Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-25
The COMMISSION
Meets at Washington and
Receives Instructions.
Adjourns Till Monday, When the Inter-
ested Parties Will Be Present.
Mines Slowly Resuming- -Dissatisfac-
ton Over Losing Places.
COMMISSION coNvENEs.

Washington, Oct. 24.-The members
of the Strike Arbitration Commission
appointed by Pres. Roosevelt met at
the White House, shortly after 10
o'clock Friday morning. and went into
conference with the President.
E. E. Clark, president of the Order
of Railway Conductors. was the first
member of the commission to arrive.
Bishop Spalding. accompanied by DR..
j. D. Stafford of this city. came next.
Gen. Wilson, who arrived a moment
later. was followed by Thos. II. Wat
kins and Col. Wright, recorder of the
commission. Then came f. w. Park
err, the mining expert. Judge Gray of
the United States circuit court, was
the last member to reach the White
House. With his arrival the commits
sion was complete. 1ntroductions
were made in Sec. Cortelyou's office
and Immediately thereafter the COM
mission proceeded to the Presidents
reception room.
The President greeted the members
cordially. The interview was brief.
lasting scarcely 20 minutes. The work
to be done by the commission was in
formally discussed. The President i'm
pressed upon the commission the i'm
portance of expedition and informed
them that he had decided to appoint
two assistants to the recorder to IA
cilitate the work. He then presented
White House, Washington,
Oct. "a, 1902.
ITO the Anthracite. Coal Strike
Commission:
"Gentlemen: At the request both
of the operators and of the miners
have appointed you commission
to inquire into. consider and pass
upon the questions in controversy
in connection with this strike in
the anthracite region and the
cause out of which the controversy
arose BY the action you recon-
mend, which the parties in interest
have in advance consented to
abide by, you will endeavor to es-
tablish the relations between the
employers and the wage workers
in the anthracite fields on just
and permanent basis and as far as
possible to do away with any
causes for the recurrence of such
difficulties as those which you
have been called in to settle. l
submit to you herewith the pub
lished statement of the operators
following which | named you as
the members of the commission.
Mr.. Wright being named as re-
corder: also the letter from Mr..
Mitchell. ! appoint Mr.. Moseley
and Mr.. Neill as assistants to the
recorder.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
With the instructions were the
statements of the operators. The
members of the commission withdrew
in body. When they left the White
House they declined to comment up
on their interview. They went direct
to the office of Commissioner of Labor
Wright to organize and prepare for
their work.
The commission went into executive
session at Col. Wrights Office at ii A.
NJ. Judge Gray was chosen chairman,
The presiding officer is to be officially
called the president of the commits
sion.
The commission then went into.
executive session for the purpose Of
fort them at the beginning of their
duties. Among the questions under
consideration were the place of meet
ing, the order in which witnesses shall
be called, whether the sessions shall be
open to the press. whether counsel for
the parties at interest shall be permit
ted to be present, etc. At noon the an
nouncement was made that no deter
mination had been reached on any one
Of these subjects.
Edward A. Moseley, who becomes en-
assistant to Recorder Wright by direc-.
ton of the President, is secretary of
the interstate commerce commission.
DIR. Neill, the other assistant recorder,
is professor Of political economy at the
Catholic University near Washington.
The commission was invited to
lunch with the President at 1.30.
The commission adjourned at 12.45
to meet again, Monday, at o'clock.
was made that it had
been decided to admit the public at all
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