Show w w PREVAILS THAT STRIKE IS ABOUT TO END secretary root and mr morgan arrived at an agreement at the conference last saturday washington oct 11 at noon today it was said at the white house that no communication relative to the strike biad been received from john mitchell officially cither by president roosevelt or by the operators it waa addressed to the public and it is assumed that mr mitchell will take cognizance of it from the press in the event lie should not do 0 o however it is possible that the president will officially notify him of the proposition inasmuch as the communication was ui the shape of nn address to the public it is possible mr mitchell may make hia reply in n similar manner the president bu agreed to appoint the commission suggested provided such a commission should prove satisfactory to the minera during alic early part of today the president Pre aident had several conferences all bearing on the strike secretary root called immediately abier tho departure of morgan and bacon and had a brief interview with the president soon afterward frank P sargent had a conference with alc president he declined to discus the object of his interview but it va believed to be with to the personnel of the proposed commissioner of labor wright also had an extended interview with the president at its conclusion while ho declined to dichas it he expressed the belief that the coat was on the eve of settlement he had no informs tion from sir mitchell the beelin at the white giouse is optimistic belief is general among olTi cial and civilian callers that a long step has been taken toward a final settlement of the strike until ajr mitchell makes his reply no further action on the part of alie prescient is expected it developed today that the main features of tho proposition were discussed and in a general way agreed V at the conference between secretary hoot and mr morgan in new york on saturday last sir lorgan was very anxious to bring about an adjustment and secretary hoot was able to means whereby the main obstacles to yielding on the part of the operators could be removed washington oct 14 at no corn had been received from mr inasmuch as the president is in a sense an intermediary between the operators and miners it ia regarded as probable that he will receive Air mit cheh a to the proposition made last night |