Dewoceali Wada. Bellefonte, Pa., October 10, 1902 Falled to End Strike. Coal Conference With President Unsuccessful. Struggle Will Continue, Recognition of Union Proved The Stumbling Block. Federal Troops De- manded. . WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—The great coal eonference between the president and rep- resentatives of the operators and the min- ers came to an end at the temporary White House, facing Lafayette Square. at 4.55 e’clock Saturday afternoon, with a failare to reach an agreement. Apparently the rock upon which the conference split was recognition of the Miner's Union. The president had urged the contending party to end the strike in the interests of the pub- Yie welfare; the miners through the presi- dent of their union had expressed a will- ingness to submit differences to arbitration for a period of from oue to five years, and the employers through the presidents of the railway and coal companies and a leading independant mine operator had squarely refused arbitration, had denounced the miners’ labor organization as a lawless and avarchistic body with which they could and would have no dealings, had deuiand- ed federal troops to ensure complete pro- tection to workers and their families in the mining region and court proceedings against the miners’ union, and had offered if the men returned to work to submit grievances at individual collieries to the decision of the judges of the court of common pleas for the district of Penusylvania in which the colliery was located. There the mat- ter closed. Sunday night both the miners and the oper- ators were still in the city,but Monday they return to their several localities, each say- ing at a late hour that the struggle will eontinue. THE PRESIDENT'S APPEAL. At the morning session President Roose- velt addressing the conference said: ‘I wish to call your attention to the fact that there are three parties affected by the gituation in the anthracite trade. The oper- ators, the miners, and the general public. I speak for neither the operators nor the miners, but for the general public. The question at issue which led to the situation affect immediately the parties concerned— the operators and the miners; but the situ- ation itself vitally affects the public. I disclaim any right or duty to interfere in this way upon legal ground or upon any official relation that I bear to thesituation; but the urgency and the terrible nature of the catastrophe impending over a large portion of our people in the shape of a win- ter fuel famine impel me, after much anx- ious thought, to believe that my duty r1e- quires me to use whatever influence I per- sonally can to bring to an end a situation which has become literally intolerable, “We are upon the threshold of winter with an already existing coal famine, the future terrors of which we can hardly yet appreciate. The evil possibilities are so far-reaching, so appalling, that it seems to me that you are not only justified in sink- ing, but required to sink, for the time be- ing, any tenacity as to your respective claims in the matter at issue between you. “In my judgment the situation impera- tively requires that you meet upon the common plane of the necessities of the pub- lic. With ali the earnestness there is in me, I ask that there he an immediate re- sumption of operations in the coal mines in some such way as will without a day’s un- neccessary delay meet the crying needs of the people. ; “I do not invite a discussion of your re- spective claims and positions. I appeal to your patriotism, to the spirit that sinks personal consideration and makes individ- ual sacrifices for the general good.”’ MITCHELL SUGGESTS ARBITRATION. Upon the completion of the president’s remarks Mr. Mitchell made a statement, as follows: “Mr President, I am much impressed with what you say. I am much impressed with the gravity of the situation. We feel that We are not responsible for this tetrible state of affairs. Weare willing to meet the gentlemen representing the coal operators to try to adjust our differences among our- selves. If we can not adjust them that way, Mr. President, we are willing that you shall name a tribunal who shall deter- mine the issues that have resulted in the strike, and if the gentlemen representing the operators will accept the award or de- cision of such a tribunal the miners will willingly accept it even if it if against their claims.” President Roosevelt then asked the op- erators to consider the proposition and meet again’'at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Upon reassembling, Mr. Baer spoke as follows : “Mr. President, do we understand you correctly that we will be expected to an- swer the proposition submitted hy Mr. Mitchell 2’ The President : ‘It will he a pleasure to me to hear any answer that you are willing to make.”’ Mr. Baer: ‘‘I have prepared an an- » swer.’ e ME. BAER'S STATEMENT. The following is the text of Mr. Baer’s statement : : *“To the President of the United States : “We understand yonr anxiety is forcibly expressed in the statement you read to us this morning to bring about ‘an immediate resumption of operations in the coal mines in some such way as will without a day’s unnecessary delay meet the crying needs of the people.” We infer that you desired us to consider the offer of Mr. Mitchell, ex- pressing and speaking for the United Mine Workers, to go back to work, if you would appoint a commission to determine the questions at issue. ‘‘We represent the owners of coal mines in Pennsylvania. There are from 15,000 to 20,000 men at work mining and pre- paring coal. They are abused, assaulted, injured and mal-treated by the United Mine Workers. They can only work un- der the protection of armed guards. Thou- sands of other workmen are deterred from working by the intimidation, violence and crimes inaugurated by the United Mine Workers, over whom John Mitchell, whom you invited to meet vou, is chief. “Just now it is more important to teach ignorant men, dwelling among us, misled and used as tools by citizens of other states, that at whatever cost and inconvenience to the public Pennsylvania will use the whole power, of government to protect not only the mau who wants to work, bat his wife and children while he is at work, and to punish every man who by instigation or by overt acts attempts to deprive any man of his. liberty to work. The duty of the hour is not to waste time negotiating with the fomenters of this anarchy and insolent defiance of law, but to do as was done in the war of the rebellion, restore the majes- ty of law, the only guardian of a free peo- ple, and to re-establish order and peace at any cost. ‘“The constitution of Pennsylvania guar- auntees protection to life and property. When riot aud anarchy too great to be ap- peased by the civil power occur the govern- or of Pennsylvania is bound to call out the state troops tosuppress it. If the power of Pennsylvania is insufficient to re-establish the reign of law, the constitution of the United States requires the president, when requested by the legislature or the govern- or, ‘to suppress domestic violence.” You see there is a Jawful way to secare coal for the public. ‘‘Under these conditions, we decline to accept Mr. Mitchell’s considerate offer to let our men work on terms he names. He has no right to come from Illinois to dictate terms on the acceptance of which anarchy and crime shall cease in Pennsylvania. He must stop his people from killing, maining and abnsing Pennsylvania citizens and from destroying property. He must stop it, be- cause it is unlawful, and not because of any bargain with us. **We will add to our offer ‘to continue the wages existing at the time of the strike, and to take up at each colliery and adjust any grievance,’ and further condition—if the employers and employes at any partic- ular colliery cannot reach a satisfactory adjustment of any alleged grievance, it shall be referred to the judges of the court of common pleas of the district in which the colliery is situated for final determina- tion.”’ : NO DEALINGS WITH MITCHELL. » The president then asked the representa- tives of the anthracite companies whether they would accept Mr. Mitchell’s proposi- tion. They answered ‘‘No.”” In response to a further question from the president they stated that they would have no deal- ings with Mr. Mitchell looking toward a settlement of the question at issue.and that they had no other proposition to make,save what was contained in the statement of Mr. Baer. which in effect that if any man chose to resume work and had a difficulty with his employer, both should leave the settle- ment of the question to the judge of the court of common pleas of the district in which the mine was located. At about 5 o’clock the conference was brought to a close without any agreement. It was a remarkable chapter in the eco- nomic history of the country that was writ- ten Saturday. For the first time the pres- ident of the republic had intervened di- rectly between the great foices of capital and labor in order to avert what he himself regarded as a great national calamity. The result was to bring the principals in the great controversy face to face whole country, eagerly intent and watch- ful to their doings. Technically, the is- with the | sues between the two great forces stand as | they did befcre the president summoned the representatives of the contending forces to the national capital, and, forgetting his own acute suffering, besought them for love of the great country wherein they dwelt and out of pity for the countless throngs of suffering poor, to adjust their differences and work together in peace for the common weal. What, if anything, will result from the conference is for the indefinite future to determine, Says Miners Will Win. Mitchell Speaks of the Conference and its Re- sult. Operators are Determined. They Declare President’s Interference Will Retard Settlement, and that Strike Will Continue Until Miners Succumb. