The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-22
ROOSEVELT'S QUICK ACTION
REPATRIATION COMMISSION SUM-
 MOVED TO MEET FRIDAY.

On Receiving News Ofthe Miners Action
 TeIsgrams Are at Once Sent IO the
 Members Notifying Them of she First
 Meeting to be Held in Washington on the Above Mentioned Day-PIan of the
 Commission tn Its investigation.
 Washington, Oct. 21.-shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon President Roosevelt received a telegram from Wilkesbarre. Pa, informing him that the convention of miners had declared off the anthracite coal strike. The tel egram was signed by John Mitchell, chairman, and w. B. Wilson, secretary, of the convection, and was identical with that made public at Wilkesbarre before noon to-day.
 Immediately on receipt of the inform ation the following telegram was sent to Mir. Mitchell:
 White House, Washington, D. C., October q. 1902. Mir. John Mitchell. Chairman of Convention, Wilkesharre, ra.:
 Upon receipt of your telegram of this date the president summoned the commission to meet here on Friday next, the 24th instant, at 10 a. III.
 (Signedl George B. Cortelyou,
 Secretary.
 News of the termination of the strike was received by the president with great satisfaction. Already telegrams have been sent to the members of the commission notifying them of the first meeting to be held in this city on Fri day morning and summoning them to be present. The meeting probably will be held in the office of Commissioner Wright in the department of labor. After the commission has effected it's organization the members will call in a body on the president to pay their re- spects At that time it is expected he will embrace the opportunity to give the commission such verbal instruc- tions as he may care to present to it. Besides, he may prepare a formal letter of instructions. That is the method pursued at the time of the appointment of the Pullman strike commission, of which Colonel Wright was the presi- dent.
 It is understood that few meetings of the commission will be held in Wash ington. After the work of the commits sion has been mapped out the first step will be to take the testimony of the miners, who may be regarded as plain tiffs in the case. Notification will be sent to all interested parties that at certain specified times the commission will hear evidence to be presented. The parties to the inquiry will be permitted to be present at the hearings either per- sonally or by counsel.
 It is probable that the first sessions of the commission at which testimony will be taken will be held in Wilkes barre, as that city will be most conven- tent for the miners representatives. Other meetings will be held in PhiIa- delphia or New York, or in both cities.
 Whether the sessions of the commits, question the commission itself will have to determine, but it is regarded as quite likely that at all sessions when testi- mony is taken representatives of the press will be admitted.
 How long the hearings will continue nobody can foretell At their conclu- sion each member of the commission will be supplied with copy of the tes- timony adduced and will consider it at his leisure. Subsequently, the commits sion will reconvene, perhaps in this city. to formulate it's report for presentation to the president