The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-14
Refuses to DiruIge What Mas Done at the Harrisburg
 Conference
DISCUSSED TIE STRIKE
 IN ALL ITS PHASES
Retlcence of Chief Officers of the Miners Union Weighs Heavily
 on Business Interests in the
 Strike Region-crIsls Near.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. September 13.-Tired and worn from his flying trip to Phila- delphia and Harrisburg, President Mitch ell returned to wllkesbarre this morning He said the interview with Governor Stone was a pleasant one. The strike situation was discussed in all it's phases, but the governor had no proposition to make for a settlement of the strike. Asked whether he thought the governor would call an extra session of the leg islature, MT. Mitchell said he did not know. President Mitchell went to scran- ton tonight
 The reticence of the chief officers of the miners union weighs heavily on the, business and industrial interests of the strike region which were hopeful that the meeting between the governor and President Mitchell would result in some plan for settlement of the strike The silence of MT. Mitchell is interpreted to mean that the Harrisburg conference was barren of results.
 Activity at CoIlieries.
 There is more or less activity at all the collieries in this region tonight and it is said that some of the companies will make desperate efforts to resume work at many of the collieries on Monday. Fifty men were sent to the Cunningham mine of the Delawanna and Hudson company tonight. The company expects to start work with Q good force of miners on Monday. The coal operators i say the conference between Governor Stone and President Mitchell was mere 1 iy friendly talk and that neither party to the e ference issued g. proposition. The operators think the crisis will come next week and that break in the ranks of the strikers is among the possibilities.
 At strike headquarters President Mitchell's subordinates maintain that the companies are in no better position to start their collieries now than they were three months ago and that there will be no break in the ranks of the strikers.
 Governor Stone Also Silent.
 Harrisburg, Pa, September 1S.-Gov- ernor Stone declined again today to di- vulge the result of his conference with President Mitchell last night at the ex- ecutive mansion. The governor said the conditions were such that he did not feel justified in making a statement except to repeat that the strike was discussed with the best of feeling. He will not go to his office or Capitol Hil1 today. but remained at the mansion with Senator William Flynn, who left at noon for Pitts burg.
 MT. Flynn was seen at the mansion just before leaving for Pittsburg, and asked if he had ary statement to make pertaining to the conference. He replied that he had not M. K. McMullin of Pittsburg. who came here with MT. Flynn to attend the conference, went east on an early morn ing train and it is presumed ne has gone to New York to meet J. P. Morgan and tell him what occurred at the conference.
 District President Nichols is the only one of the strike leaders who remained fin Harrisburg after the conference. He is reticent as the others who were pres ent and would say nothing this morning when asked if he thought the meeting would result ;n a sttlement of the strike All the persons present evidently had determined to make no statement for fear they might say something that would interfere with their plans for settling the strike