The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15

! NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE regular
weekly meeting of the coal operators
! today was preceded by conference
with committee of the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers, and at the
conference the salient points of plan
to settle the anthracite coal strike
We're submitted by the manufacturers.
| The operators will consider the plan
| while the mine workers are reaching
conclusion in regard to the proposal
of arbitration submitted to President
| Roosevelt at Washington yesterday. A
| member Of the manufacturers COM
| n1ittee said that he knew the asso-
cations plan would be acceptable to
| Mr.. Mitchell. The same member of the
committee said that the manufac-
tnrers' plan would be considered by
the operators IL the mine workers re-
ject the plan submitted to the presi-
dent yesterday.
The operators began their meeting
Immediately after the conference with
the manufacturers, and at the close of
the meeting President Baer, of the
Reading, said that no statement would
be given out regarding ii.
The Manufacturers Present.
The members of the manufacturers'
committee at the conference were:
David N. Parry, president ct the as
sociation; Frank Leake, of Philadel-
phia, and Richard Young, of this city.
Mr.. Leake said that the proposition of
the Manufacturers association had not
been formally presented to the opera
tors, but that its salient points had
been discussed. He said that at present
the bituminous miners are organized,
and that If the anthracite miners be-
came organized on similar lines it was
his belief that the price of coal would
be permanently advanced, with the re-
suit that manufacturers would have to
advance the prices of all articles man.
ufactured. He said his association was
desirous of having prices remain as
they now are.
According to President Parry's Sec
retary at the meeting between Mr..
Mitchell and the representatives of the
Manufacturers association at Buffalo
last week, and the secretary says they
have stenographic notes of the pro-
ceedings, Mr.. Mitchell agreed to fore
go the recognition of the union in his
demands upon the operators If there
was general advance in wages of
10 per cent. Mr.. Parry and Mr.. Leake
announced that they would leave the
city tonight, but their destination could
not be learned.
Morgan and Bacon Return.
While the coal operators meeting
was in progress, j. p. Morgan and his
partner, Robert Bacon, arrived in the
city from Washington and they went
directly to Mr.. Morgans Office. Mr..
Morgan was asked:
"Have you heard anything from Mr..
Mitchell in regard to the terms of the
operators 2"
mo, l haven't heard anything since
I left" replied the financier.
"Have you anything to say about
your conference with the president?"
mo, I haven't word to say. The
newspapers have had everything that
occurred over there"
Mr.. Baer was asked If the presidents
had any intimation that the PROPOSE
ton made to President Roosevelt last
night was acceptable to the miners.
"You will have to see Mr.. Mitchell"
was the reply. 1--WE certainly did not
consult Mr.. Mitchell"
Odell Expects Counter Proposition
At the office of friend today Gov.
Odell communicated his views on the
proposed arbitration of the coal strike
to representatives of both sides of the
controversy and on his return to the
Fifth Avenue hotel said:
II find the situation to be that the
operators have made a proposition
and that a counter proposition will
come from the strikers side. When
the two propositions are brought to-
gether see no obstacle to speedy
resumption of work. The miners
have always been willing to arbitrate."