Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-20
WORKERS ARE STILL
IN RECEPTIVE MOOD.
John LEWIS CLAIMS
Conference to Negotiate
Wage Scale Will Be Re-
sumed Today.
ONLY GENERAL MATTERS
DISCUSSED AT SESSION
Both Factions Are Told That
People Will Have
Coal.
DIR. GARFIELD GIVES NOTICE
Asserts Public Will Not Tolerate
Excessive Prices or Prolonged
Stoppagc Of Production.
DR.. GARFIELD GIVES NOTICE

WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.-prospect,
OIL coal famine drew nearer tonight.
with negotiations between operators
and miners apparently at 4 standstil1.
~ subcommittee Of the Joint wage scale
committees was In session three hours.
but IL was announced after the meet
ing that only the general situation u-as
discussed and that the operators did
not submit countcr-proposals TO the
miners demands. The conference vii,
continue tomorrow.
NO progress was made. The opera-
tors submitted no proposals. We arc
stii in receptive mood" said John
-. Lewis. acting president of the
United Mine Workers. as he came oft
OF the hotel room where the confer.
cnce was held.
Inc operators committee remained
IN IN session an hour longr. AT the end
o., or that time Thomas T. Brewster.
Ghatrnan Sn Of the operators committees
fHhpslin fhs nn@lsttca!iy @ declaring athnt this was
sin sne hTst attempt at real negotistions
Buffalo. For that reason. he said die5 annI nc
seheral matters were discussed
Smaller Group Selected,
confnron nn deeis,on OF the joint wage scale
,,ni,pg tnir2pugh smaller group. in aecordancS
VAL v.,,e inc M usual custom in making tn
bn ny
and workers had heard from T,eI ness AZ
nnnasn ,.,,naStrator Garfield that as long as the
GTiieehHent Gnifed Sfa,.s stands the people Of he
HsSfsd HeSe zeal h and they Win not a be- pre Me.
miners miners NAV my anEthinE ,o the operators and
-, Thc consuming public. the CHIEF
trovsrsW tnarts IN ibpterest bt in the present con
4 mood to tolerate either i IS sxres.,ia not IN
9rC,ie 99uiGfs OF prolonged stoppage of oe ntoe
The subcommittee is co,,novo. :.
saah Gf The oqr the eea9a atGm
BrsSsser and ddSMirie1 Mr EeMiEse toiEether with Mr..
trntnr Ins stasement t;.t;I't OF the fuel admins
brought wnifh out thst was j. largely Statistical.
cost cos of Production of co coal ihS was aasv~ESaafs
average marEins uyhs of % ts the operators an
cbnScna n,S margin he said. ino:uded interost Ss'i
taSnss s. selling expenses and FedcraI
as wen as profit. :"
Doesn't Favor Demands.
;an Basio sovernment data on nrod,o
onn o,o, ana labor costs, realizatinrnl.o rlouuc5
try Wsrs miargips in the coal indusi hsa
,hs warnisE iyeh thaiy 5y aDy Dy: sSad. GsSariied. with
pl1yed pnp SHOULD be taken as n bass em snS
ticular mins iSuFe or applicable tEa,i to any par M
- Dr.; Garfield said i'd he wo,,a ,,,.
as to WAL GSo.ieE Go OF making no Statement
Of settlement but ee taEen on nr9Per 3PeT basis
suppoFt to the tthnrnshed by him lent nc
60 per cent incraatsne a.,tners' demand for 4
the esnS nEsrl I9is figures. DR.. SGs Garfield s.,a
after deduetins the ~ COST so II ,he operator.
nut nIiudlnS os labor was IS cents ntonuctton ner ION
expense TnISh and Interest charges. seliinG.
Other her items, had to + be 'aafS' paid' as Well as
n aromn, me government estimate q, ~.
q on this basis il fpale ahe 1S minspr Iabor vas s5S
ton would lid be eehSS66ease or ae the Increase per
would not onIv y, fents per ton. which
Ein 81 OF the operator. but ue wnsJ a1,Gent mar
"et loss per ton of IA cents reSu't
~, miners Say There's joke
Joker" 'iihels in tSe said aid, that there is !,
;Sssov,srnmentt.. $ q in that it t.ted covnrs by the
oth@ %et as high cost Of mines Gw an COS: @
M;H,h MM;nich would show The "a, De made
demaynGsaa nsyona emphaslzing 8 = h that the nun,,.
fields talk to the thefa%Gnnt jojnt Or, Or; Car
mittinrh iittiireh'S da consisted in simply su6s
,nn II the government data daaa ijsdastry n
men the miners can b" m,,a a.cented.
ontease sses in wages unless the
rnn inrrease in the price OF Coal ~, 70 an an
4 DR.. DR. Garhelds presenta,io, ., go,
me me reasons the operators bave dons, oi,e @,
~ mi, a counter proposal ~ ,ta
J. ~, Is that they were waitin- ~.
- ar,,. rr,., 10 snow the miners what ;f,e so, ~
dmoint drineht knows about the costs OF nro-
n. me array of figures presented hy
1T. ~, .n,arheld had the effect OF stiirens
tas ,ns the backs OF the group Of onera
.ors. winch is opposing orerinr 20
VI siincrs any Increase at all. The s,h-
=, vo,,IiInlttee , Of sixteen composed or eisht
miners and eight operators went in,H
Garfield A >io''i p'.
Believe Arbitration Nece,,nry
Ionight predictions were being mad,
lnat the negotiations viii fall SO nv.
al d aarnitration will have to be resorfed
lo. Inc government officials ave
Watching the situation very closely and 4
u this contingency becomes reality
me government VIII then endeayor 10
taRe iurther measures to bring tha II
auction. ~ ~
>, The data furnished by the fue, ad,
In!nistrator was as follows:
The total production Of b!tum;nons
coal for 1913 was 5733S5,S20 tong b1,
TOT convenience take SOC, 900 900. which
VIII be nearer tho 1919 production
on this basis the total bituminous coat
,ill or the country WAS over $I,306oo5,.8
,n6. This Is at the rate OF S2.si perf
ION realization. These asures are