Yet," said Mr.. Lloyd. "the same
men who only last week wired the
commission their assent to the general
provisions of the tentative agreement,
and upon the strength of which the
commission adjourned for a week in
order to. give the parties time to get
together, now go completely back on
their former action and call it all off
We are satisfied to go before the com
mission and continue the hearing"