Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-06

Hand, Say There win
Be No Break.
Washington, Dec. 6.-Not one
cent can be added to the price Of
coal to finance any increases In the
wages Of miners. Fuel Administra-
tor Garfield declared today. after
reading press dispatches that Gov
ernor Cox Of Ohio had proposed
that miners and operators IN that
state comprosis on the basis Of =
Is per cent advance in pay for The
men. Dr.. Garfield indicated that
the goyernmsnt would interposs ho
objection II the incrsass could -,
given without advancing eoal
prices. s
There win be no increase iAsfAes
present prics Of coal - fxsd un1er1
the Lever act, DR.. 0arneld aa11
mo matter what local arrsna
ments and agreements are put fnto
effect"
He added that his position vas
absolutely unchanged hom th1t
taken on Nov. 2s with the anfhori-
xation Of the cabinet. DR.. Caf1slA
explained then, in suggesting tAe
ia per cant advancs," which tA6
miners promptly rejected, that he
was mot fixing wage scales ri had
no authority to do %. He mdtcat-
ed that the increase suggested was
merely that which the opsfatcrs
were able to grant without advances
ing tho price Of coal which tho gov-
efnment has fixed.
Osiesay a Washl,stsn.
Ch.cagc, ILL.,, Dee t--Llsutenant
0oNeenor OSl(eby q fllineip 49,
lvls q WaekS1g gtoA y -
j fedeena eaIciol6 III = ol1 flk<f1
linz The condit5oS n nlin6le -
nearby states bFUpght about ~ ~
!. strike Of bituminous coal mlnof1
and, according to local informasioa;
= plan for possible solutiop = e.
trouble. RS
Governor Lowdsn Of IllinoiG 4
10 undsrstood, has recsived inti1AAr
tions that the miners and operation
tare, anxious for IN agreements 10 -
i reached and that the mlnetA q
Illinois ct least, are willing - -
cede from their nat demand for :
81 per cent increase. Tho Opera
ttors, the governor has been tod.
are not averse to increase beyond
II per cent the miners wage scale,
| 22h per cent being axed - about
the maximum.
j Chicago Has P1an.
j A delegation Of business men
left Chicago for Washingtoo this
morning with . plan with which
they hope to offer Q solution. TAell
plan provides that union leadDSl
lshall order the miners to return e
work, ~ . patriotic duty, ~ ~
basis Of the II per cent ineteo1e
A national arbitration coznn1f1e
would then be appointed to mA1E1
IAN Investigation Of all phaesgzg q
1.-THE situation and render 2 dscda
! which. would be binding on b0H
sides Of the controversy. rss's
4
Farrinstsn Net Hopeful
+. Springfield, Tll.. Dec. "a ut
tlement Of the strike Of bituminoul
. coal miners in Ohio and Westex1
Pennyslvania would be foll6Is1
4 quickly by . settlement In the: mi
nois field, Frank Harrington, prepi
dent OF the Illinois miners, sAll
} today.
Il Reports Of an early settlement D
the strike In Ohio were discoantsl
} by Fafrington, who said he N
''disinclined to believe the rumot,
to b. true for the reason that tn
Ohio and western pennsyivnntI
: mine workers could not enter int
: an Independent settlement withoo
violating the national policy formsl
lated by the Cleveland conventiolI
We can not conceive Of their doinl
!, this. A
, Wn Do Same.
but should they transgreds III
: policy formulated BY the ClevelAnl
: convention the Illinois mine work
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