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—Last evening President Mitchell, of the Mine Workeis’ Union, dictated a formal statement con- cerning the proceedings of yesterday’s con- ference and its results, in which he an- nounced that the strike would continue as a result of the failure of the conference. Following is the text of Mr. Mitchell’s statement : **At the morning conference between the mine operators and the committee rep- resenting the miners, President Roosevelt outlined the purpose for which he had called the operators and the miners togeth- er. After the President concluded his statement, the miners at once proposed to refer the questions and issues of the coal strike to the President for adjustment, but this proposition was afterwards rejected by the operators. To this proposition each of the operators read a reply, in which they refused to accept the services of the Pres- ident or of a tribunal to he appointed by him to determine the issues on the strike, and in each of their statements they in- dulged in a perfect tirade of abuse of the miners’ organization and its officials. It was evident to the miners’ representatives that the coal operators were without regaid for the public, which is suffering so much for the lack of fuel. ‘‘As a consequence of this refusal of the operators either to grant concessions or to defer to individual arbitration, the coal strike will goon. Tam firmly convinced that the miners will win, though we deep- ly regret the refusal of the railway presi- dents to defer to the wishes of the chief executive of the United States. **The Prexident expressed the hope that there would he'no lawlessness in the coal fields, and the representatives of the min- ers assured him that every effort would he exerted to maintain peace.’ In reply to questions, Mr. Mitchell said that the President bad said nothing in re- ply to the proposition of the mines to sub- mit to arbitration, but he added that their offer was in the line of the President’s sug- gestion for an immediate rettlement of the dispute. He also said that the merits of the strike had not been entered upon at any length, as all were familiar with the questions at issue. , Referring to the manner of conducting the strike in the future, he said he thought it would proceed hereafter about as it had proceeded in the past. Stipulating tbat they should not be quoted, the coal presidents talked quite freely of the conference. Several of them declared that the interference of the President had resulted in retarding rather than forwarding the settlement. They asserted that no progress had heen made, and said they wonld return to con- tinue the contest. They declared that the situation was most serious as to coal sup- ply, bat said that coal would be furnished to the public, and that if given protection they could get men to mine coal to at leat 70 per cent. of their capacity. They de- clared that there would be no compromise, and that the strike would continue until the miners succumb. They asserted their determination to make no concessions further than the coffers already made. ——The hody.of the man who was shot and killed on Thursday morning by En- gineer Alem Bly, while making an attempt with four other masked men to rob the safe in the power house of the Montoursville Passenger Railroad company, was identi- fied hy Michael Gibbons, of Mt. Carmel, who said the body was that of his brother, Jobn Gibhons. A Happy Bridegroom at 102. The Bride is a Young Thing of Only Elghty Sum. mers. What is probably the most peculiar mar- riage license ever issued hy an official was prepared by the eounty clerk of Glouces- ter in Virginia, Saturday last. The pecul- iarity in this instance lies in the extreme age of the contracting parties, the man be- ing 102 years of age and his intended wife 80. The newly wedded pair are Solomon Lew- is and his wife, both respectable colored people of that county. The ceremony was performed Sunday at New Mount Zion, in the upper part of the county, by the Rev. James Smith, a colored pastor. Solomon was a slave and belonged to the estate of Thomas Fauntleroy of King aud Queen county. His first wife died two years ago, after a married life of seventy years. His grandmother was horn aboard a slave ship while crossing this country from Africa,and lived to be 110 years old. His mother,who died in 1863, was 101. He nas a brother now living in Piney Swamp at the great age of 107, whom he remembers as driving beef cattle to Gloucester Point for the Amer- ican Army daring the War of 1812. Solomon claims to have been born in November, 1799‘ and thus was one month old at the death of George Washington. The old man is somewhat bent by age, but with the aid of a stick can walk and carry himself as erect as if he were only 21. The mariiage of the aged pair was a mat- ter of great interest to the surrounding county, and was witnessed by a laige con- course of white people, as well as a vast crowd of negroes.