The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23

 for no end of oongratuation. Each man
 aeowsed it with becoming modesty. MT.
 Morgan probably was as much pleasec as Mr. Mitchell over the ending of th- strike, but there was one thing in con-
 neetion with the matter that puzzled anS
 displeased him. He has about him
 most fatlsful and competent lot of men in his band, but from the way the stock market acted soon after he received tho
 selephonic message from MT. Mitchell ani imparted the information to some of his associates he feared there had been d
 leak He did not like to suspect any one. but if any associate or employe of his had played him false he meant to discover the traitor and punish him. He summoned one of the clever men oS Wall street and told him the facts and instructed him to make a thorough in- vestigation. W
 It was nearly a week later that ths investigator made his report, and this 's
 what he related: "The man who bought so heavily on the day you received the Mitchell message to telephone was -.
 He bought because Mir. Aristides Kwegg
 went to him and said he had been in- formed by you and John Mitchell that you would meet that night In your house to discuss terms for the settlement of | the strike. MT. - knew Mr Kwegg did not enjoy your acquaintance and douDt- 1 ed whether he knew MT. Mitchell, so MT. | Kwegg then explained that he had called
 your office on the phone, and by using I MT Mitchens name got into communi- cation with you.
 | .sKwegg believed if advances were mado | from the miners you would bring pressure | to bear to end the strike, for he figured
 you were heartily tired of the struggle,
 tired of public criticism, out of sympa- | thy with a certain railroad president
 whose attitude had been unbendingly hos l tile to the miners, and that you could
 not be insensibe to the distress of the | families of the miners, many of whom
 were at the point of starvation. Kwegg, saving he was Motchell, told you he was | sure if you and he and his associates could meet in a spirit of fairness and
 amity discuss the points in dispute set l clement could be reached speedily. He asked you to appoint a meeting and you
 invited him and his associates to your house at o'clock that night,
 "Then he rang up the hotel at which | MT Mitchell was staying and managed 10
 get him on the phone. Saving he was J.
 Pierpont Morgan he told Mir. Mitchell he
 was sure if the representatives of min
 CTS would discuss the points in dispute dis passionately and would approach the sub l feet at issue in a spirit of fairness and | unity. a settlement could be reached
 speedily, and when MT Mitchell who was 1 only too anxious for peace, if the proposal came from the other side, assured him | that was the spirit of the miners rep
 resentatives, he invited them to be at your house at D. m. and pledged Mitchell | to keep the pact secret
 "Then MT. Kwegg, feeling settlement
 was certain bought such stock as nc | could carry and next went to and had 1 him buy considerable more for joint ac- | count This was the buying that fore- | stalled you ss-se7 s-. .sN
 "Ah!'' said Mir Morgan. now l under
 stand that remark Mitchell made in my l house that night, but I suppose he never will understand mine. Kwegg? Kwegg? | Yes know him. Clever rascal. isn't heo" l Copyright, 1911, by Richard Spilane.)