The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-14

submitted to the president in the nature
Of a recession from the stand taken by
the operators" ?" he was asked.
Il happen TO have drawn the PROPOSE
tion myself" said Mr.. Baer, at least
| had a considerable part in preparing
1t, and 1 may state that it embodies my
opinions and views Further than that
l cannot say anything"
Asked what he thought would be tie
result of the offer made, he replied: Il
am not prophet
Mr.. 8aer was asked whether the prop
ositioa looked to Immediate resumption
on full time.
I do not care to discuss that he
SAID.
President OliDhant of the Delaware
& Hudson was asked if the public would
not look upon The proposition Of the op-
orators as d concession 70 the miners.
1t is not concession to the miners, -
he replied. 1t is a concession to hu-
manity It is a move taken to relieve
the distress prevalent throughout the
country. The need OF coal was a seri-
Gus matter to contemplate. If the sea-
son had been summer instead of winter
such statement might not have been
called 1or."
President Truesdale of the Lackawan-
ma said:
The whole matter rests with the
president. We reserved no right to
question the appointment of any indi-
Vldual on the commission whom the
president may see fit to appoint on the
terms oe our offer. I do not know
whether the president intends to con-
suit Mr.. Mitchell before deciding to
appoint the commission, and / nave no
idea of its possible makeup. If he sees
tit TO appoint an arbitration committee
and take our proposition we will not
question the appointment of any indiv-
uals h may select"
On the subject Of giving the miners
Iul time when the mines were ODen-
ed, president truesdale said he could
not speak EXCEPT for his own road and
company. That. he said for two years
had run full time. except when they
were smut down for repairs or because
OF holidays. He assumed that the old
practice Of the company would be re
sumed.
Mr.. Truesdale was also asked if the
coal roads had sufficient cars to carry
coal He replied that he thought they
mad, but for his own road he could say
so positively These cars, he added, are
available for the immediate movement
OF coal and she believed the same condi-
tlons prevailed with other coal roads.
Some comment has been caused by
the absence of the signature of John
Markle, the Independent operator, from
the petition to President Roosevelt.
HreSlGent Fowler .OI the Ontario &
Western, when asked why Mr. Markle
had not been one of the signers,. replied
that he did not know that Mr. MarkIe
knew anything about the move to OBJ
/ tain peace
Asked if the operators had received
any assurances as to the action of the
president in the matter he replied in the
negative.
On being asked what influences, if any,
induced the operators to submit the diff
ferences with their men to the president,
Mr. Fowler replied.
1T was chiefly due to the pressure of
pubic opinion, or. rather, you might say,
public necessity. We recognized that the
public would suffer from scarcity of coal
| if something was not done soon and We
| concluded that it would be honorable t.
overlook in a measure the rights of the in
terests that we represent in order that q
( way out of a serious predicament might be
found Many of the schools We're getting
ready to shut down and still greater hard
ships might be suffered"
District Presidents Nichols and Fahy
/ arrived here from Boston at 230 o. m.
They had been addressing meetings in
the interests of the miners. Mr. Nichols
had nothing to say, but when Mr. Fahy
was asked what he thought of the new
turn of affairs he said:
The strike cannot be settled without
the consent of the men. We are not
dealing in gold bricks of any kind
DO you mean by that that the opera
tors arbitration plan is not acceDta-
ble?' he was asked.
Make any deduction you want to-
he replied.
MITCHELL CENTER OF INTEREST
Wi1kesbarre. Pa. Oct 14.-Presiden;
Mitchell of the Miners union, refused
point blank to talk for publication al
thls time on the new proposal for arbi-
tration of the strike. laid before Presi-
dent Roosevelt last night, by presidents
OF the coal-carrying railroads. No off
clal informa ton can be had as to his
views and he himself does not know
whether he will make a statement later
IN the day. The news of the new Offer
was Varlously received by the striking
miners of the region. It did not be-
come known until well in the morning
and there We're many different views
taken by the men, There is a large
| number of mine workers who favor Z