The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-26
ANOTHER ARBITER
CARROLL ID. WRIGHT NAMED By
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Commi-sioner of Labor Made the
Seventh Member of the Anthracite
Strike Commission.
ALSO WILL ACT AS RECORDER
HIS APPOINTMENT SATISFACTORY
To BAER AND MITCHELL.
Selection Made ON the Request of
Judge George Gray, Chairman
OF the Commission.
CONFERENCE MONDAY NEXT
AT WHICH PLANS FOR THE HEAR
INGs WILL BE AGREED ON.
Coal Mine Owners and President
Mitchell to Be Present-COnditiOns
I'm the Mining Regions.
Selection Made on the Request of
Judge George Gray, Chairman
Of the Commission.
CONFERENCE MONDAY NEXT
AT WHICH PLANS FOR THE HEAR
INGs WILL BE AGREED ON.
Coal Mine Owners and President
Mitchell to Be Present-COnditiOns
I'm the Mining Regions.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-At the request
OF the anthracite coal strike commission
and with the assent of both optrators and
miners, President Roosevelt has appointed
Carroll ID. Wright, recorder of the COM
mission. a member of that body. The cor
respondence leading up to the appoint
ment of Mr.. Wright was made public at
the temporary White House to-day. The
following self-explanatory telegram was
sent yesterday:
washington. Oct "a, 1902
Mr.. George +. Baer, president Philadel-
phia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Philadelphia. Pa.
''As chairman of the anthracite coal
commission, recently appointed. / am in
agreeable that we should request the Presi-
dent that Mr.. Carroll d. Wright, who was
made recorder of said commission, be ap-
pointed member thereof A like COM
muntcation will be addressed to the repre-
sentative Of the miners Will you be good
enough 10 answer as representing the coal
operators parties to the agreement?
GEORGE GRAY, Chairman"
A telegram Identical with this was sent
to Mr.. John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers of America at
Wilkesbarre. To these inquiries the fol-
lowing responses were received by tele-
graph:
Philadelphia, Oct "a
'I am authorized to say that Mr.. wright's
addition to the commission will be entirely
agreeable TO the gentlemen who signed the
request. GEORGE +. BAER."
wiIkesbarre, Pa. Oct a.
Telegram received. Replying thereto
will say, that IL is perfectly agreeable to
me that Mr.. Carroll ID. Wright be added to
the commission. JOHN MITCHELL"
The completed correspondence then was
laid before President Roosevelt, with the
arfv
added to the commission as full member
In accordance with the request the Presi-
dent Immediately designated Mr.. Wright
member of the commission, coupling his
announcement with a statement that Mr..
Wright would continue to perform his
duty as recorder. Mr.. Wright called on the
PRESIDENT to-day, accompanied by Assist
ant Recorder Edward A Mosely, and form
ally accepted the appointment.
Recorder Wright has received replies
from most of the coal-mine owners who are
parties to the controversy, indicating their
acceptance OF the invitation of the commits
sion to attend the conference to be held
on Monday next for the purpose of agreeing
upon plans for the hearings to be given by
the commission and also a reply from Mr..
Mitchell, saying that he would be repre-
sented at the meeting. No notiica-
ton sent to any other representative
OF the strikers, because of the fact that
the miners convention empowered him to
represent them before the commission. 1t
Is not Known Wnetner ne Will De accom-
panied by the district presidents. but the
members of the commission will not be
disappointed or displeased IL he should be.
Invitations were sent to all the operators
who signed the proposition for a commits
sion to arbftrate the differences
Carroll ID. Wright tonight, speaking OF
the meeting OF the commission to be held
Monday. said that the members are of
opinion that the sessions should be held
I'm the vicinity or the evidence and that
an effort would be made to get both parties
TO the controversy to Ona
convenient place where the commission
shall sit and hear evidence.