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VOL. NO. 194. SHAW AND RIDGEIT IH FULL ACCORD Emphatic Denial of Differences Over Treasury Affairs. STATEMENT Y.

ISSUED Rumor of Drastic Action by Comptroller Breaks Stocks. Fab. Report CI re a la ted That Ser-tary Had Bee OrerraM Re-Cardiac Baak RfT. Special to Tb. Inter Ocen-.

WASHINGTON. D. a. Oct. 3.

The dlffer-ent rumors-Tput In circulation by various papers, tha; serious difference, existed be-" tween Secretary of the Treasury Shaw and Comptroller received added impetus when a report was circulated In Wall street that Comptroller Ridgely had overruled Secretary Shaw's action In regard to releasing the 25-per-cent reserve in natlon-' al hanks so far as those applied to government deposits secured by government bonds. Btatesaeat hr Rida-ely. Comptroller Ridgely was quick to make an emphatic denial and made It clear that be and Secretary Shaw were in complete harmony on all-questions pertaining to the man-. agement of the Treasury Department. He Usued the following statement: "The report that I have overruled, or attempted to overrule, or shall attempt to overrule, the Secretary of the Treasury In the matter of reserve on government deposits secured by government bonds, is wholly false and unfounded.

Before the decision was reached and the announcement made by the Secretary that no reserve need be talned against government deposits Secured 'by government bonds, the Secretary and I several Uovs had discussed the matter, and we are in full accord as to the policy of his announcement and the way it shall be car' rled out. "The discretion is Joint. The statute 'the comptroller of the currency may notify any association whose lawful reserve shall be below the amount above required to make good. such reserve, and if such association shall fail for thirty days therefore so to make good Its reserve, the comptroller may. with the concurrence of the Secretary of the i Treasury, appoint a receiver etc.

Thecomp- troiler cannot act without the concurrence-ef the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary cannot act without the initiative of the comptroller. The discretion is therefore Joint and the 'final decision mast be with the Secretary. In fact. Comptroller Ridgely was' in New Tork with Secretary Shaw on Monday when It was agreed. to: take this action.

It was not the decision alone of Secretary Shaw, but. of the Secretary and the comptroller. It was not dictated by the situation In New Tork. bad aa that was reported, but by the fact that reports from all the reserve cities in the country i bowed Jhat the national banks were be-low their 23 per ceBt limit, and at that time there could not have been an important loan IV made in any of those cities. Secretary Shaw and Comptroller Ridgely had a conference before the comptroller made his public state-' ment, and it represents both of them, Casari Break.

Stocks. Special Dispatch to Tb. Inter Ocean. NEW TORK. Oct.

8. There was a violent decline in ie stock market "this afternoon on a wild yarn from Washington that Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely had put aside the decision of Secretary Shaw that national banks need not hold any reserve against the government money deposited with thinx. During the interval necessary to secure a denial of the report fom the -comptroller the slump occurred. St- Paul declined Vi points from the high quotation of today, Reading common and Union Pacific 4 points, Erie common, Atchison common, Illinois Central, and Baltimore ft Ohio, each 1. There were declines of a point or more throughout the list but there was a recovery of some consequence before the closing.

Market Hit Jest at Close. The canard from Washington reached Wall Street about 2:30, and immediately caused like demoralization In the stock market. Comptroller Ridgely was reported to have ruled that the matter of bank, reserves are exclusively within hi province, and that Secretary Shaw was without au-thority in giving bis permission to the banks to release the 25 per cent reserve which they formerly have been required 'to hold against government deposits. In the case of a certain bank which bad taken advantage of the decision of last Monday, Mr. Ridgely was said to have refused to approve of the statement of the institution until the 23 per cent reserve shall have been recovered.

The highest rate of money was 8 per cent. There was a considerable recovery in the market Just before the closing. BRITISH PRAISE FOR SHAW. Leadoa Statist CoBtaaead Cearsc by Secretary. LONDON, Oct.

