The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-29

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terence of the terrible 1ordtti6ns NkAt
exiat M ~
Low srAsDAan.
sThs coaditions ii smpioynent. tAAs
the ats6l worker u beyond ds9cfiptioa.s
You may not BE- aware that the utAn4sS
ard tf life Of the average steel worker
In below this paupsr. linz. surely "eA1A
10 : matter which might we'll ~ dis
cusssdtin conference.
we submit that reason ana fairMeaA
should obtain rather than that tho. al
tentative shall be compulsory Ter "a
Directors General Hines tonight toll
lowed up the action 1of the f1flr9aA
.brotherhood chief who ordered th4ir
Insn to 90 to work BY Saturday under
penalty, of suspsnvion from thA union
by warning the strikers that II they
urday they will be summarily Aiu-
missed The warning to the striking
employees read: g&
IAN striking employees Nho d. mot
report for duty on. and after 7 o'clock
Saturday morning. August -: 10 called
Ing Terminated their employment ana
their places win be hiled. Directors
General Hines also warny that xny one
who interferes with the control Ana
operation OF the railroads viii b. ar
rested and prosecuted under the crtn--
inal statutes. He states that fnstruoA
tions have been issued to- the Unitso
states district attorneys ana 70 the
United States marshal to take the
necessary steps to enforce these pro.
visions.
Mr.. Hines also CATS upon the gov-
cinors Of the states involved. the
mayor Of the cities and Ill other state
and local peace officers 70 assist In
maintaining order and in protecting the
railroads In their operation. 3.
|. LANE URGES CONFEKNWCE.
Secretary Of the Interior Lane In
his statement urging that = confer
ence Of labor and capital be. called Inn
mediately said:
such conference should be 6alled
and called at once. Now 10 the time;
there should be no delay. Personally I
possible action by congress but should
take direct action and summon tho
conference on his own responsibility
ITO my mind the studies Of the confer.
ence should be directed along the lines:
81 There should be 4 determination
of the.principles that should govern IN
all relations between employer and en-
ploye. This should be founded on good
conscience and should cover the &ues-
tton of wage to labor and return on
capital. opportunity for advancement
and bstterment and recognition of
merit
% There should be the dstsrmipaticn
Of ways BY which these prinetpies
might be carried out. r. II here that
vagueness and theorixing should ~
barred
william J. Bryan announced hts op-
position to the policy Of the president
in the follow ing statement:
IT the wage question II naoed upon
the theory that the cost of living mas
advanced moro rapidly than Wages 20
that measured by their purchasfng
they were before the Increase In The
living cost began. It seems TO nae there
can he no reasonable answer given 10
the demands CT wage eArners. Tue
Presidents proposition does not Qafto
meet the situation: to say that W hope
to reduce the level Of prices does not
relieve the situation drst. bscauss No
guarantee can be given that reduet1on
Win be made. or what Il win ~ II
made: and second, the temporary In
justice 10 not cured and no one u able
to say how long the temporary in1us-
tice will continue even II Il 10 psema-
nently remedied. s
"A fairer plan would b. 70 ~ cut
as quickly as possible the AxAct
changes in the level Of priese ana
therefore the amount nsedsA-thAt
ought not to take many daye-and
then allow an incrsass au6lcisnt -
cover that on condition, TITS temporary
and will be proportionAtsIy rsduoed
A. thu cost Of living II rsduosA This
giveA an immediate remedy Aad pet
makes It only Temporary Il ths isvsa Of