The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-10-15
AGREE no ARBITRATE
Operators Formulate Their Terms
to Emo The Strike.
DICTATE ARBTTERS
While They De Not Name the Cemmls-
sion They Designate Certain Men q
10 BE Selected Mitchell Re.
fuses to Say Anything.

Washington. Oct 14.--By authority
of j. Pierpont Morgan, who, with his
partner Robert Bacon, and Secretary
Root. was in conference with President
Roosevelt at the temporary White
| House Monday night for an hour and
| a half, a statement was given out by
| Secretary Cortelyou. in which the
presidents of the coal carrying rail.
/ roads and the mine operators propose
| a commission of FIVE persons to adjust
| the difference and settle the coal strike
in the anthracite coal fields Of Penn
sylvania.
The proposition is believed by the
| administration TO be satisfactory TO
the miners. as it covers the proposition
made by President Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers union with al
ditional conditions. which il is thought
| the miners will accept The statement
| in substance Is as follows:
The coal operators have agreed to
/ the appointment of a commission to be
appointed by the president Of the
/ United States. TO whom shall be re-
! ferred all questions at issue between
/ the companies and their own employ
es, whether they belong to a union or
not. and the decision OF the commits
sion shall be accepted by the opera
/ tors The commission is 10 consist Of
an army or navy engineer officer. an
expert mining engineer not connected
, with the coal mining properties, one Of
the judges of the United States court
OF the Eastern district of Pennsylya-
MIA, a man of prominence as a sociolo~
gist. and a man who by active partici
patton in mining and selling coal is
familiar with the physical and com
merclai features of the business The
operators also make part Of the3r
proposition that the miners shall re-
turn to work as soon as the commits
sion In constituted and 10 cease ali IN
reference with non union men, The
commission rs to name a date when IL
findings shall be effective and 70 gov
ern conditions OF employment between
the companies and their oSn employees
for al least three years
While no official statement was made
at the White House after the oper-
ators' offer was made pahlic, the opin-
Ion was expressed that the way Is pow
open for a complete settlement Of the
strike and that the mines would so0p
bu "a operation once more
The issuance q the statement fol
lowed conference al the Waite
House which assem- BLEED very quickly
after Mir Morgan and h3s partner Rob
ert Bacon. had reached Washington
on a flying trip from New York, Nj,
Bacon arrived in Washington about
10 O'Clock 81 night In "a special car oyer
the Baltimore and 0AIo and drove AZ
once 70 the hotel Arlington There
they met Secretary Root and the three
gentlemen walked over % the Waite
House and were shown at once to the
presidents room. They remained
there until ten minutes Of ~ o'clock
and then came down stairs,
The proposition Of the coal opera
tors was a result of the visit % Sec
Rotary Root to New York and his con
ference with Mr.. Morgan on Saturday,
Mr. Morgan at that time expressed =
keen interest III the situation and a
desire TO bring about an adjustment II
possible Following this talk with
Secretary Root there Was a conference
In New York Monday at which the
proposition OF the coal operators was
agreed to and Mr. Morgan was dele
gated TO bring Ii to the president in
the belief that such would he the court
cons course OF the best way Of promui-
eating the offer of a settlement
The next move will be the presenta
ton OF the matter 10 the miners. and Il
is believed President Mitchell viii be
| invited 10 Washington 10 consult the
president Ii Ia believed here he will
at once accept the proposition.