The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-16
Great COAL STRIKE
IS Settled At last
Common Ground Of Agree.
msnt Has Been Reached.
ARBITRATION BOARD OF s,x
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Additional Repre- sentatiys to %.
Chosen from Ranks oflshoE.
AN IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION
AN IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION
President Roosevelt. win Urgently 0.ine
This to the Attention Of Operators
and Mine Workers-C Conferences M
Held, Yesterday MitcheIrs
Position - President Has
Selected Commission.
(By Associated Press.S

(By Associated Presa.D
WASHINGTON, D. g.. Oct l0-TAo
great anthracite coal strike Is settled %
last A commission OF six persons. with
q seventh. Mr.. Carroll d. Wright, -
recorder. will adjust differences between
the operators and the miners. President
Mitchell. OF the Miners Union. will taka
the necessary measures to call the strike
of. The President will urge immediate
resumption OF mining, and operations
are expected to begin next week.
Announcement that the big strike was
Oft was made by Secretary Root with
esuherant good humor at the White
House shortly after o clock. Orsanlzed
labor has a representative on the cOni-
mission in the person OF e e Clark.
grand chief Oh Railway Conductors.
named as sociolosisr. The President
added Bishop Spaldlng, OF Illinois, to
the list OF five members suggested BIZ
the operators. AS named, the commission
IS perfectly satisfactory TO both unIn-
ers and operators Assent OF the minaru
was given through President Ai.tcheli
And Mr.. Sargent, Commissioner OF ln-
migration. and OF the operators. through,
.Messrs. Robert and George w. Perkins.
or the banking hrm OF J. Pierponr Nor
gan and Company. is
Ine nnal outcome was the result ~
the series OF conferences, beginning win
Two during the day with dr. Alitcheu
anu two during the night with Messrb.
Baeon ana PERKINS, Events moved soMck-s
iy d last. the President being dsternl1ned
on q speedy settlement. 5s
The commission WILL assemble in a fsv
days and choose a chairman. probably
General Wilson. Ii tnen will arrange
for sessions and testimony.
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The following Official statement a.
nouncing the close OF the strike was
read at the White House at 2:1O a. NJ.
this morning:
After q conference with President
Mitchell and conferences with represen-3
tatives of the coal operators, the Presi-
dent has appointed the members OF the
commission TO inquire into, consider and
pass upon all questions at issue between
the operators and miners In the anrhra-.t
cite coal helds.
BrIgadier-G General John NJ Wilson,
United States army, retired (late CHIEF
of engineers. U. s. A.). Washington. d.
c., as an officer OF the engineer corps ofs
either the military or naval service OF
the United States.
Mr.. E. w. Parker, of Washington. as
an expert mining engineer. Mr.. Parker !
is chief statistician OF shs coal division
Of the United States Geological Survey
and the editor OF the Engineering and
Mining Journal. of New York.
Hon. George Gray. Of Wilmington. Del.
as a judge Of United States court.
Mr.. E. E. Clark. Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
grand chief of the, Order OF Railway Con-
ductors. as q socioiogist. the President
assuming that for the purposes OF such
commission the term sociologist means
man who has thought and studied deeply J
on social questions and has practically
applied HIS knowledge.
Mr.. Thomas Fl. Watkins. Of Scranton.
Pa, as a man practically acquainted with
the mining and selling OF coal.
Bishop John L. SpaIding. OF Peoria, Ill.
The President has added Bishop Spala-
ins's name to the commission.
Hon. Carroll D. WriSht has been ap-
pointed recorder of the commissioner.
CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT.
The hsst sign of q break up of the
conference last night was at 1856 when
Secretary Cortelyou came from the Com
ference room and announced to the watt
ing newspaper men that an official state
ment on the strike situation would be
made public in about half an hour.
Shortly after O'Clock Secretary Root
came out laughing and happy and spread
the glad tlding that common ground
OF agreement between tn operators and
miners had been reached and that the
strike was practically ended.
g It was learned q few moments later
that the chief feature OF the agreement
was the addition ola sixth nlsa,ptr 70
the arbitration commission, the surmise
following as a matter OF course that the
additional member would be more par-
rlcuIariy representative OF labor. le
was said at the same time that now an
had been arrived at as - e
the means OF determining the differ
ences that the President would insist
on an immediate resumption OF work oe
the mines and that he had reason q
expect his advice would be tolloweo
very promptly.
Messrs. Bacon and Perkins, partners
IN Mr.. +. p Morgan's banking d1nl
were presen. at the final conferences az
the represenat ttives OF the operators
when the gathering broke up all pres
ent we're In high good humor and th0e
Was general exchange Of congratull.s
tons. s.. g .ss
s President Mitchell has called meeting
Sc the Executive Commtttss and tho
lcsntinued = JsuxtA 11nA
ss5ss.