Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-11
INVESTIGATION
COMPLETED
Wright's Facts Secured for
President Roosevelt.
President Mitchell and the
Presidents of the Coal
Companies Have Given
Their Sides of Conditions.

The railroad presidents read in the
newspapers of the visit Of John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers,
to New York, where he had confer
ence with Carroll d. Wright, Labor
Com missioner, who was delegated by
President Roosevelt to investigate the
strike. When 1t was learned that Mr..
Mitchell had made such an impression
on Mr.. Wright that the latter had given
out the statement that the leader OF the
strikers had told a straig ghtforward story
which had impressed him favorably the
presidents of the coal carrying companies
decided to issue the long gpro missed state
ment in order TO counteract any impress
sion which they thought might influence
President Roosevelt.
MIR. Wright met the railroad presi-
dents last evening in the Office OF the
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
The meeting was held by appointment
Among those present were w. e. Trues-
dale, president of the Delaware and
Lackawanna; &. f. Baer, president Of
the Philadelphia and Reading, and Rob-
ert M. Oliphant, president of the Della
ware and Hudson Canal Company.
After the conference, which lasted
an hour, Mr.. Wright said that 1t would
not be necessary for him to go to the
mining districts, as the operators had
given him all the facts and figures that
he needed. II have now heard both
Sides" he said, land will have nothing
more to do but to submit my report to
President Roosevelt. My investigation
is completed"
The presidents of the coal roads i'm
mediately affected by the strike of the
anthracite coal miners made public to-
day letters and kilograms which have
passed between the operators and Presi
dent Mitchell and other representatives
of the United Mine Workers. The
operators say they haye heretofore hesi-
tated about making public this cores
pondence. The president of the
United States" they add, "having re-
quested Mr. Wright, the commissioner
of labor, to investigate the strike, the
presidents of the coal companies have
given him such facts as he desired, in
cluding this correspondence, and it is
now given to the public"
The operators preface the correspond
ence with brief history of the union
establishment of the United Mine
Workers, originally an organization of
bituminous coal miners, and recte the
agreement to an advance Of ten per
cent 10 wages in 1901, following the
strike of 1900; the adjustment of the
sliding scale and finally the invitation
of February ID, 1902, to the operators to
d joint conference to form wage scale
for the ensuing year Then the text of
the letters and kilograms are introduced.
John Mitchell remained in New York
all day and left ON the evening train
for Wilkesbarre. He held another con-
ference with Mr.. Wright during the
day, and also conferred with the mem
bers of the Civic Federation. "There
is still no settlement" said Mr. Mitchell.
~ wish | could say otherwise"
Ralph Easley, secretary OF the Ma
tional Civic Federation, on being asked
as to the progress Of the anthracite coal
strike, replied: "We have nothing fur
ther to do with the matter, although we