S. The Statist, in its issue of tomorrow, will say that the feeling on the stock exchange, where the week began in gloom, was very rapidly changed by the bold and statesmanlike action of Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, who has shown a read! ness to assume responsibility and face a grave emergency which ought to earn him a high reputation among his countrymen. The Statist credits Mr. Shaw with saving the money market trouble by casting asido routine traditions and adopting a policy which had hitherto been supposed to be for-, bidden by law. The paper attributes the stringency in Wall street entirely to unwise banking legislation and an antiquated treasury system, which withholds vast sums from the public In times of exceptional demand.

DRINK CURE CAUSES LAWSUIT. Isslsss Mam Maes III. Slater for Ad-salalsterlBs; av Drear. Special to Th. Inter Ocean.

KOKOMO, Oct. Ceorge Overshlmer baa filed a $10,000 damage suit against his sister, Mrs. Laura Hoover, who is accused of damaging bis health by administering 'a drug to cure the drink habit. Overshlmer claims to have lost twenty pounds In weight through the secret decoction, though his thirst still remains in a robust condition. COBB DECLARES CHANGES WILL RUIN POSTOFFICE MaarBlfleeBt Effects Sacrificed to Lower Cast Shaw WlH AId Sc-i care Fart.tr Faads.

Special DUpatch to The Inter Ocean. WASHINGTON, Oct. The Treasury Department today prepared its advertisement for. new bids for the interior finishing of the Chicago postofflce. The specifications originally prepared by Architect Henry Ives Cobb are seriously modified, if not marred, to meet the.

necessities of the The magnificent effects of marble and bronze are to be replaced by cement and open doorwaysi which will make the interior common and ordinary instead of artistic and effective. Mr. Cobb feels that In modifying the plans for the interior of the building to meet the restricted appropriation, the most beautiful effect, he had planned must be sacrificed. Secretary Shaw appreciates and re gets that the appropriation at his command will not permit carrying out Mr. Cobb's original plans.

In advertising for new bids the Secretary will request the bidders to bid also on the original plans, with the hope that be will receive many more bids, and it the people of Chicago are anxious to have their public building as originally planned1, and the most magnificent public building in the country, they can go to Congress seeking an additional appropriation for that purpose. He will give every aid and encouragement to such an undertaking 'But In the mean time he can only act on blda that will come within the appropriation of $1,250,000. which is nearly $250,000 less than the lowest bid received last week on the original specifications. IS MAY TALKS OF SHIP DEAL Declares Kverythlae; la Completed Save Electleoof Officers. NEW TORK, The steamship Celtic, which left today for Liverpool, had among Its passengers J.

Bruce Ismay and W. Pirrle, who are returning Xo England after signing away the individuality of the White SUr line, and combining It with the Red Star, Dominion, Leyland, American, sod Atlantic Transport lines in the new company. On the pier to tee them off were J. Pierpont Morgan and a number of other steamship men. Mr.

Irmay talked freely over the result of tho conference, and said that all had been completed with the exception of the election of officers. "I will have to make another trip here in order to settle a good many little things," he said, "but the main points lc the new company have all been decided. I don't car to talk about -the report of thrCunard line receiving new subsidies from- the British government. There is room for another company, and also room for the tramp steamships. An arrangement for the schedule of the big ships will have to be formed.

We are going to try to have a mail ship leave every day, but never two In one day, as has been done la the past. We will also try to have the German lines enter Inio this agreement of sailing If we can, and the ships abroad will be arranged the same way -Ke Prstertio. Seen. LONDON. Oct'S." The Saturday Review, commenting oo the government's shipping agreement, saysr "The retention' of docs something for British trade, but the agreement with the shipping combination has bo such protective offect." The paper ridicules the argument of Gerald W.

BaUour, president of the board or trade, about conceding a fair share of the- Atlantic trade to Americans, and aays Mr. Balfour's doctrine, a priori, of a. fair share of trade Is absurd, and that every nation will try to get as much as It can. CAN BRING THE DEAD TO LIFE. Remarkable Claim Made by Dr.

Lit-. tic field of Alexaadrta, lad. Special DUpatch to Th. Inter Ocean. ALEXANDRIA.

Oct. 2. Dr. W. LitUefield at arts that -he can restore the dead to life.

