The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17

met in New York on Monday the atmos- phere had cleared a good deal. It was all over but the method of surrendering to be employed, for the surrender had been decided upon by men who are able to give orders to such as Baer and Trues- dale. Some of the operators wanted to post notices. Others favored a direct an- nouncement of an increase of wages through a conference with the Manufac- turers' Association Committee. Two or three objected strenuously to the Root plan of arbitration through President Roosevelt, as they did not want the Pres ident "or any other political meddlers" to gain credit for the settlement
 But the will of MT. Morgan, backed with the moral support of Mir. Cassatt, was strong enough to carry the day for arbitration. This decided upon. the next question was as to the form and place of announcement to the public. At first 1t was agreed to make the announcement at the office of MT. Morgan at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon.
 At this juncture the largeness and breadth of J. Pierpont Morgan led to a speedy change of plan. MT. Morgan said to himself that announcement from his office would give to the world an impress sion that he alone had brought about the
 
 had played such an important part in the game and had furnished the moral force and the working plan, 1t was no more than just to the President, said Mir. Nor gan that the announcement should be made at the White House.
 Within five minutes a special train had been ordered by telephone. and within half an hour Mir. Morgan, accompanied by his partner Robert Bacon. drove out of Wall Street on their way to the rail- way station in Jersey City. At 9:20 Mon- day evening he was in Washington.
 When Pierpont Morgan walked into the White House at 10 o'clock last night there appeared one of those dramatic moments with which our national history Is so rich. The greatest financier had come to the chief representative of the people to sue for industrial peace The personi- fication of the trusts and of organized wealth was lowing the knee to public orinion. Having himself been forced. to action by his common sense, his patriot ism and the spirit of self-preservation, all mingled. the most powerful corpora ton manipulator in the world had sought the aid of the man who stands for the public voice and conscience to extricate from a labor difficulty a number of his great. companies and others of allied interest.
 It will not escape public notice that the organizer and leader of the trusts came to join hands with the young President who has startled the world with his trust regulating propaga ada. Not many weeks ago there was wel-informed gossip oi bitter feeling between the two. of de- l termination on the part of the man oi | millions to defeat the reelection of the man of the people. But this moment marked a new era in thsir relations. Il | was the rapprochement which will leao to better understan1in and absence ol l antasonism if not to close friendship. l In its larger aspect the visit or MT | Morgan to the President was a vindica | ton of the American theory that no maj | Is superior to society, government, law | or public opinion.
 l Among members of the cabinet ant | other close friends of the President a | Washington there is much comment O ] this sort: That in his efforts to settle thu l coal strike. and more particularly in tn | big and generous way in which he ap l preached the end and personally betool l himself to the White House. as if in ac | knowledge ment of his gratitude to tn | President and the public for whom tn | President had acted, MT. Morgan ha
 shown himself to be a broad-minded an' | patriotic citizen.