The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-19
Garfield to Tell Both
Sides Agreement Is
Now Compulsory.
HOLD MEETING TODAY
Scale Committee Making
Little Headway and Gov
ernment Steps In.
SUPPLY IS VANISHING
Situation Growing Critical
With Miners Still Away
From Job.
SUPPLY IS VANISHING

WASHINGTON. Nov ls. The
government stepped to the front
today TO force miners and operators
TO negotiate 4 new wage agreement
and resume work In the bItuminous
fields before the country is IN the
grip Of a coat famine.
Clothed with all of his wartime
powers as fuel administrator and
acting 10y direct authority OF the
presidents cabinet, Dr. Harry A,
Garfield called a joint meeting or
scale committees, at which he was
expected to give formal notice that
the time hal come to resume mining
operations on a normal scale.
Action Needed.
The Joint conference will be Held
tomorrow Meanwhile word was
passed that tbs strike situation had
reached that point where action was
regarded as absolutely imperative.
There was ~. evidence, as pre-
scented 10 the cabinet, that the scale
committees. called last week to ne
gotiate new wage agreement, had
made any headway. Reports from
the central competitive fields. tm-
braCing the states OF Illinois. lndl-
ana, ohio and western Pennsyl-
vania, strOnghclds of the United
Mine Workers OF America. showed
all mines shut down and not enough
coal coming from non-union plants
to meet the normal demand by sew
eral million tons.
other reportc from widely sep
arated sections brought the same
story OF n rapidly vanishing coal
supply. with indications that hum
dreds OF Industrial plants would be
forced to close shortly unless Goa
production was put back TO normal.
In the view OF many officials, the
situation was critical enough TO
demand drastic action.
To Make Strong Appeal.
Although ne would not discuss
the nature or the statement he was
prepared to lay before the opera
tors and miners, II was saiI on hlgh
authority that Doctor Garfield was
preunred to present the situation
forcibly 10 the chief representative
Of the mine owners and mine work
ers There was no lntlmation as TO
what direction governmental action
would take In case the deadlock
continued.
Steps taken by Kansas TO operate
the mines urdeT government au-
thority ani fear by both sides that
other states would do likewise. were
urged as strong reason for quick
settlement OF nil wage disputes,
The operators scale committee
sent word TO the miners that II was
not ready TO meet them in joint ses-
sion. Commenting on "A statement Is
sued tonight by their executive com
mittee DENYING that the conference
lis being held up because OF dif-
ferences AMI indications on the part
OF the operators spokesmen for the
operators declared their policy has
been under consideration In their
secret sessions.
Operators Alarmed.
The probabl, attitude Of the ad-
mInistration anc the fact that the
miners have not returned To work
were said 10 be the principal sub
ieCts which have occupied their'
time. The failure of the United Mine
Workers OF America TO tell the men
10 return 10 their Jobs was said to
have left the NEGOTIATIONS In VIZ
ually the same state M when the
threat OF a strike caused the break
up OF the Buffalo meeting.
The action or Governor Allen In
throwing Kansas mines into the
hands OF receiver admittedly was
causing operators much concern.