The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
GREENE MEETS JAWS
FINANCIAL ENEMIES HAVE '
 TAME. ENCOUNTER.
Speculators Held Conference in Hotel and Friends Declare Me
 Was Satisfactory to All
 tDarties Concerned.

| Boston, Dec. 16.-Colonel W. c. Greene of New York who this week ac. cused Thomas W. Lawson of this city with being responsible for the recent | break in copper shares came to Bos. ton today and was met at the Hotel Touraine by MT. Lawson.
 | The nature of the, statements is- sued by both Colonel Greene and MT Lawson, but particularly by Colonel Greene who considered that Mir. Law son was to blame for the raid unon the stock of ths...... Gresn Consolidated Copper Company. 5gether with the market developments of the past few days. all had combined to suggest .Ae | possibility of a clash between the two operators.
 | So far as became known, however nothing of the kind took place and Colonel Greene returned to New York on the o'clock train this afternoon after having been in conference with MT. Lawson since 9:45 a. m. Added interest was lent to the inci- dent through the presence of police | headquarters inspectors headed by Chief Inspector William Watts and. by the rather unexpected manner in which Colonel Greene and MT Lawson met al the hotel.
 After Colonel Greene left a member of q prominent Boston brokerage firm who attended the conference Issued a statement which he said had been assented to by both Colonel Greene and Mir. Lawson. The substantial part of the statement was that Mir. Lawson had called upon Colonel Greene at the hotel, after learning that Colonel Greene was in Boston; that Co.onel Green had maintained at the confer Greene had maintained at the confer stock market were due to the public utterances of MT. Lawson: that the Colonel felt keenly the decline in stocks in which he was interested and that MT. Lawson had maintained in answer to Colonel Greene that he had done nothing to bring about any fall in the stocks in which Colonel Greene was interested. The statement con. cluded with the words:
 Each gentleman has a perfect un. derstanding of the others posl.Ion There is nothing further to state of public interest"
 Colonel Greene and Mir. Lawson each refused to discuss in any way the con- ference saying that the general state- ment contained all they desired to ex- press.
 Accompanied by Friends.
 The Boston trader had a friend with him when he reached the hotel. When informed that Colonel Greene was in the dining room, MT. Lawson sent in his card. The colonel continued his meal, and sent word to MT. Lawson that he would see him soon as he had fin- ished his meal
 The Boston man waited in the lobby, surrounded by a large number of peo- ple including more than a dozen news paper men.
 Colonel Greene came out of the dim ing room at 9:45 and walked up the corridor with a friend on either side. When the New York man appeared, MT. Lawson advanced down the corri- dor to meet him.
 Pleasant Greeting.
 How do you do, MT. Lawson,' ex- claimed Colonel Greene with a smile as he extended his hand to greet his financial adversary. Mir. Lawson did not smile, but had a serious expression. He had no hesitation. however. in grasping the coloners hand and to the onIookers the meeting appeared like that of friends. Colonel Greene merely asked Mir. Lawson to go up to his room. Mir. Lawson said he would be glad to do so, and the two entered the elevator with the two friends of Colo nel Greene and the men who were with the Boston broker. They went up to the room and shut the door. ex- cIuding the newspaper men.
 The newspaper men shortly after 10 o'clock sent a note addressed to MT. Lawson, to Colonel Greenes room. asking him if 1t could not be arranged to have representatives of the press present at the conference. In five minutes written reply was received from the Boston man. who said he was to he In. the room, but that Colonel Greene would not permit 1t. Inasmuch as he was in Colonel Greene's apartments. MT. Lawson added he would decline to receive any more notes on the subject He requested the newspaper men to comply with the request.
 The crowd which had been in the corridor thinned out while the confer enee was in progress.