The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-12-04
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Gates the hostile attitude OF Carrafiza
toward tAis- eoantry.--Angeies-w ns-tire-
| foremost Mexican soldier Of this day,
and was the outspoken admirer of the
United States. BuThY'ns3 been the
chief aidbf villa I'D was captured;
th&efaye he sWas .eoHiemned Ad shot
ao dealt. Wilde This may hase been
tecfhifapy 5usS a IA lkelykshat the
me OF SO eminent man Would have
been spared If he had not so freely
given voice 70 fls> friendship for this
nation.
a,asass ns les. than %amt sns
is the collapse of the governments eff
forts to end the coal strike by negotia-
tVioHT Its rnaF offer y the,miners was
AHA pericsnt Wage ID cre&a This the
oberaters Voted to acAepE ami the min
ers, through Acting President Lewis,
rejected Lewis declared that ire
sponsibility for the crisis now confront
ing ther natieg must, he gp9H those
Statesmen who are Using the powers of
Justice to me great element Or citizen
ship ;aiTeetlye concerned ip3 the panins
| The operators and, the pinersr then
| adjourned sine die, and It seemed that
there was nothingtieft FIR the govern
ment except to take over and operate
the mines.
The governments compromise offer,
approved by the cabinet aDdymade by
Fuef Director Garfelda prokiaed there
shohld~ be no increase In the price of
coal to the consumer ,apd that joint,
ADVISORY hoard bf-operators and min
ers. sf1otIid' be created, with ESetretarS
Lane as CHAIRMAN to work out the de-
tails of wage adjustments and furnish
Information and advice in future dis
putes. This offer must paye been
made, without hope of ITS acceptance,
for Secretary ofIbhbora Wilson previ-
ously had declared the men were en-.
titled to an advance, of|31 6, per- cent,
and the operators had offered an ad-
vance Of 20 per cent. -,
The acceptance of Mr., Wilson's con-
customs may BE affectedby the fact
that he was a miner himself. Lewis
says the men consider his offer
sptedeetwhiehJ the le6sernment must re-
deem.
CT Former se6etlry Of the Treasury
McAdobiprejeeted himself fnta the con-
troversy with a statement that the OPP
orators have been making excessive
profits since the war began and can
well afford TO pay mpch highef wages
without increasing the price OF coal.
Hs sai9 tas tisasutkis records pf .. ez-
'Qf course the operators entered yipdig-
rotary, came to. theirr aefense with
modified realization Of McAdoos asser-
ton as to profits.
While the dispute goes on the coun-
try's stock OF fuel shrinks alarmingly.
In sorqe regions, however, the MINES
are being operated steadily. Out In
the Asieridan-twyo.) field the Uhlted Y
States officials, civil and military, |
solved the trouble surprisingly. and eff
fectiraly They learned the min
ers had voted 70 return to the pits but |
were prevented from doing so By a 7
campaign oflptimidation by the radi-
Gals. The tlnflitary,-ihereto at the
request Of tiiefshsEiG rpinded up
nearly three. score alien agitat Tors. and
sent them to tFprts MacfSen&ie assAA
meeting Of the ynfners' union was then
called, snd the entire strike situation
explained by Major Dean.z whereupon
the men voted unanimously to end the
strike Friday htS3isi
Governor Allen of KapsAs;1ns called
for volunteers to WORT the xdtnes sgds
protect the. people. of the STATE from
suffering aud huhdtxds
ofemen have responded. Bnion LEADERS,
say these vofiffteers win he fegarded
as, Istrike-breakers. - = .,-s
- D'Annunzio, the Italian 1rebrand,
seems 10 ihaveTa as nam v scheifeSdf ahl
9cafserohad9 Accordingly
to various reports, he plans to return
forpes to cara and proceed
thence 70 Setenico; after seizing that
city, he viii attack SpalatO, and there
he may u afaplo Of De American
paSy, WIN is GtNdnk that part of
Daimatia; also he Is said to aim at
establishing. z snilitarist government At
Triest, and now has emissaries In that /
city. The allied officials In Paris, how
ever, now have renewed hope that a
compromise settlement Of the Adriatic |