The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-11
OUTSIDE INFLUENCE
WILL NOT Be Needed.
Another Conference Will Be Held on
Saturday and It Is Believed
There Is Light Ahead.

Of the New York Ontario and Western
Railroad company, said this afternoon:
THE strike will end when the men
come back Of their own accord. and on
the terms on which they worked be-
fore the outbreak OF the strike. In no
other manner can this strike be ended.
We VIII brook no outside interference
OF whatever nature, political. humani-
tartan. or OF any. other origin. When
the men go back II Will be at the wages
and on the conditions obtaining last
spring. After they have returned we
VIII take up any grievances with our
own men. We have posted notices to
that effect on our collieries, and that
has been our attitude right along
President Oliphant OF the Delaware and
Hudson. said that II he was well in
formed. and he thought he was. there
would be no interference on the part o.
Mr.. Morgan. He said no outside infu.,
ences would be needed, and that the
strike would continue until the miners
grow tired OF II and return TO work.
CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY.
A conference between Gov. Stone Of
Pennsylvania and President Mitchell will
be held In Harrisburg next Saturday.
This was arranged today at a meeting
OF President Mitchell and Col w. r.
Richardson, division Quartermaster, who
noon. He had been sent here by Gov.
Stone following conference this morn
Ing with Attorney General Elkin. at
which II was decided. in view o. the fact
that President Mitchell said last night
that he would be glad to meet Gov. Stone
or any representatives of the operators
and confer with them regarding an hon
orable settlement Of the strike. that they
would ask him to meet the governor at
his convenience. Col. Richardson, who
is Gov. Stones right hand man. was then
sent TO this city.
Mr.. Mitchell evidently expected him,
and as soon as he reached the headauar-
ters he was shown TO Mr. Mitchell's Of
fee and spent 10 minutes with him. He
left at o'clock after calling upon Col c.
b. Dougherty.
While Col Richardson tried to avoid
publicity OF tho fact that he was In this
city by taking the train at way station
and lodging out Of the back doors OF
the building where he saw Col. Dough
erty, he did not when seen on the tSain
deny that he had seen President Nit
cheIl. but he would not tell what conver-
sation had passed, nor would he tell
what plan Gov. Stone had in mind al
though he did not deny the meeting
would be on Saturday. President Nit
chell will speak in Philadelphia on Friday
night and on Saturday morning will go
10 Harrisburg and there meet the gov
ernor.
SEEMS SOME LIGHT AHEAD.
That the arrangements for the confer
ence show some light ahead and the fact
that II is TO take place Is a great relief
10 him, was evident from the fact that
after Col Richardson's departure Mr..
Mitchell and some friends went TO Har-
vey's Lake for tho evening. President
Mitchell said II was merely a rest and
thnt he eh ~ q, tta laaf
few days he felt he needed an evening
off
There were many rumors about the re-
gion that the operators were TO post no
tices Offering a 10 per cent increase TO
the men individually II they return to
work on Monday, but this is denied by
the operators here. and President Nit
chell said that he knew nothing about II.
Nor did he know what might be done in
the event OF such an offer.