Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-27
MINERS ARE DISAPPOINTED.
At Breaking Off Of the Negotiations
for Settlement.

A dispatch from Scranton, Pa, last night
says: Quite contrast to the happy faces
OF the Independent operators committee
when they returned from New York last
night were the countenances of the miners
representatives when they returned today
from their disappointing trip to Washing
ton
How the latter view the sudden and sur
prising turn of affairs is well set forth in
statement issued this afternoon by Messrs.
barrow and Lloyd, the miners attorneys
who accompanied Mr.. Mitchell to Washing
ton. They clearly indicate that they think the
Goa coal road presidents acquesced in Mr.. Mac
peagh'S plan of settlement out of court and
then repudiated him. The allegation that
George F. Baer signed the telegram to
Chairman Gray Of the commission, declar-
ing that the big companies were agreeable
to the MacVeagh idea of amicable adjust
ment and that the same man signed the
telegram to Mr.. MacVeagh in Washington
calling of the negotiations, Is made in the
statement. The statement is as follows:
Inc commission adjourned for ten days In
pursuance of an arrangement between the
parties to give opportunity for Cancellation
on account Of telegram which. we under
stand. was written by George F. Baer in
the presence Of and with the consent of
every railroad concerned, and was signed
by Wayne MacVeagh. This telegram was
written after a careful reading of the ten
tative agreement which had been prepared
and written by counsel of both parties and
which had been submitted to the commits
sion. AT the request of Mr. MacVeagh, Mr..
Mitchell, Mr.. barrow and Mr.. Lloyd went
to Washington to consult upon some minor
details of the agreement. There was no
friction or important disagreement between
the parties at the meeting in Washington.
Later in the day and after the conference
in New York with the Independent opera
tors, Mr.. MacVeagh received a telegram
calling off all negotiations and advising
that the matter be settled by the commits
sion in a regular hearing.
The man who wrote the telegram to Judge
Gray stating that the main features of the
contract were acceptable was the same
man who signed the telegram to WAYNE
MacVeagh three or four days later stating
that negotiations must end.
"A copy of the tentative agreement is in
the hands Of Wayne MacVeagh. Mr.. VIII
cox of the Delaware and Hudson Company,
Carroll D. Wright, and probably Mr. Baer
I'VE can see no reasons for the expression
of any opinion; the facts speaks for them
selves We have been ready at all times
to consult with any one in interest and
make any reasonable adjustment, but we
have no anxiety whatever over the case or
Its results and shall be ready for business
when the commission meets.
CLARENCE S. BARROW.
HENRY D. LLOYD"
While admitting that they did much to-
ward breaking off the negotiations for
settlement out of court the Independent
operators do not hesitate to say that they
were not required to advance much argu-
Ileflt 10 DTInS the coal ROADS presidents to
their way of thinking.
One Of the Independent operators COM
mittee which went to New York, said to-
day:
THE situation was like that In the story
of the man who said, L would not drink un-
less you force me, but 1 suppose you are
able to force me- The big companies had
come to our way Of thinking before we met
them"
President Mitchell. District Presidents
Nichols, Duffy and Fahy and several of the
other union officers who are here to attend
the commission hearings, spent the after
noon In conference to the details of the
evidence to be presented when the commits
sion reassembles. President Mitchell denied
the report that the miners executive COM
mttee board has been summoned for a con-
ference
A dispatch from Shamokin Pa yesterday
says: At the ninth district United Mine
Workers Headquarters today it was stated
that 1900 men and boys out of 81 900
former mine employees are still idle No
money has been received for relief purposes
since November 3. The miners stores have
small amount of provisions in stock A
plan is being formulated whereby miners at
work in this region shall contribute to the
relief fund.