The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-10
MORGAN DECLINES TO ACT
WILL NOT INTERFERE TO SET-
 TILE COAL STRIKE.

His Answer to P. A. B. widener, Who Represented the conFerence Yesterday Afternoon Attended by Governor stone, Attorney General EIkin, SeDa- tor Film and Mr. widener-Coai Operators Declare Nothing Can End the Strike but the Unconditional Sur- render of the Miners.
 New York, Sept. Ex-Governor William A. Stone of Pennsylvania, who came to this city and made an effort during the day to see what could be done towards settling the anthracite coal strike, re- turned to Harrisburg, Pa., tonight without apparently having been able to accomplish a settlement
 There were rumors afloat that the governors visit had results but George W. Perkins, of J. P. Morgan & Co.,, de- nied tonight that there was any change in the situation. Word to the same ef- feet was received by long distance tele- phone from President Truesdale of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, who is out of town.
 Governor Stone was accompanied to the city by Attorney General Elkin of Pennsylvania and Senator Flinn of Pittsburg. The three held a conference of several hours duration with P. A. B. Widener of Philadelphia in the offices of the United States Steel corporation.
 After the conference had lasted an hour MT. Widener went to see J. Pier pont Morgan at the latter's office and asked him to use his influence to end the strike. Ten minutes later he re- turned to his fellow conferees and told them that MT. Morgan had declined to interfere.
 Before leaving the city Governor Stone gave out the following statement:
 Attorney General Elkins, Senator Finn and myself have been in consul tation for several hours to-day with P. A.. B. Widener of Philadelphia, who is a director of the United States Steel corporatio and associated with MT. Morgan in many business interests. MT. Widener is very anxious to see the strike settled and to-day took the mat ter up with MT. Morgan. We are doing what we can"
 Governor Stone was asked what pro- gress toward a settlement had. been made during the conference and wheth- CT any direct communication had been had from MT. Morgan. To those ques- tions he answered that he had nothing to say beyond what was contained in his statement and that the other par ties to the conference had also been pledged to silence. <.
 George w. Perkins, speaking for J. P. Morgan & Co.,, said tonight: ''We have no comment to make on Governor Stones statement. We have received no official statement as to what occur red at the conference, nor have we heard from Governor Stone since the conference closed. Nor have we any thing to say on the strike situation"
 President George F. Baer of the Phil adeIphia and Reading and Jersey Gen. tral; President William H. Truesdale of the Lackawanna and President Thomas P. Fowler of the New York, Ontario and Western railroad held an informal con- ference. After it was over President Fowler said that the situation had been gone over in an informal way. MT. Fow- Ter emphatically declared that there was no change in the attitude of the op- orators and that nothing could end the strike but the unconditional surrender of the striking anthracite miners.
 Later in the day when Governor Stones statement was submitted tc President Fowler he sent out word through his secretary that he had nc comment to make on the statement and did not even care to learn of it's con- tents. President Baer went back tc Philadelphia.