Arizona republican., 1902-10-02

Washington. October 1-President Roosevelt will make an effort to bring the anthracite coal mine owners and their striking employees together in the interest of the public good. This con- clusion was reached after a series of conferences with his cabinet advisers yesterday and today. The decision was arrived at when the lawyers of the cab inet informed the president that there was no way under the constitution and form of the government of the United States for federal intervention to end the strike.
 Every phase of the situation was canvassed and a determination to have the mine operators and President Nit chell meet the president was reached when it was found that no other method was open. At the conclusion of the conference today. which was at tended by Secretaries Root, Shaw and Moody, Attorney General Knox anu Postmaster General Payne at the tenn porary White House the following statement was issued:
 ''The telegrams have been issued as Q result of cOnfe~erces between Presi- dent Roosevelt and members of his cabinet which were held yesterday anl today:
 White House, Washington. October 1. 1902
 George r. Baer, president of Baer Reading system. Philadelphia.
 President TruesdaIe of Delaware. Lackawarna and Western Railroad company,
 New York
 "E. D. Thomas. Chairman board,
 Erie Railroad company, New York
 Thomas P Fowler. president New York. Ontario and Western Railroad company. New York
 "R. M. OHphant president Delaware and Hudson. New York.
 John Markle. New York
 'I should greatly like to see you Fri day next. October 3. at Ii o'clock a. rl here in Washington, in regard to the failure of the coal supply, which has become matter Of vital concern to the whole nation. I have sent a similar dispatch to MT. John Mitchell. president of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica
 "(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt"
 John Mitchell, president United Mine Workers of America, Wilkesbarre. Pa.
 ''I should greatly like to see you on Friday next. October B. at II o'clock a. m. a Washington, in regard to the failure of the coal supply which has be- come a matter of vital concern to the whole nation. I have sent similar dispatch to the presidents of the an- thr1cite coal companies.
 "(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt"
 At the meeting on Friday the line of approach toward the settlement of the strike will be an appeal by President Roosevelt to both sides to come to- pride or a feeling of obstinacy to stand in the way of a. termination of the great strike which is fraught with such q threat of misery to thousands of people, It is stated by one of the presidents advisers that beyond this the president cannot go; he has no powers of com pulsion to bring into play against either side, and he must rely upon his per suasive abilities or 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 horrors that will follow a fuel famine. and will urge them in the interests of humanity to open the mines and supply the de- mand for coal. The president has taken this action because he feels it to be his duty to do so as the executive head of the nation threatened with a great peril.