The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-29

This action was taken by the opera
tors altar consuft1tion with UnttAe
States Fuel Administrator GArnaia
WHO has sAiA that = ~ psr SAae aes-
crease Ii necessary to bring wares w
to the increase cost Of living.
This action has the approval az tho
government and II 10 In accordAnrA
with the plan formulated by thu cab.
met to deal with the coal situation
UPON the refusal Of the representatives
Of the United Nine Workers to accept
the governments proposal
The readiness of the government 1,
maintain order and ito protect tbs
operators and the miners who may rs-
TURF tn work ras made clear in
statement tgsued today at the dAparfa:
neut at justice previous to the actiua
Of the operators.
TROOPS As NEEDED.
The statement SAYS that Instructors
bad been given all United States at.
tornevs in the bitum,nous coal fields
ara sirsr ~ e" fnssructiofg hsfst6fbrn
Issued by the war department for use
II troops on request of state authorf-
ties are still in force.
The government II was sAid TO-DAY,
also stands ready to take over fndf,
ytdual mines in the event o. the faxs-
ure Of the owners to operate their
vheu such failure rs found to b. 4iu
act against censciractes to limit pre-
eiuc,icn
The rsrresnntstives Of the mint
workers reiterated today that rhe nrin-
oFS would .sit tight
President John l. Lewis, before i<ar~
ing for Indianapolis this afternoon. d.
oil3ed however. to exrress an opanitn
as 10 how many Of rhe nlners vcula
hold our
President Lewis and q .~taev Green
of the mine workers held rA&ferenc4
today with President c,omQNC- Of tins
American Federation az LAk1Af. Presi-
dent Csomners announced aktArWard
thar ths miners attorneys would come
to Washington al an early data to e0n-
suit with the Federation attoruMy.
jackson Fl Rallston. regarding a 49,
peal which the miners ara prNpefirE
IN take to the higher courts % ~
Injunction granted bv Judge Andsps1A
at indianapolis.
LEwIs coNrERs wTTH WILSON.
President Lewis also made can
upon Secretary of La Dor Wilson wh0ee
offer to the miners Of si.s Per cent
wage increase was overruted BY tho
cabinet in fa9er ef the Corded fiKufe
OF IA per cent.
Reports have been current that gscrN&F
tar~ Wilson, who. the miners say. haA
been repudiatAd by the xoveYurnAutS
this renort Secretary Wilson sasd::
There Is no comment"
The coal situation has now nro
creased to a point whore IL bscoun4e II
question TO whether the operatora
assured of protection by the govern.
ment, Will be able to win back ~
their offer of II per cent wage III
crease enough miners to bring produN%
,tion up to a sustaining point untt1
fhe strike la defeated %
The operators said tonight that b
the fourteen average increAsrs u
means that the wages of the pick n
miners will be increased from
s4.Ts per dav TO sal: Of naachfnN rs
miners and leaders from about 49,
TO sa.1s and Of men paid ON the day II
basis and getting an avAra 4A 0Ex#
about S. per day. to $50
These increases. the operators hen0s
will he attractive enough to call hasMs
enough miners to enable the opsratQt3
to increase production very materia11
They say that the present prodMoti1SE
IL now about 1000 900 tons per wKel
as compared to 100000 tons befuo
tho strike, sass ss s saszS
THE xITUArIOy. N NJ III "
The operators say that II thAy 6~49
bring production IN to s.N0G 49, ssNN
even sa0a 600 tons ner week that ta{
country can pull through the N1n4
without serious wAnts The rner144&
put the situationN ins another y1S
They said that II they can H3AlaS "A
produce so par cent Of ~ II 44@1
tonnage Of the central
Heid, that this pvcduct4pn j.
rage produced T. - !
ma III u ssSS