Evening journal., 1902-11-26
OPERATORS WON 7
! MEET MITCHELL
pal Operators Say 1t Is Best
. to Continue Hearing
Before Commission
.WYERS GREATLY SURPRISED
tcheIl Smiled When Told of Opera
ors' Action and Said He Had Not
Asked for a Conference.-The Ready
o Continue the Hearing

Washington, Nov. 26.-All prospects
v an understanding between the
! ited Mine Workers and the coal op-
itors. outside the anthracite coal
ike commission, came to sudden
mination late yesterday afternoon
rough the receipt of the following
patch from the coal roads presi-
ats to Wayne MacVeagh, represent
the Pennsylvania Coal Company
"a the Hillside Coal and Iron Com
tny:
The conditions are such that no
bstantial progress toward an ad-
3tment can be made by the suggest
meeting The general judgment
the operators is that it will be
st for the present to go on with the
airing. GEORGE f. BAER.
frhe announcement. coming as it did
er an az days conference in this
{ Y between Mr.. MacVeagh and Mr..
tchell and his associates, attended
rt of the time by Carroll d. Wright,
an endeavor to adjust some details.
the proposed agreement between
Is operators and the miners, COM
! tely surprised everyone here. From
'eliable source it is learned that the
)position thet the operators meet
M. Mitchell on Friday was made at
I instance of Mr.. MacVeaeh, who
s no less surprised than Mr.. Mitch
himself at the turn affairs took
gsterday.
from statements made by Mr. Oar
v early in the day the impression
spread that complete agreement
uld be affected at yesterdays con
ence, but when the meeting broke
Mr. Darrow read to the newspaper
N in the corridor outside his room
Wiliard's hotel a statement which
de it clear that no final agreement
been reached. and that no further
differences were likely. The state
mt was as follows:
The conference was simply a con-
uation of the conferences held at
ranton. and with precisely the same
iect-that of trying to reach a basis
hopeful discussion for an amicable
Element Mr.. MacVeagh bas not
isn in Scranton since Thursday, and
ne matters developed as to which
E 'urther conference might be useful
iore either the operators or the rep
entatives of the miners approach
serious task Of formulating a def
e agreement for their signatures. ."
dr. Mitchell, when shown the dis
,ch from New York, telling of the
ion of the operators. simply smiled
l said that he had not asked for
conference, but that when it was
ygested to him if Il would be agree
e to meet the operators, he said II
uld. Mr.. Darrow and Mr.. Lloyd,
wever, were outspoken regarding
action of the operators. Mr.. Oar
v said that it was now "up to the
orators" and that he would return
once to Scranton, and on Tuesday
It would appear before the commits
q ready to go on with the hearing,
Lloyd referred to the fact that
days conference had been suggest
in order to adjust some matters on
ich there was still some disagree
mt. yet" said Mr.. Lloyd. "these
ae men, who only last week wired
commission their assent to the
leral provisions of the tentative
cement, and upon the strength OF
lch the commission adjourned for
week in order to give the parties
e to get together, how go com
tely back on their former action
call it all off. We are satisfied
go before the commission and con
ie the hearing"