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Show OPERATORS BACKED OUT. Reason the Conference at.'. Washington Washing-ton Failed to Settle the Strike. Philadelphia, Nov, 25. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America, accompanied by his counsel, coun-sel, C. S. Darrow and H. D. Lloyd, arrived ar-rived here from Washington at 10 o'clock tonight.' The three gentlemen will leave for Scranjton tomorrow morning'' morn-ing'' 'T . Mr. Mitchell was questioned concerning concern-ing the status of the settlement of the mine workers' strike: He said: "Counsel for the operators and some of the operators , had laid before the presidents of the railroad companies a tentative proposition which had been drafted jointly by the representatives of the railroad companies and counsel for the miners. The railroad companies compa-nies wired the strike commission that the general terms of the proposition were satisfactory, some of the minor details to be adjusted later. This message mes-sage suggested that the commission adjourn ad-journ until Dec. 3, in order that these 'minor details' might be adjusted." Mr. Darrow here interrupted by saying: say-ing: "The initiative was taken by the operators." Mr. Lloyd said: "When the commission commis-sion adjourned it was understood that a satisfactory adjustment would be made. The commissioners were so certain cer-tain of this that ai sub-committee consisting con-sisting of Messrs. Clark, Watkins and Parker Was appointed to adjust the minor details. ' , . - "Attorney MacVeagh, counsel for the Hillside Coal company and the Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania company, requested Mr. Mitchell and his counsel to meet him in Washington today, for the purpose of working out the details of the strike settlement. While we were in conference confer-ence with Mr. MacVeagh word was received re-ceived from the coal presidents announcing an-nouncing that the. first proposition was not satisfactory and that the coal companies com-panies would prefer a continuance ci the hearing before the arbitration commission." com-mission." Mr. Mitchell declined to express an opinion regarding the attitude of the coal roads' presidents. Mr. Darrow, however, said: "They have gon squarely back on their word." Supplementing this, Mr. Lloyd said: "We have no knowledge of the cause of the action of the railroad presidents excepting that the announcement followed fol-lowed the conference between the independent in-dependent operators and the coal road presidents." , . Mr. Mitchell was asked if he considered consid-ered that the action of the coal road presidents had weakened their case before be-fore the commission. He said: "I do not want to say what they have done, but I have no doubt that we will win our case." . . Mr. Lloyd interposed the following: "The commissioners know something now which they did not know before. They know the terms of the proposed settlement. They know the coal road presidents proposed the settlement and then backed out." |