Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-12
CAPITAL RELIEVED
AS MINERS GIVE IN
Generally Believed in Washington
That Coal Strike Is Practi-
cally Ended.
WILL RENEW NEGOTIATIONS
Attorney-General Palmer Sees
Way Open to End
Difficulty.
[By Cniversal Snrvice-l

10y Ini'crsai SerNlce.I
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE call
weight from the mind of official Wash
ington today. resulting in expressions
on all hands Of relief and satisfaction
that the crisis had been passed
The government Immediately took
the initiative to bring the operators
and the miners together. with the re-
suit that by 1880 tonight acccptances
meet Secretary of Labor Wilson in a
new conference Friday morning to
reach settlement of all matters in
dispute.
BY agreement with the other mem
bers of the Cabinet, Secretary of La
Dor Wilson Immediately took steps this
afternoon to bring together in Wash
ington Friday representatives of both
the miners and the mine operators for
the purpose of rcopening negotiations
for wage scale and new working
Messages were sent by Secretary OF
Labor Wilson TO President John l..
Lewis; of tile United Mine Workers.
and Chairman Thomas T. Brewster, Of
Ing them and their representatives TO
strike is now at an end in fact rs
Include Coal Associntion.
Harry y. Taylor, president of the
National Coal Association, with head
quarters in Washington. was also in
-
ton, so that the joint meeting of min
ers and mine operators might be rep
resentative of the entire coal indus
try.
The renewal of negotiations between
the miners and the mine operators does
not mean. II was said. that all of the
miners Will return 10 work
II is conceded in bot.i oamps-that
Is. by both the labor leaders and by
the coal operators-tliat it is likely
that some of the miners will refuse
and stay out until the negotiations
are concluded.
But the general opinion is that the
strike is now at an end in fact as
Of the miners will go back to work
that somet.a!ns approaching normal
production VIII be resumed.
The government, however, took no
action today toward resembling the
orders governing distribution OF coal
and priority rules.
The coming conference between the
miners and the mine operators is not
expected to be OF short duration One
Of the most important matters 10 be
settled is the making of n new agree
,nent TO rcniace the one now in eS
istence, This will take some time.
Attorney-Genersrs Statement.
Attorney-Genera Palmer said today
on receipt OF the news that the strike
order had been cancelled:
mai haSe ,hs ;enrs been assuming at all times
obey the law when IL was called to
their attention in the way 1t has been.
and am glad they justified this as
sumption.
The way ie now open to a settle
ment by the peaceful processes which
should always be employed in settle
ment OF such disputes without injury
TO the general public"
The executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor issued the fol-
lowing statement today:
The executive council notes the
fact that in the statement issued by
Attorney-General Palmer. which be-
yond doubt was called forth by the
statement issued by the executive
council at it's meeting Sunday. Novem-
Der 3. and published in the newspapers
Monday. November 10. that the At
torney-General cvadeS in the main not
only the declarations of principle in
VOWED in the restraining order and the
mandatory features of the Injunction
issued by Judge Anderson but that
Mr.. Palmer wholly ignores the asser-
tion made by the executive council
that pledge was made by the gov
ernment officials and by members Of
Congress that the Lever act was never
intended to apply to the activities of
wage earnerS engaged in any strike or
conditions of employment, and that the
Lever act would not be applied by the
government to wage earnerS engaged
in such activities.
The Attorney-General evaaes and
Ignores. the broken pledge, and bad
faith of the administration in respect
to these facts