Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-18
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Gov. stone, of Pennsylvania. Fails I'm
HHis Effort TO End Miners strike
Must Surrender Internationally -
Two Conferences Held.

Must Surrender Internationally
Two Conferences Held.
New York, Sept. 10.-Gov. William
\. Stone, of Pennsylvania, VINO came
to this city and made an effort yester-
day to see what could be done to-
wards settling the anthracite coal
strike, returned to Harrisburg last
night without apparently having been
able to accomplish settlement.
Gov. Stone was accompanied to the
city by Attorney General Elllin, of
Pennsylvania, and Senator Finn, of
Pittsburg. The three held "A confer
ence of several hours duration with
p. a. b. Widener. of Philadelphia. in
the Offices of the United States Steel
Corporation.
After the conference had lasted an
hour Mr. Widener went to see j. Pier
pont Morgan at the latter's office and
asked him to use his influence to end
the strike. Ten minutes later he re-
turned to his fellow conferees and
told them that Mr.. Morgan had de-
clined to interfere.
Before leaving the city Gov Stone
gave out the following statement:
"Attorney General Elkin, Senator
Finn and myself have been in con-
sultation for several hours with p. \.
b. Widener, of Philadelphia, who is a
director of the United States Steel
Corporation and associated with Mr..
Morgan in many business interests.
Mr.. Widener is very anxious to see
the strike settled and took the mat
ter up with Mr.. Morgan. We are do
ing what we can"
President George F. Baer, of the
Philadelphia & Reading and Jersey
Centnal; President William III. Trues-
dale, of the Lackawanna, and Presi-
dent Thomas =. Fowler, of the New
York, Ontario & Western railroad,
had an informal conference. After
it was over President Fowler said
that the situation had been gone over
thoroughly. MIR. Fowler emphatically
declared that there was no change in
the attitude of the operators and that
nothing could end the strike but the
unconditional surrender of the Strik-
ing anthracite miners. Later in the
day, when Gov. Stones statement was
submitted to President Fowler, he
sent out word through his secretary
that he had no comment to make on
the statement and did not even care
to learn of its contents.
Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 12.-The CON
ference committee of the Peoples Al
lance. appointed at the convention
last Thursday, appeared before Gov.
Stone Thursday and submitted a plan
for etfecting a settlement of the an
thracite coal strike. Their plan con
sists of calling an extra session of the
legislature to enact laws for compul
sorry arbitration, better control of
foreign corporations doing business in
Pennsylvania, and enforcing the six
tecnth and seventeenth articles of the
constitution.
Harrisburg. Pa, Sept. ia CON
ference was held at the executive
mansion after midnight tonight be
tween Coy. Stone, State Senator VII
liam Flynn and NJ. X. McMullin, of
Pittsburg, President Mitchell ard
District Presidents Duffy, Fahcy ard
Nichols, of the United Mine Workers
for the purpose of discussing mears
of settling the anthracite coal Strike.
The conference was held at the sue
gcstion of GOV. Stone. who has dc
yised plan by which he hopes to cf-
feet a settlement between the opera
tors and the miners without the
necessity Of an extra session of the
Legislature.
Philadelphia, Sept. 13.-Presidert
John Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers of America, came here last
night and was presented with about
$4,000 by the organized worEmen Of
this city for the benefit of the strik-
inc mine workers. The presentation