Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-27
CHARGE OFFER IS
|NSULTFOLL0W|NG
WILSON PROPOSAL
Declare New Tender Re-
pudiates Secretary of
LabOr's Compromise.
LEADERS SAY THEY WILL
GO HOME AND FIGHT 1T OUT
Fuel Administrator Declares Adj
vance Must Mean No
Higher Coal Price.
SAYS ADDED LIVING COST METZ
fuci Administrator Figures AIine
Workers Increases Offset Price
Advances Since 1913.
LEADERS SAY THEY WILL
GO HOME AND FIGHT 1T OUT
SAYS ADDED LIVING COST NET

fTiv As'ncia-, PROSE-
WASHINGTON, Nov. a6.-A govern
meht plan for settling the soft coal
strike which embodied II per cent
/ vase ancrease for miners and the
stipulation that there should be no in
crease IN the price paid by the pubic.
was laid before miners and operators
tonight by Fuel Administrators Car
field.
John L, Lewis. acting president O,
the United Mine Workers of America,
accept. '"-
IN Deeiaring that Scc,retary Wilson. act
Cabinet and of President Wilson, hal
qncred an Increase - SIG per cent.
1orkers as.sHi "slai frsS'e"t Ee Eo1sfn Of the
m ment Ss intended 4. TO "r?pudiaea the acts
Wilson Ofcr That of Mediator
DR.. Garfield replied that MIR. Wilson
faa.fi,, ina1n ms proposal as a mediator 10
fe fuaetion nc x nffifbs of sbs
,%rhe Cabinet has decided the basis
! H. haHe " -siF suggested is sound and right
vi After NJ, three hour conferences ct
openlr %niSh rsnrieseniatives of the miners
insui,lnE and sharply arr em aucstioned Iia1e Tas pr
Garfield. the sub scale committee con-.
poSeu Oh miners and operators met 10
quickly adjourned. not Mnotherp pan, mee,ind dnd
VIII be held tomorrow.
Accept Refusal MS Definite.
The miners refusal 10 accent. wh;le
not announced TO DR.. Garfieii. VAS
!Ihcn lnhkcn by the operators 10 be definite,
n1maS cnai nnor, T; Brewster. chairman, Of the
iSsma} psE secfsiary fsn WaSns
"a
The opcrators are ready to nesoti-
ate ste new wage agreement" Brew
ment that the government viii moi ner-
MI rhal an advance in the price of coal"
from the miners over the the amount an nrE'esf af
ihhSreasei theW had which was much lower than
prcsident eSPecls OF ,hS iinnIs rnns Ealrrnston
miners, was cheered When he Do. el
Tiareld warld tn; that union men in his State,
- Answering Farrington. who wanted
Work yo knS% %1ul1 i IN miners who refusing to
Garfield said the government could nor
compel ANYBODY TO work but that MI il
those' wIIims fEvsds to so snery S pro.eston dor
SiHc tho country the coal it needs '''
Committee to Remain.
While the subscalc committee will
INC fun committee. re epresentinG hoti,,
sizes. viii remain here TO receive anv
plan plan OF settlement that might be asreed Ted
Operators, here will meet tomorrow
in Ufe,He view of TfhG5her nr to grant the Increase
nFifS Of eoaI Would be ,"sfsays sioWsd in Mahs the
rbnii r.. Penna. of Terra Haute, md.
Would sGme ba foTted 70: the 1o laerses, Companies
mqch increase was given. - '"'
DR.; Garfield said at the meeting that
sH7 SIC lowest est wage paid to miners was
q year the minimum average annuai
return amounted to $3.50. This sim,
we VIC dc aa"Gd' 60, lis a little higher than
~ i,, ,m otner emploEinent and this
increase" pei CENT
william Green. secretary o. the
United Nine Workers. asked If sa50
STANDARDS OF living.
Fhat depends on circumstances" said
rri m I,n,me'a; ,nnrn ,h mTesre are very few who
admit that a decent American st,nd
ard isn't permitted"
Would Create Favored Class.
To pay higher wages than tho nro-
POSED POSED seal seal would make miners ia
payment by the public OF an enormous
fund to a minority" DR. GariinlJ said
IN IN rcplying to questions from Frank
diatr dhiafriinston' I'm, o" president Of the Illinois
such situation" DR.. Garfield add
CD does not differ from that of a col.
p'Intloh tnat attempts TO add 20 lis
pF1iits AT the expense OF tac many"
i1r. Garfield explained that ne Was
not trying 10 dictate TO the wagc-sca,e
committee what it should do but that
nc WAS prepared TO say that, regard
less OF the amount of wage advance
aSrccd TO by the operators and miners.
inc public would not be called upon
to pay moro for its coal
Pr. Garfield declared that the miners
without the proposed Increase Of II
per cent. were better off than other
classes OF employment. \ permanent
BODY, with purely advisory powers
consisting OF the Secretary OF tho In
terror as chairman, and OF an ecual
NUMBER or representatives OF operators
and mine woyker WAS recommended
ny DR.. GARFIELD. This board would CON
tinue to apply he principles announced
by the fuel administrator TO unsettled
questions. wages and profits and llv-
ing conditions.
Asks Status of Miners.
tn the midst OF sharp cross-fire OF
questions Frank harrington, pre5iicnt
OF the Illinois district OF United Nine
Workers, asked DR., Garfield IL the min
crs would he regarded as outlaws" II
they did not return 10 work
The government never has atternp.ea
to compel men to work against theft
VIII. but every protection VIII be OF.