Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
conferences 4 Washington.

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all the men to whom invitations were
sent yesterday will be present at the
conference tomorrow. Baer and Mitch
ell have accepted. This was all the
statement that could be obtained at the
white house today regarding the con-
ference to be held tomorrow on the coal
situation. Senator Quay was In con-,
ference with the president for an hour
today and 1t is understood he came here
on request of the president to discuss
the situation. Quay. alter leavilis The
president, would not discuss the situa-
ton During the day Secretaries Root
Shaw and Wilson and Attorney General
Knox were in conference with the pres
ident and 1t is understood tomorrows s
cussiOn.
Washington, Oct. a. ]. Pierpont
Morgan has sent word to President
Roosevelt that he fully approves OF the
effort to settle the strike and hopes 1t
will be successful.
The significance Of this is very great.
1t means that Mr.. Morgan, as the
strongest factor in the anthracite cor
porations, will add the weight of his In
fiuence to that of President Roosevelt
in the effort to bring about settle
ment AS has already been stated, Mr.
Morgan has for several weeks been try
ing to secure an adjus tment OF the trou-
tle, and it is not his fault that he has
been unsuccessful.
There had been fear that because of
Mr. Morgan's dislike of President
Roosevelt's attack on the Northern Sc
curities Company he would not wish to
have the president gam the honor of
settling the strike. But Mr.. Morgan
rose above any such narrow considera-
tions. He stands ready to cooperate
with the president, and has already
thrown his tremendous force upon the
side of peace regardless of who may
win credit therefor.
Acceptance of the presidents invita-
/ ton by the coal railway presidents is
another great step toward peace 1t is
mot conclusive, of course, but 1t looks
we'll. There had never been any doubt
Of President Mitchell's Willingness to
accept. He has at all times been ready
| to do anything that is reasonable, to go
more than half way with the olive
branch in hand. 1t was hardly con-
ceivable that the president of the rail-
ways and mining companies would
\ have the hardihood to refuse to meet
i the president of the United States when
/ publicly invited to do so, but those gen.
4 tlemen had up to this time followed q
course oe suck persistent stubbor...ess
always p-oc..a.......ag that they wou.c
consent to no outside interference, that
/ there would not have been great sur
;,rise had they declined to come to
Il Y lit fn no vito ia in ha
| ference. In fact, when the news of the
i presidents action was first received ir
4 New York before the presidents tele-
4 gram had reached them two or three o.
the coal magnates publicly declared
they would not meet John Mitchell fol
i President Roosevelt or any one else"
4 Happily they thought better of it {
few hours later, and accepted the situa
!. ton.
President Roosevelt's action was no.
a welcome one to a majority of the rail.
!. road presidents. A gentleman who was
in New York, but who came to Wash
!ington late last night, gave a vivid pic.
ture Of the manner in which the corpor.
alton chiefs received the news. They
were thoroughly angry. They de,
nounced the president for interfering
and characterized his act as "a politica
trick" Several of them rushed to Mr.
Morgan's office to talk 1t over, but go
lno consolation there. Mr.. Morgan tolt
them they must accept, and that in ac
cepting they would do well to Try t.
! meet the situation. in a concil'ator,
spirit.
Tho the railway presidents funed ane
fretted they could see no way out o
the dilemma. Provoked as they We're
j, they knew full well they We're forced t.
t how the knee and take part m the con
i ference which the president had called
! lrhev realized that II theylwent befor
the country with q refusal to confer