New-York tribune., 1902-10-02
is CONFIDENT.
BELIEVES HIS ACTION ALMOST SURE To
BREAK THE STRIKE


Washington. Orr The President to-day
sent teIesrams 70 The representatives u rhe con-
ficting interests in The coal strike. asking them
70 come 70 see him on Friday morning These
dispatches. which are Identical IN terms. ard
which went 20 rha presidents n rhe anthracite
coal companies and - IRE president ~ the
miners organization. are regarded by Tho Presi-
dent and ms Cabinet as having th- force of
summons which will b= respected and as pro-
viling for meeting az which the restoration OF
mining operations Win almost certainly be ef-
feCted The teIegraws are as follows.
White House Washington. October /
system, philadelphia
" n TruesdaIe. president Delaware. Laoka-
w-nna and Western Railroad Company. no -6
Exchange Place. NeV-lork, \ y
r. Thomas, chairman Of tha board Erie
Railroad Company. No y Cortlandt-st-. New
Thomas p. Fowler. president New-York on
taIlo and Western Railway Company no -
BeaVer-st, New-York. Y Y
r. NJ. olyphant. president Delaware and Hu5-
son Company, New-ICTk.
.ohn Markle No. 527 West Thirty-fourth- 81.
I should greatly Ike 10 see YOU on Friday next
October 3, an II o'clock m here in Washing
ton. IN regard 70 the failure of the coal supply,
which has become a matter ~ vital concern 20
the whole nation 7 have sent . similar dis
patch 70 MI John Mitchell president of the
United Mine Workers of America
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
John Mitchell. President of the United Mine
Workers of America Wilkesbarre Penn
should greatly like 10 See YOU on Friday next.
October - AZ II O'Clock a. M. here in washing
ton m regard 20 the failure ~ the coal slI1ff,-
which has become matter of vital concern ~
the whole nation. ] have sent similar dis
patch 10 the presidents Of the anthracite coal
companies THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
BASIS OF THE PRESIDENTS PLAN
The Presidents plan O. break the strike IS
characteristioally direct and simple and follows
a line Of precedents which have not failed i'm
the past TO produce satisfactory results Tn tho
long conference yesterday with the Attorney
General the Postmaster General the Secretary,
of the Navy and the Governor of Nassao obusetts
the latters presence being purely casual IL Was
tully determined that phase OF the contro
vcrsy warranted the President in endcavorine
10 exercise any OF his constitutional or statutory
powers toward a settlement The mines tba,,-
selves their owners and operators and ~.
transportation companies. an of which are cIose-
Iy associated. and the miners and other en-
ployes : well, are all under the state OF Penn
sylvania, and without an appeal from the Gov,
ernor Of that commonwealth. reciting mis- r.,
ability to preserve order and enforce respert f,r
the law the President could invoke no federal
Intervention.
In this mornings long conference Al the terlro-
rary White House. which was attended b., So,
TetarleS Root ShaW ana Moody. Attorney Cen
eraI Knox and Postmaster General Pavuo and
when Governor Crane was absent IN, Prasi
dents plan was perfected and promptly put into
practice with the emphatic confidence Of tbos,.
present in its outcome.
The Presidents plan rests on the great n,u.e-
reposed in him by the people in all times -
national calamity, such as the coal deadlock IL
longer continued. threatens To produce II is
the power tha: was exercised when the news
came OF the awful volcanic disaster ar NJ
tinique and which President Mckinney mad.
use Of when Porto Rico was hurricane SVEN,
on each occasion the action Of the Presjdapt
found speedy response and Endorsement and
resulted in a full measure OF relief. II &c an
authority in the interest of the public welfare
which the President alone possesses. and which
he can exert with the full force Of the whole
country behind him.
ACTING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
In the exercise Of this power to-day's invita-
tions were sent and IN Fridays conference the
President will WELD q moral influence which n
Is believed. can hardly fan TO develop ground for
compromise or substantial agreement between
the operators and operatives. with the result as
the President irmly expects. OF promptly break
ing the deadlock the early resumption OF an the
,,austries low parayzed on account Of the
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