The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18
OPERATORS ARE
STILL INSOLENT
WILL HOLD NO TORE CONFER.
ENCES THEY SAY.
PRESIDENT Is HOPEFUL
Sends Secretary Root on a Secret
rlission; Root Had Confer
ence with Morgan.

New York, Got. 11.-Chairmnn E.
B, Thomas Of the Board of Directors
of the Erie Railroad announced this
afternoon that the operators will not
meet the Republican statesmen in
conference next Tuesday. Tho op-
orators will hold no moro meetings.
Now York Oct. Ii Yesterday
conferences which were held hero
accomplished nothing. The hopes
raised of operators yielding were
dashed to the ground when President
Baer took charge of the negotia'
tions. He bluntly told Gov. Ode(l
nd Senators Penrose, Quay aud
Platt that they were political med
dlers and announced that the strike
could only end by the mines going
to work. Governor Odell became
very angry and omphatically gave
the Reading Presidond to unders and
that he was Governor of tho State
OF New York and was seeking a con.
rerene in his official caraoity for the
peoples good.
Bnar apologized but refused to
consider any proposition recognizing
the mine workers association.
New York, Oct II. Secretary Root
arrived here today OH a secret mission
from President Roosevelt, determined
to make another effort to nnd tie
coal striko The nature OF the latest
move is unknown.
The Prssident las beeh III confer.
ence with General Goblin, Of the
Pennsylvania National Guard, to learn
the actual situation at tho mines His
sending Secretary Root to New York
followed the conference with General
Goblin.
Root is in conference with J. P.
Morgan over the telephone.
Washington reports received Lore
say tho President is expected to un
mask his new battery on the opora.
tors Monday or Tuesday.
Washington, Dot. 11.-Unless Knox
and Root reserve themselves the
President will inform David Wilcox,
who asked him to take action against
the miners Union on the ground thai
its being a trust and that the United
Mine Workers do not constitute trusts
and are not acting in restraint of trade
The President is reported To-Day as be-
ing irritated by Wilcox's proposition
and limited that he be challenged to
produce single fact to sustain his
general station for as the matter
now stands Wilcox is considered te
have told the Proistlent he failed in
his duty.
Boston, Oot l1.-Mitcbell will
come here tomorrow to attend re.
ception rendered the labor leaders
and citizens generally for the pur'
pose of raising funds for the striking
miners.
Worked a Ruse at st. Chicago
Chicago, Oct. 1l.-From this time
ON, the agents of the New Orleans
Railway Company, who arc seeking
men in this city to take the place OF
strikers, will exercise more caution
in selection of their recruits. The
representatives here became convino.
90 that the officers of the Almagat.
ed Association OF Street Railway En-.
ployes of America are kidnappers af.
| ter an effort was made to hire several
of them. The officers of the Street
Garments Association are charged
with the wholesale abduo tion oil
forty three men, who were hired as
strike breakers.
George W. Skoulard, organizer OF
the association, applied for a job yes
| terday at the hotel where the men
are being hired. In few minutes he
was engaged in conversation with
fifty of the men that had already
been hired. He asserted that he
feared the strikers would shoot him
when he reached Now Orleans, and
his story was eagerly absorbed.
On hearing this story one man left,
deciding that there was enough work
here. Another followed, aud finally
out of the fifty but seven remained in
the hotel.
Skooland then thought he had per.
formed his duty. He went to the
agent who had promised him a posi-
tion and presented his card, and be-
fore the astonished agent learned he
had been entertaining an officer of
the organization which his employers
are fighting, Skouland was out of the
hotel.
A negro woman died in Chicago re.
Gently who declared she remembered
the Boston tea party. Her age was
said to have been 1872.
Outside capital has made PROPOSE
tions looking to al electric railway be-
tween Waco and Dallas, T. xas.
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