New-York tribune., 1902-08-29
HANNA NAY IA We AC1Ep.
. REPORT THAT G. W. PERKINS Is CON
FERRING WITH HIM AND MlIth-
ELL UNCONFI3MED.

--A ,-ro,,,oarnent that George W. Perkins. j.
P Norgans partner. was in chicago yeS'tiuaS i7u
N a renort in Wall Street that Mr.. Perkins was
.vnscte6 10 confer with Senator Hanna and John
Mitchell about a settlement OF the coai strike. NO
confirmation the report could he obtained dt MI
Morgan's office. and Mr. Morgan would not talN
about il.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle yesterday asserted
that II had received information from an appar-
entity trustworthy that the presidents of the
coal carrying roads were In possession OF d paper
bearing the signatures OF Senator Hanna and MT
Mitchell and containing a proposition OF a sensa-
tioneI character 1t was explained in the article
that demand of the strikers was for an advance
of 10 cents ton for mining coal and that the
operators said such advance would wipe out
their profit. The article continued:
This demonstration seemed to make impossible
the advance demanded and met by a written
proposition that the operators should advance the
to 81 . a ton giving of that advance Is cents to
the miners and taking to oG 10 Gens hsve 9
cured the miners Is cents advance: instead of the
To the operators instead of the II cents they now
insist is their profit, with the final result OF m
creasing the cost of net ton of coal to the con
least by 50 cents in view Of the per-
centages Of profit all along the linz t The n hase Nr
Mitchell but Of Senator Marcus A Hanna in ap.
st his time As basis for settling the strike, the
proposition rejected by the operators
IF the owners of the coal roads do not stop this
strike people will sell their stocks and they will
terday IF the stocks Of the coal roads decline be
low their value ! will buy them. and other capt.
talsts stand ready TO do the same The new own
ers will men who believe in settling the strike
There is too much talk about this strike now
People who trying to settle II ought to MIND
their business.
An official of the LaCkawanna company said thah
as far as he was there no movement on
foot send great quantities Of coal to New-1 ork
for the purpose of bringing down the price, ana
this for the simple reason, II was SAID thaI IHe
operators were not in position 10 send any large
quantities of anthracite to tidewater just now
'.Of course he said. there IS some coal in the
mines and about the washeries. wflicn be
brought TO the surface and loaded oy unShlIlea
men. As soon as we can see our WaE L. Gleaf -; 20
coal can be spared. there would be no opJect LOT
Us TO retain it, provided are enabled 10 snip II
There were rumors yesterday in downtown cir
cies that Democratic politicians were seralllg
money q the anthracite strikers to tide the hard
coal strike until after election. in order to
make the strike . weapon against the Republcan
party These rumors could not be verified 1t was
learned however. on the authority of a prominent
member of Civic Federation. that people not
the strikers had been contributing 10 thelr sup
port Dealers. however. did not believe that any
Of the influences at work would affect the strike
and that by October mining would be begun
An independent operator said that the coal carry
ing companies might possibly have 10000 tons or
anthracite still held UP for their own use
'Clut of this he Continued. they have released
coal from time time emergency orders such
orders from hospitals and other places. when
It was released might last the companies two
months for their use. I believe that they VIII
release 10000 tons as soon as the strike ends
A representative of the miners relief committee
Of the Central Federated Union said that the New
York unions contributions the striking anthra-
cite miners would aggregate $4,000 a week. The
C-bJcago ,niors H. sa{d would aggraea+a = I1tIa
more, and the unions of three of the other large
cities would contribute about 900 week each.