The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
BOTH SIDES LOOK
To GARFIELD TO
TAKE next STEP
Offer of Operators Fails
to Meet Demand Of
Strikers by 11.6 per cent
WILL TAKE TEN
DAYS TO RECOVER
Operators Say Industries
Could Not Resume OPP
erations in Ten Days IL
Strike Ceased at Once

Washington. Nov. es.-Both the en-
orators and The miners We're locking
thnt~ht To DIR Harry Garfield. Jnitaa.
States fuel administrator. to take the
next strip toward effeeting settle
mcnt OF the coal strike negotiations
As matters stand tonight the cor-
ference is again deadlocked over the
question Of the wage increase Which
as the dominant issue, The best tia.
the operators have offered is 30 nef
cent raise. the least that the miners
have agreed to accept Is ais per
cent increase. Neither side mani.
Tested any disposition tonight to COM
promise further
Along with this resume of the SIT
uation II is also clear that the publ
Tic will have to bear the cost of the
increased wage scale. The operators
reassarted tonight that their offer az
90 per cent increase was conditioned
upon government approval and that
the government must take the respon-
sinthtv for any wage agreement fin-
q lfy determined upon. asT 7ss
The burden of saying Just how much
Ia raise in wages the consuming pub
lie may. be fairly expected 10 bear
falls upon the United states fuel sad-
mlnistration For that reason Di
CARRIED is nov expected to come fer
he did last week when he laid gnvert.
nent data and averages of labor costs
and living costs before the coal con-
ference
;,.os3 y hatha4s The coal conference Will
get down 70 business a gain tomorrav
is prohlenat teal. The miners said
today that they were waiting for the
operators TO tell them when they wers.
ready 10 90 on with negotiations. The
operators said they had asked Or Car
field 10 meet them again and adYis.
them what to do.
- aar, taassaAes na;si. tonight that, hrs
could not say whether ne would meet
tho operators tomorrow or indeed
whether any conference would be held
before Tuesday.
Another conference on the coal
situation is expected to be held to-
morrow by Dr. GARFIELD. Attorner-
General Palmer, Judge Ames Of the
attorney generals staff and Walker
q Hines, director general of rail.
roads.
It is entirely possible that the me-
-otIations Will mark time until this
whole situation is put up TO the cabs
ret af it's meeting Tuesday Ths
operators pointed out today that
there is wide difference between the
position taken by DIR Garfield and ~
Secretary of Labor wilson. and thai
the cabinet will have to decide thA
lead which the government will toll.
low.
Secretary Wilson's analysis Of the
controversy is that there should ~ !,
fiat Increase n mining rates OF 11l1
cents per ton, . daf increase In oAY
wages Of s1,5o. and "A sncruaSe -
yardaEe and dead work OF attn PAT
csnt s
While DR. Garfield has not yat
made a specific recon rnendat10n IN
definite nercen tages and dEurea, tbs
operators claim that the data az the
United States fuel administration, witt
not support the otter which SAeretnry
Wilson said should be made to the
miners, and which the miners
promptly said they would Accept
The operators said today that the
economic facts OF the coal indnstrY
show that there should be no wage
increase at all. But they aAid they
offered 20 per cent because the Hov-
eminent had told them to offer the
miners something so AZ to break the
deadlock and induce the rntnera u
resume work
The operators said that they had
gone as tar as they could and thar To
offer more would not only ~ r0Qu1r-
ing the consumer to pay an excAGatve
price hut that it would have tho a.
feet of wrecking the coal industry ~
opening the way for successful COM
petition on the part OF the Mex1caM
oil fields. Nh