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THE
Washington, Oct. 16.THe
I agreement had
The President has named a commission of six persons to settle the strike, as follows: Brigadier General John
M. Wilson; E. W. Parker, of Washington, D. C, connected with the geological survey; Judge George Gray, of Delaware: E.
I E. Clark, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Thomas H. Watkins, of Scranton, Pa.; Bishop John L.
I D. Wright, as recorder of the commission.
PRESIDENT
APPOINTS A
COMMISSION
The Bodij Gonsists of Six Mem
bers, with Carrol D. Wright
as Recorder.
THE OFFICIAL
STATEMENTS
Personnel of Men Selected by Mi-.
Roosevelt President Mitchell, of
the Mine Workers, Will Urge Im
mediate Resumption of Mining',
nnd Operators Expect to Begin
Next Week.
3 Ku'lu-iw Wiic flum 'Ihr An i.Po.l I'ic.--.
"Washington, D. (.'., Oi't. It!. The
jrciit anthracite cgal strike is fettled
t last. A commission of sl persons,
.villi a seventh, Mr. Carroll D. Wright,
as recorder, will adjust differences, be
tween operators ami miners. President
Mitchell, of the initio workers, will
lake the necesmry action to fall the
strike off. He will urge the Immediate
lesumptlon of mining :t 1 nl tlu operators
expect to begin next week.
The following statement, announcing
the (.'lose of thi; strike, was Issued at
thi white house at l.'M a. in.:
"After a conference with Mr. Mitchell
and some further conferences with
representatives of the i'oal operators,
the president has appointed the inein
lin's of the' commission to inquire Into,
consider and pass upon all questions ut
Issue between the operators and miners
in the anthracite coal ileitis:
imitiADIKIt UKNKKAL JOHN M.
WILSON, fulled Slates army, retlriil,
(late chief of canine em. t'nlteil Slates
iirniy), Washington. I". t .. as an oilier
of the eilKllli't'l' corps ol elthi
the mill
tury or imviil
I'I'Vlccs of
tile I'ulU'd
Suites,
MH. K. W. PAUKKlt, Washington. D.
(' , IIS itll cpelt mining engineer. Mr.
Parker Is chief statistician of the coal
division of the 1'nlteil Slates !eologliiil
Survey and the editor of the lliigiiiccrlng
nnd MllllllK Join mil of New York.
HON. GKOHOK OltAY, Wilmington,
Del., as a Judge of a I'nlteil Slates court.
.MIL K. 10. CI.AHK. Cedar Iliipltls, lowu,
grand chief of tlie Older of Hallway
Conductors, as a sociologist, the president
assuming Hint for the purposes of such
11 commission Hie term sociologist meant
a mail who has thought and studied
deeply on social questions and has pruc
tlcally applied Ills knowledge
MH. TIIO.MAS 11 WATKINS, Scranloii.
V., as a 1111111 practically iicrpialiitoil with
tlio mlnlim' 11 ml selling of coal.
niSHOI' JOHN 1. SPAl'LHING. of
Peoria, III. The president has added
lllsliop SpaiildliiK's name lit tlie commis
sion, ,IION. CAHltOLL I). WIHGHT has
hceu appointed r"coriler of Mm coinmls-t-lon.
"George tiray, judge circuit court.
Third I'liltcd States circuit since ISM;
horn Now Castle, I'M,, .May I, 1810;
graduated Princeton, 18,'iUj studied law
nt Ilufvurd: attorney-general of Dela
ware, 1S79-SS; I'nited States senator,
1RSD-SD; Democrat. In iSOii nlllliated
with the National (Hold Standard)
Democrats In the presidential election;
member of pence commission, Paris,
1S98; member of tho international com
mittee of arbitration tinder the Hague
convention, November, IfiOO,
"Kdward "Wheeler Parker, statistician
Pnlted States Geological survey and
expert special agent twelfth census
United States; horn, Port Poposlt, Md.,
I860, educated In ety college, Haiti
nioro. Author annual report on produc
tion of coal In United States; produe
Hon of coke In United States; produc
tion of pood salt In United States, and
other chapters la ttunual volumes of
United States Geological Survey,
"John Lancaster Spauldlng. It, C
bishop of Peoria since 1877; born in
Lebanon, Ky Juno :, lSlt), educated
ut St. Mary's college, Kmnilttsburg,
Mil., Unlveislty of I.ouviiln, Helglum
nnd in Home, Author religious mis
sion of the Irish people, education and
the higher life and other works.