— Richmond Dispatch. The Pension Rolls. Upon Them Now Are the Names of 999,446 Persons: The annual 1eport of the commissioner of pensions, Eugene S. Ware, made public Sat- urday,shows that the number of names on the pension rolls still is under the million mark,despite a net gain of 5,732 pensioners since 1898. The total enrollment July 1, last; was 999 446,againat 997,735 last year. The total comprises 738,809 soldiers and 260,637 widows and dependents. The ag- gregate includes 4,695 pensioners outside the United States. The number of death notices of old sol- diers,not now in theservice,received hy the bureau during the year was 50,128,bat on - ly 27,043 of them were pensioners. The average value of each pension is now a lit- tle over $132. The report says that the death rate among the pensioners for the coming year will be about 40,000 and the losses to the rolls from other causes will he about 6,000. The total amonnt paid for pensions daring the fiscal year was $137,504,268, and the yearly cost of operating and maintaining the bureau and the agencies, outside of the payment of the pensions proper aggregates $3,590,529. The pension system, says the report, since the beginning of the govern- ment, has cost $2,992,509,019, exclusive of the establishment of the soldiers’ homes. The pension disbursements by the United Statex from July 1,1790, to June 30, 1865, were $96,445,444. Tivo Men Killed. And Fireman Fatally Injured in the Collision at Mil- ton. Train Falls Into Culvert. Engine Overturned and Express Cars Thrown Over Embankment—The Passenger Bumped Inte a String of Cars That Were on the Main Track. As the result of easthound Erie express colliding with a portion of a frieght train ahout two squares east of the Milton sta- tion on the P. and E. 10ad about 1:45 o'clock Saturday morning, two men lost their lives and two men were injured. HOW THE WRECK OCCURRED. A string of five cars in charge of Conduc- tor Edward Stringer, ‘of Northumberland, was coming up the main track at that point on the passenger tiain’s time. The con- ductor was standing on the rear of his car and it is supposed that he had the light of his lantern from the view of Engineer Wheeler. The passenger collided with the cars with terrific force. The passenger engine was overturned and slid along the roadbed about fifty feet, sidewiving several cars and demolishing them. EXPRESS CARS BADLY USED UP. The car next to the engine was a sealed express car. No one was in it. When the collision .occurred, the car jumped out of the train aud rolled down over the south embankment. The second express, after the first jumped out, was shoved on top of the engine. In this car was Messenger Martin. He escaped injury by reason of his being in line with the steel door which served as a protection to him. BAGGAGE MASTER TAKES A TUMBLE. Baggage Master Philips after the train stopped, ran along the track with a red lan- tern to stop the approaching trains. The sliding cars had so torn the timbers and the plank from off the top of a small bridge, whieh he did not see. He fell sixteen feet into the culvert, into about three feet of water. He was not injured. None of the passengers were injured. BODIES TAKEN OUT. As soon as the wreck trains reached the scene, the body of Engineer \Wheeler was | taken out from under.the wreckage. His body was near the throttle. The body of Conductor Stringer was also taken oat. Fireman Shaffer was so badly injured that no hopes are entertained for his recov-’ ery. His skall and arm are crushed and he is internally injured. He was taken to the hospital at Sunbury. Faith Rewarded. Bobbie had heen forbidden to play wit the water in the bath room, but one day the temptation proved too strong and he turned on the fancets. Nurse, coming to the door a little later, beheld a rapidly- filling tub, beside which knelt a small boy, who, with clasped hands and a ter- rified voice, was saying: ‘Oh, Lord, if you know how please turn off this water, but if you can’t please send some one who can.’’ ——John T. Koontz, a resident of New | Enterprise, Bedford county, met with an untimely death Saturday mening. He and another man were cleaning a well on the farm of David Snyder and were prepar- ing to re-wall it. It was 6O0ft deep and two ladders had been fastened together to reach the bottom. Kooutz started to go down when the fastenings broke and fell | to the bottom,breaking his neck. He was aged 35 years and leaves a wife and two children. 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