The suburban citizen., 1902-11-29
STRIKE IS NOT ADJUSTED
An Unexpected Change ia the Coal
Situation.
WAS ON POINT OF SETTLEMENT.
Independen! Operators at Meeting In New
York, Which Was Attended by President
Baer, of the Reading Railroad, Decline to
Meet MIR. Mitchell and Fully State Theil
Views for Srch Course.

Washington, d. c. (Specia) Al
prospects for an understanding between
the United Mincworkers and the Goa
operators, outside the Anthracite Strike
Commission, came to a sudden termina-
ton here through the receipt of dis
patch to Mr., Wayne MacVeagh, repre-
senting the Pennsylvania Coal Company
and the Hillside Coal ard Iron Com
pany notifying him that at a meeting
of the independent anthracite coal op-
orators in New York it had been de-
cided not to grant an interview TO Mr.,
Mitchell and his associates The hear
ings before the strike commission will
continue.
The announcement coming as il did
after an all days conference in this city
between Mr.. MacVeagh and Mr. Mitch
ell and his associates, attended part Of
the time by Carroll ID. Wright, in an
endeayor to adjust some details of the
proposed agreement between the opera.
tors and the miners, completely surprised
everyone here.
From statements made by Mr. Darrow
early in the day the impression had
spread that complete agreement woulo
be effected at the conference but wher
the meeting broke up Mr.. Darrow read
to the newspaper men in the corridor
outside his room in Wizards Hotel
statement which made it clear that nc
final agreement had been reached. anc
that no further conferences were likely
The statement was as follows
The conference was simply a, contin.
uation Of the conference held al Scran.
ton and with precisely the same object
that of trying to reach basis of hope
ful discussion for an amicabe settle
ment. Mr. MacVeagh has not been in
Scranton since Thursday, and some mat.
tiers developed as TO which further
conference might be useful before either
the operators or the representatives OF
the miners approach the serious task Of
formulating a definite agreement foi
their signatures"
Mr. Mitchell, when shown the dis
patch from New York telling of the ac-
ton of the operators, simply smiled and
said that he had not asked for the con.
ference, but that when it was suggested
to him IT it would be agreeable to meet
the operators he said it would. Mr.
Darrow and Mr., Lloyd. however, were
outspoken regarding the action Of the
operators. Mr.. Darrow said il was now
up to the operators and that he would
return at once to Scranton and on Tues
day next would appear before the com
mission ready to 20 on with the hearing
Mr.. Lloyd holding in his hand the
Associated Press disDatch referred 10
the fact that Fridays conference had
been suggested in order to adjust some
matters on which there was still some
disagreement "Yet, said Mr. Lloyd,
these same men, who only last week
wired the commission their assent to the
general provisions of the tentative agree
ment, and upon the strength of which
the commission adjourned for a week
in order to give the parties time TO get
together, now go completely back on
their former action and call it all of.
We are satisfied to go before the COM
mission and continue the hearing"