"John M. Wilson, brigadier-general,
chief of engineers V, S. A. since Feb.
J, 1877; bom in District of Columbia In
1837; graduate West Point I860. In
civil war reached brevet rank of colonel
lit volunteers und U, S. A. for gallantry
COAL
been reached.
In various battles: after war hud
charge of engineering works on rivers
and harbors, canals,"
MR. BAER INTERVIEWED.
He Thinks the Strike Question Is
Now Up to the President.
Ity llvlii-hc iii' livni The Aw i.ilnl Pec.
Wilmington. Del., Oct. IT,. President
J George F. Uner, of the Philadelphia ami
Heading Uallway company, ''utile here
this morning on a Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad train from Philadelphia. He
remained here but a short time ami
then returned to Philadelphia on the
Pennsylvania' lallroad.
A gentleman, whose identity was not
learned and with whom Mr. Haer was
in close consultation between Philadel
phia and Wilmington proceeded on tlie
Baltimore and Ohio train from Wash
ington. It Is known that tlie gentleman
came on the train from New York.
Mr. Haer declined to say who the gpn
tlpinan was, hut In reply to a question
said he was not a messenger to Presi
dent lloosevelt.
When questioned here about tin:
strike, Mr. Haer said to a representa
tive of the Associated Press:
"I think it Is now up to President
Itoosevelt to do something. 1 took it
for granted that when the coal opera
tir.s silbiniUed their pioposilloii to Hip
president it was with the understand
ing that In- would appoint a commis
sion as suggested. If he does not do
so it will be the end of it."
He added th:.t it was impossible for
him to say whether th trouble would
lip settled within a week.
MITCHELL RETURNS
TO WILKES-BARRE
Says That a Convention Must First
Pass On the Question of Call
ing Off the Strike.
tty Lxeliiive Wire pi,ni The AsoWitcil IYp..
Wllkes-lUirre. Pa.. Oct. Hi. President
Mitchell arrived here from Washing
ton ut 1 .!!." tills morning. He was met
at the railroad station by National
.Secretary Wilson. Tlie Associated
Press bulletins of the outcome of the
Washington conference were read to
lilni while lie was surrounded by a
small army of newspaper men. He
was immediately congratulated and in
.reply for statement he said:
"Your congratulations should lie
withheld until we see who the six
representatives on tlie commission arc,
I understood before I left Washington
that there would he a sixth mull and
that lie would represent labor. Tlie
whole matter will be placed before tlie
joint meeting of the three executive
boards of 'the anthracite region at their
meeting at 10 o'clock this morning, f
will wait up to see the full statement
Issued by Mr. Cortelyou."
In reply If he would comply with the
president's request that coal mining be
resumed Immediately, he said lfe""vould
make a more definite answer when he
knew mom about the matter,'
After his interview with the reporteis
in the hotel lobby, Mr, .Mitchell went
to his oIIIcp, on tlie second lloor, where
he was closeted with Mr. Wilson, While
there, the correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press again went to him for fur
ther enlightenment on the situation re
garding Immediate resumption, nnd he
made the positive statement that a
delegate convention must llrst pass
upon lite question of calling off the
strike Prom the time of the calling of
the convention, to Us' adjournment
Is only a mutter of three or four days.
There is hardly any doubt that a con
vention will stum! by any agreement
ho has made to President Itoosevelt,
When Mr. Mitchell learned the per
sonnel "f the commission and . was
asked for u further statement, he re
plied that he would have nofMug fur
ther to say until morning,
Steamship Arrivals,
By KicliiDhi' Win. jrpni 'Hie AwoclatfJ Vittf.
