Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-24
ARBITRATION
COMMISSION
Members Meet at White House and Have a
Conference With the Presidsnt---The
Greetings Were Cordial.
WORK OF BODY COMMENCED
The President Delivers His Instructions With Statement
From Operators and Letter From MITCHELL
Messrs. MoseIey and Nell Appointed Assist
ants to Recorder Wright.


of the strike arbitration commission
appointed by Roosevelt met at the
White House shortly after 10 O'Clock
this morning and went into confer
ence with the president. Several of the
members had never before met. The
introductions were made in Secretary
Cortelyous office and Immediately
thereafter the commission ascended the
stairs to the presidents reception room.
The president greeted the members of
the commission cordially. The inter-
view was brief, lasting scarcely twenty
minutes. The work to be done by the
The president impressed upon the COM
mission the Importance of eXpedi-
tion and informed them that he had
decided to appoint two assistants to the
presented them their instructions as
follows:
white House, Washington, Oct. 29,
19O2.-To. the Anthracite Coal Strike
quest both of the operators and of the
miners, I have appointed you COM
mission to inquire into, consider and
pass upon the questions in controversy,
in connection with the strike in the an
thracite region and causes out of
which the controversy arose. BY the
action you recommend, which the par
ties in interest have in advance con-
sented to abide by you will endeavor
to establish relations between the en-
ployers and the wage workers in the
anthracite fields on a just and perma-
nent basis and as far as possible to do
away with any causes for recurrence
of such difficulties as those which you
have been called on to settle. submit
to you herewith published statement
of the operators, following which
named you as members of this commits
sion. Mr.. Wright being named as rec
order, also the letter from Mr.. Mitchell.
I appoint Mr.. Moseley and Mrs. Neil as
assistants to the recorder.
Signesl-- Theodore Roosevelt
With the instructions were the state
ments Of the operators. The members
of the commission withdrew in body
When they left the White House they
declined to comment upon their inter-
view. They went direct to the office of
Commissioner of Labor Wright to Or
ganize and prepare for work
The commission went into executive
session at Colonel Wright's office at II
o'clock. Judge Gray was chosen chair
man.
The presiding officer is to be officially
called the president Of the commission.
Mr.. Edward "A. Moseley, who becomes
an assistant to Recorder Wright by
direction of the president, is secretary
Of the interstate commerce commission
DR.. Neil, the other assistant recorder,
is professor of political economy at the
Catholic University located near
Washington. The commission was in
vited to lunch with the president at
1:30.
The commission adjourned at 12:45 to
meet again next Monday at 2 o'clock.
After the adjournment, the announce
ment was made that only two conclu-
sions had been reached. The first of
these was to admit the public to all
formal meetings Of the commission and
the second, to notify the parties to the
controversy to be present at the meet
ing on Monday for the purpose Of ar
ranging time for the hearings which
will be convenient for all concerned.
The commission adopted an official
name and has had printing prepared,
designating 1t as the Anthracite Coal
Strike Commission.