The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-30
AWAIT MONDAYS TEST
Coal Men Expect to See Many
Back at Work Under II
Per Cent Increase.
OUTPUT NEAR HALF NORMAL
Reports Show Production
Nearing 80 Per Cent at
End of First Month.

NASlIGNGTON. NOV 90 p,v,l.
ormcnts m the gpycrnm,uts rffu .
TO insure au adequate fuel supply
for tho country awaited tonIEh, th"
outcome of attempts of soft ,,Hl OPP
orators Ia induce miners tO r,turn to
work for "A wage advance. ~ IA prr
cent and assurances of federal pro-
lection. Notices of this wage Hi
vance suRErstcd hy Federal Admin
| istIator Garfield were posted at the
mines Immediately following the
Thanksgiving holiday Resumption
OF work 1t might produce Was MOT
expected uutil ueNi week, at the hc.
ginning OF the second mhn'h Of th"
strife which technically was called
or November II.
Operators here expected Monfay
10 zee many of the miners csprclAI
ly IN outlying districts not in thr
central competitive Territory, back
Al work.
Standing firm On their announced
intention to sparr neither operators
nor miners who intorfrrci with the
restoration Of production tp normal.
Fucl Administrator tiaruold and Al.
torucy General Palmer awaited de
N"lopmruis iu thu mining contcrs.
Il was Indicated no further stops hy
national nuNoritios were couicm.
plated while state ana local officials
handled m" situation satisfactorily.
Protect Iniun~,
Assurance mat the crnment
would not tolerate any attempt TO
destroy trade unions or ih" principle
of collective bargaining on IA" part
OF employing interests Wishing TO
take advantage OF the present situ-
alton" was given today by Doctor
Garfield bcfur" leaving Tor his homo
| at WilliHmstuwn, Mass. where he
will spend the week end,
"Report Inns come 10 mo nat the
present crisis TN the coal industry
will he used To break down tn" labor
unions" Doctor Garfield said. y
wish TO say that am as>much op-
poscd 10 an attempt 20 destroy the
principle Of collective bargaining and
| the union OF working men Hs | am
| to tho effort Of labor leaders tu keep
I labor satisfied by constant boost .
ing 81 wages rcgarlles- ut 'h" pub
me interest or 20 the effort of lead
crs In the Industrial world to boost
I profits unduly 10 the hurt uf the
/ public
ANY attempt 20 cumplicu" lhc is.
sue at this time 10y seeking tu destroy
. the union uf the mine workers or the
principle OF collective bargaining Will
I he resented by the public and op-
pusrd by me"
Production Near 20 Per Cent
OfncIGl statistics showed prOducr
| tion to be approaching 80 Irr cent
/ of normal at tho end of thr first
month Of the strike aS compared
Win 20 per cent during the tirs'
week and 80 per cent tho second
week The weekly report ~ ih"
United states geological survey today
BhowedNi.S per cent ~ normal was
produced during the third week
Doctor Garfield also issued today
q detailed analysis of the fiEuros on
which hp based his conclusion Tor
la II per cent wage advance. Ex
planning whoEoiu hc differed with
Secretary wilson. he called attention
tu "ihc fact ihlt Ma. prlnclpl" in
Ivulyed is of far greater importance
than The figures Hrilyed At
"Thr principle applied IN arriving
LAT u per cent is different I'm KIND
.uud ,h.utrI,r than mat applied iu
arriving a' glCl per cent ana hence
|Hny attempt 'o 1y"rur" tho two or 10
compromise no" results f. impus.
sihlo. Doctor Garfield said
\ WIp. udyHl., ul 1l6l per cont
as suggested ly Secretary wilson
would give 4 total wage advance
since 1913 81 1nr. per cent. ns COM
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