Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-10-25
COAL STRIKE
IS ENDED
Agreement Reached Between
Miners and Operators Early
This Morning.
COMMISSION IS NAMED
President Roossvelt's Choice
Satisfactory to Both Sides
in the Contest.
DIVA Wan ON THE BOARD
6. e. Clarke of Cedar Rapids, Head
OF Railway Conductors, Named as
SocioIoeist-AII Parties Pleased
With the Outcome.
IOWA MAN ON THE BOARD

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE great an
thracite coal strike is settled at last.
a commission Of six persons, with a
seventh, Carroll d. Wright, as record
er, will ADJUST differences between OPP
orators and miners.
President Mitchell of the miners
union will take the necessary measures
to call the strike off.
The president will urge immediate
resumption Of mining, n operations
are expected to begin next week.
Announcement that the great strike
was ended was made by Secretary
Root, with exubCrant good humor, at
the White House shortly after l
o'clock.
Organized labor has a representa-
tive on the commission in the person
Of Il. L. Clarke, grand chief of the Or
der of Railway Conductors, named as
a sociolOgist.
The president added Bishop Spald-
ing of Illinois to the list of the five
members suggested by the operators.
AS named the commission is per-
fectly satisfactory to both miners and
operators.
The assent Of the miners was given
through President Mitchell and Mr..
Sargent, commissioner of immigration,
II of the operators through Messrs.
Robert Bacon and George W.. Perkins
OF the banking firm Of J. p. Morgan 81
Co.
The final outcome followed n series
Of conferences, beginning with two
during the day with Mr.. Mitchell, and
two during the night with MesSrS.
Bacon and Perkins. Events moved
quickly at the last, the president being
determined on a speedy settlement.
The commission will assemble in q
few days and choose IA chairman, prob
ably General Wilson. 1t will then ar
range for sessions and testimony.
Personnel of Commission.
The following statement announcing
the close Of the strike was issued at
the White House at 2:20 q. M:
After Il conference with Mr.. Mitchell
and some further conference with repre-
sentativcs Of the coal operators, The presi-
dent appointed the following members as
a commission TO inquire into, consider and
pass upon all questions at issue between
the operators and miners in the anthra-
cite coal fields:
Brlgadier General John NJ. Wilson,
United States army, retired date chief of
engineers, United States army, Wash
ington, ID. c., as an officer Of the engineer
corps of either the military or naval serv-
ice of the United States.
Il w. Parker OF Washington, ID. c., as
an expert mining engineer. Mr.. Parker
Is chief statistician Of the coal division Of
the United States geological survey, and
the editor Of the FL gineering and Mining
Journal of New York.
Hon. George Gray OF Wilmington, Del,
as a judge Of a United states court.
Il. r.. Clarke Of Cedar Rapids, Ia, grand
chief Of the order Of Railway Conductors,
as a soCiOlogist, the president assuming
that for the purposes Of n commission the
term s~oCiOlogist means a man who has
thought and studied deeply on social ques-
lions and has practically applied his
knowledge.
Thomas II. Watkins of Scranton, Pa,
as a man practically acquainted with the
mining and selling Of Coal.
Bishop John l.. SpaIdiug Of Peoria, Ill.
The president has added Bishop Spald-
ing's name TO the commission.
Hon. Carroll ID. Wright has been ap-
pointed recorder of the commission.