The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-29

Asked for conferenee-Are Reldy
to Continue the Hearing, J
Washington. Nov. so.-An pre-
for an understanding he,- ,scts
oni'eu Mine workers ~een the
e.S,ois, outside y Id the coal op-
800 0oinei~ -e anthracite coal
throu- late xsster,,sv ss,srngor
IN the receipt of the following
-lspatch from the coal roads presi-
dents TO Wayne MacVeagh. represent
ing the Pennsylvania Coal Company
and the Hillside CSal and Iron Com
pany:
The condiS -, are such that no
substantial pDrsy~~s toward an ad-
justment @an be Iaade by the suggest
ed meeting. The general Judgment
Of the operators is that it viii be
best for the present TO go on with the
hearing. GEORGE r BAER-
The announcement. coming as il did
after an a" daY-- Inference in this
city between ~ ---scNeagh and Mr.
Mitchell and his associates. attended
part of the time by Carroll ID. Wright
in an endeavor TO adjust some details
Of the proposed agreement between
the operators aud the miners. com
pletely surprised everyone here. From
reliable source II is learned that the
proposition that the operators meet
Mr.. Mitchell on Friday was made at
the instance of Mr.. MacVeagh. who
was no less surprised than Mr. Mitch
ell himself at the turn affairs took
yesterday.
From statements made by Mr. Oar
row early in the day the impression
had spread that complete agreement
would be affected at yesterdays con
ference. but when the meeting broke
up Mr.. barrow read 70 the newspaper
men in the corridor outside his room
/ in Wizards hotel a statement which
made IL clear that no final agreement
had been reached. and that no further
conferences were likely. Tho state
ment was as follows:
The conference was simply a con
tinuation OF the conferences held al
Scranton. and with precisely the same
object-that of trying 10 reach basis
of hopeful discussion for an amicable
settlement. Mr.. MacVeagh has not
been in Scranton since Thursday. and
some matters developed as 10 which
further conference. might be useful
before either the operators OF the rep
q resentatives OF the miners approach
the serious task OF formulating a def
II - h.f "a.
Mr.. Mitchell, when shown the dis
patch from New York telling OF the
action of the operators. simply smiled
and said that he had not asked for
the conference, but that when IL was
suggested to him IL II would be agree
able to meet the operators. he said II
would Mr. barrow and Mr.. Lloyd
however were outspoken- REGARDING
the action OF the operators. Mr.. Oar.
row said that It was now up to the
operators" and that he would return
at once to Scranton. and on Tuesday
next would appear before the commits
sion ready TO go on with the hearing
Mr.. Lloyd referred 10 the fact that
Fridays conference had been suggest
ed in order 10 adjust some matters on
which there was still some disagree
ment- Yet" said Mr.. Lloyd. these
same men. who only last week wired
the commission their assent to the
general provisions of the tentative
agreement, and upon the strength of
which the commission adjourned for
a week in order TO give the parties
time to get together, now go com
pletely back on their former action
and call 1t all on. We are satisfied
to go before the commission and con
tinue the hearing"