He says that he has restored one boy who was undoubtedly dead, and that he has restored animals numberless limes after rigor mortis bad set In. He 'declares that life is not necessarily dependent upon organic function. Where death has been due to causes which have not Impaired tissue formation or torn down the structure of the vital organs, life may be recalled. "Volatile magnetism." says the physician, is the power that can reanimate the dead body. In his experiments Dr.

Llttlefleld uses a powder of which tho basis is common salt. PHOTO BOOTH IS SLEUTH'S AID. Fasrltlve Clerk Mar Be, Tracked by Plctare takes at Fair. Unexpectedly the photographing booth at tho Wood lawn country fair, held two weeks ago at Sixty-Sixth street and Monroe avenue. has become a detective agency.

A picture taxen or George Wiseman, former clerk at the Colonial hotel, is expected to result in the fugitive's arrest. Last Tuesday night, so It is charged by Manager Baraaloux of the hotel. Wiseman took $1,000 from the safe and departed. The photograph for which Wiseman nosed at the fair will be reproduced in circulars, which win te cisinoutea inrougnout the country. Wiseman, who Is 22 years old, was clerk at the Colonial for about four months.

He Is said to bo the son of wealthy parents In New Tork. A mania for "crap shooting" is said to bo the indirect cause of the theft. TORNADO STRIKES TENNESSEE. Haa her of Hoasee Wrecked at Iadlaa-ola aad Omm Killed. MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct.

tornado struck Indlanola Just before noon today, wrecking: a number of and fat.iiv in juring Miss Florence Morris. A number of otner persons were more or less seriously hurt. Many farm bouses In the vicinity wer destroyed. DESPERATE FIGHT WITH POSSE. Foar Brothers Barricade Themselves aad Defy jOff leers.

GUTHRIE. Oct, S. Advices from Crescent City, eighteen miles distant, tell of a fierce battle between officers and four brothers. In which one man was killed and others wounded. The brothers have barricaded themselves In a saloon.

Tho sheriff, with a large party, has gone to the scene. MAY RAISE DISCOUNT RATE. Ceraaa Baak Calls Special Meellaa- "to Diseaas act lea. BERLIN, Oct. 2.

The reichsbank' statement, published today, having shown the existence of phenomenal pressure, the bank haa called a special meeting for tomorrow to discuss the raising of the discount rate to per cent, which is assumed to be certain. The statement shows $108,000,000 decrease In the note reserve, against $93,750,000 for last year. The discounts are greater than ever before, except on Sept. 30,1899. CHICAGO, rSATTJIiDAX OCTOBER 4, 1902.

SHEA SAYS POLICE-COURT METHODS BALK JUSTICE i Declares Political Iaflacaoo Is Used to Shield Crtmlaels frosa the Law. Political influence and dilatory police-court tactics, according to Police Inspector Shea, are rendering Justice through these tribunals practically Impossible. The. inspector clares so many obstacles are Interposed to prosecutions that he has sometimes been compelled to dteregard the police court entirely and go directly before the grand Jury. One instance Is that of John O'Brien, bartender in Bunk Allen's saloon at Green and Adams wbtqh the Rev.

Joseph Bruek of Heoppoie, I1L, was reoeatly enticed and robbed. After repeated police-court delays the police appealed to the, grand Jury. O'Brien was quickly indicted there, tried, and convicted. The prosecution developed tho fact that Allen Is operating without a license, but, in spite of repeated warnings, the place remains open. When Abe Marks, Edward Oppermaa.

Abe Epstein, and James Madden -were arrested, charged with complicity; In the robbery of Mandel A Wendell's cigar factory at 741 West Madison street, the police again seemed powerless, until the grand Jury wa appealed to, when'indictments were immediately voted. NOMINATION IS KEPT SECRET. Foarteeath Illinois District Democrat. Hold Coaveatlea. Special Dispatch 4o Th.

Inter Ocean. MONMOUTH. IIL. Oct. 3.

The Democratic convention of the Fourteenth Congressional district held a star-chamber session her. to day to select a candidate lh place of Mayor STATE SCORES III BOODLE TRIAL St. Louis Judge Rules Against Snyder on Vital Point. STATUTE CONSTRUED Question of Residence Declared to Be One of Fact. irter Oae for the Jary to Decide After cartas; the Evldeace lreemted.

