Fergus County argus., 1902-10-08
ROOSEVELT
INTERFERES
Coal Operators and Leaders Of Strik.
ing Miners Into Conference at
Washington.
NO AGREEMENT WAS REACHED
Rumored That President viii Ask
Miners to Resums Work, Under
Promis of Legislative Action.

Washington, Oct. 1.-The President
is making every endeavor to bring
about settlement of the coal strike.
In the face of denials by some of
those interested, the fact was absolute.
ly confirmed today by the publication
Of the kilograms sent by the president
TO representatives of both sides of the
controversy. They were sent out as
a result of the conference with the
cabinet yesterday. They were:
Text of the kilograms.
White House, Washington, Oct. l.
19O2.--George F. Baer. president of the
Reading System, Philadelphia; Pres.
ident Truesdale, Delaware, Lackawan.
ma & Western Railroad company, New
York; e. d. Thomas, Chairman of the
Board, Erie Railroad company, New
York; Thomas P. Fowler, New York
Ontario & Western Railroad company
New York; r. NJ. Oliphant. president
Delaware & Hudson, New York; John
Markley, 527 West Thirty-Fourth St.
New York; should greatly like to
see you on Friday next, Oct. 3, at II
o'clock a. m, here in Washington, in
regard to the failure of the coal sup
ply, which has become a matter of
vital concern to the whole nation. !
have sent a similar dispatch to Mr.
John Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers of America.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
John Mitchell, President of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America. Wilkes.
barre. Pal should greatly like to
see you on Friday next, Oct. 3, at IL
o'clock a. m, here in Washington, in
regard to the failure of the coal sup
ply, which has become a matter OF
vital concern to the whole nation.
have sent a similar dispatch to the
presidents of the anthracite coal com
panies.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Washington, Oct. 3.-The great coal
conference between the president and
representatives of the miners and op
orators came to an end at the tempo.
rary white house facing Lafayette
square at 4:55 o'clock this afternoon,
with failure to reach an agreement
The apparent rock upon which the
conference split was the recognition
of the Miners Union. The president
had urged the contending parties to
cease strife in the interests of the pub.
lie welfare; the miners. through the
president of their union, had expressed
a willingness to submit the difficul.
ties to an arbitration tribunal to be
named by the president and to enter
into an agreement to abide by the
terms fixed by the arbitration for a
period of from one to five years; and
the employers, through the presidents
of the railroad companies and prom.
inent independent mine operator, had
squarely refused arbitration, had de.
nounced the miners labor organiza
tion as lawless and anarchistic body
with which they could and would have
no dealings; had demanded federal
troops to insure complete protection
to workers and their families in the
mining region, and court proceedings
against the Miners Union; and had
offered, II the men returned to work
to submit grievances at individual col
lieries to the direction of the judges
of the court of common pleas for the
district of Pennsylvania in which the
colliery was located. There the mat.
ter closed. Tonight both the miners
and the operators are still in the city,
but tomorrow they will return to their
several localities, each saying at late
hour tonight that the struggle will
continue.
Issues Stand as Before.
II was a remarkable chapter in the
economic history Of the country that
was written today. For the time the
president of the republic had interven-
ed directly between the great forces