The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-26
AT COMPROMISE
L PROVED TO BE ABORTIVE
Mine Operators Insist That the Whole Controversy
Be Heard by the Strike Commission
Determined Effort Will Be Made to Prevent Recognition of the
United Mine Workers.

III ARLINGTON, Nov. 25.-All pros
w poets for an understanding be-
tween the United Mine Workers
and the coal operators outside the
anthracite coal strike commission came
TO sudden termination late this after
noon through the receipt of a dispatch
TO Wayne MacVeagh. representing the
Pennsylvania Coal company and the
Hillside Coal & Iron company. notify
ing him that at a meeting OF the an
thracite coal road men in New York
today it had been decided not to grant
an interview to Mr.. Mitchell and his
associates, which had been suggested
for Friday next. The announcement,
coming as it did after an all-day con-
ference in this city between Mr.. Mac
Veagh and Mr.. Mitchell and his assoc
'sciates. attended part of the time by
Carroll y. Wright, in an endeavor to
adjust some details of the proposed
agreement between the operators and
the miners. completely surprised every
one here.
Proposed by MacVeagh.
From a reliable source it is learned
that the proposition that the operators
meet Mr.. Mitchell on Friday next was
made at the instance of Mr. MacVeagh,
ksSho was no less surprised than Mr..
y Mitchell himself at the turn affairs
\ took today. From statements made by
Mr.. barrow early in the day, the i'm
preston had spread that a complete
agreement would be effected at today's
conference, but when the meeting broke
up MIR. Darrow read to the newspaper
men in the corridor outside his room
in Wizards hotel a statement which
made il clear that no conference was
he ST oil
THE conference today was simply a
continuation of the conferences held
at Scranton and with precisely the
same object-that of trying to reach
a basis of hopeful discussion sfor an
amicable settlement. Mr.. MacVeagh
has not been in Scranton since Thurs
day and some matters have since de-
veloped as 10 which a further confer
ence might be useful before either the
operators or the representatives of the
miners approach the serious task of
formulating a different agreement for
their signatures"
Mitchell Only Smiled.
Mr. Mitchell. when shown the dis
patch from New York telling of the
action Of the operators simply smiled
and said that ne had not asked for the
conference, but that when il was sug-
gested to him If it would be agreeable
TO meet the operators he SAID II would.
Mr. barrow and Mr.. Lloyd. however,
wereA outspoken regarding the action
of the operators. Mr.. barrow said ii
was now up to the operators" and
that he would return at once to Scran-
ton and on Tuesday next would APP
fear before the commission ready TO go
on with the hearing.
Mr.. Lloyd, holding in his hand the
Associated Press dispatch, referred to
the fact that Fridays conference had
been suggested in order to adjust
some matters on which there was still
some disagreement yet" said Mr.
Lloyd, 1.-The same men who only last
week wired the commission their as
sent to the general provisions of the
, tentative agreement. and upon the
strength of which the commission ad-
journed for a week in order to give
the parties time to get together. now
go completely back on their former ac-
ton and call it all off. We are salts
fed to go before the commission ano
continue the hearing.
Messrs. Mitchell. Darrow and LloyC
left here tonight for Scranton