Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-10-05

ahead. IN The front room on the sec
ond floor they found the president
awaiting Them.
Those present ar this time were
Pre- esllent Roosevelt. Attorney General
Knox Secretary Corieiyou. Carroll ID.
Wright. cCmmi .1uer 0f labor. Presl-
dents Bacr of tine Reading company.
Thomas 0f the Erie. Truesdale Of the
Delaware. Iackawanua and Western.
aud Fowler of the Ontario and West
crn railroads Daniel Wilcox. vice
president 0f the Delaware and Hudson
'allroad. representing President Oily.
5hant John Marble representing trc
Independent coal operators. and Presi-
lent Mitchell Oi the Mine Workers
lnlon. with Thomas Duty r. ID.
Nich0lls and John Fahey. presidents
f dlairlcts numbers seven. one and
line Of the Miners Union. being the
districts where anthracite coal o.
mined. Later Assistant Secretaries
Loeb and Iiarncs. who are stenogra.
lhers came into the conference room.
The president entered at once on the
business Ia hand by reading a state
nent which ho had carefully prepared.
irglng a settlement Of the strike in
ne interests of The public. His man
lor was exceedingly serious AID his
foice showed his deep feeling
His statement was as follows:
Almost imsdintely after the preal
dent had closed. Mr Mitchell arose.
and on behalf of the miners offered 10
submit the differences 10 arbitration,
saying
Mr. President I am much I'm
pressed with what you say ] am
uuch Impressed with the gravity of
.he situation We feel that We are
uof responsible for this terrible state
o. affairs We are willing 20 meet
le gentlemen repre1ent.ng the coal
operators to try t1 adjust our differ
.uces among ourselves. II we cannot
adjust them than way. Mr. President
We are wilI.u. that you shall name a
tribunal who staI. determine the is-
sues that have resulted in the strike.
and f the gentlemen rCpreseutirg
lle operators U.I accept Tue award
Hr decision 1i srch O tribunal the
.f .f Is against .l..r claims
The operator looked surprised but
ha.ar. ans reply could be made Psesl-
don't Roosevelt said be- desired that
both parties take the matter under
consideration and meet him again az
3 o'clock
The frst session OF the Conference
bad .asIaI iess than fifteen minutes.
The operators we're driven 90 their
private cars ln tle railroad yards and
Mr Mitchell and Lis party returned
to their hotel. Both parties immedl-
ately set to worA t0 prepare state
meuts boz reply t1 the presidents sug.
gest.aHs
The operators decided t0 make sep
arafe rDFUoua0s ult before doing 500
had n discussion of the general tenor
of the statements they would make
President Hlsr said the opeutou
absolutely refused tI accept any
proposition coming from tha miners
organ cation Ur Its representatives.
but would bT willing t0 submit an d.f
ferenCes to the Pennsylvania court %
common pleas and arbifute with the
miners as individuals Mr Bacr
called fha miners 70 set of Iawlgss an
archists. and said twenty murders
had been committed by them
40 1.1- thH afternoon pros. dln-s
began. President Haer Uf tlc Reading
opening them with a statement set
ting forth fHa views of those be- rep
resented 90. was followed by Prosi-
~.
Then Mr Thomas of tho Erie fol
lowed and WaH succeeded Boy Mr
Maghe an Independent operator. and
Messra TuesInIr. Wilcox and Pow
Tor Ut tae Lachawauua. Delaware and
Hudson and Ontario and Western rail
roads pcguf,Iy.
At the C1ucius0u NJ the statement
there was considerable general, and
what night perhaps DE regarded as in
formal conversation. The president
called attention 90 a part of the state.
ment made by Mr Baer Ia which the
latter said the operators were willing
20 submit grioyiences 10 the courts OF
common pleas IN Pennsylvania. The
president asked Mr.. Mitchell u he. not
a. president Of the union. bn. az an In
diyidual. would agree 10 that Mr..
Mitchell promptly replied that he
would not. and said:
"The charge made by the gentle
man that .wenty murders have been
committed In the anthrioite coal re.
gion during the present strike is un.
true. n they will name the men and
show that they have committed the
murders will resign my position.
That IL a fair proposition. Mr.. presi-
dent that IL a fair example OF how our
organization and how our people are
malignod. The truth Of the matter
ls. as far aa ! know. there have been
seven deaths unfortunately No one
regrets them more than ! do. Three
of them were committed by the coal
and iron police and no one else has
been charged with them. God knows
the minors don't escape being charged
with everything done there. They
speak about burnings. There was a
reward offered for burnings | can
bring anIdayits OF a hundred people
II necessary that the lightning caused
one burning that they charged 20 the
United Mine workers Mr.. president
I have admitted on more than one oc.
casion that there has been some law.
lessness. but ] will say that a large
portion Of such lawlesancss has been
provoked by criminals who have been
brought into the anthracite regions 90