Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-10-14 | Page 5 | Operators' Busy Day

OPERATORS' BUSY DAY. Several Prolonged Conferences Held In New York. New York, Oct. 13. Up to the close nf husiness hours In this city no settlement set-tlement of the strlka ln the nulhrailto coal regions had been reached. Tho day was a busy one for tho operators. Hcfore nnon all of them except President Presi-dent Haer were In conference at the office of-fice of the Urlo road. Their talk lasted over an hour, but no statement wus made for publication, Hollowing this conference Chairman Thomas of the Hi In mad and President liuesdale of Ihe I-ackuwnnna weia closeted with J. P Morgan nt the latter' lat-ter' office Mr Morgan would not talk about tho situation nnr would bo say anything regarding Secretary Hoot's visit to him last Satuida). Tho list mentioned conference lusted until after 3 o'clock, nnd nn hour later Mr, Morgan nnd others took n tinln for Washington, going over the Haltlmoro .tc Ohio lontt. Out of this flitting of men of potent Influence In tho lallwa) and e-oal Industries In-dustries there grew u more hopeful sentiment In the news renters of New York and the prediction was confidently made In circles usually well Informed that tho end of tho long strike was at hand. Onv. Odel made this significant rn-miuk rn-miuk at Ihe I'lfth avenue hotel tonight' '1 IHIeie that the coal strike Is nearer to a definite settlement than It has been slme It started ' The (lovernor would make no explanation explan-ation of th reasons for his belief, fur-thei fur-thei than to sa) . "In my opinion Ihls week will see an end of It."