Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-18
All Agreement has been Reached for the
Adjustment of the Differences Be
tween Miners and Coal Operators.
ident was bv Secretary Cortelvou.

ldent was by Secretary Cortelvou
While nothing was made public. the
feeling seems TO prevail in administra-
ton quarters close to the President
that Mr.. Mitchell is too stiff in his
position and too insistent, and that
matters have been so shaped that he
should accept the concessions that are
omen to him, and not insist on the op-
orators continuing to yield to the de-
mands lac is inclinedgto make as pre-
requisite to the appointment of the
tribunal that shall adjust the differ
enee between the miners aud the ope-
rators.
At II :53 O'Clock Messrs Sargent and
Wright returned 70 the White House
and We're shown into Secretary Coftel-
yous office, their visit being in accor-
dance with an understanding when
they left about o'clock that they
should return later in the evening.
A MYSTERIOUS MEETING.
Messrs. Wright and Sargent spent
mostof the interval between their even
ing visits to the White House at the
Treasury Department, where they can
vassed the situation for several hours
and also heard statements from one or
more persons who called there bv APP
Ipointmept At the. White House they
remained III Mr.. C0rtelvou' S room only
a moment. going thence to the quar-
ters where the President and Secretary
Root were in conference They COM
municated to the President the views
of a representative of the coal operators
on the statement Of Mr. Mitchell as to
the position of the miners.
A good deal Of mystery seemed to
attend the interviews that Messrs.
Wright and Sargent had with other
persons prior to returning to the White
House just before midnight. When
they left the temporary White House
about O'Clock they were driven down
to Pennsylvania avenue and Jefferson
place where the driver was instructed
to wait for a third party, whose name
was not given The cab waited some
time and then the two returned to the
White House only to go once more to
the former stopping place, where the
third person was picked up. The
three soon entered an earnest CONVEX
sation. the cab meanwhile proceeding
leisurely along obscure streets. When
it returned to Pennsylvania avenue the
third member of the party alighted
and Messrs Wright and Sargent went
to the Treasury Department. They
remained there sometime, and on re-
turning to the White House, made re-
port to the President as to the views
of the operators on Mr.. Mitchell's OBJ
jections and propositions.
AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED.
The first sign of break up Of the
conference was at 1885. when Score.
tary Cortelyou came from the confer
ence room and announced to the wait
ing newspaper men that an official
statement on the strike situation would
be made public IN about half an hour.
Shortly after / O'Clock Secretary Root
came ont laughing and happy, and
spread the glad tidings that common
ground of agreement between the oDe-
rators and miners had been reached
aud that the strike was practically end
ed. 1t was learned few moments la
ter that the chief feature of the agree
mert was the addition of sixth mem
Der to the arbitration commission. the
surmise following, as matter of
course, that the additional member
would be more particularly represen-
tatiye of labor.
1t was said at the same time that an