Show OPERATORS MEET IET IN SECRET Gather to Discuss a Settlement of the Strike Philadelphia Pa Oct 16 A confer conference conference conference ence was held h ld in the office of the Phila Philadelphia delphia Reading Beetling Railroad company be between between tween tween various coal car carrying railroads and a number of f indi individual vidual operators c The participants were pledged to secrecy secre asto as to the t of the consultation n and nothing could be tic learn od 1 of What took place Thor were two sessions of the confer conference once ence The first begun began at nt 11 in the tho morning w rn fe and continued on t until 1 k In Inthe the afternoon n After adjournment 3 u n for f lunch another meeting was he heki d contin continuing con continuing tin I until nearly 5 II ii Those Jn in attendance c at the morning ses acs session aba sion were President Harris and Directors Loeber Welch elch and amI George K F 0 Baer of or the Ihs Heeding Beading company John B Garrett vice president of oC the Lehigh Valley railroad Dr Herbert HeIbert M Howe of A Pardee Co M 31 S Kemmerer of Mauch Chunk and William Connell of or Scranton and John Markle whose collieries are at Jeddo Jed o General Manager Henderson and General Superintendent Luther of the Reading Beading R ading company were called in at various stages ri of the conference J President Harris and Mr Air Welch elch did not attend the afternoon aft meeting It is 18 understood hat that I another conference will be held tomorrow After the consultation George F Baer remarked in a general way that it might be bo some s ome me days before a settlement of the strike is reached |