New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
WON'T SEE MRS. JONES.
PRESIDENTS REFUSAL.
Il Newspapers Interest in "Armly'
President Camps Out"
-v,reRApH TO TIE TRIBUNE. ]


C.ara-s, viii arrive here in time for luncheon at
e,...u,,-e Hill and according TO present ar
-.s will leave Oyster Bay the same af-
- 4or washington. where Monday he
=, .s,n1e his official duties. AS announced in
-o-dav's Tribune, It is understood that the
-. Of afr Payne's visit is to confer with
- president on department matters generally,
.+ in particular the Postofice fraud investi-
ostions i is understood that since he left
washington Mr.. Payne's health has taken de-
cs5ed change for the better, and that there is no
likelihood in the near future Of his handing in
his resignation as reported.
Mother Jones, accompanied only by two
secretaries and three children of her army Of
textile workers, paid her long expected. oft de-
ferred visit to Oyster Bay this morning. The
visit passed off entirely without friction of
anv kind but without any apparent results.
Mother" Jones did not see the President Her
little party. the Mother" herself dressed quiet
~ in q blue shirtwaist and wearing wide Chi
cazo shoes arrived on the 9:37 o'clock train,
and left town on the next train out the 11:15,
after a call on Acting Secretary Barnes.
TRIED TO EvADE ATTENTION.
Apparently making every effort TO evade pub
lie attention, Mother" Jones and her band
trudged unmolested 10 the executive Offices,
which lie within easy gunshot of the station.
The party was received by the acting secre-
taTy. Mrs. Jones repeated her public state
uleuts concerning her interest in improving the
condition OF the child textile workers. She said
also that she earnestly desired to exhibit the
children with her TO the President. in order that
be might learn at first hand Of the conditions
under which they worked. Mr. Barnes advised
her 70 submit her wishes in writing This she
promised 70 do. At the station before her de-
parture Mrs. Jones said she would not disband
her army" for at least a month.
After the departure Of Mother Jones it be-
came known that word had been received by the
President several days ago from a government
official tending to show that the entire expe-
dition was not 4 pilgrimage undertaken in the
Interests Of humanity but project TO all prac-
tical intents managed by a Philadelphia news
paper 10 restore its credit with certain Pennsyl-
vania textile operatives and others. It is under
stood that this information has been respon-
sibls for the Presidents omission even to answer
Mother" Jones's letter asking for an interview
for herself and her army"
TWO years ago. according TO the Official this
Philadelphia paper cast aspersons on the
character and motives OF certain textile workers
in Kensngton, Penn. correspondent of the
Philadelphia organ, according 10 the Official. has
accompanied the expedition from the time it
left Philadelphia until the present week, becom-
ing one Of Mother Jones's chief advisers on
her march. II was this correspondent, accord
ing 70 the official who dictated Mother Jones's
letter 10 the President, asking him TO receive
herself and her army at Sycamore HILL The
correspondent. according to the official was in
structed by his paper TO obtain an interview
with the President for Mother Jones at any
cost It is now understood that. because of the
Information received from this Official the
President would not and viii not receive Mrs.
Jones and her party.
EX-SENATOR wAsHBURN A GUEST.
This morning the President received a visit
from ex-senator ". D. Washburu Of Minnesota.
He came to discuss with the President the gen.
eral financial situation, The Presidents sug-
Eested measures for financial legislation. look
ing 10 a more elastic currency. measures which
may he taken up al the proposed extra session
q Congress in November. were also. il is
understood. incidental topic Of discussion.
Il Is understood that the ex-senator assured
the President that the present financial furry
IN Wall Street was not so serious as commonly
supposed, and that it would have little effect on
the general prosperity Of the country
President Roosevelt returned this morning
from an al night encampment at Lloyd's Neck
q sandy promontory some ten miles row along
The bay. There, beside q glowing campfire he
spent the night. couched in an army blanket
with for roof the open. -starIit sky. The Presi-
cent was accompanied on his excursion by his
sons Kermit and Archie and his nephews Mich
olas' Oliver and Philip These encampments are
annual affairs with the President.
The President wore white outing shirt and
serviceable gray suit Of Scottish tweed L
was "eh after dusk when the little COMPANY
6Apped out from the house and. carving blan-
Aels containing details Of their simple commits
haTlat- mace their way TO the dock at the foot
e--e 1ll--' "here TWO unpreteutious little row
Doats were already rocking at their painters.
THE PRESIDENT ROWS
Here the party divided. the President stennir,
into one boat with Archie and Nicholas PbiIin
'lFer and Kermit who was the oars,,ar Of bte
boat occupied the second skif Gently ,nIoos-
-.'s 'iIe PAINTERS the two parties pushed off into
me silent starlit bay. Peeling off bie .ao1,e+
the President bent TO his oars and in q -ri,o ~,
boats were skimming out toward IJo,7.s ,.c1,
IIAeTr they arrived without incident soon after
CLOCK nre having been kindlad 4ba
president again renewed his eYnarjeoro my
NpylSlI.aN and rancner. Soon the sa,.o~,. a.,
- of9lllns steak and potatoes cooked bv The
IIeSlaenJs own hands saluted the nostrjle 81
The famished little band. In few r5in7,+as , ~ ~
including the President, were seated aronT5 'I, H.
Their appetites Whetted by the exa-o;so -
SeA 10 with relish, doing ample justice n ~
5are, which, II homely and simple was coo,,nS ia
70 turn. After supper the bows haar5 ~
tFeslcent tel stories Healthily tired with tbair
Surger amply satisfied. il was not long bo,ree
DeIore the party turned IN. ''
Thus, unmatched. unguarded with . Lt,.
5oT MS bedclothes. and beneath the open SKI -
resident passed the night which save for ~
-a4-4ns of a light rain shortly before II n ~
vas devoid Of incident. Before suprisaf - - -,
awakened. and after doing justice TO a braalyt-yt
similar 70 the supper Of the night before -
PRESIDENTIAL crew had TO contend with yr,ors
man capful :of wind the water u-bfot