Arizona republican., 1902-10-19

Wilkesbarre. Pa, October 1S.-What was probably the last full week O; the anthracite coal strike closed today without anything developing to change the peaceful trendof events. It was a quiet day at headquarters and busy one in the district and sub district headquarters throughout the entire coal fields on account of the election of delegates to Mondays convention. All the locals" have met and selected their representatives to the Wilkes barre gathering. There seems to be little doubt that the cCpvention will accept the offer of arbitration. Re ports have been received here coming principally from the region around Scranton that there will be much op- position to the acceptance Of the plan but these reports were not taken seri- ousIy at President Mitchelfs head quarters. There will be opposition in the convention, but it is expected to disappear after Mir Mitchell explains the proposition to the delegates.
 Probably the most difficult question which will come before the convention is enc relative to the strikers securing their old places. The companies are on record as saying that they will take care of all the employees who have stood by them during the strike. Many miners want the convention to with hold the acceptance of the arbitration scheme until the union is assured that the strikers will be employed in their former places. This. will-lLzelv cause a long debate, but the officials of the union say the matter will be fixed up satisfactorily to ali concerned.
 President Mitchell was asked tonight what he knaw of the report cabled to the Manchester Guardian from New York that J. P. Morgan was forced to intervene in the coal strike, and in re- ply said:
 ''To my personal knowledge Mir. Mor- gan has been trying to settle the coal strike ever since he came beck from Europe two months ago. If others had been as fair and reasonable ga Mr. Morgan was. the strike would have been settled long ago. I know nothing about Morgan's financial interests com polling him to seek a settlement Of the strike, but I am informed that he keen ly felt his responsibility to the public in connection with the coal famine and has done his best to bring about the Q- T. ' q of the Pennsylvania railroad were working for a settlement when Presi- dent Roosevelt made his last and sue cessful move. Mr. Morgan could not very well be forced to do something which he had been trying to accomplish for several weeks. I make this state ment in justice to Mr. Morgan.
 We have had no quarrel with him and wa Vyicb nOr1p Wa do fo17. him. but prefer his friendehip if he is willing to give it to us. I am crcdi- bly informed that he is friendly to or ganized labor. AS an organizer of cap ital he comedies the right of labor to organization, and when labor organi- cations are fair and conservative he believes in dealing directly with them for the advantage of both the employer and emplOye. It is this relationship which the United Mine Workers seek in the anthra cite field, and we invite Mr. Morgan to cooperate with us in securing a permanent and scientific so- lution Of the labor problem in this re- gion."
 The shaft of the Mount Lockout ccl- fiery O.; the Temple Coal and Iron Com pany at Wyoming was wrecked today by one of the small locomotives used for hauling cars containing culm.
 The engineer left the locomotive for a moment and it suddenly started and ran al full speed 200 yards to the shaft and plunged down, lodging 320 feet be- low the surface at the Rash vein For tunately the boiler did not explode, but the big machine in it's fall tore out the lining of the shaft and did other dam age that will cause a suspension for a week or more.