The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-02

to bring the anthracite coal owners
and their striking employees together
In the interest of the public good. This
conclusion was reached after a series
Of conferences with his cabinet ad-
Visors yesterday and today. The de-
cision was arrived at when the lawyers
of the cabinet informed the president
that there was no way, under the con-
stitution and the form of government
,of the United States, for federal in
tervention to end the strike.
Every phase of the situation was
canvassed and the determination to
have the mine operators and President
Mitchell meet the president was reach
ed when it was found that no other
method was open. At the conclusion
of the conference today, which was
attended by Secretaries Root, Shaw
and Moody, Attorney General Knox
and Postmaster General Payne, at the
temporary White house, the following
Statement was issued:
Text of the invitations.
"The following kilograms are the result
OF the conferences between President
Roosevelt and members of the cabinet,
held yesterday and today:
ITO the Railroad Presidents:
'White. House, Washington, Oct. 1, 1902.
ITO George +. Baer President Reading
Railway System, Philadelphia;
'W. Fl. Truesdale, President Delaware,
LaekaWanna & Western, New York;
''E. B. Thomas, Chairman of the Board,
Erie Railway Company, New York;
Thomas P. Fowler, President New
York, Ontario &, Western Railroad Com
"R. NJ Oliphant, President Delaware &
Hudson, New York;
John Marllle, New York.
Friday next, Oct. s, at IL O'Clock a. a. M, H.
here in Washington, in regard to the
failure of the coal supply, which has be-
come matter of vital concern to the
patch to John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers of America.
Theodore Roosevelt, President
"To John Mitchell. President United
Mine Workers of America, Wilkesbarre,
Pa:
Friday next, Oct. 8, at II o'clock a. M,
here in Washington, in regard to the fail
ure of the coal supply, which has become
q matter of vital concern to the whole ma
tion. 1 have sent a similar dispatch to
the president of the anthracite coal COM
pan1eS. Theodore Roosevelt"
Appeal by the President Coming.
At the meeting Friday the line of
approach toward the settlement of the
strike will be an appeal by President
gether as men and not to allow false
pride or a feeling of obstinacy to stand
in the way of the termination of the
great strike which is fraught with
much threat of misery to thousands of
people. 1t is stated by one Of the pres
ident's advisors that beyond this the
president cannot go. He has no power
of compulsion to bring into play against
ia cid ha
persuasive abilities of his appeals to
their sense of humanity if anything
tangible is to be accomplished.
The president intends to lay before
his hearers the situation as it appears
to him, with all the prospective hor-
rors that will follow fuel famine, and
will urge them, in the interests of hu-
manity, to open the mines and supply
the demand for coal. The president has
taken this action because he feels it to
be his duty to do So as the executive
head of a nation, threatened with great
peril.
Virtually an Arbiter.
The president has in sense taken
upon himself the burdens of an arbi-
traitor in the great dispute between
capital and labor, and though the ar
bitration is not compulsory and is not
even known under the name of arbitra-
ton in any of the invitations issued
today, it is the hope of the president
and his advisors that it will be effec-
tive. Just how no one can say, though
there is the suggestion of temporary
Arrangement which will tide over the
cold weather.
It is stated by a member of the cab
met that there is no political purpose
In this effort, but that the president is
moved to exert his influence solely in
the interests of the people
In the other attempts, it is said, the
operators felt that politics was the
most prominent motive. In this con-
nection the story is revived of the set
tlement of the strike in 1900. The op-
orators claim that when that strike
was settled under stress of a political
exigency, the way was paved for the
present strike. They also claim that
the strikers have hoped that political
influence would again be exerted in
their behalf and the operators COM
pelled to make further concessions.
The efforts of Senators Quay and Pen
rose. of Pennsylvania, and Senator
PIatt, of New York, and Gov. Stone, of
Pennsylvania, have been pointed out
as a verification of the claim of the op-
orators. All this, they have asserted, is
due to the settlement which was made
in 1900.
- Further Meetings If This Fails.
If an immediate agreement cannot be