Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-30
MANY MINERS To
RETURN To WORK
MONDAY, BELIEF
Operators Expect Men To Re-
Spond in Liberal Numbers
To the Offer of a Wage Ad-
vance of ID Per Cent.

ter MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WlREI
Washington, Nov. 29-Develop-
ments in the governments efforts to
insure an adequate fuel supply for
the country awaited tonight the out
come of attempts of soft coal opera
tors to induce miners to return to
work for a wage advance of fourteen
per cent and assurances of federal
protection.
Notices of this wage advance sug-
gested by Fuel Administrator Gar
field were posted at the minos. How
far this will aid in inducing miners
to return to work cannot be learned
until next week
Operators here expected Monday to
see many of the miners, in districts
not in the central competitive terri
tory, back at work.
Standing firm on their announced
intention to spare neither operators
or miners who interfered with the
restoration Of production to normal,
DIR. Garfield and Attorney General
Palmer awaited developments. 1t
was indicated no further steps wer,
contemplated while state and local
officials handled the situation salts
factorily.
Not To Destroy Unions.
Assurance that the poyernmeEt
would not tolerate any attempt to d =
stroy trade unions or the principle OF
collective bargaining on the part OF
the employing interests wishing TO
take advantage of the present situa-
ton" was given today by DR.. Ca
field, before leaving for Williams
town. Mass, where he will spend the
week end.
Official statistics showed prodac-
tion to be approa shing fifty per cent
of normal at the end Of the first
month of the strike, as compared wi
twenty-nine per cent during the frs
week and thirty-tlfree per cent the
second week. The weekly report OF
the United States geological survey
today showed that forty-four AMI
eight-tenths per cent of normal was
produced during the third week.
DR.. Garfield also issued today an
analysis of the figures on which he
based his conclusion for fourteen
per cent wage advance. Explaining
wherein he differed with Secretary
Wilson, he called attsAtion to the
fact that the principle inv lived is uf
far greater Importance than the fig
ures arrived at
Garfield Analyses Figures.
"The principle applied in arriving
at fourteen per cent is different III
kind and character from tha. applied
in arriving at 3l.61 per cent, tnj
hence any attempt to ,Verage the
two or to compromise the "esults is
DR.. Garfield said.
"a nf a.,
as suggested by Secretary Wilson
would give a total advance since 1913
of 1914 per cent as compa = with /
maximum advance of - per cent in
living costs, he added
miners are paid by the ton,' he
said "Other mine workers are paid
by the day. The day laborers generally
have received advances of was since
1913 equal to and, in some instances, !
in excess of the increase in the cost of
living.
The proposition that a general in
crease of II 61 per cent be given is
simply proposition to give to all
mine labor the percentage of increaGe
to bring the class of labor
that has received the lowest per GER: |
up to the present level of living costs
even though that advances the other
group far above the amount neces- |
sary."
Increase i'm Living Cost.
Dr. Garfield pointed out that sta
tistics of the national industrial COLI
ference board showed only 73 per
cent increase in the cost of living and
that on this basis the miners would !
lie entitled to only nine and eight
tenths per cent wage advance.
On an annual output of five ham |
dred million tons, DR.. Garfield 'did i
the additional wage bill would an
lroximate 100000 with a Il g. |
per cent advance, $107 1000, WITH a
14.1 per cent increase. and $74,0O0,000I |
with a nine and eight-tenths per cent
advance
The average earnings of all mine
in 1918 was s1,550.56, or
S6.1S per day worked, DR.. Garfield
said This conclusion was based on
taken directly from the
cost sheets on which the
operators reported to the federal