The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-11-01
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/ AsBcnDAes oho - Given lnstructiOun
By President RooseveIt Judge
Gray Elected Chaarnan.
Washington, Oct. 25.-The members
of the strike arbitration commission,
appointed by President Roosevelt,
met at the white house shortly after
ten o'clock Friday morning and went
into conference with the president.
Z. e. Clark, president Of the Order
OF Railway Conductors, was the first
member Of the commission to arrive.
He reached the white house exactly
at ten o'clock. Bishop Spalding, ac-
companied by DR.. D. j. Stafford, Of
this city, was the next to put in an
appearance. Gen. Wilson, who ar
rived . moment later, was followed
by Thomas H. Watkins and Col.
Wright, the recorder of the commits
sion. Then came E. w. Parker, the
mining expert. Judge Gray, of the
United States circuit court, was the
last member to reach the white
house. With his arrival the commits
sion was complete. Several of the
members had never before met. The
introductions were made in Secretary
Cortelyou's Office, and Immediately
thereafter the commission assembled
the stairs to the presidents reception
room.
The president greeted the members
of the commission cordially. The in
terview was brief. lasting scarcely
20 minutes. The work to be done by
the commission was informally dis
cussed. The president impressed
upon the commission the Importance
of expedition and informed them that
he had decided to appoint two as
sistants to the recorder to facilitate
the work. He then presented to them
their instructions. as follows:
white House, Washington, Oct. %,
1902.-To the Anthracite Coal Strike
Commission.-Gent At the re-
quest both Of the operators and of
the miners 1 have appointed you a
commission to inquire into, consider
and pass upon the questions in con-
troversy in connection with the
strike in the anthracite region and
the causes out of which the contro-
versy arose. BY the action you rec
ommend. which the parties in inter-
est have in advance consented to
abide by, you will endeavor to estab-
lish the relations between the en-
ployers and the wage workers in
the anthracite fields on just and
permanent basis, and, as far as pos
sible, to do away with any causes for
the recurrence of such difficulties as
those which you have been called in
to settle. / submit to you herewith
the published statement of the oper-
ators, following which I named you
as the members of the commission,
Mr.. Wright being named as recorder;
also the letter from Mr.. Mitchell.
II appoint Mr.. Moseley and Mr.. Neil
as assistants to the recorder.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
With the instructions were the
statements of the operators. The
in body. When they left the white
house they declined to comment upon
their interview. They went direct to
the Office of Commissioner of Labor
Wright to organize and prepare for
their work. The commission went
into executive session at IL o'clock.
Judge Gray was chosen chairman.
The commission adjourned at 12:45
o'clock to meet again next Monday at
two o'clock. After the adjournment
the announcement was made that only
two conclusions had been reached.
The first of these was to admit the
public at all formal meetings of the
commission and the second to notify
the parties to the controversy to be
present at the meeting on Monday for
the purpose of arranging time for
hearings which will be convenient for
all concerned.
mine operators and to Mr.. Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Work.
ers, asking them to be in attendance
Monday. 1t was stated that most of
the time of Fridays meeting was TAX
en- up with discussion of the question
a to the time when hearings should be
held, the result of which was the con-
clusion to call in the people interested
before reaching a decision.
The commission has already
adopted an official name and has had
its printing prepared, designating it as
the anthracite coal strike commission.
The presiding officer is to be officially
called the president of the commits
sion.
Mr.. Edward A. Mosely, who becomes
an assistant to Recorder Wright by di-
rection of the president, is secretary
of the interstate commerce commits
sion. DR.. Neill, the other assistant re-
corder, is profession of political econ
omy at the Catholic university located