The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

It is an axiom in railway and financial circles that MT. Cassatt cares for noth- ing but his idol, the Pennsylvania Rail- way. It Is another axiom that MT. Cas- sat- Is the only living man for whom atti- tude and judgment MT. Morgan has much fear or respect.
 Just now the Pennsylvania Railway is having trouble with the legislative and executive authorities of New York in re- gard to. the Long Island Railway fran chise. The franchise has been held up over a dispute as to the arbitration clause. Mayor Low and the municipal assembly want a provision for settling labor dis putes, which President Cassatt refuses to accept. Here was the opportunity for the politicians. Here was the leverage which they proposed to use in bringing MT. Cassatt to terms.
 Mayor Low was taken into this plan, and today the mayor addressed the Board of Aldermen, assentlng to MT. Cassatt' 8 wishes as to the terms of the franchise. Platt Odell and Lauterbach promise to see that the franchise goes through the board just as the Pennsylvania Railway wants it. In return for this favor MT. Cassett is to join hands with MT. Nor gan in settling the coal strike and Platt Odell, Quay & Co.,. are to have the glory of bringing about the peace.
 As soon as this plan had been arranged the Senators sent to Wilkesbarre for President Mitchell, and the chief of the miners came to New York in a hurry. MT Cassatt also came to New York today and had an interview with MT. Morgan at the latter's office this afternoon. There have been rumors here and in Washing ton that Morgan and Cassatt are not on ey0Od owing tO a difference nf opinion over the strike question, but these rumors are probably an exaggeration.
 At MT. Morgans office today it was ostentatiously announced that he was not interfering in the strike. MT. Morgan has told number of friends during the last twenty-four hours that he is only a private citizen and that responsibility for the coal strike settlement does not rest upon him.
 This is only a play. designed to save the pride of the railway presidents. In public MT. Morgan disclaims any inten- ton to force the hands of the railway presidents. They are left free to do as they please. But secretly MT. Morgan Is urging them to settle. They must make good or make peace.
 Confronted with this dilemma the obsti- nate railway presidents realize that they are at the end of their string. They know they cannot mine coal. because there are no certified miners ready to go to work JohnMitcheH played master stroke when he secured the unanimous vote of 100000 mine workers-349 out of $50 local unions in favor of continuing the strike, and declaring that if all the troops In the country were sent to guard them they would not return to work. To this mag nigcent expression even the railway presi- dents are forced to admit there Is no answer. It Is a declaration of import ance by more than 100000 men. the only available labor to work the mineS
 am informed that MT. Morgan and MT Cassatt agree in the view that If the railway presidents cannot find the legally qualified miners to go to work under pro tectjon thero Is nothing else for them 10 do than to make terms as quckIy as