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Show HO EXTRA SESSION. Congress Will Not Be Called to Dssl With Strike Washington Oct 4 There will be no call for an extra session of Congiess to deal with the coal strike situation at this stage 1 he President cxpreselj staled In his appeal to the npciatnrs nnd representative of, the miners ve terdij that he did not nit oillclally In calling than tngelhei Hi has for the lime being ixhuusted his Individual resources re-sources In Ids vliw, Ihc matter Is again one with which Ihe State nf Pennsjlvanla should deal If the com-mouwcaltli com-mouwcaltli finds Itscir unable to control the situation mid nppcals to him through the lonstltullonal channels the President will be ready to hi Ins Into pity the gieat roue or the National Government, mllltarv mid elvll Hut rnr the time being the Piesldcnt has relaxed his efforts MANY RADICAL SCGGnSTIONS A great m.i n j radical suggestions have been made us the icsult of the railure or the conference estciday and the Include everything fiom tuklng possession by the Government to sending send-ing United, States Hoops to Pennsl-vanla Pennsl-vanla without regatd to any call from the Governor of that btalc. It can be positively stated that none or these suggestions sug-gestions has received any serious conditions condi-tions b the administration CAN DO NO MORE. It Is not et known whether President Presi-dent Ilooevelt will Issue a statement commenting upon the result or ester-divj's ester-divj's coal conrerence. Some of the Cabinet members will udvlso against such a course. There Is disappointment that the effort nr the President met with no better success, but It seems to he the opinion of those who nre cognizant of the situation that the administration administra-tion can do no more. The good offices of the President to settle the strike were the limit of his power. MITCHELL TALKS. Ilefore le'av lug Washington this morn-Ing morn-Ing Mr Mitchell said that probably soon uftet his "Till 6 1 in Wllkesbarre he would Issue diicctlons to the miners as to how to proceed Asked whit directions di-rections If nn be would Issue he replied th it any directions Issued would only be for the continuance of the strike. "Do ou feel," he was asked, that public sentiment will sustain jou In continuing the stilke" HAS SYMPATHY OP WORKMEN "It ceitalnlj must Co so after the result re-sult nf jestcrdas's conference," he replied re-plied "We urc coulldent that we have tho sympithy of every wotklngman In the couutr, und we believe that we will have the tlnancl il support of most of them. I can't state the ex let amount, but to fnr we have been able to relieve nil cases of absolute want, und we ex-peit ex-peit the contributions trf Increase In volume CAN FIGHT ALL WINTER. "We feci quite confident of being able to continue the sttllte Ihiough the winter, but we shall regret ver much tu hive tn do so, not onl) on our own acinunt, but on aciount of the nubile Indeed, ir only the Intel esle or the ml-ners ml-ners nnd the operulois were concerned, the stilke would be of comparatively little general linroilante." DENIES LAWLESSNESS EXISTS. .Mr Mitchell lefened In the charge of lawlessness made b) the null uperntois In Ihe cnnfereiiio )eslirda, suing, "t-evcial nf them made the statement tint there had bei n twenty minders by lh stilke is since the be ginning of the strike'. Wo challenged Hie sliite-nienl sliite-nienl nn the spot and 1 vnltinteered to tender no irslgnallnu then und theio If It iiiuld be pioveu Hint them had been twent di.ilhs all told fronjlo-letiin fronjlo-letiin slnee the Inception of the stilke. The 1 rnposltlon was not nciei tad "lfie truth Is that theie hive been Just seven ilinllis, und three of those were tiused li the coal and linn pn-Hie, pn-Hie, emplojed b the mine opeiatois The double Is thai these men never go to Ihe mines and the aciept without question all Ihe representations made to them" |