Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-08
CART FIELD KNOWS
NOTHING ABOUT
PROGRAM ON FOOT
Attorney General Palmer Goes
to indianapolis Where Uncle
Sans Concessions Will Be
Presented.


Washington, Dec 7.--GOVernment
proposals for settling the coal strike
were tonight cloaked in a veil of mys-
terry which promised to lift only at
indianapolis Tuesday, when the red
eral court and the leaders OF .the
United Mine Workers will be called
upon to consider them.
Attorney General Palmer and ms
special assistants, Judge Ames, were
travelling to indianapolis tonight on
the same train with John l.. LEWIS
acting president, and William Green
secretary of the mine workers union,
whose secret visit and equally secret
conference yesterday with Mr.. Palmer
and Joseph p. Tumulty, secretary 10
President Wilson, resulted in a pro-
visional agreement to settle. NOT one
of the participants would discuss us
meaning or intent.
meaning or intent, in any detail Be
fore boarding the train for lndlanapo-
lis, however, said he was quite sure
that the end of the strike was IN s!s.t.
II was learned that he would confer
with l. G. Anderson OF the federal
district court on reaching lndianapo-
lis.
In official quarters, Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield, speaking with breNly
and emphasis, only added doubt to the
situation. 49,,
INV position has not been budged
one inch and will not be" he SAID,
IT was recalled that yesterday Dr.
Garfield had reiterated that not one
cent could be added to the price OF
coal TO finance wage increases TO tHe
miners greater than the IA per cent
he suggested, which operators could
nay out of profits, and that the gov
ernment was behind him in the stand
1t also pointed out that on November
%, he suggested this basis of agree
ment to the miners, with proVlso
that an arbitration commission be ap-
pointed by the president 70 review his "
decision with power to cnange y y
the commission sfiouid ffnd econdmf~
cal Justification. This proposal the
minerss representatives then instantly
rejected.
From other authoritative sources
there was only the attorney general s
statement issued last night that "a
definite concrete proposition from the
president looking to the speedy settle
ment of the strike had been taken
before Lewis and Green and that they
had agreed to recommend it to the ma
tional board and policy committee OF
the mine workers union.
THE miners representatives, it de-
veloped today, arrived in Washington
at noon Saturday and were cloSeted
until midnight with the attorney gen
eral They went from the department.
of Justice to the house of friend ana
did not appear until train time tonlghl'
and would not talk or add anytnlng
10 the attorney generals published
tlo sit sent
the miners leaders, or whether they
came to Washington of their own ac-
cord was a question left unanswered
by all concerned.
That the step taken guaranteed the
cessation of the coal strike on the
mart of the organized miners stlll out
was not claimed anywhere A detl-
mite silence was maintained oftlclaliy
on this point. Likewise the executive
committee of bituminous coal opera
tors watching the government actlVl-
ties had nos information which II
would divulge tonight
Gossip was active over the SITUATION
which has involved almost exclusive
attention of most government chiels
for two weeks. 1t was said in labor
circles that the presidents proposal
would result in giving the miners
more than previous government sug-
pestions would allow. Other versions
said that a practical repetition OF Or.
Garfield's arbitration offer had been
nroyisionally accepted by the mine
workers union chiefs.
II was further said that a difference
Of method of dealing with the strike
had developed among the government
agencies chiefly concerned, though all
were working towards a settlemeht.
but in responsible quarters only
silence or statements guarded to the
utmost were avai' able.
Meanwhile DR.. Garfield labored
most of the day on multitude oil de-
tails of the great job of trying to con-
serve every pound of coal. Offlclals
were confident that the country
would weather the emergency ana
those who professed to see early set,
tlement of. the strike on terms agreed
TO bv the attorney general and Lewis,
predicted that it would be only short
while before the coal output would
be back TO normal.
Meanwhile, however, the tuel ao-
ministration acting with regional coal