New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-16
HOPE OF COAL PEACE.
B6RNONY At MEETING.
Operators Impressed by MitcheVs
Statement, Says Truesdale.

-. conference between President Mitchell
the anthracite scale committee with the
-u,b-scite operators took place yesterday in
-, rams Of the Trunk Line Association in'the
r.ss, central Building. at 100 p. m. and
,.s,ed until about p m. The session was
.a~n,onious aud President Truesdale at the
aoss said the operators were impressed with
a. .utcheYrs statement Of the miners griev-
..s A peaceful settlement is now hoped for
,Utchell contrary to expectations. had no
-s,,en schedule OF demands. though the scale
,r,i,tee had been at work on them for a
~, time in Wilkes Barre and it had been said
-.rsously by Mitchell that the committee had
compeIsd its work
rssfore the conference began there was an
.-f,rual talk among some of the presidents
. ,be companies on the seventh floor OF the
t,,usng At the conference with the miners
=. soioWing represented the companies;
,-aorre F. Baer president OF the Jersey Cen
,-sl cor7psuy. who also represented the Phil
oas,,bia ard Reading Company; W. e. Trues-
saIa r-esideut Of the Delaware. Lackawanna
80 Western Railroad: David Wilcox. pres
ts.r, If the Delaware and Hudson Company;
= p Thomas. president Of the Lehtgh Valley
Railroad: Thomas P. Fowler. president OF the
,,eF-York. Ontario and Western Railroad. rep
resentatiyes OF the Pennsylvania and Erie
Railroads and other minor representatives OF
he corrpanles. The representatives OF the in
sepen6ent operators were W. L Connel, Frank
Par6es. J l. Cake. E B. Jermyn and ]. Shep-
ard M Jermyn is a proprietor OF the Ola
Four Mines. Of Scranton. where 1900 miners
are on strike.
After the conference the following joint
statement was given out
There was a full representation Of mine op-
Grating companies and miners. The meeting was
called to order with Mr.. COnnell IL the chalr-
NJ Mitchell addressed the meeting, giving IN
general terms the propositions desired py tAe
miners stating that the same had not been en-
rirelv formulated IN detail. After brief discuss
sion II was concluded that the miners ana mine
operators should each appoint a committee 10
represent them in the future In reference 10 the
matter. the committee 70 consist OF seven iheIH-
bers each.
The committees Of seven are as follows: For
the operators George F. Baer president Of the
Jersey Central Railroad; W. H. Truesdale. pres
ident Of the Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad; John B. Kerr. attorney for the
Nev-Tork Ontario and Western Railroad: Da-
1id Wilcox. president OF uha Delaware and Hud-
son Company; Manager Williams Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad; Z R. Thomas. president Of
The Lehigh Valley Railroad. and J. L. Cake. one
Of the independent operators. For the mine
WORKERS John Mitchell, president: John Fahy
and George HARLEM. president and secretary Of
District No Q; " II Dettrv and John F. Gal
lagher. president and secretary OF District No.
T. and T D. Nichols and J. T. Dempsey. presi-
dent and secretary OF District No. l.
Most II the members Of the scale committee
were on hand in the corridors OF the building
some time before Mitchell came down. Mitchell
left the Ashland House about 1870 D. m. ae-
companed by District President Nichols Be
yond the joint statement issued Mitchell had
nothing 10 say. It was generally believed that
the represeutatives Of the mine workers wanted
70 exercise a little caution before they presented
The schedules Of demands, in order to find out
the temper Of the operators and the speech Of
Mitchell. it was said. was conciiatory. The OPP
orators were not willing 10 discuss what they
thought Of the demands
President Truesdale OF the Delaware Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad said:
Until We have formulated lists of the demands
can say nothing. Il may be a week or ten
5avs F=fo~e We hear from, the miners, and
We expect communication from them when they
formulate their demands. The conference was
harmonious and the meeting was impressed by
the statements OF MI Mitchell as 70 tie grleV-
6uces
when have anything 10 give out said
President Wilcox Of the Delaware and Hudson
Company we VIII not hesitate 10 talk, but
until We know the demands OF the miners We
cannot say what stand we viii take
He was asked II his letter to Mitchell. which
aftervard was indorsed by the other presidents
Of coal carrying companies. did not indicate the
stand 10 he taken.
! do not want that letter to be misunder-
stood" he said. 1t was my opinion as an in
oyidual. and was not ultinatuu,. We have
not said OUT last word and there may be several
conferences before We say it
Mitchell LEFT the meeting room first accom-
panied by several district presidents. and the
lest of them followed him to the Ashland House.
ia reference 70 the Ryan resolution. passed AT
me national convention. by which. if the SOFT
coal miners went on strike. the anthracite min
ers would also strike, Mitchell had nothing to
ssy II Was given 10 be understood. however.
lte' lousy that this resolution was not intended
- 4i ironclad one and could be rescinded If the
terms
Ne-- QellIed runlor that ne had called
rF'lg of the national executive committee TO
P14laie this resolution. He said that the
-'l.-fS committee Of seven viii begin al a. m.
'-Iel 10 formulate the demands.