Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-03
Great Strike
Conference.
Presidents Guests Assembled on Tme-He Read Written
Statement - Discisin1ed Any Legal Right to In
teTene-AppeaIed to Their Patriotism

Knox and Commissioner Wright re-
iaalned with the president.
When the president concluded the
reading OF his statement he said he did
not expect that either party would be
ready 10 submit propositions at this
time, but he asked them 10 take into
consideration what he had said ana
to return at O'clock He said he
hoped that some proposition might be
presented at that time which would
furnish the basis OF an adjustment
CONFERENCE TERMINATED.
The conference then terminated II
Lad lasted less than 10 minutes. The
representatives Of the railroads came
down stairs first and went to their ear
fiages They refused to say anything
except that they would meet again at
o'clock. They would not even say
where they were going TO make their
Headquarters, When asked where they
could be seen, Prest, Baer remarked
80 the newspaper men;
Gentlemen, what we want Is TO 60
some place where you can't find US and
where we viii not be Interrupted.
Then they drove away.
WILL FRAME PROPOSITIONS.
Prest. Mitchell and his party fol-
lowed soon after, refusing to say any
thing, 4 little later Atty Gen, Knox
loft the White House. II was under
stood that both parties to he confer
cnce would during the adjournment
formulate some proposition based on
what the president had said or that
each would be prepared with a reply
80 present TO the president when the
conference was resumed al o'clock.
Mr.. Mitchell and his party We're astlr
early They breakfasted AT the Peute"
hotel and Immediately afterwards Mr.
Mitchell was Joined by pres,. Gompers,
81 the Federation Of Labor They left
the hotel together and Mr. Mitchell was
not seen again until he made his ap.
pearance at the White House confer
epce at II a, m
Mr.. Mitchell declined 10 discuss the
situation from any point OF view IN ad-
vance Of the meeting, merely saying
that under the circumstances he could
not be expected to talk,
DECLINED TO TALK,
The other members Of the Mitchell
party were PRIEST. Nichols, OF District
Miners union No. / Prest Thomas
| Duffy, OF District No. 7. and Prest John
! Fahy. Of District No, O. They too, de-
clned 10 discuss the probabilities Of the
! conference. They were more concerned
as 20 whether they would be admitted
! "a she meeting but upon the whole
I Wsfe mciined to think theJ would be
| They We're in a cheerful mood and all
cOntended that the miners were pre-
Jared to hold out Indefinitely II their
| demands were not granted the de-
nands still being as originally outlined
| by the Shsmolln convention.
Thomas f. Fowler. Of the O, g. W.
road, called on Secy. Boot last night,
Nothing could be learned concerninP
the nature of the conference save that
a few preliminaries were arranged f0r
today's meeting.
At 1880 o'clock Secy Root terminal
ed nearly an hours private conference
with the president The secretary was
IN an optimistic mood when he left the
White House lie said he could not
c1mmunicata anything further than
what had been given 10 the press bu.
he did not hesitate 10 express his in-
lividual opinion 10 the effect that the
prospects were bright for some salts
factory outcome u the negotiations IN
sututed today lie thought that the
strong point Of the situation was that
for the first time the conflicting ele-
ments had been brought fairly face TO
face In the bun ring as he expressed IL
ana they were now in position
where II was incumbent upon them 10
% something In other words the ice
had been broken as between the parties
and he was hopeful that when they
came together again the way would be
paved FOR some sort OF a compromise.
Secy. Moody dropped IN 10 see the
president about noon He stayed, how
ever. but a few moments and while he
stated that IL was purely naval buSi-
ness that brought him TO the White
House he did not deny that he had
acquainted himself with the coal strike
situation,
AT 3 o'clock, the hour set for the
resumption of the conference, Prest.
Baer with two of his fellow co-presi-
dents, drove UP to the White House.
Mr. Mitchell and his three colleagues
appeared a few mgutes later.
OUTLOOK NOT BRIGHT.
At 1888 the conference was still IN ses-
sion without result The news that
came from the inside to the effect that
the coal presidents had prepared state
ments which they intended to publish
caused a feeling of depression, for II
was taken 10 mean that they had re-
solved 20 maintain their position and
were called upon 10 explain TO the pub
lie their reasons for so doing.
After the conference had been In pro-
gress about long enough for the read
ing Of the papers Secy Cortelyou came
out and called In Asst Secy. Barnes,
who is an expert stenographer, This
indicates that the proceedings are being
taken down.
Al 4.2O o'clock the conference was
stil I'm session. 10 has just developed
that President Baer spent some time In
a telephone booth az the railway sta
ton before he returned 10 the White
House at 3 o'clock. and IL is assumed
that he was In consultation respecting
his statement with someone IN New
York.