New-York tribune., 1902-06-10

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is he using his influence to bring about cessasi
tion of hostilties
STRIKERS NOT YET WORN OUT.
Mr.. Mitchell said that he thought the strikersi
could hold their end up for time 10 comes
He continued:
/ have heard reports that the miners resent th4
but I think the miners understand the Presidents
Pc has no anfSoFfg ueE 1 the ne T law not
What about the soft coal striker he wasf
asked
Under our law" he said when five districts
call for a national convention we must grant
their request When left wiIkesbarre had
received only incomplete reports OF the progress
of the soft coal dissension- Therefore. am iE
no position to give you accurate information on
that subject"
"And the strike in West virgfnia?''
"At that point are doing very we'll Eigh-I
teen thousand men out. and expect a.
large increase in the number of recaicitrants.
1 shall probably not go down there unless matt
ters reach acute state
Did either you Commissioner Wright calf
at Mr.. Morgans office to-day
NO; We have had communication with
representatives of his firm, with him. sincs
he is at present abroad. l shall try to 1eavs
New-York tonight. or. failing, will get away
early in the morning"
COMMISSIONER NRIGHT'S STATEMENT.
Commissioner Wright. when asked about his
special work of probing the coal strike. gave on.
the following statement at the Hotel Manhst-
tan:
-. The object of my coming. here is pretty welt
ton but TO 70 tell tell Just st what LA am gong 70 do Or
With the offieiaI information am. not soirg 70
do that. shall remain here. aud vii. discuss
bers OF my department.. I simply carryius. out
the provisions of the organic laws under which
the Labor Bureau is operated. which. in nut
shell. are described IN the law follows.
specially charged to investiga5e the causes Of snd
tween the empoSer and the empoye as they NAV
oee9r and which may 2 tend nd to t. inssrfere Win ths
Sec. s. He is also authorized TO make speeiat
do so by the President or either house of Congress.
or when he shall think the subject in his charge re-
B these fsasss Rys STRIKE % Go eo aks
I cannot interfere or act as arbitrator or pacfi-
Gator. Arbitration is within the Provinee OF thu
ganization. I understand the pacific purposes OF
e2stin@ Conditions as pstTiotie citizen President
Roosevelt is interested in settling this trouble He
the ofcial investigation may reveal chinks in tbs
in the general report and on which ne may bs
able to act He wants all the e infornas,on OBJ
are being directed to that end Perhaps We may bs
shaIl hold a conference this afternoon with nv
men and do not anticipate shall have any trouols
In getting the information asked for
TO CONFER WITH COAL OPERATORS
Mr. Wright would not discuss the lines on
which he would conduct his investigation. nor
could he tell how soon his work would be ended
1t is understood, however, that Mr. Wright VIII
hold informal conferences with the presidents
of the coal carrying railroads which penetTata
the fields disturbed
Some of the presidents of the coal carrying
corupanies said that Mr.. Wright'S visit would
not alter the situation They had no objection
to see him if he called President Truesdale OF
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road said:
If Mr. Wright comes, I will receive him courteous-s
Iv but / do not how anything can affect th9l
situat ton AS arbitration. there can be none-3
Our late employees say 10 Us. we VIII ourn your
what We want Can outside parties come in and
decide as whether they can burn our barns ana
poison our wells? / don't think they can We pre-t
FER to protect ourselves from SUCH Things
One who IS thoroughly cOnversant with thas
situation in the coal fields said yesterdays
While the President has power to interfere irss
the strike he reach the operators II Gor1rniS-f
Antitrust law is among the causes which have
led up to the strike
Secretary Gardner of the Board of Trade anfi
Ira nsportatiOn said that il had not yet been dsf
initely settled whether the committee appolntsti
by the board would go Washington in response
10 the invitation of President Roosevelt me
he continued. has full power toi
take such action as it may see Mt While. OF
course we were disappointed at the unfortunatat
discovery that the statute under which We ap-i
pealed to the President had been repealed. tnei
Presidents action in practically carrying out our
suggestion by sending Commissioner wright
pleaSes US.