New-York tribune., 1902-06-11
WRIGHT SEES OPERATORS.
DELAYED DEPARTURE
STARTS RUMORS OF AGREEMENT.
MINE WORKERS PRESIDENT VISITS MR..
EASLEY, BUT BOTH DENY CONFERENCE
LOOKING TO PEACE

EAsLEY. BUT BOTH DENY CONFERENCE
LOOKING TO PEACE
President Mitchell of the United Mine Work
ers' Union. who came here on Monday to tell
Carroll d. Wright. United States Commissioners
of Labor. what he knew of the coal strike. con-
trary TO expectation, spent the greater part OF
yesterday in this city Instead of going back
to Wiikesbarre on a morning train. he conferred
with Ralph NJ EasIey of the Civic Federation
His stay over mystified those who had been
told that he entertained ideas of bringing
about negotiations looking to a peaceful settle
ment of the strike Mr.. Mitchell said that he
called at the Civic Federation Twenty-second-
st. and Fourth-ave-. for the sole purpose of SEE
ing if there was any mail there for him. He
said that he had not seen Commissioners Wright
since their conference on Monday night at the
Hotel Manhattan. also that he would have no
further conference with him. Mr.. Mitchell was
with Mr. Easley as late as , o'clock yesterday
afternoon. At that hour he said ne was on MS
way his train.
1t was learned that Mr Mitchell spent much
of his time with Mr.. Easley preparing doeu-
nent of some description. Asked what the
paper signifed. he said he had been preparing
no document for presentation to either MI
Wright or President Roosevelt Asked directly
if the paper referred in any way to possinle
settlement of the strike. Mr.. Mitchell smlieo
good rumoredly. but declined TO express himsen
one way or the other The interesting point IN
the runor is that Mr.. Easley represents an or
sanization which has tried to bring about peace
between the contending parties Mr. MltcneH
contented himself with saying that ne had re-
ceived number of reports from the neaoqudF-
ters of the strikers. all of which indicated tnat
the situation in the affected districts nao H0'
changed since his arrival in this city
Mr. Mitchell declined to make any reference
~ the conference he had on Monday night with
Commissioner Wright nor would he say "nether
or not his conversation with Mr. Easley was
based on his interview with Mr. wright ne
vas silent when asked what the strikers thought
of Mr. Wrights inquiry
Mr. EasIey denied that his conversation with
Mr. Mitchell related in any way to the latters
conference with Mr.. Wright He added:
..-rbs civic Federation is not now actively
ENGAGED in making advances looking to a
cot element OF the strike OF course, we should
like 10 be the instrument of peace. but II does
NOT now seem possible for us to act Ia tnat
capacitv We should like to have conference
here and have the operators and miners sign
an agreement to call the strike Off, but tnat
plan is not just yet feasible
Commissioner Wright yesterday did not. as he
expected go to Tarrytown. 10 attend the sradu-
attne exercises of the Hackley Hall School. OF
which he is --esident of the board of trustees
In the afternoon he visited the Office of Prest-
dent Robert VI. Olyphant of the Delaware and
uudson Cor1panv There he met Eben B.
Thomas chairman of the board of directors OF
the Erie Railroad and President George F.
Baer of the Reading company, who happened
to be at Mr. ELEPHANTS office at the time The
conference lasted over an hour. in which time
Mr. Wright learned something of the operators
side of the difficulty
Thus the information called for by Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been secured. and will soon
he presented TO him in the form of an official
report The report will explain the real causes
leading to the conflict. and which have been 1eal~
ously guarded by both sides Mr. Wright de-
cIared that he had not been acting as an arpi-
traitor or pacifiCatOr in presenting the facts and
figures He said he would not make any SuS-
gestiOns or reCommenda tionS- What use PreSi-
DENT Roosevelt would make of the official report
would only be known. he said. when he took the
public into his confidence Boards of trade and
important business and mercantile associations
the country had sent appeals TO the
President for sort of action that would
tend TO prevent a famine in a necessary COM
modify.
'If the soft coal men who have contracts
should strike Mr.. Wright continued. they VIII
be violating their agreements. place their union
at decided disadvantage and forfeit any SYM
pathy which the public might have been Wllhhs
10 offer them Tomorrow / shall confer with
President Thomas ?. Fowler of the New-1ork,
Ontario and Western and with President W. n
of the Delaware Lackawanna ana
road / did not confer with the latter
70 1av as renorted have the work we'll in hand
and expect TO have done with IL tomorrow
Several wholesale dealers said that not ton
If anthracite offered tor Sale yesterday
uARyARp-PRINCEToN BASEBALL GAME.
SneciaI train via Pennsylvania Railroad viii
cave New York June II. West 25rd Street Station.