Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-31
Owners Accepting Invitation to
Attend Meeting of Commission on
Monday Number of Additional
Galleries Start Up.

The following self-explanatory tele-
gram was sent Friday:
Washington. d. c., Oct. "a, 1902.
"Mr. George F. Baer, President Phil
adelphia G. Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany, Philadelphia, Pa:
AS chairman of the anthracite coal
strike commission recently appointed
by the president. am ms tructed to in
quire whether it would be agreeable
that we should request the president
that Mr.. Carroll D. Wright, who was
made recorder of said commission, be
appointed member thereof. like
communication will be addressed to the
representative of the miners. Will you
be good enough to answer as represent.
ing the coal operators parties to the
agreement?
GEORGE GRAY, Chairman"
A telegram identical with this was
sent to Mr.. John Mitchell. president of
the United Mine Workers of America,
at Wilkesbarre.
To these inquiries responses were re-
ceived by telegraph:
philadelphia. Pa, Oct. "a, 1902.
II am authorized to say that Mr..
Wright's addition to the commission
will be entirely agreeable to the gen
tlemen who signed the request.
GEORGE f. BA Err"
"Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct 81. 1902.
Telegram received. Replying there
to will say that it is perfectly agreeable
to me that Mr.. Carroll ID. Wright be
added to the commission.
John MITCHELL, President U. NJ.
W. of A."
The completed correspondence then
was laid before President Roosevelt
with the unanimous request of the COM
mission that Mr.. Wright be added to
the commission as full member.
In accordance with the request the
president Immediately designated Mr..
Wright member of the commission.
coupling his announcement with a
statement that Mr.. Wright would con-
tinue TO perform his duty As recorder
Mr.. Wright called upon the president
Saturday, accompanied by Assistant
Recorder Edward A. Moseley. and for
maliy accepted the appointment.
Will Attend Meeting.
Washington, Oct. 27.-Col. Wright, of
the anthracite coal strike commission,
has received replies from most of the
coal mine owners who are parties to
thecontroversy indicating theiraccept-
ance of the invitation of the commits
sion O attend the conference to be held
on Monday next for the purpose of
to be given by the commits ion. and also
reply from Mr.. Mitchell, saying that
he would be represented at the meet
ing. No notification was sent to any
other representative of the strikers
because of the fact that the miners
convention empowered him to repre-
sent them before the commission. 1t
is not known whether he will be ac-
companied by the district presidents.
but the members of the commission
will not be disappointed or diSpleased
if he should be- Invitations were sent
to all the operators who signed the
proposition for commission to arbi-
trate the differences.
More Galleries Start Up.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 27.-A number
of additional collieries in the anthra-
cite coal region started up Saturday
and those that were put in operation on
Thursday are gradually increasing
their output. The Delaware. Lacka-
wanna & Western company expects to
close the day with $4,000 tons of coal
on the cars. AS fast as the cars are
loaded at the breakers they are made
up into trains and started on their
journey. The officials OF the Lehigh
Valley company report progress, but
their big collieries will not be in opera
ton until Monday The Delaware G.
Hudson company is close second to
the Delaware. Lackawanna & Western
company in production Its collieries
are now nearly all in operation. An in
creased production from the Phi!adel-
phia & Reading mines in operation is
also reported.
At President Mitchell's quarters but
few complaints are made outside of the
Lehigh region where the individual
operators and their old employees have
had trouble ever since the men report
ed for work on Thursday. An early set
Element of the diffic ulties is looked for
Scranton. Pa. Oct. 27.-The Delaware
& Hudson company resumed operation
at four more collieries in the Lacka-
wanna region Saturday They are the
Greenwood No. /, Springbrook, Latin
and Langcliffe.
The Lackawanna company now has
every colliery in operation except one
1t was announced at the offices of the
coal department Saturday that by the
middle of next week the company ex-
pected to be producing as much coal as
it did before the strike.
The other coal companies all report
large additions to their W orking forces.
Philippine Customs Revenue.
Washington, Oct 27.-The bureau OF
insular affairs of the war department
has given out for publication state
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