Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-17

Of the coal situation today, beyond ex-
pressing their belief that the commission
named last night has a tremendous task
before e. 1T has a serious problem to
solve said President ELEPHANT Of the
Delaware g. Hudson road. THE question
OF wages the men are 10 receive: how the
men are to he paid In different mines and
in different veins in the same mines are
some Of the questions. These are the prob
lens that men have grown gray-headed
trying to solve."a
K. B. Thomas, chairman of the executive
board Of the Erie, said:
81 consider that the adjustment Of Diff
ferences will be a long drawn out and
dificult undertaking"
Discussing the possibility OF getting coal
into the market promptly after the mines
resume, MIR. Olyphant said III the minere
go to work at once we will be able to get
coal here right away. / do not know any.
thing about their going to work, but when
they do go, everything that can carry coal
will be pressed into service"
President Underwood, Of the Erie rail-
road. was asked his opinion OF the com
mission appointed by the president. lie
said nobody could have appointed a better
one. Asked IL that was the general opinion
Of the presidents, he said he did not know.
Robert C. Grier, secretary of the Peoria,
ILL.,, board Of trade. who is in The city.
said the appointment OF Bishop Spaldlns
would commend iself to everybody, Catho-
lies and Protestants alike 81 Saw Bishop
spalding less than a week ago" said Mr..
Grier, land he expressed at that time great
sympathy with the coal miners.
Men Anxious to work.
READING, Pa, Oct. 16.-Since Monday
night the Reading Railroad company has
brought down from the Schuylkill region
559 cars OF coal, equal TO $40 tons, the
largest quantity shipped In any seventy
two hours since the strike. 1t is evident
that there is already an easier tone in the
coal market, judging by the shipments. 1t
is believed here that some OF the coal
shipped last night was released from stor-
age. -
HARRISBURG. Pa, Oct. 16,-Gove. nor
Stone will probably withdraw the troops
in the mining regions as soon as the strike
is officially declared off by President
Mitchell and the miners indicate their
willingness to go TO work.
The cost to the state Of keeping entire
militia force on duty in the mining regions
is enormous and the governor is very anx-
ious for a speedy settlement of the strike.
Ondon Papers Satisfied.
LONDON, Oct. l6.-The afternoon news
papers here express great satisfaction at
the apparent favorable outcome Of the coal
strike in the United States for the sake Of
Great Britain as well as the United States.
at is a notable personal triumph for the
president in getting the masters to arbi-
~trate,' said the Westminster Gazette, which
adds that the announcement of the compro-
mise arrived at materially strengthened the
prices OF American securities at the opening
Of the Stock exchange. -s- .. -, o
THE Presidents Triumph" is the sub
iect of long dispatches and editorial arti-
Giles in all the morning newspapers, and in
some cases congratulations are also eX-
tended to ]. Pierpont Morgan.
The Standard says: British consumers
have more than an altruistic interest in
the settlement of the strike, for had it
lasted another month the cost of coal
might have risen here to ar unwelcome
figure" .u.s. .- .. .
The Daily News and the Daily Chronicle
contend that President Roosevelt,s action
is a great-lesson for British statesmen.
The Daily Telegraph says: American
trades unionism, by securing n reference
to arbitration, has achieved a precedent
which may be far-reaching, for 1t sug-
eCblS uuhuisbdhdDly LudI AuS bpi VI a
Dor organization across the Atlantic may
prove to be a more. rapid and powerful
check upon the trusts than either tarirf re-
form or federal amendment"
Takes e Peculiar View.
The Times says: ut would be inter-
esting to know what considerations Presi-
dent Roosevelt pressed upon Mr.. Mitchell
in the final interview. They must have been
aErk a&z1 - ,... 81 49, L. -..lF. =.
unconditional surrender and to convince
Mr.. Mitchell that his game was hopeless.
'In a most quiet and unobtruslve man
ner the president has done a very big and
entirely new thing. We are witnessing
not merely the ending of the coal strike.
but the definite entry Of a powerful gov
eminent upon a novel sphere Of operation.
President Roosevelt's personal prestige is
enormously enhanced by the immediate
public service he has rendered"
Then, referring to the dangers Of trusts.
the article concludes:
Let the Americans stick to their presi-
dent and strengthen his hands. II there
is any living man who can show them the
way cut nj dangers threatening them, that
man Is Mr.. Roosevelt 81
VIENNA, Oct. 16.-Discussing the coal
stike In the United States, the zeit today
makes a highly eulogistic comment on
President Roosevelt's action. 1t says:
The president filled the role in the worlds
theater of special pleader in behalf of the
oppressed, vacant since the death of Mr..
Gladstone.
Praising Mr.. Roosevelt's action in the coal
strike, the zeit says 1t thinks the consid-
GRAFTON of the question, whether these, labor
wars should be permitted to extend to neu-
trail territory. endangering the welfare Of
its people, not directly concerned, will
oblige the states to intervene in these econ
omic struggles"
H0AI MINES nCE MONEY