The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-25
COAL STRIKE
COMMISSION
Members Meet and Organize For
Their Labors.
JUDGE GRAY WILL PRESIDE
MINE OWNERS AND employees
NOTIFIED TO APPEAR.
JUDGE GRAY WILL PRESIDE

L bSAo VI tiit aNtAkC
commission appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt met at the White House
shortly after 10 o'clock this morning
and went into conference with the
president =. f. Clark, president of
the Order Of Railway Conductors, was
the first member to arrive. He reached
the White House at 10 O'Clock Bishop
Spalding, accompanied by DR.. d. ].
Stafford of this city, was the next to
put in an appearance. General Will
son, who arrived a moment later, was
followed by Thomas Watkins and Col
onel Wright, the recorder OF the COM
! mission. Then came +. w. Parker,
the mining expert. Judge Gray, of
the United States circuit court, was
| the last member to reach the White
House. With his arrival the commits
sion was complete. Several of the
members had never before met. The
| introductiOns were made in Secretary
| Cortelyou's Office and Immediately
/ thereafter the commission ascended the
stairs to the presidents reception
room.
The president greeted the members
| OF the commission cordially. The in
! terview was brief. lasting scarcely
/ twenty minutes. The work to be done
/ by the commission was Informally dis
! cussed. The president impressed upon
/ the commission the Importance of ex-
| pedition and informed them that he
had decided to appoint two assistants
to the recorder to facilitate the work
He then presented to them their in
structions, as follows:
!
Roosevelt's Instructions.
white House. Washington. Oct. %,
l9O2.-To the Anthracite Coal Strike
! Commission-GentIe At the re-
quest both of the operators and of the
miners l have appointed you COM
mission to inquire into, consider and
pass upon the questions in controversy
! in connection with the strike in the
anthracite region and the causes out
| Of which the controversy arose. By
the action you recommend, which the
parties in interest have in advance con-
sented TO abide by. you viii endeavor
! to establish the relations between the
employers and wage workers in the
anthracite fields on just and perma-
nent basis and. as far as possible, TO
do away with any causes for the re-
currence of such difficulties as those
which you have been called upon 10
settle. / submit to you herewith the
published statement of the operators.
following which I named you as the
members of the commission. Mr.,
Wright being named as recorder; also
the letter from Mr.. Mitchell.
Il appoint Mr.. Mosely and Mr.. Neil
as assistants to the recorder.
| (Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
With the instructions were the state
ments of the operators.
Commission Organized.
The members of the commission
withdrew in a body. When they left
the White House they declined to com
ment upon their interview. They went
direct TO the office of Commissioner OF
Labor Wright to organize and prepare
for their work.
The commission went into executive
session at Colonel Wright's Office at Il
o'clock. Judge Gray was chosen chair.
man.
The presiding officer is to be Official
ly called the president of the commits,
sion. The commission then went int
executive session for the purpose o.
considering the minor details which
confront them at the beginning of theil
duties. Among the questions under
; consideration were those pertaining I,
the place of meeting, the order II
; which witnesses shall be called
. whether these sessions shall be open t
the press, whether counsel for the par
ties at interest shall be permitted e
be present, etc. At noon the announce
ment was made that as soon as a con
clusion should be reached the conclu
sion would be given to the public. Mr.
Edward A. Mosely. who becomes an as
sistant to Recorder Wright by direc
ton of the president, is secretary of tn
, interstate commerce commission
Dr. Neil. the other assistant recorder
Is professor Of political economy at tn
Catholic university. located nea
Washington.
The commission was invited 20 luncl
J with the president at 1870.
: Adjourned to Monday
= Ne commission adjourned at 1874
O'Clock TO meet again next Monday at
o'clock. After the adjournment tn
announcement was made that onl,
two conclusions were reached Tn
first of these was to admit the publi
5 10 all formal meetings of the commits
t sion. and the second 10 notify the par
E kas to the controversy TO be presen
0 at the meeting on Monday for the pur
= pose of arranging a time for hear.ni
c which viii be convenient for all con
4 cerned. Notices were accordingly sen
q to the mine operators and to Presiden
T Mitchell OF the United Mine Worker
asking them TO be in attendance Mon
day. 1t was stated that most of tn
time OF todays meeting was taken u
, with a discussion of the question as L
: the time when hearings shall be held
, the result of which was the conclusion
: to call on the people interested befor
. reaching a decision.
q The commission has already adopte
! an official name and has had its print
2 ing prepared. designating il as the An
: thracite Coal Strike Commission.