Show STRIKE WILL CONTINUE SAYS MITCHELL STEPS OF OP THE ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Oct 1 During f.-During During th the evening c President Mitchell of the tho MineWorkers MineWorkers' MineWorkers MineWorkers' Mine Mine- Workers Workers' union dictated a formal Cormal statement statement state state- ment concerning the proceedings s of oC the 1 conference and Its results result In which h ho be announced that the strike would continue continue con con- as a re result or ot the failure of the conference Following is Mr lr Mitchell's Mitchells statement At the morning session of oC the thc conference conference con eon ference between the mine operators and the committee representing the miners millers Pre President Roosevelt Hoose outlined the purpose purpose pur pur- pose for which he had called culled the operators operators operators opera opera- tors and antI the miners together Aft After r rI the President Pre had bad concluded his state state- ment the miners at once proposed to I refer the que questions and issues of f e the coal strike to the President for tor adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- ment but this proposition was afterward afterward after ater- ward rejected b by the operators At AL the thc afternoon session lon the miners submitted h a formal statement of their proposition To this proposition each eLlch of the thc operators read a reply reily In which the they refused to accept the service er of or President Roosevelt ell or a tribunal to be appointed by him to determine the Is Issue Issue Is- Is sue of oC the strike and In each of their statements the they indulged In a 3 perfect tirade of the miners miners' organization tion and Its effects It was evident to the miners miners' representatives that the coal operators are arc without regard for tor their former employees and the public lie i which is sulTer Bo so much for tor the lack of oC fuel As As a n. con consequence of or this refu refusal al of oC the operators either to grant concessions concessions conces conces- Ions or to refer to Individual arbitration arbitration tion the coal strike will go 0 on I am firmly convinced that th the miners will win although we deeply regret the re refusal refusal re- re of or the thc railroad presidents to defer deter de de- fer ter to the wishes of oC the Chief Executive of oC the United States The President expressed ed the hope that thele would be no lawlessness In Inthe Inthe inthe the coal fields and th the representatives Cs of or the miners assured him that their every even effort would be exerted to maintain maintain main main- tam tain peace At the White House an Associated Press PreM reporter endeavored to get an authoritative statement giving the views of or the President upon the proceedings proceedings pro pro- I and result of oC the conference An official statement giving a stenographic stenographic steno steno- graphic report of oC the statement and proceedings s were made maLle public hut but announcement was made that the Pre President had no comment to make thereon The suggestion was ns made macle in AdminIstration Administration Administration Admin Admin- circles circle though not a MS as renting coming from the Pr President that the result had been heen to arouse rouse and concentrate public sen sentiment t I m e n t. t One of ot tho the Pr Presidents President's adIf advisers r who was seen Intimated that rome come consideration consideration consid consid- oration had been I cn b before forc the con con- ference to HIP tue Clu question lIon of oC the future cour course e of of the Administration In the event e either party refused d ah absolutely to do in an anything toward a t He lie Intimated that there was a n po possibility 51 that thit the tho Interstate Interstate- tnt C commission lon might be able ahle to take lake some steps with rf respect to carrying ln charges chanes on th the anthracite coal conI roads Still public pub pub- lit lic sentiment he added was the chief of oC the Pre President ident as ns to both parties to the strike |