Now York. Oct. ln.-Ari'ived: Oceanic,
Liverpool; t'ovlc. Liverpool; Aller, (lenou
and Naples; Pennsylvania, Hamburg,
t'learcd: Furst lllsmnick, Hamburg via
Plymouth mid Cherbourg; Ln Lotraliie,
Havre. Sailed: 'St. Paul, Southampton;
Teutonic, Liverpool. Plymouth Airlvcd:
lllnuhvr. New York. Southampton A I'
ll veil: Philadelphia, New Yolk. Glas
gow Arrived: Kthloplu, New York. Liz
aid Passed; Prleslund, New York for
Southampton and Antwerp. Queeiistowu
Arrived: Germanic, New York for Liv
erpool (und il lueeded.)
President Mnrroquln Captured.
Ily Kxcliulvi' Wlif from Tlie Aibuculnl I'tw.
Prankfort 3u the .Main, Germany, Oct,
13. The Frankfurter Kettuug publishes u
despatch saying that General Kernundez
has captured President Murioqulu.of t'ol
oniblu, uud has proclaimed himself die-tutor.
strike is settled.
.
THE MIDNIGHT
CONFERENCE
RenresRiuatives ot tliBGoa! Opera
tors' in Consultation with
the President.
LONG DISCUSSION OF
THE SITUATION
Commissioner of Labor Wright and
Immigration Commissioner Sar
gent Present the Views of a Rep
resentative of Opeiators to Mr.
Roosevelt Pirst Sign of Break in
Conference at 12.55 Secretary
Root Spreads the Glad Tidings
Shortly After 1 O'clock.'
ily IIm-Iumw Who fiem Tlie A-Mui ileil Pic...
Washington, 1). C, Oct. 1."! President
itoosevelt tonight resumed considera
tion of tlie strike situation, taking it up
In the light developed ,is the result of
his two conferences during the day
with Mr. Mitchell, president of the
Mine Workers' union, tie went out for
n long drive alter tlips" conferences,
and, on returning, met Mr. t'arroll 1.
Wright, coniiuis-ioner of labor, and
Mr. Sursetit, cominlsslor.i r of Immigra
tion, The latter is a peivonal friend of
Mr. .Mitchell, and us a former labor
L'uder himself had talked freely with
the head of the miners' union. He
gave the president the beiieilt of his
views, and Commissioner Wright was
aide to communicate some Information
that lias come to hlin as l the senti
ment In the mining regions. Mr.
Wright, having made a study of con
ditions In the anthracite lipids, and
having, sources of Inlormutlon theie,
was able to lie of si rviee to the presi
dent. Later, two strangers to those
about the temporary white house
called and were shown up stairs at
once. It was reported that these gen
tlemen well' Messrs. Hubert iiacon and
George W. Perkins, members of tlie
banking liim of J, P. Morgan Co,
The conferences with the four gentle
men named lasted from 7 to K o'clock,
and then the president walked to Sec
letary Hay's to dinner, while his two
vlsltois, whose names were not an
nounced, went to the Ailingtou hotel,
Messrs. Perkins and Paeon are stop
ping there, having arrived today, They
did not register, however, and no cards
would be tuKcn to their rooms, so it
was Impossible to learn anything of
the situation from them. About in
o'clock, President Itoosevelt re-entered
the white house, accompanied by Sec
retary Knot, and they Immediately em
barked mi consideration of a settle
ment of the coal stilke. Later, a
stranger called, answering to the de
scription of one of Mr, Morgan's part
ners, ami was shown at once Into the
room where the president was by Sec
rotary Cortelyou. At 11.80 o'clock Hie
three gentlemen were still engaged in
a discussion of the slluniion. The
statements nmde by Mr. Mitchell were
ninvnssed. While nothing was made
public, the feeling seems to prevail In
(idnilnlstratlou quarters close to the
president that Mr. Mitchell Is loo stiff
In hl.H position and too Insistent, nnd
that imittets have been so shaped that
he should accept the enneesslnns that
are open to him ind not insist on tin)
operators continuing to yield to tho de
mands ho Is Inclined to make as a pre
requisite to the appointment of tho
tribunal that shall adjust the differ
ences between the miners and the oper
ators. At 11,53 o'clock .Messrs, Sargent and
Wright returned to the while house nnd
were shown Into Secretary Cortelyou's
office, their visit being In itccoi-danco
with an understanding when they left
about S o'clock that they should return
later In the evening.
