The Raymer enterprise., 1919-12-04

" ohtVi t"u anu Oue-udiI years OF uut
jenkins as deliberately designed to nj.
front the United States. the state de-
partment officials say the execution last
week Of Gen. Felipe Angeles also lndi-
Gates the hostile attitude Of carranza
toward this country. Angeles was the
foremost Mexican soldier Of this day,
and was the outspoken admirer of the
United States. But he had been the
chief aid OF villa and WAS captured !:
therefore he was condemned and shot
to death. While this may have been
technically just. 1t IL likely that the
life Of 50 eminent a man would have
been spared II he had not so freely
given voice TO his friendship for this
nation.
Less startling. perhaps. than the
Mexican crisis. but Of no less moment.
Is the collapse Of the governments ef-
forts to end the coal strike by negotla-
ton. Its final offer to the miners was
a IA per cent wage Increase. This the
operators voted to accept. and the min
ers. through Acting President Lewis,
rejected. Mr.. Lewis declared that ''re-
sponsibility for the crisis now confront
Ing the nation must be upon those
statesmen who are using the powers Of
the government TO Oppress and deny
| justice to the great element of citizen
ship directly concerned In the mining
Industry"
adjourned sine die. and 1t seemed that
there was nothing left for the govern
ment except To take over and operate
the mines.
The governments compromise offer,
approved by the cabinet and made by
Fuel Director Garfield, provided there
should be no increase In The price of
coal 10 the consumer and that joint
advisory board of operators and min
ers should be created. with Secretary
Lane as chairman, to work out the de-
tails Of wage adjustments and furnish
information and advice In future dis
| putes. This offer must have been
made without hope Of its acceptance,
| for Secretary Of Labor Wilson previ-
ously had declared the men were en-
titled to an advance Of 31.G per cent.
and the operators had offered an ad-
vance OF 20 per cent
The acceptance Of Mr.. Wilson's con
cIusions may be affected by the fact
that he was miner himself. Lewis
says the men consider his offer a
pledge which the government must re-
deem.
Former Secretary Of the Treasury
McAdoo projected himself into the con-
troversy with statement that the op-
orators have been making excessive
profits since the war began and can
well afford to pay much higher wages
without increasing the price of coal.
He said the treasury's records OF ex-
cess profits taxes would prove this.
or course the operators entered indig-
nant denial. and Carter Glass. still sec.
retary. came TO their defense with n
modified refutation of McAdoo's asser-
| ton as to profits.
While the dispute goes on the conn
rt,.t la, >s,tf .rI
In some regions. however. the mines
are being operated steadily. Ont In
the Sheridan (Wyo) field the United
States officials. civil and military.
solved the trouble surprisingly and ef-
fectlvely. They learned that the min
ers had voted to return TO the pits hut
We're prevented from doing so by a
campaign OF intimidation by the radi-
Gals. The military. therefore. at the
request Of the sheriff, rounded up
nearly three score alien agitators and
sent them TO Fort Mackenzie. A
meeting Of the miners union was then
called. and the entire strike situation
tAVldIihu Da huJoi i(tuI, NutFfuIOn
the men voted unanimously to end the
strike Friday.
Governor Allen of Kansas has called
for volunteers to work the mines and
protect The people OF the state from
"unsl@akable suffering" and hundreds
Of men have responded. Union leaders
say these volunteers will be regarded
as strlke-breakers.
D'Annunzio. the Italian fIrcbrand,
seems to have as many schemes Of an
nexati0n rs the kaiser had. According
to various reports. he plans TO return
with strong forces 10 Zara and proceed
thence to Sebenico; after selling that
city, he will attack Spalato. and there
he may run af0ul Of the American
navy, which Is guarding that part Of
Dalmatia; also he Is said to aim ut
establishing a militarist government at
Triest, and now has enissaries In that
city. The allied officials In Paris. how
ever, now have renewed hope that a
compromise settlement of tho Adriatic