Special Dispatch to Th. Inter Ocean. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.

The state scored a victory today in the trial of Robert M. banker and promoter, charged with bribery in connection with the Central Traction bill, when Judge Ryan decided that the matter of Snyder's residence was one of fact that the Jury would have to decide after hearing the evidence. He ruled that the statute, of limitations meant in effect that a man's residence was the place where he personally lived. The question arose over the construction OUR OWN ATLAS IN HIS of the Missouri statute of limitations, which reads: -t all nun the time dnrina? which any defendant shall not have been an Inhabitant of or usually resident within this state shall not constitute any part of the limitations." The period tor limitation for bribery is three years. Pol at Raised hy State.

It is the state's contention that Snyder ha. been a resident of New Tork for the greater part of the time since the Central Traction bill was passed, in 1898, and cannot therefore receive the benefits oi tne statute of limitations. The defense will undertake to show that bo lives, and haa lived, in Kansas City. The question will turn on the meaning of the words "inhabitant" and "resident" con tained In the statute. Judge Ryan's decision permitted the admission, of the testimony which the defense y.A tri.d to exclude.

It was a distinct de feat tor Snyder in the point on which tho entire ease has come to binge. dMtalon said the court, "is that the words 'inhabitant' and "resident' are not synonymous. It is a question of law ana of fact. If the court concludes the evidence lustifles it. It will become a question for the Jury under proper Instructions." Evldeace as to Resldeaee.

W. H. Ten Broeck testified that he was a resident of New Tork from January, 1899, to July, 1900, and that Snyder bad apartments at the Waldorf-Astoria. A-ked if Mr. Snyder bad any bank connections in Kansas.

City, Mr. Ten Broeck said: "I learned in July, 1900, that he was president of a bank In Kansas City." Shirley W. Johns and Jewell H. Auberre, newspaper men, testified that while securing interviews with R. M.

Snyder in this city March 11. 1898. Snyder told them he was living In New York: One of the strongest witnesses for the tat as to the residence of Snyder was Dr. W. S.

Woods of Kansas City, president of tho National Bank of 'Commerce in that city. Dr. Woods testified that in the early part of 1899 Snyder went to bis bank and held a conversation with him in regard to a bank which Snyder had intended organizing in Kansas City. He told the witness that ho had decided not to organise the bank, that he was living in New York, and did not intend to return to Kansas City. The state rested its case at the afternoon session.

JOHN W. GATES A SICK MAN. Ahamdons Proposed Motor Toar aad "Will Reform Home. LONDON, Oct. S.

John W. Gates has returned to London from the continent in very poor health. He has given up bis projected motor tour of England and Ireland and will sail for borne Wednesday next. 10 GREAT LABOR OF KEEPING UP THE TUNNELS. T.

Marshall, who refused to make the run against Colonel Marsh. The result of the conference will not be known until the nomination papers are filed at Springfield. A rumor is current that J. D. Lynch, a wealthy railroad contractor of this city, is the candidate named.

Eatlre aew reari.tratioa Is repaired this year. This la the first reaiatra-tloa day, from o'clock a. am. to o'clock p. m.

If yoo do aot reajl.ter yea eaaaot vote. DOWIE CANNOT SELL HIS LACE. Fallare of Bio Zloa lada.try Rcspoa-slble for Healer's Troables. Inability to market the product of hla extensive lacemaklng industry at Zlon City is now being said by creditors of John Alexander Dowle to be the principal reason for the financial troubles which have been gathering of late about the heads of "Elijah II." and his followers. Indirectly from one of the Zlon lacemakers comes also the Information that tho Inferior quality of the lace accounts for the "prophet's" inability to find It known that Dowle depended largely upon the lacemaklng Industry tor funds with which to build up Zloa City, and that a few weeks ago he entertained representatives there of all the largo wholesale houses in America for the purpose of exhibiting his goods and securing orders.

Though he haa now on hand over 1300.000 worth of lace, however, few sales have been Eatlre aew rear! stratloa Is repaired this year. This la the first rearlstra-tloa day, from 8 o'clock a. m. to- o'clock m. If yea do aot resrlater yea eaaaot vote.

