The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-12

q SoLDIERs ORDERED TO FIRE


. SOLDIERS ORDERED TO FIRE =
OS WHO CAY "SCAB." =
. REPUBLIC SPECIAL
scranton Pa. oct. u-"FTre on all =
. who CRY .scab' at the soldiers'' This .
. was the order issued to-day by Colo .
Q mel Clement. in command Of the .
. Twelfth Regiment. stationed here. 8
. Asked as TO its correctness. he said: .
= II have notified my soldiers that .
. they arc 20 shoot 20 kill every person =
Q who dares to insult them in this man .
. ner." =
. II the order Is carried out the opin- =
. ion here is there will be bloodshed in .
. a very short time. =
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. Oct. n--secretary OF War
/ Enhu Root, who arrived here this morning
as emissary Of President Roosevelt. to lay
the conclusions reached at last nights
Cabinet meeting in Washington regarding
the anthracite coal strike before J. Pierpont
Morgan, remained In consultation with Nor
gan from 10 until well into the afternoon.
To make interruption impossible and 10
prevent news OF the conference from leak
Ing. II was held on Morgan's yacht Corsair.
anchored in midstream in the Hudson
River. At noon. a third person. whose name
could not be ascertained. drove TO the pier
at the foot OF West Thirty-afth street and
was taken on to the yacht in n launch
Mr.. Root preserved the greatest secrecy.
but It Is known that he came TO New York
not only as the emiSsary OF President
Roosevelt. but as his personal friend and
the lawyer Of the CabInet His mission was
10 20 over the whole strike situation with
- nj - ANm $500 n~HFnn
directly for President Roosevelt. to bring
about a settlement.
Tn action OF the President In sending
Secretary Root to Morgan Is a public recos-
milton OF the undisputed fact that Morgan Is
the absolute master Of the situation. and
tina BAfr. Thomas. Trussdale and the rest
OF the coal road presidents are puppets who
dance to Morgan's music.
Great interest was aroused IN Wall street
when the news OF Roots conference with
Morgan reached there. The Secretary
reached New York shortly before s. having
come directly from the late Cabinet meeting
at the White House In Washington
PLAN Is KEPT SECRET.
The nature Of the plan decided upon by
President Roosevelt. and which Secretary
Root zane here to communicate 10 Mr..
Morgan. Is kept secret.
Il is known that the coal operators have
expressed a Willingness to agree to an in
crease In wages demanded BY the coal
miners. but nave refused In the most posi-
tive terms to have any dealings Of any char
acter with the United Mine Workers or
ganization OF which John Mitchell Is pres
ident. The operators night now is against
the union.
The impression prevails that President
Roosevelt has hit upon a plan which he
hopes will result In reconcIlinE this vital
difference between the two parties. In the
event OF the failure Of his plan he has a
In reserve. which was agreed upon at
the Cabinet meeting held in Washington
last night just before Secretary Roots de-
Back of all the present negotiations
stands the significant fact. however. that
Mr.. Morgan Is not on friendly terms with
The President Mr.. ROosevelt's antitrust
speeches have onended Morgan and. ac-
cordins to the best Information in Wall
street. Morgan has since looked askanee
the President. so excellent an authority
As the Philadelphia Press. whose editor.
Charles Emory Smith. was until recently
Postmaster General in President Roosevelt's
says to-day In a dispatch from
Washington:
There Is apprehension here that the pref
Idice or. displeasure that J. Pierpont Nor
entertains against Mr.. Roosevelt may
ave an adverse influence"
TRUST MAGNATEs EMBTTTERED.
President Roosevelt. in his trust talks.
Differentiated between good trusts and
trusts." The Coal Trust comes under
he scope Of bad trusts" and Mr.. Roose-
-elt's denunciatIon Of this class Of cOmblua-
ions has done much 20 embitter the trust
among whom the coal barons
nay be eiassed. against him
The proposition made by Mitchell. through
he United States Senators AT yesterdays
onfererce. was that the miners would ac-
ept a 10 per cent increase In wages and
etum 20 work. leaving all other matters
n dispute to be settled by a Board OF Ar
Mitchell went so much further that he +
Hered to allow the coal operators to name
he men who should compose the Board OF
arbitration. The proposition vas rejected
Governor odeli then said to President
,aer and Chairman Thomas OF the Erie:
VIII you agree to a 5 per cent increase q
/ wagesT' T.
Does that involve recognition Of the
demanded Basr.
'.of eou7@e It does" replied Governor
dell. why should tie union not be rec
gniEedT (,
Governor odsrrs proportion was also re I
BSsr refused to Civ the slightest con-
Iteration to any proposition involving a .