The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-12
RESIGNATION
OF GARFIELD
TO BE TAKEN
Fuel Administrator Foresees
Advance IN Price of Coal, as,
Result Of Agreement -
Hines to Carry on.
OPERATORS PROTEST.
(By Associated Press)


WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE seatg.
nation Of DR.. H. A. Garfield - mel
administrator. rendered last night
was forwarded to President Wilson
this morning by Secretary Tumulty.
"Of course it will be accepted" It
was said at the White House.
Functions of the fuel administrator.
until recently through the railroad ad-
ministration under DR.. Garheld's Az.
thority, will be continued under d.
rector General Hines. it was said. This
does not necessarily mean that Mr..
Hines will be fuel administrator In
DR.. Garaeld's place. It was said.
1t was known that DR.. Garfield OBJ
jected to the terms Of the proposal
because he believed 1t would entail an
inevitable increase In the price Of coal
to consumers. He has opposed stead
fastly any attempt to raise the retail
price of coal.
Whether or not the president VIII
accept the resignation has not been
indicated. Members of the cabinet,
will accept the resignation has not
been indicated. Members OF the cab
met are standing behind the settle
ment terms. however, and President
Wilson reiterated his Endorsement Of
the proposal yesterday by sending o
Lewis. acting president of the United
Mine Workers organization, on the &C
ceptance of the terms by the miners.
Operators Still Wait.
Operators were awaiting today the
Official announcement OF the settle
ment Of the strike controversy before
formulating plans for meeting the re-
quirements OF the governments pro-
posal. Their representatives have
been In Washington since the negotia-
tions started and the majority of them
are said to be willing to fall in line
with the governments ohicials In
bringing the strike to . sure and dnal
end.
The first relaxation in the strict fuel
regulations imposed by the fuel ad-
minfstrat0r and administered through
the railroad administration came last
night in the form Of an announcement
that in view of the heavy Christmas
mitted to remain open 8 hours on
Saturdays instead Of the hours per.
mitted other days.
DIs
action. but 1t Is understood It resulted
from his disapproval of the decision
of the administration to place settle
ment of the wage and price contro-
| versy into the hands of a commission
representative, of the coal mining In
dustry.
Despite the agreement to end the
coal strike, the railroad administra-
tion's central coal committee today
considered further drastic restrictions
on the use of coal. Stocks on hand
have become dangerously low, mem
bers Of the committee said, and the
utmost care must be exercised until
production gets back to something
like normal.
| Operators from all sections Of the
country, still were here awaiting gov
eminent notification on steps already
Saken and q decision as to their own
policy. They said reports then showed
that thus far only small percentage
of striking miners had returned to
work.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1c.-While ac.
cepting the governments proposal for
the settlement of the bituminous coal
strike, mine operators Of the Central
:, Pennsylvania district declared in q
statement today that the settlement
is not settlement at all of the principal
at stake in the controversy" and
that "it is merely q postponement OF q
showdown, which in our opinion Is
bound to come"
The method proposed for settling
the strike by Fuel Administrator Gar
field, the statement said, was inter
| fered with by government oficials WHIT
knew little of the situation" with ths
result that the operators and public
have been delivered into the hands o.
the United Nine esWorkers of America.