Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
NOT YET CONSUMMATED.
BUT NEGOTIATIONS FAg0RABLY UNDER
WAY TO END COAL STRIKE.

WAY 10 END COAL STRIKE.
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Plan Said to Be ]. Pierpont Morgan's Submit
Tod N pres;den+ Roosevelt bv Mine f,nera
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Five IN speclhed Lines OF Lie 10 Decide Is
sues The Miners Considering the PROPOSE.
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little ray OF nope was gwen the
country Tuesday when the announce
ment was made that the coal operators
had agreed to the appointment of a
commission of five persons by the pres
ident of the United States, to adjust
the differences and settle the coal strike
in the anthracite coal fields of Penn
sylvania. the decision of the commits
sion to be accepted by them This
commission, they stipulated. was to
consist of an army or navy engineer, an
expert mining engineer not connected
with the coal mining properties. one
of the judges of the United States
court of the eastern district of Penn
4 sylvana. a man prominent As a sociol-
ogist and man who by active partic-
ipation in mining and in selling coal
is familiar with the scale and CONNER
cial features.
The operators made it a part of their
! proposition that the miners should re-
turn 10 work as soon as the commission
was constituted and cease all interior
ence with non union men, the commits
sion to name a date when its findings
shall be effective and to govern condi-
I tions of employment between the com
panies and their employees for at least
three years.
Wednesdays reports from the mining
regions and from President Mitchell of
the Union gave little encouragement
that this proposition will be accepted
by the miners in its present form.
President Mitchell said TO the press in
regard to it Tuesday night: | fully
appreciate with whatanXiety the people
of our country are awaiting the end
of the coal strike. The coal operators
have rot addressed the miners union,
or its officers, in making their public
statement. 1t is. therefore, impossible
for me to state the attitude of the
miners at this time ! am now as
have always been, deeply solicitous of
the interests of the public and the vel
fare of the mine workers who have been
on strike for the past five months. A
formal statement defining our position
and intentions will be issued just as
soon as we are in possession of the full
meaning of the proposition of the oper-
ators. -
The opinion among a majority of the
strikers Sc ems to be that the offer to have
the president of the United States select
an arbitration commission along the
lines suggested by the operators is not
fair, and that it unduly limits the
president in making up the board
The story of the various efforts made
during the past week 10 terminate the
strike is as follows: The Detroit CON
ference, comp ised of lSG delegates,
representing i states. adopted reSolu-
tions urging the president to institute
civil proceedings looking to the en-
forcement of the interstate commerce
act against the coal companies, and
criminal proceedings against their of
ficers: petitioning the governor of
PENNSYLVANIA to call special session
of the legislature of that state to CON
denim all the collaborating roads and
sufficient of the mines to supply the de
mands of the people. Further. the res
olutions petition the president 10 call
a special session of the House of Rep
resentatives and to recommend to them
the appointment of committee with
full power to investigate the cause of
the strike and to place the blame there
for. A supplemental resolution urges
the president at once to institute pro
ceeeings to dissolve 1.-The present com
bination of the coal operators, " and to
have receiver appointed to operate
the mines.
In reply to the presidents appeal
to call the strike off. reported last
week. President Mitchell of the miners
union said that on account of past ex-
periences with the coal operators. the
miners had no confidence in their will
ingness to do future justice and "inas-