The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
STRIKE NOT SETTLED
GOV. STONES EFFORT IS UNsUC-
CESSFUL.
MORGAN STILL BARS THE WAY.
THE CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK
WITHOUT RESULT.

Apparently This Is the Case, but
VIII Be Some Rcsults-The SituR-
tion Unchanged, Say Finance ana
Railroad aEnatcs-Parties to the
Conference Pledged to silence,
However, and There May BE Some
thing Doing.
New York, Sept. 9.-Gov. William A.
Stone of Pennsylvania, who came to
this city and made an effort during the
day to see what could be done towards
settling the anthracite coal strike, re-
turned to Harrisburg, Pa, tonight
without apparently having been able
to accomplish a settlement.
There were rumors afoat that the
Governors visit had results, but
George w. Perkins, of ] P. Morgan
& Co., denied tonight that there was
any change in the situation. Word to
the same effect was received by long
Truesdale of the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad who is
out of town.
Gov. Stone was accompanied to the
city by Attorney General Elkin of
Pennsylvania, and Senator Finn of
Pittsburg. The three held a confer
ence of several hours duration with
P. A. b. Widener of Philadelphia, in
the offices of the United States Steel
Corporation.
After the conference had lasted an
hour Mr.. Widener went to see j. Pier
pont Morgan, at the latter's office, and
asked him to use his influence to end
the strike. Ten minutes later he re-
turned to his fellow conferees, and told
them that Mr.. Morgan had declined to
interfere.
Before leaving the city, Gov. Stone
gave out the following statement:
Attorney General Elkin, Senator
Finn and myself have been in consul
tation for several hours to-day With
P. A. 3. Widener, of Philadelphia, VINO
is director of the United States Steel
Corporation. and associated with Mr.
Morgan in many business interests
Mr. Widener is very anxious to see
the strike settled and to-day took the
matter up with Mr.. Morgan. We are
| doing what we can"
| Gov. Stone was asked what progress
toward a settlement had been made
| during the conference and whether any
| direct communication had been had
| from Mr.. Morgan. To these questions
| he answered that he had nothing to
| say beyond what was contained in his
statement and that the other parties
| to the conference had also been pledged
| to silence.
George w. Perkins, speaking for ].
| P. Morgan & Co.. said tonight:
I'VE have no comment to make on
| Gov. Stones statement We have re-
ceived no official statement as to what
occurred at the conference. nor have
we heard from Gov. Stone since the
conference was closed. Nor have we
anything to say on the strike situa-
ton"
Railroad Presidents Confer.
President George F. Baer of the
Philadelphia and Reading and
Jersey Central; President Will
liam H. Truesdale of
as P. Fowler of the New York On
tario and Western Railroad, had an
informal conference. After 1t was over,
President Fowler said that the situa>
ton had oecr gone over thoroughly in
an informal way. Mr. Fowler en-
phatically declared that there was no
change in the attitude of the operators
and that nothing could end the strike
but the unconditional surrender of the
striking anthracite miners
Later in the day, when Gov Stones
statement was submitted to President
Fowler, ne sent out word through his
secretary that he had no comment to
make or the statement. and did not
even care to learn of its contents.
President Baer went back to PhiIa-
delphia.