Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-10-09
REFUSE 70 MIKE TERMS.
Fhe Great Conference in Washington
Over the Coal Question Pro-
duces No Results.
me EFFORTS CT THE PRESIDENT FAIL,
N@aal Operators Reject ONew to End
the Strike and Denounce the Min
ers' Union ny n LAwIrNN HOAy-ASk
for Troops to Protect Property
The Struggle to CONTINUES.

Inc Struggle 10 continue.
Washington, Oct. 4. - The great
'.oal conference between the presi-
dent and representatives of the OPP
orators and the miners came to an
end at the temporary white house,
Sacing Lafayette square, at Ass
o'clock Friday afternoon with fail
nre to reach an agreement. Appa-
1ently the rock upon which the con-
'serence split was recognition Of the
miners union. The president had
urged the contending parties to cease
strife in the interests of the public
welfare; the miners, through the
president. of their union. had ex-
pressed a willingness to submit diff
ierences to arbitration of tribunal
10 be named by the president. and
so enter into an agreement to abide
by terms fixed by the arbitration
Sor period of from one to five years.
and the employers, through the pres
dents of the railroad and coal COM
panies and a leading inderendent
mine operator, had squareiy refused
arbitration, had denounced the
miners labor organization as a law
less and anarchistic body with which
they could and would have no deal
sngs. had demanded federal troops
10 ensure complete protection to
workers rand their families in the
mining region. and court proceed
pngs against the miners union, and
had offered if the men returned to
work to submit grievances at individ-
aal collieries to the decision of the
judges Of the court of common pleas
Tor the district Of Pennsylvania in
which the collierv was located. There
rhe matter closed.
No Middle Ground Possible.
What, if anything. will result from
he conference, is for the indefinite
iuture. The views of the eontenders
n the great industrial struggle were
so extreme and wide apart that there
was no middle ground possible and so
she conference came to an end with out
any agreement for it's continuation.
The conference had lasted six hours,
'nclnding a recess Of three hours be-
tween the morning and afternoon SEES
sions, taken to enable the miners and
spera tors to prepare written responses
to the presidents appeal. The imme-
diate parties to the strike say they will
continue as heretofore. What course
7he administration will take next no
one is prepared to say. One Of the
operators as he left the white house
with closely set Jaw was asked regard
ing this and replied: "If any one knows
what the president will do next, that
is more than I know" r. was an
president had no comment to make on
the conference.
Conference Ends
The operators made it plain that
ehey would not listen to any PROPOSE
,ion emanating from Mr.. Mitchell It
was five minutes to five o'clock when
she conference ended. The operators
came downstairs and held brief CON
.ultation and then left ia their car
riages for their train, where they met
a number Of newspaper men, to whom
they furnished copies of the statements
they had made to the president.
Statement by Mitchell.
During the evening President Mitch
ell, of the Nine Workers. union, die
tated IL formal statement concerning
the proceedings of the conference
and It's results. in which he an
tinue as a result of the failure OF the
conference.
Little Hope II Legal Aetien.
The president is naturally disap-
pointed at the failure Of hi. well-meant
efforts to bring about settlement OF
the strike, but he is not discouraged.
It is true he has little faith in the
possibility of legal action, and equally
remote is the likelihood Of the en-
ploynent Of force. Until the state
authorities confess their liability to
cope with the situation. federal force
cannot be exerted.
May Appeal tn Strikerx.
Washington, Oct. 6.-There are
good reasons for the statement that
President Roosevelt is contemplating
an appeal to the strikers to resume
work. This appeal, through Presi-
dent Mitchell, coming from the pres
ident of the United States and based
upon the urgent needs of the general
public, will, it is hoped, be promptly
needed. Mr.. Mitchell, it is believed,
will, through sense of patriotic
duty, advise the immediate resump-
ton Of work. Should this appeal be
ISSUED it will be made public, and will
promise to the miners. through state
and congressional action. thorough
investigation of the mining situation,
with IS full guarantee as it is pos
sible to give that redress will be
found for all just grievances.
No Appeal to Operators.
No further appeal is to be made to
the coal operators. Their fiat and
final refusal to deal with President
Mitchell on any terms is accepted as
closing the incident so far as they