The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-10
Bush Committee Still In Washington and at Work
 on Scale of Prices
MINERS DELEGATION
 GO TO WASHINGTON
Optimism Prevails Throughout the District in Reference to Coal Sit uation and Adjustment of
 Differences

Birmingham. in an industrial sense, is about to transfer all It's troubles to Washington.
 The Morris w. Bush committee, en- deavoring to secure a revision of the price scale for coal as set sometime ago by President Wilson, will remain at the national capital another week.
 This morning delegation represent ing the union miners of this district, will leave for Washington, and. in all probability, will remain there until the conclusion of the week.
 Before returning to Birmingham, the two committees will secure a settle ment, either favorable or unfavorable, of difficulties incident to cost of pro- duction and selling price, and an ad-- justment of slight differences existing between operator and operative. @
 CLIMAX BY WEDNESDAY
 The progress made by the Bush com mittee has not been divulged. It is known, however, that the committee has been received by pr. H. A. Garfield, coal administrator for the government. and that he has attentively listened to their argument that coal cannot be pro- duced in the Birmingham district at the Presidents selling prices. pr. Gar field was furnished with the monthly cost sheets of every mine in the Bir- mingham district for 8 period of 14 months.
 It Is learned that the committee will be again received by Dr. Garfield next Wednesday. By that time. 1t is antici- pated that he will have officially in- ouired into the data furnished by the Alabamians and will be prepared ten- tatively to suggest remedy for the situation.
 Local operators have always con tended that all they wanted was an investigation directed into every min ing property of the district. They feel certain that if this concession is ac- corded, the President will be convinced that his scale of prices is working an insurm ountable hardship.
 COMMITTEE OFF TODAY
 The committee of miners which leaves this morning, headed by J. R. Kenna- mer, president and w L. Harrison, or ganizer, District No. 20, will, 1t is known, support the argument of op- orators that coal cannot be produced in the Birmingham district as cheaply as the President would have opera- tors sell 1t.
 The miners, 1t is stated, are hopeful that the operators will be guaranteed a reasonable margin of profit. They are concerned in securing their share of such profit. Should the government make concessions to the operators, the miners desire an increase in their scale of wages.
 The Kennamer committee will be re- ceived by Dr. Garfield, Frank s. Pea body, chairman of the fuel committee of the council of national defense; Will liam B. wilson. Secretary of Labor, and possibly by the President Tn addition to a discussion of cost of production and wages, the committee will take up with officials their other alleged griev- ances.
 MINERS RESUME WORK
 Throughout the district optimism prevails. Operators and miners are ap- narent1y delighted in that there will ha no strike-that the adjustment of their differences will be left to future efforts of pacific nature
 While little tangible information comes from Washington, local opera tors believe that ultimately the Presi- dent will become convinced that he should revise his scale of prices. They do not believe the President would Will ingly put them out of business
 The miners. 1t was inulcateo Ias. nirht are hopeful that as result of thei< committees visit to Washington much of which they have complained yDilI be remedied. In the meantime, all hands, 1t was declared, will resume work to the end that the Birmingham district may break all previous pro- duction records.
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