Canvassing the Situation.
Jlessrs. Wright und Sargent spent
most of tho Interval between the even
ing visits to the white house and the.
treasury department, where they can
vassed the situation for several hours,
and also heard statements from one or
more persons who called thero by ap
pointment. At the white house they
remained. In Mr. Cortelyou's loom only
a moment, going thence to the quarters
where tho president and Secretary Hoot
were In conference.
Commissioner of Labor Wright and
Immigration Commissioner Sargent
STOKE
Secretary Root at
,
about midnight communicated to tlie
president the views of a representative
of the coal operators on the .statement
of Mr. Mitchell as to the position of
tlie miners,
Tlie llrst sign of u break-up of the
conference was at U'.i'.'i, when Secretary
Coitelyou came from the conference
loom and announced to the waiting
newspaper men Hint an ofilclal state
ment on the strike situation would be
made public In about half an hour.
Shortly after I o'clock, Secretary IJoot
came out laughing and happy, and
spread the glad tidings that a common
ground of agreement between the oper
ators and miners bad been reached and
that the strike was practically ended.
It was learned a few moments luter
that, the chief feature of the agreement
was the addition of a sixth member to
tlie arbitration committee, the surmise
following as a matter of course that
the additional member would be more
particularly a representative of labor.
It was said at the same time that now
an agreement had been arrived at as to
the means of determining the differ
ences that the. president would Insist
on an immediate resumption of work
at the mines and that he hud reason to
expect ids advice would be followed
very promptly. Me:'sis. Itiu-ou and
Perkins, partners In .1. P. Morgan's
banking firm, were present at the final
conference as the representatives of
the operators. When the gathering
broke up, all present were In high good
humor and there was a general ex
change of congratulations.
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
THE CARRYING COMPANIES
Hearing Given Before Attorney-General
Davies at Albany.
Hy K.xihijU Vi ire fiom The As-uviati'd !'ie.
Albany, N. Y Oct. 1.".. A hearing
was given today before Attorney-General
IJaVies on the application that
proceedings be commenced against the
Pennsylvania Ituilroad company, the
Delaware ami Hudson Ituilroad com
pany and other carrying companies on
the ground that they are violating the
anti-trust laws of tlie stale. The
railroad companies were represented
by Vice President David Wilcox, of the
Delaware and Hudson Ituilroad com
pany and c. N. Hugh, of the Pennsyl
vania ltnlhoud company, the petitioner
by C. J. Sliearn. Tlie coal companies
entered a general denial to the charges
made. .Mr, Sliearn Introduced contracts
between the railroad companies and
coal mine owners identical In character
which he averred showed that the com
panies were working In concert and In
violation of the .anti-trust law.
.Mr. Sliearn argued In behalf of the
petition and David Wilcox against it.
FEARS DYNAMITERS.
The Home of Mrs. Chinincki Is
Guarded by Soldiers.
Dy Exclusive Wire from The AsinclatrtltNii.
Shenandoah, Pa.. Oct. 1.", .Mrs. Wil
liam Chinincki appealed to Colonel
Uutledge this evening for protection,
She said threats had been made to
blow up her home with dynamite be
cause her brother is a non-union man.
A squad of soldlets Is guarding the
house tonight,
Adam Nolowlcx. was stubbed perhaps
fatally by Anthony Potokotls. during a
barroom llR'ht tonight.
It was at first thought to have been
an attack on a non-union man and
two 'companies of Infantry was called
out, but It developed later that the
stubbing was tlie result of an ordinary
quarrel and that both men were strik
ers, Molineux's Second Trial Begins,
Ily DmIii.Iu' Wire Hum The Amicl.itvil I'rrM.