INDEX TO THE NEWS. Page. 1 Shaw aad Rlda-ely la accord. Kama of noosevelt cheered. state nla.

la boodle case. Coal eoaf ereace comes to aaasat. 3 Speakership work at Masaachaaetts ladorses Roosevelt. -Coal price hlarh for moaths. -'Wheeler's fate la Jary's heads.

4 Haveaor aaca Qala. Tart aewa aad aroaalp. Ilaraesa-horoe racea. 5 Politico la Wlaeoasla. Kewa of the treat may take Taft's orfcr.

Hollaad's Kcw York letter. 8 Local flaaaclal aewa. The Baa's flaaaclal aewa. Boom la eora carries prteea hlarher. Hop; prices advaacei cattle weaker.

Laadlord flahts sapposed "Red." Dob's review of Wllmette officials foaad "short." ROOSEVELT'S NAME GREETED BY CHEERS National Republican League Applauds Speakers Praise. BEVERIDGE IS HEARD Indiana Senator Lauds Work of Young Men in Party. Go vera or Totes aad CoBsrressmaa Crooveaor Are Givea a Hearty. Welcome. With an enthusiastic mass meeting last night at the First Regiment armory.

In which very mention of Roosevelt name was cheered, the thirteenth convention of the Na tional Republican league waa brought to a close. Senator Albert J. Beverldge of In diana won his audience with a speech of encouragement to young men. Governor Tates was given a hearty greeting when he arose to speak, and Congressman Charles H. Grosvenor, the other orator of the evening, found a welcome response in bis audi tors.

When Governor Yates concluded address he proposed three cheers for President Roosevelt, the Senator from Indiana, and the Congressman from Ohio. They were given with a will, whereupon Isaao Miller Hamilton, the retiring president of the league, who presided, proposed a similar greeting for the Governor. JSeated upon the platform were a number of politicians prominent In the state and Among them were former State Senator Delos F. Baxter of Rochelle, Homer F. Aspinwall of Freeport, Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner French.

O. Abner Murray of Springfield. J. Hanby Jones, Alexander H. Revell, David Shanahan, F.

W. Elliott, Danial D. Healy, William C. Law-aon. and Arthur J.

Dixon. The officers of the league were also seated upon the stsge. Bevertdsje Appeals to loath. At the opening of his address Senator Beverldge said that be bad been requested to speak to the young "Young blood is Republican blood." be said. "It the blood that believes and builds: the blood of faith and hops and decda That Is why there is no political borne for young Americana except In the Republican party.

Young Americans are believers in the republic's future. They do not think that all the great work has been done. They do not think that the fathers left nothing for ineir cnuaren to do except to admire the achievements of the past. The young men of America believe that the republic haa Just begun Its career. They look upon the nation as they lookpon themselves masterful with the vitality of youth and not as an old man who has lived his day and totters to Its close, muttering that the book of works Is closed." Continuing, be argued that tha lines which divide the parties ara simply construction and destruction.

Tho Republican party of the twentieth century, he said, was organised optimism and the Democratic organised pessimism. The Senator reached a pretty climax hy saying la reference to the statesmanship of President McKinley: "When William McKlnley'a name remains but a beautiful memory and his Internal 'counsels shall have lost their Interests under changing conditions, the empire of the Pa cine and the gulf which his statesmanship gave us will lift larger and larger as one of tha few mountain peaks of permanent and world-wide American statesmanship." This sentiment was taken up by the audience, and it, waa aeveral seconds before the spaaker waa permitted to resume. Throughout his address. Senator Beverldge ahowed what the Republican party bad done for the young men by way of offering opportunities of employment in he various industries fostered nnder Republican rule. Referring to the new dependenclea of which the speaker said the Democrats wanted to give them up, be said: "And yet our dependencies, although we ac- (Continued on Third Page.) OPEHATORS TMUT STRIKE SETTLEffiJT Mitchell's Proposal at Roosevelt's Conference to ave Work Resumed Pending Arbitration Is Rejected.

RAILROAD MAGNATES President's Appeal to Their Patriotism and Regard for Humanity Disregarded Union Is Scath- ingly Arraigned as an Anarchistic Organization. Special Dispatch The Inter Ocean. WASHINGTON. D. Oct- 1.

