Evening star., 1902-09-02
TO FORCE ARBITRATION
Politicians Threaten the Mine
Operators.
BY SPECIAL STATUTE
EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE
TALKED OF.
Republican Leaders in Pennsylvania
Are Alarmed at the Strike
Situation.
Special From a Staff Correspondent.

Special From STAFF Correspondent.
NEW YORK, September 2-The politi-
clans are making another effort to settle
the coal strike The republican managers
In Pennsylvania are very much worried
over the continuance of the strike and
the possible effect it may have on the
guberna torial campaign In that state.
The coal operators have received in
timatiCn that unless the strike is brought
to an end within ten days or two weeks
It might be deemed advisable to call an
extra session of the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture to adopt measures looking to compul-
sorry arbitration of labor disputes. 1t is
said that this intimation is intended as IN
the nature of threat and one which is
expected to pc taken seriously by the
railway presidents
1t is assumed, of course, that employers
Of labor such railroads, do not want to
be forced into arbitration. The effort of
the politicians to interfere a week or so ago
failed. At that time Senator Quay is said
to have represented to President Baer that
there was danger of the state being lost If
the coal strike continued. Whereupon Pres
ident Baer grinned and said he did not care;
he was democrat, anyhow.
To Try Coercion Next.
Finding that pleadtngs were Of no avail,
the managers concluded to try little coer-
cion on the obdurate railway presidents and
put the case to them in away they could
understand. 1t remains to be seen whether
the bluff will work or not. The operators
are pretty stiff-necked and have protested
that nothing could induce them to abandon
their present attitude toward the mine
workers union.
A meeting had been arranged for today
between President Baer and Mr.. ]. Pier
pont Morgan, preceding a meeting of all
the presidents of the coal railways. 1t was
presumed that President Baer would then
communicate the warning he is said to
have received from the Pennsylvania pol
itfcians.
President Baer was called to Lancaster,
however, where his daughter had met with
serious accident One of the coal rail-
way presidents said at nosn today that a
formal meeting would not be held today,
but that general conditions would probably
be informally discussed by those of the
presidents in the city. Mr.. Perkins, who
is one of the active partners in Mr.. j. Pier
pont Morgan's firm, and really the execu-
tive of the office, returned from Chicago
today. 1t had been rumored that he went
west to confer on the coal strike.
Did Not See Senator Hanna.
1t may be stated that he did not talk
about the strike with Senator Hanna or
| any one eise and that his visit was merely
to close up the floating of the trust which
win manufacture harvester and farm
machinery. The two smoothest politicians
| in the Senate-Senator Plat Of New York
and Senator Quay of Pennsylvania-are
| working on the coal strike Both have
| gubernatorial campaigns under their man
agement and are looked to as bosses Of
| their respective states to win out. Both
| have declared within twentyfour hours
that the strike would come to end
within two weeks and that ten-dolar coal
would not be an issue in the campaign. The
| resources Of these two gentlemen un-
| limited. They are the heads Of political
trust perfect as any of Mr.. Morgan
! Industrial trusts. If they are working
| jointly, as 1t would seem, they in a po-
! sition to make 1t very interesting for the
| coal railway presidents. 1t serely will be