Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-09
WILL BRING THEM TOGETHER
ASK EACH SIDE WHY THE PUB.
Lie SHOULD SUFFER FROM
THEIR DISAGREEMENT.
REFUSE TO TREAT WITH MITCHELL
OPERATORS WANT MEN TO GO
TO WORK NOW AND SET.
TILE AFTERWARD.

Washington, Oct. a. - President
Roosevelt will have Attorney General
Knox and Labor Commissioner Carroll
D. Wright with him in the coal con-
ference to-day. Attorney General
Knox has given particular attention
to all the legal questions which may
have any bearing on the coal strike,
and Commissioner Wright has made
close study of the situation in the
coal region. His report made to the
president some weeks ago covered
only part of what he learned. He is
said to have given the president 9TH
err information which could not be
made public.
The prompt acceptance of the invi-
tation by the coal operators and the
| favorable comments of j. P. Morgan
and other men who have financial con-
troll of the railroads interested lead
members of the cabinet to believe
there will be found the basis for
settlement and the prompt resump-
ton of operations at the mines.
There is complete secrecy as to
what the president intends to say or
do at the conference, but the impress
sion created by the many and long
conferences at the White House is
that he has prepared careful state
ment as to the grievances of the pub
lie, whom he represents, and that he
Will Request Each Side
to the controversy to show cause why
the public should be made to suffer be-
cause of their disagreement over
wages, conditions or contracts in the
mining of coal. The president will, it
is said, make careful statement of
the public side of this controversy and
insist that the rights of the millions
who are dependent on the coal supply
should be paramount to the prejudices
of the operators or the grievances of
the miners.
The president held a long confer
ence with Senator Quay yesterday and
the natural assumption is that they
talked about the coal strike. Another
factor in the conference will be Pres
ident Cassatt of the Pennsylvania rail-
read. Mr.. Cassatt's road has great in
terests in the hauling of coal and he
will be able to add to the force OF the
presidents statement regarding the
less and suffering entailed upon the
general public by this strike. 1t is
not probable that the president will
suggest plan for settlement, but will
leave that to the parties in disagree
ment
Will Not Treat With Mitchell.
The Post saps that the coal presi-
| dents will decline to accept any plan
of strike settlement which proposes to
treat with President Mitchell, but that
they have considered tentative plan,
according to which "the coal presi-
dents will propose that the men re-
turn to work with the understanding
that their grievances as individuals,
shall be submitted to a board Of arbi-
tration and that the coal presidents
will agree to abide by the decision of
this board, the members of which
shall be appointed by the president.
Hope for the Best.
Wilkesbarre, Ia, Oct 3.-President
Mitchell OF the United Mineworkers,
accompanied by District Presidents
Nichols, Duffy and Fahy, left here last
night for Washington, via Philadel-
phia Mr. Mitchell conferred with the
district presidents through the day. 1t
is not known what policy the execu-
tive board of the miners union will
pursue at the conference. Mr.. Mitch
ell declined to express any opinion.
All he would say was that he hoped
for the best. The general feeling is,
however, that President Roosevelt
will succeed in bringing both parties
together.
Scene of Much Disorder.
The mining town of Plymouth,
which has been free from any dis
turbance since the strike began, yes
terday was the scene of much diSOr-
der. Mobs surrounded the Sterling
and North American washeries and
Sheriff Jacobs being unable to dis
perse them, summoned the military.
Col. Daugherty sent three companies
of the Ninth regiment to the scene
and they arrested eleven men, charged