The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-07
PRESIDENT WILL NOT ACT
NO LEGAL GROUND TO INTER-
 FIBRE IN COAL STRIKE.

With the Cabinet Owing to Repeal 0
 Law of 1899 Roosevelt Has No Desir
 to Assume tae Responsibility Nhici
 the New York Board of Trade Ha
 Suggested.
 Washington. June 6,-After confer ence with the members of his cabine to-day, President Roosevelt decided that there is no, legal ground for inter, ference by him in the settlement of the dispute between the coal operators an( striking miners.
 rhe resolution of the New York Boarc Of Trade and Transportation requesting the president to appoint commission to visit the anthracite regions and in vestigate the situation were discussed at great length, but as the law of 1892 which conferred authority upon the president to appoint such an officer has been repealed, the president has no de- sire to assume the responsibility which the New York Board of Trade suggest ed.
 
 vent in a message to the Board of Trade and Transportation, officially notified that body to day that the act under which he has been requested to appoint commission to aid in bringing about a settlement of the great coal strike had been repealed.
 Although the presidents willingness to receive the committee appointed by | conveyed to the board it was decided, after hurried consultation, that the members would not go to Washington. This ends temporarily all efforts on the part of the Board of Trade and Transportation to bring about indus trial peace.
 The presidents message. which was signed by Secretary Cortelyou, reads as follows:
 White House, Washington June 6. Darwin R. James, 203 Broadway, New
 York city:
 Your letter of the 4th with inclosures received. The section you refer to was repealed by the act of June 1, 1898. but the president will be glad to see your committee if they should decide to come over.
 George B. Cortelyou, Secretary.
 Immediately upon receipt of the tele- gram the committeee, which is compos- ed of Congressman Darwin R. James, James Talcott and John D. Ker- nan, held consultation. Later the an- nouncement was made that it had been decided that under the circumstances it would be useless for them to go to the capital.
 Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 6.-Last nights shooting had a sobering effect upon the idle men and boys in this val ley and as a result, the Wyoming re- zion was place of almost absolute peace to-day.
 The Stanton colliery where the shoot ing occurred, was visited to-day by hundreds of persons who expected to see more trouble, but no crowds were permitted to congregate in the neigh borhood. The colliery is closed down as a result of the disturbance there. Even the coal and iron police, with the exception of four or five, gave up their jobs and left town as quickly as they could get out. There were about twen ty in the party including several col ored cooks Last nights demonstration was too much for them and they de- cided to leave. The fact in some man ner became known to the strikers and the latter promised to protect them to the railroad station if they would leave the city. Accordingly, under strong guard of mine workers the x-police- men left the colliery and marched to the offices of the Lehigh and Wilkes barre Coal company, where they re- ceived their pay and transportation. Later the men left for New York and Philadelphia.
 The preliminary hearing of the four coal and iron policemen who are charg- ed with the shooting of Charles Me- Cam, the thirteen-year-o boy, was not held to-day but they probably will be arraigned tomorrow morning. The condition of the boy is still serious, but 1t is believed he will recover. Sheriff Albert Jacobs of this county swore in twenty men as deputies to- day They are now quartered in the l court house ready for any emergency. 1 Some of the coal companies wanted him | to swear in as deputies some of their policemen but he preferred to pick his ! own men. There were a number of assertions | among the fire bosses employed at sev- eral mines in this vicinity, which caus- ed the companies considerable incon- venience.
 President Mitchell said to-day that | the strike of the engineers, firemen and | pumpmen is practically complete. The mining superlntendents say that as far as they are concerned there was no | change in the general situation during the past twenty four hours. Water is still accumulating in the lower levels of some of the mines, but the coal officials seem to be indifferent regarding the flooding of the workings. The borough of Nanticoke has decid ed to begin injunction proceedings against the Susquehanna Coal com pany to enjoiu that company from cut ting off the water supply from por- ton of the borough. The coal company furnishes the power for pumping water into the reservoir, and when the engin- eers, firemen and pumpmen quit the the pumps were shut down. Another boy named John Short. aged thirteen, was seriously wounded here