New York, Oct. .'. The sicoml iilut ot
Poland U. .Molitieux. for tint murder of
Mis, Kulhcrilie .1, Adams, was begun to
day in the criminal brunch of the Sti'
preiue court. Six Jurors were obtained,
and Hie court then adjourned till tomor
row. Two Mile Record Broken,
D Ru'iut'tYP wiiv from The Aw(litfd I'reii.
Lexington, 1.. Oct. Ki.-Onward Sil
ver went two miles over tlie Kentucky
llreeders' association track today ia -l.-'.j.
breaking the American two mile record
of 1,82 made by Gieenlander In 1S!H. Hud
son was in l lie sulky and Onward Silver
bad a running mate.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Ily r..xiliiie Win (rem The Woiiiteil piei.
Par Harbor. .Me.. Oct, l.V-Joliu A. Oil
I.-.., I.,,, I'ttitllat mill ir,i,aiii,r mil I m It, I u-tlt
v,,, J, ',, ,.. ,,,,, ... v,,,,.,,.,, ,,-,,
it on tint New York livening World, died'
at Clint wold, the summer homo of Mr.
Joseph Pulitzer, tonight. Mis. Dillon,
her sou and daughter were present when
the end came. .Mr. Dillon was born lu
St, Louis llfty-nhie years ago.
lloston, (Jet. ir. Heal Admiral Thomas
O. Selfridge, I'nited States navy, retired,
died at iho McLean asylum In Waverly,'
toiVy-
St, John, Noli., Oct. 15. Mgr. Connolly,
of St, John's palish, this city, died today,.
one o'clock announced that a common ground of
MEETING AT
WHITE HOUSE
Mr. Mitchell Gives President
Roosevelt His Views Unon
the Arbitration Plan.
OBJECTS TO SCHEME
OF OPERATORS
He Believes That the President
Should Have an Absolutely Free
Hand in the Selection of the Com
mission to Be Charged with an
Adjustment ' of Future Relations
Between Employer nnd Employed.
Desires a Technical Recognition of
the Miners! Union Objects to the
Appointment of Federal Judge as
One of the Arbitrators."
Ily i;clmit' Wile (lom 'Hie AruHutnl l'rm.
Washington, D. (J Oct. 1.".. The pro
longed anthracite coal strike is not yet
practically settled, but some pi ogress
was made today, and while there re
main certain obstucles to be removed,
these, in the language of Secretary
lioot, it is neiieveu, can oe resoivco,
and a termination of the strike finally
secured. ,
The principal of these obstacles Is
the composition of the proposed coin
mission or board to arbitrate, the dif
ferences between the miners and opera
tors. Mr. .Mitchell indicated formally
today to President Itoosevelt that the
Mine Workers' union dissents from the
restrictions placed by the operators on
the choice of the proposed arbitration
tribunal, and desires the president to
have an absolutely free hand lu the se
lection of members ol" Hie commission
to be charged with an adjustment of
future relations between the employers
find employed, lie laid special stress
in stating his objections on the propo
sition that one of the commission
should be a judge from the Pastern
district of Pennsylvania. He was very
Insistent In some of his objections,
which he voiced hi what may be termed
a counter proposition to that of the
operators. After the. president and tlie
head of the miners' union hud ex
changed views and gone over this coun
ter proposition of Mr. Mitchell's, u, call
was sent out by President iMitchell for
a Joint meeting tomorrow of the execu
tive boards of the mine workers' union,
tlie three anthracite districts of Pennsylvania.-
Some Progress Mndo,
At this meeting. It Is believed an
agreement will be leuehed on a state
ment to be formally promulgated by
the miners' union In response to the
proposition from the operators, Mr.
Itoosevelt having ascertained the views
of Mr. Mitchell, at "oice communi
cated wLh the operators and Initiated
efforts to reconcile the differences de
veloped and In Inve the operators make
some further concessions, his aim' being
to reach a common accord between
miners and operators, whereby the la
bor (llsti.tle may be dually composed
anil mining tjf oal lesiuued.
