Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-18

The coal strike came to a sudden, I'M
expected, and dramatic end in the White
House in Washington at 2:20 o'clock
Thursday morning.
An agreement to submit the entire
question to arbitration was reached at
Il moment when hope had almost been
abandoned, and was brought about in a
long conference between President Roose-
welt, Secretary Root, Carroll ID. Wright,
Commissioner of Labor, Immigration
Commissioner Sargent and George w.
Perkins and Robert S. Bacon, members
of the firm of j. 2. Morgan & Co.. repre-
senting ]. p. Morgan.
Bishop to Represent Miners.
The basis of the settlement was the
concession on the part of the mine-own-
ers granting to the miners the righ[ TO
he represented on the arbitration COM
mission and the President at once named
Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, ILL.,, as the
representative of the miners.
This concession was made only after
President Roosevelt had mistakenly point
ed out to the representatives of tile ope-
to the miners representative on the COM
mission.
Agree When Hope Is Gone.
The end came dramatically. Even the
administration members, who had worked
without resting for over Il week to secure
an agreement to arbitrate, had almost lost
hope.
Wednesday President Roosevelt and
John Mitchell were in conference at the
White House twice. President Mitchell,
expressing himself as anxious to end the
strike, insisted that the miners should
have some representation on the arbirra-
ton commission if the operators were di-
rcctly represented. On this point he was
firm, and President Roosevelt agreed to
present his counter demand to the opera
tors The result was the conference,
which commenced at 10 o'clock Wedncs-
day night and ended early Thursday
morning.
Official Statement ISSUED.
The following official statement an
nouncing the close of the strike was is
sued at the White House at 2:20 a. m:
after q conference with Mr.. Mitchell,
and some further conference with repre-
sentatives of the coal operators, tho Pres
ident has appointed the members Of the
commission to inquire into, consider, and
pass upon all questions at issue between
the operators and miners III the anthra-
cite coal fields.
Makeup of the Commission.
''Brigadier General John M. Wilson, U.
S. army. retired Qate chief of engineers,
u. S. Al, Washington, ID. c., as an officer
Of the engineer corps of either the mill
tary or naval service of The United
States.
Mr.. e. w. Parker, Washington, d. c.,
as an expert mining engineer. Mr.. Par
ker is chief statistician of the coal divis-
ion of the United States geological survey
and the editor Of the Engineering and
Mining Journal Of New York.
THE Hon. George Gray, Wilmington,
Del, as judge of a United States court.
Mr.. e. r. Clark, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
grand chief of the Order of Railway Con
ductors, as a sociologist, the President
assuming that for the purposes Of such a
commission the term sociologist means a
man who has thought and studied deeply
on social questions, and has practically
applied his knowledge.
Mr.. Thomas II. Watkins, Scranton,
Pa, as man practically acquainted with
the mining and selling of coal
Bishop John L. Spalding, of Peoria,
Ill. The President has added Bishop
Spalding's namc to the commission.
THE Hon. Carroll D. Wright has been
appointed recorder Of the commission"