Th. great conference held today between President Roosevelt, the coal operators, and the representatives of the United Mine Workers' association to naught. The strike is no nearer a settlement than It was before the meeting of the operators. The conference failed because "the public be damned" was the attitude the operators assumed. The President appealed to them and to Mr.

Mitchell as the representative of the miners to resume the operation of the mines to meet the crying needs of the people. He appealed to their patriotism, "to the spirit that sinks personal considerations and makes Individual sacrifices for the general gOOd." President Roosevelt had no sooner finished hla innul than John Mitchell rose and offered to order the miners back into the mines tomorrow and leave all differences between them and the operators to a board nf arbitration bv the President. He also stated that the miners would abide by any and all decisions by sucn a ooara oi aroi- tratora, even should the decisions be against them on every point at issue. Tho coal operators took xour nours to con sider-the President's appeal and Mr. -LMhtta Air.r.

Then they returned to the wit, iinna. srrioncce that ther'wotiId not treat wltbvMltcheU.or any board of ar-kitratnr. nnr would thev recoraize theYlgtrt of Mitchell to mile any- auggeetlons to them through the President of the ldum Operators Rcfaae to Arbitrate. They rested on the statement that Individ ual miners could appeal tothe court ip- ra1a th.lr reanectlvc AstriCtSlf they had grievances. These coal Operators" were the same at tne wnue House inai mtj Bin Kn In Vbw Tork and PhlladelDkia.

abso lutely indifferent to the rights of the pub lic In effect their reply to mo rresiaein was: "The public be These six railroad men and mine operators have in the most public manner possible as sumed full responsibility xor me coai iam-in and the untold sufferina it may bring upon the millions of people for whom President Roosevelt spoke today. But tnis responsi bility wiH be placed upon those wno are higher than these officials, who are merely their representatives. The greater part "of this, responsibility wilt have to be assumed by J. Pierpont Mor gan, whi Is the representative of the financial Interests In control -of the railroads represented. It will be Interesting to know bow Mr.

Morgan will explain the action of bis agents. Roosevelt DI President Roosevelt Is disappointed at the outcome of this conference, from which bo hoped much. He felt that be was fulfilling a great public duty in calling all parties to this aerlous controversy to comer wnn nun, and try to reach a settlement of some kind i. int.raat nf humanity. He is disappointed at the failure, but more dls in th inrn who are the reprea.n tatlves of the combinations of capital and la control of tho coal mines and coal raiiroaaa, i-inthod with the sower to deprive the Amer ican people of a great necessary element of health and comfort.

These six men. who have sprang into notoriety because of the coal strike, came to Washington with apparently no higher conception of their responsibilities to the public than have the most' ignorant foreigners among the miners. They talked only of their own rights or the rights of the stockholders Thv w.r. to IUC7 the President's appeals to patriotism and Inl behalf of th suffering. They wer even so arrogant as to assume that the President had so right to call John Mitchell, president of th United Mine Workers, into conference with them, and all their actions from the hour they arrived last alght In their private ears and special train, until they left tho national capital was characterized by selfishness and Ignorant arrogance.

Mitchell la They were In striking contrast to the calm. Smooth-faced, and modest-mannered man who spoke for the miners snd incidentally for labor. John Mitchell was quick to respond to the President, appeal, and was ready to waive all differences for th time being In the interest of the public, asking only that there be some meana of fair arbitration In th end. President Roosevelt appreciated th conduct of Mitchell and be was not only dla-appolnted, but resented the attitude of tho mine who sought to ignore the presence of the miners' representative, th President's guest. Feels Ills Daty Has Beea Doa.

While the President Is grievously disappointed over th failure of the conference, he feels that be baa done bis duty and la willing to let th matter rest for th Urn being, since the operators have assumed full responsibility for tho coal famine and the suffering to the people resultant therefrom. He will leav the operators to meet this responsibility aa best they may. He lias made hla statement to the operators and Mr. Mitchell, all of which appears In the verbatim report of the It may be that later th administration will find some way to deal more effectively with the situation, bnt at present there is ao fUn. Th members of the Cabinet ahar PRICE TWO WAIIT FEDERAL TROOPS the President's feeling of disappointment in the result and in the selfishness and lack; of patriotism of the six men who came to Washington as the representatives of capital.