At the conclusion of lite confer n" ,
Mr, .Mitchell said that ho had no iii
fcrnmilun which h" could give to he
public. II was announced, likewise, at
the lonipoiary white house that no of
ilclal statement of the conference would
bo made at this time.
When the last conference had been
eoncllldul, Mr. Mitchell left the white
house, ami after a brief conference
with Prtsldent Samuel Gompers, of tho
American 1'Vderatlnn of Labor, and
some other local labor leaders, departed
for Wllkcs-liurre. Mr. Mitchell's visit
to Washington was by invitation of
President Uoosevelt, wliu asked .the
miners' president to come to Washing
Ion, in order that they might discuss
the terms of the proposition submitted
to the president by the anthracite coal
railway presidents. In ntw hope that
the miners ami the operators, as u re
sult of the conference,. might be brought
Into agreement as to the appointment
by President lloosevelt of a commis
sion to arbitrate existing differences
between them.
While all persons hayjug knowledge
of the details of the cpnfcrence are ex
tremely reticent, enough Is known to
Justify the statement that while they
did not effect a settlement of the strike,
they at the same time were not barren
SETTLED
Spaulding, of Peoria, and Carroll
of tangible results. Some obstacles to
a settlement remain, The discussion
of the situation was entirely amicable.
Mr. Mitchell was in a conciliatory mood
and the president was very zealous in
his efforts to promote a settlement of
tlie prolonged strike.
Mitchell's Objections.
At the llrst conference, which lasted
from tl..0 a. in. until 1.55 p. in., the
president and Mr. -Mitchell discussed
fully the proposition made by the
operators for an arbitration commis
sion. In a general way, the miners'
president Indicated certain objections
which he Pad to the proposition of tlie
operators, but, It Is understood, did not
at that time present ids objections in
a formal statement,
At the conclusion of the Hist con
ference, Mr. Mitchell walked over to
the treasury department, where for two
hours he remained closeted with Mr.
Franklin P. Sargent, commissioner of
Immigration, in the hitter's oillce. Dur
ing that time, Mr. Mitctiell communi
cated by long distance telephone with
persons m New York and lit Wllkes
Darre. It is understood that at that
time lie called ;i meeting of the district
mine presidents, to lie Held lu Wilkes
Harre tomorrow. He discussed fully
the strike, situation with Mr. Sargent,
with whom lie has held a long-time
friendship, Mr. Sargent, until recently,
having been president of the lirolher
hotl Of Locomotive Firemen. Commis
sioner Sargent has been an Important
factor in the efforts made by President
Itoosevelt to effect a settlement of the
controversy between the miners nnd
the operators, and, therefore, was lu
position to talk Irankly with Mr. Mit
chell. Their conference was earnest as
it was long. It Was believed that at
Its c.inclusioii Mr. Mitihell had formu
lated a statement akin to a counter
proposition to that made by the opera
tors. This he later presented to the
president, going directly from Mr. Sar
gent's oillct to I lie white house at .1
o'clock for that purpose.
AVhlle no authorized statement of the
compromise pioposltlou could b" ob
tained, it can It" stilted on excellent
authority that Mr. Mitchell lu criticism
of the proposition of the operators took
exception to the disparagement of tlie
miners' union and to the limitation of
tlie time in which, under the proposed
agreement, there is to be-no strike. Ills
particular objection, however, was to
the Insistence of the mine owners that
they should be permitted to designate
the classes ftom which the arbitrators
should be selected by the president. It
Is understood that lie took a llrm stand
against this pioposltlou. saying he
wus satislied the miners would not sub
mit to any arbitration which would not
be mi arbitration in fact as well as In
name. He urged that this would not
be the case if one side were afforded
the advantage of miming tin' classes
from which the arbitrators were to be
appointed, He expressed himself us be
ing as anxious as ever for arbitration,
but planted himself squarely on the
proposition that the president should
be allowed the arbitrators without any
i est fictions or limitations made either
by the miners or by tlie mine owners.
