Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-17

1ne president features bearing on inc
soal strike, but he would not talk about
The matter.
OPERATOR Proposition.
The major portion of the proposition
rs taken up with. a review of the con-
best from the operators standpoint.
TT declares that but one-half of the
sinners in the anthracite regions be-
bong to the United Mine Workers
Aanion, that 1000 to 10000 men are now
at work and that many more wish to
return toswork but are prevented by
a course of violence and intimidation.
1T states that "coal companies believe
that the wages paid in the coal regions
are fair and full, and all that the bust
ness in its normal condition has been
able 30 stand if the capital invested is
to have any reasonable return"
After referring to the former con-
ference held at the white house Oc-
tober 3, and declaring that the oper-
htors are not opposed to arbitration,
the proposition closes as follows:
1--WE suggest commission to be APP
pointed by the president of the United
States (if he is willing to perform that
public service) to whom shall be re-
derred all questions at issue between
the respective companies and their
own employees, whether they belong
40 union or not, but decision of that
commission shall be accepted by us.
Describes the Membership.
1.-THE commission is to be constituted
as followss
II. An officer in the engineer corps
of either the military or naval serv-
see of the United States.
:, SO. An expert mining engineer, ex-
perieneed in the mining of coal and
other minerals and not in any way
connected with coal mining proper
Sizes, either anthracite or bituminous.
/ 49, One of the judges of the United
States courts of the Eastern district
OF Pennsylvania.
asociologist.
'.5. A man who, by active participa-
Aion IN mining and selling coal, is ia
miliar with the physical and CONNER
eial features of the business.
at being the understanding that i'm
mediately upon the constitution of
such commission, in order that idleness
and nonproduction may cease in
stantly, the miners will return to work
and cease all interference with and
persecution of any nonunion men who
are working or shall hereafter work.
The findings of this commission shall
8x the date when the same shall be
effective, and shall govern the eondi-
Aions Of employment between the re-
spective companies and their en-
ployes for term OF at least three
years"
, Proposition from MnnufactareYs.
New York, Oct. 15.-The regular
weekly meeting of the coal operators
Tuesday was preceded by conference
with a. committee of the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers, and at the
conference the salient points of plan
to settle the anthracite coal strike
were submitted by the manufacturers.
The operators will consider the plan
while the. mine workers are reaching
conclusion in regard to the proposal of
arbitration submitted to President
Roosevelt at Washington. A member
of the manufactnrers' committee said
fhat he knew the associations plan
would be acceptable to Mr.. Mitchell.
The same member of the committee
said that the manufacturer plan
would be considered by the operators
II the mine workers reject the plan
submitted to the president. The oper-
ators began their meeting Immediately
after the conference with the manu-
haeturers, and at the close of the meet
ing President Baer, of the Reading, said
Ahat no statement would be given out
regarding it.
The members of the manufactured
committee at the conference were;
David N. Parry, president of the asso-
citation; Frank Leake, of Philadelphia,
and Richard Young, of this city.
Mr.. Gompers' Views.
Washington, Oct. Is. = President
Gompers, of the American Federation
OF Labor, with whom Mr.. Mitchell has
been in constant communication and
consultation, gave the following ex-
preston OF opinion on the proposition
of the coal operators: "You can read
lily understand that want to leave this
whole matter in the hands of Mr..
Mitchell and his colleagues am par
tcularly anxious not to say anything
that might be construed otherwise. !
will say that. in my opinion, the prop
osition made by the operators, at least
so far as their designation of who
should be invited to go on the COM
mission of arbitration is concerned, is
an insult to the president of the Uni
ted States.
II desire that the president should
use his discretion in the selection of
the personnel of the commission. By
1ndirection it would seem from the
operators proposition that the presi-
dent has evil designs on the mine own
ers. No one believes this. The oper-
.ators indicate what class Of men