Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-10-22

The coal strike came to a sudden, un.
| expected, and dramatic end in the White
House in Washington at 2:20 O'Clock
Thursday morning.
An agreement to submit the entire
| question to arbitration was reached al
IL moment when hope had almost been
abandoned and was brought about in 0
long conference between President Roose-
welt, Secretary RoJt, Carroll ID. Wright
Commissioner of Labor, immigration
Commissioner Sargent and George w.
Perkins and Robert S. Bacon, members
of the firm of ]. z. Morgan & Co., repre-
senting j. Z. Morgan.
Bishop to Represent Miners.
The basis of the settlement was the
L concession on the part of the nine-owu-
ers granting TO the miners the right to
be represented on the arbitration H.
mission, and the President at once named
Bishop Spalding, of PEORIA ILL.,, us the
representative of the miners.
This concession was made only after
President Roosevelt had mistakenly point
cd out to the representatives OF the ope-
rators the absolute necessity of according
to the miners representative on the COM
mission.
Agree Whe1. Hope Is Gone.
The end came dramatically. Even the
administration members, who had worked
without resting for over Il week to secure
an agreement to arbitrate, had almost lost
hope.
Wednesday President Roosevelt and
John Mitchell We're in conference at the
White House twice. President Mitchell,
expressing himself as anxious to end the
strike, Insisted that the miners should
have some representation on the arbirra-
ton commission if the operators were di-
rectly represented. On this point he was
firm, and President Roosevelt agreed to
present his counter demand to the opera
tors. The result was the conference,
which commenced at 10 O'Clock Wednes-
day right and ended early Thursday
morning. ais
Official Statement Issued.
The following official statement an
nouncing the close of the strike was is
sued at the White House at 2:20 It. IN:
After conference with Mr.. Mitchell,
and some further conference with repre-
sentatives of the coal operators, the Pres
ident has appointed the members of the
commission TO inquire into. consider, and
pass upon all q'lestions at issue between
the operators and miners in the anthra-
cite coal fields.
Makeup Of the Commission.
"Brigadier General John NJ. Wilson, U.
S. army, retired Date chief of engineers,
U. S. Al, Washington, ID. c., as an officer
of the engineer corps of either the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States.
Mr.. E. w. Parker, Washington, D. c.,
as an expert mining engineer. Mr.. Par
ker is chief statistician of the coal divis-
ion 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.
MIR. L. Il. Clark Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
grand chief of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors, as a socologist. the President
assuming that for the purposes Of such a
commission the term sociologist means a
man who has thought and studied deeply
on social questioas, and has practically
applied his knowledge.
Mr.. Thomas Fl. Watkins, Scranton,
Pa, as man practically acquainted with
the mining and selling of coal
Bishop John L. Spalding. of Peoria,
III. The President has added Bishop
Spaldng's name to the commission.
THE Hon. Carroll d. Wright has been
appointed recorder of the commission"