Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-28
Miners Who Return to Work
to Be Given Proposed Ia
Per Cent Increase.
TROOPS TO PROTECT
THOSE WHO WORK
Some ~ Mine Owners Expected to
veiAa.ariIy Put Into Effect Prop
Scale Of cabinst and Property Of
Tho,s Wi1i Not - Seized - Opera.
tion to % Under Direction Of Fuel
Administrater Garfield ~

Washington. Nov. 3S.-Ssixurs eeNp'.
tumtnous coal mines whore the own.
era do; not show Z disposition to CO.
operate In Increasing production. and
use Of troops p protect miners who
desire to work. has been decided upon
By The government In An sffortt TO end
the coal strike
In mines seized by the government
the II per cent wage advance agreed
on by the cabinet will be put into st-
feca. it was said.
These plans were agreed on by the
cabinet last "Wednesday 80 as TO Nmeel
the situation in case the miners OF
operators, or both. refused to meet
the government proposal. The cxhineL
members expected many operators 70
put into effect voluntarily the II per
cent increase. Whether such mines
would be seized was not clear. but It
was said thers was to be no effort at
government control Mines taken over
by the government will b operated
under the fuel administration.
While various agencies are prepGr-
ihe to carry outsths governmsnrs pro.
gram. Fuel Administrator Garfield re-
iterated his statement that "prodtoeEA
ing VIII not b tolsraGAd.s ~ - A:
s.e..Tho publts can atssNnk -
bear the effect Of higher pfi6so ~
coal" he said.
Garfield %. Stand Pat.
Pointing out that his ,conclusions
had been reached only after careful
and exhaustive reseach Garfield de-
clared neither the protestation or the
miners against tho fourteen per cent
wage advance nor the insistence OF
the operators that they be permitted
to charge q higher price for coal would
cause him to alter his decision that
Q fourteen per cent increase would
bring the miners wages up to living
cost.
a number Of operators ana union
officials remained In Washington to-
day but all expectAd to leave> tonight.
John Z. Lewis, acting president of tho
United Mine Workers. was closeted a
large part OF the morning with Secre-
tary Wilson, but refused to discuss
what had transpired.
Lewis maintained the same ettitude
toward the situation that he Had held
during the discussion.
"ORicially don't know there IL a
coal strike on, but the government
could get coal mined II Secretary VIII
sons PROPOSAL to give the men at a1.es
increase was in force"
lahor's Challenge For Finish Fight.
In rejecting the proposal. the mine
rr,Orkorcs rnpracnrt to twas thr,, o<iru
President John L. Lewis. challenged
the government to a finish fight.
charged Dr.. Garfield and the cabinet
with ''the most colossal blunder In the
Industrial history Of our nation" and
predicted Industrial chaos in tho coun-
try.
Responsibility @for the crisis now
confronting the nation" said the mine
workers president after Ill peace me
gotiations hid been broken of. must
lie with those statesmen who are us
Ing the power of- government to op,
press and deny Justice To the great ,ele.
ment Of it, citizenship. directly con-
cerned wtthe tho mining industry
Members OF the cabinet were silent
on the failure@of their proposal, but
when. 1t was suggested that the action
OF the mine workers had made necex-'
sary an Alteration Of government poll
icy. Il was stated in authoritative
quarters that there would b no
change
when the cabinet reached Its deci
sion to offsr 1 IL per cent wage in-1
oreass and 70 prohibit an increase m
cost (of coal to the consumer, Il did
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