The suburban citizen., 1902-10-18
APPOINTED.
President Roosevelt Names the Men to
End Coal Strike.
BOTH SIDES SAID TO BE PLEASED.
The Decision Of the President Was Reached
After Many Conferences es--JOhn Mitchell
was In Consultation With Him Twice on
Wednesday--He Also Consulted Secretary
Root, F. p. Sergeant and c. D. Wright.

Washington, d. c. (Special) Short
ly after o'clock Thursday morning it
was announced at the temporary White
House that both parties to the coal
strike had agreed to the appointment OF
an arbitration commission, consisting OF
six members, and that the President had
named this body,
On the commission is a prominent
representative OF organized labor. The
commission, as finally named, it is stat
ed, is perfectly agreeable to all parties.
Some of the members were named by
John Mitchell and F. P. Sargent at their
conferences with the President, and i'll
later meetings Mr.. Sargent officially
represented the strike leader
Official Statement
The following official statement wa'
issued at 2.3o a. m.
After a conference with Mr.. Mitch
ell and some further conference with
representatives of the coal operators
the President has appointed the mem
bers OF the commission TO inquire into
consider and pass upon all questions at
issue between the operators and miners
in the anthracite coal fields;
"Brig.-G John NJ. Wilson, y. S. A.
retired (late Chief of Engineers, U. S.
A., Washington, D. C., as an officer OF
the Engineer Corps of either the mill.
tary or naval service OF the United
States.
"Mr E. w. Parker, Washington, D.
c., as an expert mining engineer. Mr..
Parker is Chief Statistcian of the Coal
Division of the United States Geolog-
ical Survey and the editor OF the En-
gineering and Mining Journal of New
York.
"Hon. George Gray, Wilmington, Del,
as a Judge Of the United States Court.
"Mr E. E. Clark, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
Grand Chief of the Order of Railway
Conductors as a sociologist; the Presi-
dent assuming that for the purposes OF
such a commission the term sociologst
means a man who has thought and
studied deeply on social questions and
has practically aODled his knowledge.
"Mr Thomas H. Watkins, Scranton.
Pa, as man practically acquainted with
the mining and selling of coal
Bishop John L. Spaulding of Peoria
I'll. The President has added Bishop
Spaulding's name to the commission.
"Hon. Carroll d. Wright has been APP
pointed recorder of the commission"
Strike VIII Be Called OFF At Once.
1t is said here that the strike will be
called off at once and mining resumed in
two or three days,
The first sign of a breakup of the
final conference was at 1855 a. m,, when
Secretary Cortelyou came from the con-
ference room and announced to the
waiting newspaper men that an official
statement on the strike situation would
be made public soon. Shortly after I
O'Clock Secretary Root came out, laugh
ing and happy. He said common
ground OF agreement between the ope--
ators and miners had been reached, and
that the strike was practically ended.
Labor Represented.
1t was learned few moments later
that the chief feature Of the agreement
was the addition of a sixth member to
the arbitration commission. Now that
an agreement has been arrived at .as to
the means OF determining the differ
ences. II was also stated, the Presi-
dent would insist on an. immediate re-
sumption of work at the mines, and ne
has reason to expect his advice would
be followed promptly.
Messrs. Robert Bacon and George I.
Perkins partners in J. Pierpont Nor
gans banking firm, were present at the
final conference as the representatives. OF
the operators When the gathering
broke up all present were in high good
hunor and there was a general exchange
of coDuratuiations