The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-26
Argue for Six Hours
and Adjourn to Try
1t Again Today.
DISAGREE ON METHOD
Garfield Differs With
Wilson on Basis to
Compute Advances.
PRICE RAISE AT ISSUE q
Whether to Make Opera
tors or Public Bear Bur-
den Causes Debate.

WAmIlNGTON. Nov 2j.-Like
the miners and operators. whose
troubles II was trying TO adjust,
President Wilson's cabinet ionight
seemed hopelessly dcadloCked on the
question ut wage Increase In the
bituminous coal industry.
;. After a six honr session tho cab
met, which took UP the wage scale
agreement whore operators aud
miners left Off last week. adjourned
untils tomorrow. whom another at
tempt, with the aid of Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield, will be made to
agree upon a pay scale that will sat
isfy the mine workers and owners
and the people in all sections OF tho
country, who are olamoring for nor
mai production of coal.
Disagree ON Method.
The proper basis OF calculating
the proposed wage advance, and the
ratio OF dividing tho consequent in
crease In cost OF production of coal
between the operators and the pub
lie. are Understood To have been the
points Of difference among the cab
met members pr Garfield, who
took leading part In the discus
slOna took issue with Secretary OF
Labor wilson hs TO tho method of
applying the figures accepted by
both.
No statement was forthcoming
after the meeting except an an
Inountement by Dr. Garfield that the
cabinet would meet again tomorrow.
| and that he would not see either the
miners or operators meanwhile. He
declined to say whether progress
had been made. but one member OF
the cabinet declared prospects OF an
agreement were mot hopeless"
Secreary Wilson's estimates that
the cost Of living had Increased 70
per cent over 1914 was accepted, It
was underptood, but "A difference o:
opinion arose M to tho application
OF this and other figures In COM
putting an increase In wages.
Glass Hns Figures"
Secretary alnss said tonight that
ho might have some very interest
Ing figures tomorrow, emphasizing
that they had been compiled for the
public and not for the cabinet He
declined TO say whether they we're
the income tax returns recaivad by
the treasury department on excess
profits from the coal industry.
Significance was attached to this
announcement In View OF the fact
that the amount OF profit made by
he coal operators during the last
Two years and the percentage or In
crease In any possible wage advance
which the operators might he asked
to bear. hava been the most bitterly
disputed points In the controversy.
The statements OF former aecre-
'ary Of tho Treasury McAdoo charg-
ing that Some coal concerns made
enormous profits during his incum-
a. - m lA.. 49,
cabinet. It was learned, but no one
wonld say what form the discussion
took
Director General Hines attended
tho session but declined to say what
took place.
Before the meeting this morning,
Attorney General Palmer said that
N the figures M 10 operators profits
given Yesterday by Mr.. McAdoo
were correct. n was not likely DR.
Garfield would permit an Increased
price for coal
In statement bearing on this Is
sue. the operators said that condi-
tIOns In 1917 wern abnormal" but
that hs Mr. McAdoo was ignorant
of conditions In 1918 and 1919. his
message carries no weight and re-
uulrcs no answer" The operators
said they welcomed an investigation
~ current tax returns, and that they
had been urging a board OF arbitra-
fion pr tribunal ~ investigation.
but that the miners refused to agree
10 ~
Tho operators ~ the central COM
poruyc field tonight announced that
they were 'ln complete accord with
the principles stated by Doctor Gar
field Hs u rlr and sound basis for
settlement ~ the present wage
controversy.
The comparative figures submitted
bv Secretary Wilson were character
izrd NJ "misrepresentntive and mis-
/ leading I'm that he left out OF con
/ eilerniiou AN machine miners and
Tau day lnhurers Machine miners
now constitute over so per cent of
tho miners employed IN the central
/ territory. according 20 the statement
and mon not paid on a tonnage basis
comprise 40 per cent ~ the total em-
! plo,cs of the central field.