It la felt in Cabinet ctrclea that these aaca nave cwpnasisca ma correctness OI law President's views on the necessity for some power to supervise and regulate bad trust dominated by arrogant representatives of capital. Pahlle Shows Deep latcrest. Deep interest was manifested in the conference on the part of the public The sidewalks and street in front of the temporary White House were thronged with people who anxiously awaited tb result. Newspaper men lined either aide of th entrana to th White House, from Its doors to th street. At the close of the conference, Mr.

Baer came to the door first and when he saw the array, turned to his associates and said: "VelV look here, we have got to run the gauntlet and we may aa well go There was a distinct expression of disappointment in the crowd when it btctrnt kia that the conference had been unsuccessful and so agreement bad been reached. At the conclusion of the morning conference and after the operators had prepared their statements. It Is understood that President Baer communicated bis statement partte In New -Tork over, ihe long-dietance telephone before reading It to th President, There -was only one stenecraphcr-aa tb special train and. the time consumed In dictating; ahd preparing the statements caused tore of me operators to be fifteen minutes late for the afternoon session of the conference. Markle la Dramatic.

A-tinge of the dramatic was given to the afternoon proceedings by Mr. Markle. who. in aaaition to tna prepared statement, told, the President that ho wanted to present the case la another light, and as "Exhibit bo banded the President a copy of an illustrated paper with a cartoon showing a nonunion miner being abused by th union miners and prevented from going to work, with Justice bound and powerless. It was laid oa th table with other papers, tb President making no comment.

Mr. Thomas supplemented his statement by saying that he came to Washington during: th civil war with a gun on his shoulder to fight for a principle. He was contending for a principle now, which waa that a man should not be denied the right to work because be did not have a license from a labor leader. During the conference the President listened to both sides with the greatest eagerness. Immediately after its adjournment hla physicians.

Surgeon General Rlxey and Lung, insisted on making an examination of bis wound and re-dressing It- Apparently no III effects bad resulted from the excitement of the day, and after a later call at 8 o'clock Dr. Lung announced that the President' condition was satisfactory. Operators Are lira. When th operators returned to their train after the conference they met a number of newspaper men, to whom they furnished copies of the statementa they had made to the President. Stipulating that they should aot be Quoted, they.

talked quit freely of the conference. Several- of them declared th interference of the Proliant had resulted in retarding rather than forwarding the settlement. They asserted that no progress had been made, and said they would return to continue the contest. They declared that the sltuaUoa was most serious as to coal supply, but said that coal would be furnished to th public, aad if given protection they could get men min coal to at least 7 per cent of their capacity. They declared there would co compromise and that th strlk would conUnu until th miners succumb.

They asserted their determination to make no concessions further than, the offers already mad. Th coal operators do not hesitate to say that they regard as a grand-stand play th President's Intrusion upon a situation that la no wis concerned him as chief executive of the nation, and they significantly add that It is now "up to him" to make th next move In the game. As for the public at large, solar ss Its views are indicated by those who are la Washington, they are of th opinion, that President Roosevelt will now tak sotn radical step to put an end to the situation." Tha Aiwtr.tora' train will leav in the early hours tomorrow morning, and President Baer said he expected to be in New Tork city by o'clock. and the other presidents put lav aa boar or mors walking around the city. Mitchell lasoes StateaaeBf.

During the evening President Mitchell of ha wina Wnrknn uiloD dictated a formal statement, concerning the proceedings of th conference and Us results. In which be an-Mnnmi that the strike would continue as av result of the failure of the conference. Following la the text of Mr. Mltcnell at tha mnrninr session of the conference. between the mine operators "and the commit tee representing the.

miners, rresiaent RAnunll nntllnad th. BUfMU for Which ho had called th operators and the miners together. After the President concluded hi statement the miners at once proposed to tha nueatlon. and Issue of the coal strike) to the President for adjustment, but this proposition was afterward rejected by operators. "At th afternoon session th miners sub-.

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