New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-05-01
STRIKE CONFERENCE ENDS.
CANCELLATION COMMITTEE TO HEAR
THE RESULT FIRST
IN THE MEAN TINE. NEITHER OPERATORS
NOR MINERS WILL PREDICT
THE OUTCOME

The second session of the committee of the
coal carrying companies and the anthracite
miners in the office of the Central Railroad Of
Jersey, called in the effort to avert gen.
eraI strike in the anthracite regions, occupied
nearly six hours yesterday, after which an ad-
journment sine die was taken.
All that was given out at the end of the meet
ing the following statement by President
Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
on behalf Of the two committees:
Under the arrangements made with the con-
citation committee Of the Civic Federation that
the report of meeting should be made first
to the Cancellation committee we are unable
to make any report until it is made to that COM
mittee first. We can, therefore, make no state
ment now either in the case of an agreement or
disagreement.
Other members of the committee declined to
talk. When asked what the indications for
peace We're Mr. Baer waved his hand and said:
The members of the Civic Federation the
great peacemakers. They try TO make peace all
the time. Blessed are the peaCemakers, for they
the children of God "
No report would be given even to the members
of the executive committee of twenty-one before
the Cancellation committee met Mr.. Mitchell
said. Senator Hanna, the chairman of the COM
mittee, he thought, might call meeting for to-
morrow Saturday.
The demands Of the miners, it was rumored.
NOR could he had Their first demand, which
for a joint conference before the concilia-
ton committee of the Civic Federation. has al
ready been granted. The other demands are as
follows:
The eight hour workday. without any reduc-
ton of wages, for employees in the mines who
paid by the day week.
Operators to agree that all coal be weighed
it comes from the mines
A steady wage scale with minimum rate OF
60 cents n ton, the standard ton 10 be Z.-fo
pounds
The members of the Cancellation committee or
the Civic Federation are Senator Hanna, chair
man; Oscar s. Straus Archbishop Ireland,
Bishop Potter, Franklin MacNeagh, Ralph NJ.
Easley, Charles A. Moore, J. Kruttschnitt. Lewis
Nixon. Marcus NJ. Marks, William H. Pfahler,
Samuel Gompers. John Mitchell. Frank p. Sar-
gent and James Duncan Most of them, it was
said yesterday. could be easily reached.
Members of the executive committee of TWEEN
ty-One paid short visits to the meeting room in
the course of the conference. Some of them
were willing To talk in an unofficial way. one
of them, who has been on several committees
in this city, said positively that there was no
truth in the reports which have been made that
the coal carrying companies are preparing Tor a
strike by storing large supplies Of anthracite.
THE companies are acting very fairly he
continued When the truce Of thirty days was
agreed on. it was decided that unusual out
put Of coal should be mined. In my district the
operators have only mined for the normal de-
mand, and | know from the delegates Of the
other districts that the employers respect
ing their pledge. The truth will last until the
negotiations over
He would not say whether or not strike was
likely Nnety-eight per cent of the miners
We're against striking for strkings sake. but
could predictc what would be done at
meeting If an aggressive man with force enough
TO have following advocated strike.
Mr.. Easley, when seen last night. said that
he had telcgraphed 70 the members of the
Cancellation committee that a meeting would be
held. AS he could learn where
they were and could obtain statements from
them. he would be able TO give out statement
to when and where the meeting would take
place.