Mower County transcript., 1902-10-08

CONFERENCE OF lNEAs AND
OPERATORS WITH PREsi.
DENT a ZFALuRE.
Strikers Agree TO submit the Matter
4 70 = Board 81 Arbitration Selected
BY the President but Employers Oh.
stlnately Refuse ,to % Likewise
and Demand That Federal Troops
se Sent 10 tho mining Region. S.

Washington, Oct. 4.-The coal con
ference between the president AMI
representatives Of the operators ant
miners came to an end at the tenn
porary White House during the after
noon with failure to reach an agree
ment. Apparently the rock upo1
which the conference split was recog
milton Of the miners' union
T. The president had urged thescon
tending parties to cease strife In thu
interests Of the public welfare. The
miners, through the president Of theil
union. had expressed willingness te
submit differences to arbitration Of Z
tribunal to be named by the prest
dent and enter into an agreement to
abide by terms dxed by the arbitra
tfon for period Of from one to five
years. The employers. through the
presidents OF the railroad and coal
companies and a$leading Independent
mine operator, had squarely refused
arbitration had denounced the min.
ners' labor Organization as q lawless
and anarchistic body with which they
could and would have no dealings;
had demanded federal: troops to en-:
sure complete protection, Ito workers
md their: families in the mining
feEion, and scourt proceedings against
the miners union, and had offered, II
the men returned to work, to sub
NIT grievances at the individual col
Neries to the decision Of the judge, Of
court, Of common pleas for the dis
trict Of Pennsylvania in which the
coNiery was located. :.
II wassa remarkable chapter in the
economic history of the country that
was written during the day. For the
first time 1.-The president Of the re-
public had d4intervened in the dificulty
between the great forces, of capital
and labor in an effort to avert what
he himself regarded as g. :. -
- Great National Calamity. - :
ThATasults was to bring the principals
In The great controVersy*fare to face,
With 1.-The whole country eagerly in
tent ana #atchfuf of their doings.
sthe issues between the
tho .SgIsat: forces stand as they did
before the president summoned the
of the contending
forces to the national capital, and,
his own acute suffering, be-
country wherein they, dwelt, and out
of pity for the countless throng Of
poor. TO adjust their differ,
ences and work together in peace for
the common veal. ., .,,e.r 20. ..-~ ...:'..
TheSViews of the cont ders jim the
gnsat Industrial struggle esMere :sQssex-
tren6 and wide apart that here was
no middle ground possible and:so the
conference came to an end without
any agreement for It's continuation.
The conference had lasted six hours,
including q recess of three hours be-
tween the morning and afternoon ses-
SIGNS; taken to enable the miners and
to prepare written re-
sponses to the presidents appeal.
The immediate parties to the strike
say they will continue as heretofore.
What course the administration will
take next no one is prepared to say.
One of the operators as he left the
White House with closely set jaw
was asked regarding this and replied:
''If any one knows what the president
will do next, that is more than
know" =