The Washington times., 1919-11-13
'WORKERSAND
| |OWNERSBOTH
| BITTER over
WAGE TERMS

KNOXVILLE, Ten, Hev. H.
Approdnstely 1s,oee zeal miners
resumed wsrk today 1h tAe Ease
Tennessee and ssutheasterl Ken-
tucky coal AelAA accsr1iDg =
reports received hssN. Ordsu
cancelled TIE strike were received
By Iscal leaders late yesterday. :
Alarming evidence of m eGs
split between coal miners and ops]
tors, when they SEX 10 ccmr
their differences at the ccq
chamber tomorrow, ripples into
from q score Of sources as Lee
of both sides arrived today.
The operators are srriviz
Washingtoa IN . bitter mDod-
say that while Judge Andsrsou
held ths Washingtsa agrsu
undr. TIE Lsvur aet, 10 Be m 4
ths aissrs haze taken h upon IA
selves 10 violate the psct by n
ing 70 return TO work
Miners WIN Not Wsfk-
One large coal producer from ~
State Of Washington. said today
Il have ten men working IN my
mines. They are engineers nremen.
etc Now. why should I come a.eo0
-
men who win not work.
The miners. on their part. are
equally bitter-not alone over the In
junction issue, but because they BE-
lieve the operators are not ready to
recede an inch from their previous
position.
John L Lewis. leader Of the United
Mine Workers, arrives IN the city thf
afternoon. Leaders of the Americas
Federation of Labor. are grimly sile n.
over the kind of reception he will Re>
from them Their grievance IL ths>
the stand OF the federation. in ies
manifesto OF last Sunday night, was
taken on absolute assurances that th>
miners would stand pat"
LayisG for Lewis.
II am waiting for John Lewis @
near MS ANShA ONb
lips" said one OF the leaders today.
"Our protest still stands" they say
declaring that the Federation has no:
backed down In fits criticism OF he
Governments injunction policy. A.
to the changes which fill the air, hint
ing at things which '6other Jones'
voiced publicly. they stated that sae
miners would have to do their OWE
"houesecleaning," IL any was TO be
done.
1t is asserted in labor circles nov
that the A. +. of l. leaders will snoS
him plainly that he no longer has s.l-
fluence with them.
Lewis will be succeeded by Far
rington. or some man OF his typs.'
II is said by laborites.
Labor Sees Only Failure.
No one in labor circles believes thA,
the conference with the operators viii
have a successful result. so far a,
4 canvass made today showed They
think that Government pressure %
the operators will be more or lest
nullified by the fact that Attorne,
General Palmer's policy forces him q
stand by the Washington agreement
They are opposed to long-drawn-oui
"the handwriting on the wall" o,
Saturday.
"The miners must be insured a fair
share OF the operators profits befor,
they will return to work" said Edga,
Wallace, Washington representative
OF the United Mine Workers. today
Unless a new contract insures this
there will be no change in the presen
coal situation. The men will return
to the mines. filled with dissatisfac
ton. and there are bound TO b.
sporadic strikes afterwsrd-
No New Lshsr Party
This situation will result in cosl
operations being seriously crippled
and the public will suffer from an In
sufficient supply of coal. Nothins
less than a new and fair contract vii
content the men"
Reports that the Governments pol
icy in the coal strike will force tn,
A F. of L. TO go into politics, viii
a labor party. were called "prems
ture," at headquarters today.
1T is possible that a labor part!
may grow out of the present situs
ton, said Mr.. wallace, ''but such
movement does not originate in wash
ington. A move like that wouiC
mean a brsnd-new and totally differ
ent policy on the part Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor.
"I understand there is the begin
ming Of a movement in Chicago. bu
Il is local to labor there. Perhap,
the idea may grow. But 20 far as tn,
fNoutinuad op paps Coiurrr