The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-12-13

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posed b. The president. I have been
associated wii:i i.i.l. fo:' more than six
years. and Know that every fibre
CT his strong .ature mas been devoted
towards securing far play foi' every
bo;:y ;:n' !;:;rt::@I!Ia.ij i the underdoS III
= .:a;;li TIE hin%, llo has had TO bear.
a,,d hc !.a>; bad - bear many OF thc1:!.
gas I,rnG:;l;; about -; his inter'ss
,sir.ie stllu.s:; IN ;E;tl direction. You can
rely thoroughly uDcn every promise he
makes
'':;ut ASIDE from that. as u result Of
he stopnare Of Work in the mines.
we are facing IL" J.:o.t serious indus
;.i2:l situation tl,::, eyer confronted
lie cGa,stly T. .!lfcate:ls ihe very
starvation OF oar social lie. IL this
emergency. the president has pointed
Il way OFT viii, 'horor to the govern
n2ent and i3aelci' 70 yourselves
~, i.se ;l3e ti:,la in advising yoil.
FOR ,i:a ~cji2l.e cf :,oerselvc; and the
cctirt:s- IS whole. 70 accept tho va;
out thae IS proposed hs The presi-
! dent
1;ttcrncy General Palmer would
! l:};i:ic no statement tonight on the sit
ration except 10 Say that he expected
20 remain III Indiana polls until the
Primers rencst o decision. The at
torney general had planned to leave
tomorrow afternoon but tonight car
cel!ed his reservations in view Of he
possibility Of the conference Of union
mcn lasting Throughout tonorrcw
None OF The members OF the genera:
! ee.rl,!iitt"" would talN of toGay.s dis
cussion on ne presidents proposal BIZ:
remarks dropped By thor: tonight Lead
many 10 believe ti1a: the conservative.
members Of tho coal workers execu-
iive orcaniZat:on Will eventually VII
tilcjr fight for adoption Of tho plan.
II is known tila5 international Of
Gcers of the minors including preSi-
dcnt l.oy.is and Secretary Treasurer
Green strongly Gr""d acceptance Of
p!an to cll.l ;i;t. sir:<.. today and To-
night ilcy apparently still were opti-
nistic about reaching ;a agreement
some time tomorrow.
Indianapolis. Dee. 9.-settlcrcnt Of
he strike OF coal miners tomorrow
confidently was predicted late tonight
by a high Official OF the United Mine
Workers of America. 1t was declared
that the conservative clement was in
,Iie majority and that an agreement
ay The presidents proposal for termi-
nation Of the controversy. was only a
question Of how long it would take
TO hear tho arguments Of al repre-
Sentat;vcs who wished to speak.
This official who strongly favo.s &C.
ct.ptarcc Of tho new p!af Cor ending
the strike. SPOKE enthusiastically OF
ihe fight made for adoption of the
proposal J.: acting President John T.
Lewis and Secretary Treasurer VIII
liam Green. o.! ;he miners orcan;zt-
ton nj tndav's meetinr of the gen
..al committee al wh;cl: the plan was
presented. This fight he said. was
continued after adjournment of TIC
:onfert;co :.t Ga O'Clock tonight
arc Il vas believed chat more than
sufficient strengths was mustered 20
vote Gown tflc radical clement when
INC committee "@"on"enes tomorrow.
'onsitaratioi; nf the question will be
resumed 1T 80 o'clock in the morn
ing.
'aIr. Lewis ard NJ. Green" he
sai(,. whole heartcd,y accepted the
proposition made them b President
Wilson and entered into :he fight for
Il; adoption by thc miners With ill
:acir strength Settlement OF tie con-
rovcrsy. when it comes viii be great
i. dee to tEe;i' e;forts AID it is only
Justice 10 give thcm credit for their
Ea,if
Tire conservative clcnel,;. Which
fas-crs acceptance OF thc plan is clear
= 4: naa.;or y ana there is no euea-
.;ou OF tho fiuai outcome.
!; also was learned that four ex-
:en,fc.: eai;cu:.s III which socalle1 rod
cas- OF In:l:a,ia. Ohio. Illinois and
western PennsylE.!aa participated.
r-,.,.,. held tonight. ;':xcept that plans
were made Tor continuing the figh;
Il e-sinG. adontion Of tho strike settle
.:ent pla,, nothing could be learned
~ ;he proceedings.
The radicals it became known later
ton;@ht :aaAn their first attempt 30 {
,i,.G..:it .po$tnunc settlement of the I
strike by Introduction today Of Il mo- I
tiop +" ;l!;e iile mattcr from lile !
..,i.l.s of .hc "..rtni.:rl committee ana