Show SKETCHES OF THE MEN WHO WILL ARBITRATE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MINERS AND OPERATORS GEN BRIGGEN JOHN JOliN M. M r WILSON s a se as an officer of or the engineer er cr corps of or the army or nav navy was of or engineers United States arm army from 2177 until his retirement in October 1501 1901 He lIe Hc w wart waa born horn in th the District of C Columbia In 1637 After being graduated from West esl 1 loit In 1860 1660 he served as 35 an artillery ry officer for a il year car then was transferred to the engineer r corps becoming Cap Cap- 1 tam in 1803 1663 Major in Lieutenant Lieutenant- Colonel In l m mand St and Colonel In 1 1585 15 85 He also attained the rank rank of or Colonel of oC volunteers durin during tho the Civil war for tor In action For Tor man many years Gen Wilson was as en- en L. L In the most Im Important tl tio tion n work undertaken by the engineer l corps corp in improving rivers harbors and canals canala and erecting buildings For a time be he was waa superintendent of or the ther r united j States Military academy i. i EDG EDGAR R E E. CAR ARK has been chosen as the sociologist of the commission the tho President af assuming that for tor the purposes of or such a n commission the thet t term rm sociologist means a u. man who has tho thought ht and studied deeply on so social so so- cial questions and nd has practically applied applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied his knowledge Mr Clark was elected grand chief of oC I Ithe the Order of or Railway Conductors In I 1830 1690 and has been cn unanimously reelected reelected reelected re- re elected ever every year ear since th that t time He lie was born In Lima N N. Y In 1556 went vent West Weel in 1872 and after serving as asa asa a a. bra brakeman on various roads became a n co conductor ductor op or the Denver fc Rio Gr nde In He was elected elected elected elect elect- ed ed gr grand senior r condu conductor tor of or the order r In and grand chief two years ears later Mr Clark Is a 3 Republican He lives lI In Cedar Rapids la Ia EDWARD YARD WH WHEELER ELER PARKER Is the c expert perl miring g engineer of or the commission He was born In Port Deposit Dc De posit It Md ld In an antI and l was nis educated In Baltimore I For or several cral years ears he has been statistician o th the United States geological survey sur and was Va expert special special ape ape- cial agent of or the twelfth census United States Slates Mr Parker has made a lifelong stud study of oC mineralogy and mining For the th geological survey he hit has be been n called called upon to prepare annual reports upon the production of ot r co coal l coke salt alt and other minerals and work his-work has baa b been en considered of oC the hf highest or order Ho ija Is I known mown cnown all over the country countr as a ml ml- I hing expert His home Is 18 In Vahl Washington and he is editor of ot Engineering and Mining Journal Journal Jour Jour- I Inal nal o of New York Mt Six Commissioners V Selected Selected Se Se- by President Roosevelt Meet leet Friday THOMAS II WATKINS Is the commissioner com corn commissioner missioner practically acquainted with the mining minim and selling of coal coni Ills His home is in Scranton where he has lived for the last twenty years ears earslIe He lIe was for fOl many years a a. partner of or C C. 1 D. D Simpson the firm being Simpson Watkins About four years ago they sold rold out their coal Interests to the Temple Tern Tem pie Iron company compan and since then Mr Watkins a has not not been a actively h con connected O with the anthracite business Mr Watkins was horn born In West rest Pitta- Pitta ston and 1 Is 45 15 years old J He II i la 18 rated as a millionaire I JUDGE GEORGE GRAY Is appointed I a commissioner as a Judge of or the United States Circuit court having ln held that In the Third circuit since 1899 He has seen been distinguished in many ways was in public life A graduate of or Princeton he studied la law w at Harvard and began the tine practice of or law In Delaware In He lie was At At- General torney-General of or that State from 1879 10 lo 1885 and United State Senator for Thomas homas F. F Bayards Bayard's terra term and for tor a full term terni He is a gold P Democrat and was appointed to the tine ben bench h b by President McKinley Judge Gray Cray was appointed a member of pC the joint commission at Quebec In of or th the th peace commission at Paris In the tle same came year which settled tl the Spanish American war and anti Is Is' Is Ison on one of or orthe the International committee committe of or arbi hatlon under The Hague convention Judge Gray I IH is 6 62 years old and lives In Wilmington Del BISHOP JOHN L. L SPALDING was added to the commission b by President Roosevelt making six members in all I He Ha Is known n as ns one of ot the most scholarly schol schol- any arly prelates s in the Roman Catholic church Born Borni In Lebanon K ICy Ky In 1840 ISIO he ha was graduated Slad from St. St Marys Mary's college Cincinnati Cincinnati Cin Cm- aunt received recel the degrees degre s of or S. S T. T D D. and LL D D. from the University of or LO Louvain l aln Bel Belgium Ills active career began an as secretary t to the Ule Bishop n of ot Louisville and he be became chancellor of or that diocese F In 1871 From 1872 to lie ht was wasa a rl rector Clor In New York City and was then elevated elc to the post of at bishop of Peoria III lii which ho r still holds Bishop Is Is' noted for tor his eloquence elo eta quence and tine fine literary works Ho lie Is the tho author o of many ny t essays and reviews among among- his hit pro productions being belne The Religious Religious Re Ro- 1 Mission of or the Irl Irish h People Education and nOlI the Higher Life Things of th the Mind lInd Means Ieans' Ieans and Ends of ot Education Thoughts and 1 Theories of oC Life Ufa and Education v CARROLL D. D WRIGHT RIGHT who will bo be recorder of or the commission was ap appointed appointed ap- ap pointed Commissioner ner of or Labor by President Cleveland In ln 1885 and reappointed reap real pointed by President PresIdent McKinley in 1900 lie is known all over the world as S an anex ex expert perl statistician Born Dorn In Dunbarton N. N H. H In in 11 I II 1540 I Mr Wright ht earned his living when a a. young man as a schoolmaster r but was studying law when the Civil war wm began beran lIe He enlisted In 1862 and served until the final surrender having reached d tho the I rank of at Colonel R Resuming the she study of or law he was vas admitted to the bar and ancl opened his office In Boston He tie served tl two terms In th the Ills J Massachusetts Senate and then was appointed chief of or the tho tho State Slate Bureau of ot Labor Statistics In 1850 ho he prepared for the Census bureau an exhaustive report upon uon the factory system of or the United st States tes and this gave him n a world wide tation In 1814 he was a member of ol t the railroad strike commission |