Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-10-15
AGREE TO ARBITRATE
Operators Formulate Their Terms
70 Emo the Strike.
DICTATE ARBITERS
While They DO Not Name the Commits.
slOn They Designate Certain Men
10 BE Selected Mitchell Re.
fuses 10 Say Anything.

washington. Oct. i4.-By authority
OF j. Pierpont Morgan. who. with his
partner Ro1or, Bacon. and Secretary
Root. was 10 conference with Presiden;
Roosevelt at the temporary White
House Monday night Tor an hour sad
a hali. statement was given out by
Secretary Cortelyou IN which the
presidents % the coal carrying rail-
roads and the mine operators propose
a commission % hye persons 70 adjust
the difference and settle the coal strike
In the anthracite coal helds Of Penn
sylvania.
The proposition is believed by the
administration 20 be satisfactory %
the miners. as Dc covers the proposition
made by President Mitchell Of the
United NIao Workers union with ad
diuoual conditions. which Il is thought
the miners win accept The statement
In substance Is a. follows:
The coal operators have agreed %
the appointment of a commission 70 be-
appointed By the president Of the
United States. 20 whom shall be re-
/ ferred an questions at issue between
the companies and 'heir own employ
os. whether they belong 20 a union or
not. and me decision oi the commits.
sion shall be accepted by the opera.
tors The comm ion is 20 consist oi
an aray or navy engineer oMcer, an
I expert MINING engineer not connected
with the coal mining properties. one of
! The Judges ot tlc United States court
OF TIE Eastern district OF Pennsylya
MIA. mau of prominence as a socioio
I rist. aad man who by active parilct
l patlou ln mining and selling coal Is
/ familiar with the physical and com
morcial features OF the business. The
operators also make q part of then
. prop0s .u0n that the miners shall %
turn 20 work as soon as the commits
sion is constituted and to cease az ln
reference with non union men. Ih'
I commission is lo name q date when it
findings shall ho effective ani 90 gov
ern conditions of employment betwee'
the companies and their own cmploye
FOR az least three years
/ While no 0Ic.al statement vas mad
| at the white House after the opcr
.at0ra Offer was made public. the op.u
ION was expressed that the way Us nov
I open f0r a complete setiiement ot th'
strike and that che mines would sooi
I be Iu operation once more
The Issuance of the statement foi
[ lowed a conference gt the White
House which assembled very quickly
after Mr. Morgan and bis partner Rob
c-' Bacon bad reached Wash.uEto.
on a flying trp from New York 81.
Bacon arrived Iu Washington abQu
DO o'clock ar uight In @ special car Owe
the Baltimore and Ohio -ld drove o.
'o1ro to the hotel Arlington rhe-
Ithay met Secretary Root and the thre
gentlemen walked over t0 The Whit
House and were shown at once t0 OBJ
b presidents room. They rename
there until ten minutes ~ II o'clocI
! and then came down stairs.
The proposition OF the coal opera
tors was a result OF the visit OF Sec
retary Root 90 New York and his con
ference with Mr. Morgan on saturday
! Mr.. Morgan az that time expressed
keen interest 90 the situation and
desire 20 bring about an adjustment
/ possible Following this talk Wit
Secretary Root there was a conferenc
In New York Monday al which th
proposition of the coal operators wa
agreed 70 and Mr.. Morgan was dele
gated 10 bring Il 20 the president {
A. the belief that such would be the cour
eous course OF the best way % promu
gatlng the Offer of a settlement
The next move will be the presenta
: ton OF the matter 10 the miners. and
Is believed President Mitchell will b
invited TO Washington 20 consult th
president II is believed here be vi
, M once accent the proposition.