The sun., 1902-10-16
The President Names
Six Arbitrators.
MITCHELL HAS ACCEPTED
And Now The Mines viii Turn
Out Coal, Full Force.

Ontcisi announcement Made After q whit z
House Conference Lasting TIL Pas,
One O'Clock This MorninE-Messrs.
Bacon and Perkins. Partners In j. p.
Morgan a Co.. with the President and
Ills Advisers Mitchell Had Jus, Had
Two Conferences WIN the President
and Had Returned TO the Mines-Orig.
inai Plan for Five Arbitrators Modified
Meeting Of strike Leaders called
for To-day 20 Order Work Resumed
WAsHISoToS, Oct. 10, lis A. NJ - At
o'clock this morning Secretary Cortel-
You announced that a conference consist
ing OF President Roosevelt. Secretary Of
War Root, Labor Commissioner Carroll
d. Wright, Frank p. Sargent. and George
". Perkins and Robert Bacon Of J. p. Nor
gan 4 Co. which had been in session since
10 80 o o'cloc. N the President's s room at the
temporary White House was abou, to ad-
journ and would issue a statement.
The conference adjourned AT Io5 with
the announcement that the President had
appointed a commission of six arbitrato ors
TO pass upon the points in dispute bet ween
the coal operators and the miners
" was realized at once that this off,
cial announcement that the commission
had been appointed meant that an agree
ment had been reached and the strike was
practically at an end.
The news was received with the utmos,
enthusiasm,
An official s,atemen, about the makeup
of the arbitration commission was prom
ised for about i:3O O'Clock this morning
In the meantime it was quickly seen
tina, the plan originally proposed by the
coal operators had undergone some modi-
fioations. They suggested commission
OF FIVE members. The ammo ouncement gave
the number Of members Of the commission
as six.
A, ?l5 A. NJ, Mr Cor,elyou handed on,
the following
THE ARBITRAToRs
After a conference with Mr. Mitchell
sentatives of the coal operators, the Presi-
dent has appointed the members Of the
commission to inquire into. consider and
pass upon all questions at issue between
the operators and miners in the anthracite
coal fields a. follows
Brig Gen. John NJ, Wilson, L. S. A, re-
tired date Chief of Engineers, L. 5. A
Washington. as an officer of the engineer
corps of either the military or naval SER
vice Of the United States
Mr.. r. W. Parker. Washington, d. C.,
is an expert mining engineer. Mr.. Parker
il chief statistician OF the coal division
Of the United States Geological Survey
and the editor of the Engineering and Mining
journal of New York
The Hon. George Gray. Wilmington,
Del as Judge Of United States Court.
f. f. Clark. Cedar Rapids, la. Grand
Chief of railway conductors. as a sociolo-
gist, the President assuming that for the
purposes Of such a commss ion the term
.ociolops, means "A man who has thought
and studied on social questions and has
practically applied his knowledge
Mr.. Thomas II. Watkins, Scranton, Pa,
as man practically acquainted with the
mining and selling of coal
Bishop John l.. Spalding of Peoria
ri. The President has added Bishop
Spalding's name to the commission
The Hon. Carroll D. Wright has been
appointed recorder of the commission.
TUE LEGAL COMMISSIONER.
George Gray has been Judge of the Cir
cult Court. Third United States Circuit.
since 1899 He was born at New Castle,
Del, May 4, is4O. the son of Andrew c.
and Elizabeth NJ. Gray. He graduated
from Princeton in 1859. received the degree
of A. NJ. in 1853 and LII. D., 1889 He
studied law at Harvard and was admitted
TO the bar in 1889, practiscd at New Castle
from 1893 to 1859 and afterward at Will
mington He married Margaret j. Black
He was Attorney General of Delaware
from 1870 to 1855; United States Senator
from 1885 to 1889 and is Democrat. While
in the Senate he was member Of the For
eign Relations and Judiciary committees.
In 1893 he was affiliated with the National