Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
TO Sc TIL STRIKE, |.
GOVERNOR STONE MAKES AN Eff
FORT, BUT APPARENTLY
FAILS.
CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK.
J. r. Morgan Declines to Take n
Hand in the Matter.
PRESIDENTS WILL NOT BuDGE.
They Insist That Nothing Can End
the Strike But unconditional Sur
render on the Part OF the Striking
Miners-one Of the Presidents Par
ticu1nr1y Contemptuous In His Re-
marks.
J. r. Morgan Declines to Take n
Hand in the Matter.
PRESIDENTS WILL NOT BUDGE.
hey Insist That Nothing Can End

NEW YORK. September i9.-Governor
William A. Stone, of Pennsylvania, "ho
ca me to this city and made an effort 10
dav TO see. what could be done towards
settling the anthracite coal strike, re-
turned to Harrisburg. Pa. tonight with
out apparently having been apie 10 az
comDllsh a settlement.
There were rumors atioat that the Gov
ernor's visit had had results. but George
W. Perkins. of j. 2. Morgan and Com
pany, denied tonight that there was an!
change in the situation. Word 10 the
same effect was received by the long
distance telephone from President lrues-
dale. of the Della ware. Iackawanna d
Western railroad, who is out OF town
Governor Stone was accompanied to the
city by Acknowledgement Flkin, of Penn
svIvania. and Senator Flynn, of Pitts
burg The three held a conference OF sew
cr;ll hours duration with z. a. B. WIDE
ner. Of Philadelphia. in the offices of the
United States Steel Corporation.
After the conference had lasted an hour
Mr. Wi6ener went to see j. T. Morgan.
at the latter's office and asked him to
use his influence to end the strike len
minutes later he returned to his fellow
conferees and told them that Mr.. Morgan
had declined to interfere.
Statement from Stone.
a.
Before leaving the city Governor Stone
gave out the following statement:
.'Attorney-General Elkins. Senator
Flynn and myself have been in con ,ulta-
ton for several hours to-day with Z. a.
B. Widener of Philadelphia, who is a
director of the United States Steel Cor
pora ton, and associated with Mr.. Nor
gan in many business interests. Mr
Widener is very anxious to see the strike
settled, and to-day took the matter up
with Mr.. Morgan. We are doing what
we can
Governor Stone was asked What pro-
gress toward a settlement hsd been made
during the conference. and whether any
direct communication had been had from
Mr.. Morgan To these questions he
answered that he had nothing to say be-
yond what was contained in his state
ment, and that the other parties to the
conference had also been pledged to si-
lcnce.
Statement from Morgan.
George w. Perkins, speaking for ]. P.
Morgan & Co., said tonight:
I'VE have no comment to make on Gov
ernor Stones statement We have re-
ceived no official statement as to what
occurred a. the conference, nor have we
heard from Governor Stone since the
thing to say on the strike situation"
President George T. Baer. of the Phila-
dephia and Reading and Jersey Central
roads; President William II. Truesdale,
of the I.ackawanna road, and President
Thomas P. Fowler, of the New York, On
tario and Western railway, had an ia
formal conference. After it was over
President Fowler said that the situation
had been gone over thoroughly, in an in
formal way. Mr.. Fowler empha tically de-
clared that there was no change in the
attitude of the presidents. and that moth
ing could end the strike but unconditional
surrender Of the striking anthracite min
erS.
One President Contemptuous.
Later in the day, when Governor Stones
statement was submitted to President
Fowler, he sent out word through his
secretary that he had no comment to
make on the statement and did not even
care to learn of its contents