The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-22
COMMISSION MEETS FRIDAY.
how Long it Will Remain in Session
Cannot Be Foretold.

How Long il Will Remain in Session
Cannot Be Foretold
Washington. Oct. 2.-Shortly before
J o'clock this afternoon President
Roosevelt received a telegram from
Wilkcsbarre informing him that the
convention of miners had declared off
the anthracite coal strike. The tele-
gram was signed by John Mitchell,
chairman. and w. b. Wilson, secre-
tary Of the convention, and was idenu-
cal with that made public at Wilkes
barre before noon today.
Immediately upon receipt of the in
formation, the following telegram was
sent 10 Mr.. Mitchell:
Upon receipt of your telegram of
this date. the president summoned the
commission 10 meet here on Friday
next, the gath instant, at 10 a. m.
(Signed) GEORGE b. CoRTELYoU,
Secretary"
News Of the termination Of the strike
was received by the president with
great satisfaction. Before the formal
telegram from Mr.. Mitchell had
reached him, he had been informed
through the Associated Press of the
conventions favorable action. Soon
afterward Col. Carroll ID. Wright, COM
missioner of labor the recorder OF the
arbitration commission. gave 20 the
president the information contained in
telegram which he had received
from Wilkesbarre.
Already kilograms have been sent 10
members of the commission notifying
them OF the first meeting to be held
in this city on Friday morning, and
summoning them 10 be present. The
meeting probably Will be held in the
office OF Commissioner Wright, in the
department Of labor. After the COM
mission has effected its organization
the members viii call in body on the
| president TO pay their respects. At
| that time il is expected that he Will
/ embrace the opportunity to give the
/ commission such verbal instructions as
] he may care 10 present TO IL. Besides
/ he may prepare a formal letter of in
! strrctions. That is the method pursued
| at the appointment of the Pullman
Z strike commission. of which Col
4 Wright was president.
| IL is understood that few meetings
/ OF the commission Will be held N
( Washington. After the work of the
! commission has been mapped out the
| first step will be TO take the testi-
mony of the miners, who may be re-
/ garded as the plaintiffs in the case
/ Notification win be sent 20 all inter
| ested parties that at certain specified
/ times the commission viii hear evil
dence 10 be presented. The parties tc
\ the inquiry win be permitted TO be
! present at the hearings, either person
, ally or b. council.
IL is probable that the first sessions
of the commission. at which testimony
vii be taken, will be held in Wilkes
barre as that city viii be the mosi
convenient for the miners representa-
tives. Other meetings will be held II
Philadelphia or New York, or In botf
cities.
Whether the sessions Of the commits
| sion will be open 10 the public is z
| question the commission itself vii
have 10 determine, but IL is regarded
as quite likely that at all sessions
! when testimony is taken, representa-
tives of the press will be admitted.
I How long the hearings will continue
/ nobody can foretell. Al their conclu
sion each member OF the commission
will be supplied with a copy Of tn
testimony, and will consider IT at hi
leisure. subsequently the commission
viii reconvene, perhaps in this city. e
formulate its report for presentation q
the president.