The Counter Proposition.
Mr. Mitchell, In hi? counter proposi
tion, insisted that President Itoosevelt
be given a free hand In the selection
of tlie board of arbitration ami that
the terms under which the operators
propose to (.'rente that hoard be re
modeled, at least to some extent). It is
understood also, that the wording of
the mine operatms proposition, omit
ting any reference to the Miners' union,
does not meet Mr, Mitchell's approval,
lie desires If possible to obtain some
forum I recognition or the union al
though that is a technicality, which he
may waive substquently. as, by any
agreement to arbitrate- the coutroveisy
the miners will get a general recog
nition of their organization, Mr. Mit
chell also expressly opposed the re
striction made lu the operators proposi
Hon limiting the selection of a federal
Judge, as one of the arbitrators, to u
particular Jurisdiction.
It is stated on excellent authority,
although not the president or .Mr.
Mitihell, that President lloosevelt
agreed to present .Mr. Mitchell's con
tention to the operators, It Is be
lieved that this will ho the next step
la ken.
Mr. .Mitchell assured the president of
his anxiety to end the strike, but said
that the miner were linn in their posi
tion und that lu could not afford to
sanction any proposition that would
sncrillce their interests at tills time. He
was willing, however, to dispense with
iiniioi' details and indicated his inten
tion to demand only an arbitration
board which should be selected fairly
with respect equally to the Interests of
both parties to tho controversy.
Hopeful Indications.
While tho feellncr ahioiiH: those who
are familiar with the position tuken b
Continued on Page 10.)
APPEAL FOR
WARSHIPS
United States Minister Bowen at
Garacas; Again Gabies to tlie
State Department.
COAST PROTECTION
IS INSUFFICIENT
In View of the Present Critical Sit
uation the Minister Asks That One
or Two More Boats Be Sent to Re
inforce the Marietta He Fears
That the Occupation of the Capital
by the Revolutionary Forces Would
Result in Riot and Pillage and.Bs
Attended with Dangers "to For
eigners. By fiTi'ln-h Wire from The Ascoehtcil 1'rMi.
Washington. Oct. IS. United States
Minister Itowen at Caracas lias cabled
the state department, asking that one
or perhaps two more warships be sent
to leinforee the- gunboat Marietta at
La Guiiyra, In view of the present crit
ical situation which has arisen at the
Venezuelan capital.
Some time ago. when President Cas
tro left his capital, .Minister Itowen ex
pressed to the state department his
fears that an occupation of the capital
by the revolutionary forces would re
sult' lu rioting and pillage and be at
tended with great dangers to unpro
tected foreigners. "Such a situation, It
Is inferred here. Is again Imminent,
The nearest war vessel to the scenu
of t rouble is the gunboat Montgomery,
which left Haytl about the llrst at this
mouth for Santa Marta, near the mouth
of the Magdalenii river, in Colombia, to
look into a troubled situation. Owing
to tlie Interruptions to cable communi
cation, the navy department has re
ceived no report from the Montgomery
since she left ilaytl, and it Is feared
that even If her services at Santa
Maria are not now needed she cannot
be reached with despatch. TJie Pan
ther is still at Colon, and tlie Cincin
nati has just arrived In lluytlnn wat
ers. There are several gunboats and cruis
ers which are destined for the Carib
bean squadron which are ready for ac
tive service, namely, the Newark, Ma
cllias and Huucroft, at Poston: ihrj
Hist, at Xew London, und tlie Detroit,
at Portsmouth, X. II. From Minister
Howen's advices It appears that a ves
sel Is needed at the earliest possible
moment, so It Is probable that either
the Panther or the Cincinnati will be
ordered from her present station and
sent to the Venezuelan capital,
Tlie following cable message received
at tlie state department this morning
ft oiu Minister Bowen, dated last night
at Caracas, shows the critical condition
of uifulrs in the Held:
"The army Is still near Valencia, Nc
particulars obtainable. Valencia close,
ly surrounded and battle going or
now."
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