The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-06-28
ATTENTION GWEN
STRIKE OHMINERS

ing of optimism in general in the hard
regions as hopeful neA8~ of the con,
ferences between Pre&aent Harding
and John w. Lewis, pf<sident of the
United Mine Workers Which resulted
in the sudden adjourn4enI Of the an
thracite general scale spnmittee and
the abandonment of plaS3s for convert
ing the suspension coal mining
operation into a generaj strike, led the
rank and file of the miners to believe
they will be back to wJk by the mid
die of July. A.
Washington, June. y2g.-Assurances
multiplied today that ths attempts of
the administration to bring about a
settlemen of the bith&fnous coal
strike have neither bee1 dropped nor
abated. From the White House came
word that President Harding felt
difficult and delicate negotiations to
be necessary before the Sspokesmen of
the striking miners and the represen-
tatives of the mine owners could be
gotten together for atwage agree
ment and resumption df work. Fur
ther, there were intimations that gov
ernment intervention, now confined
to persuasion and persuasion, might
in some way become pointed and for
chile should the public safety and
welfare demand early settlement and
the present means prove futile in
bringing it about. y
Meanwhile, John L. Lewis, presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America, remained in Washington, al
though there was no definite intima-
ton that his prolonged stay, after
his Monday meeting with the presi-
dent, was at official suggestion. His
presence might be needed again, i.
was pointed out, if the government
spokesmen, who are also in touch
with mine operators, should develop a
suggestion for his further considera-
tion.
There were intimations that off.
cials were considering a plan to bring
few representative operators to-
gether with Mr.. Lewis and other re.
sponsible leaders of the miners union
for the purpose of discussing infor,
mally prospects for hoading confer
ence authorized to make a wage
agreement. ... In alb theaS Satseussiens a,
was fatty declared that the govern
ment would not announce in advance
adoption of any plan for dealing with
the strike, but that some action might
be expected. AS yet there has beer
no declaration either in headquarter:
or from Mr.. Lewis for the mine
workers that the original differences
which precipitated strike last Apri
before any attempt at an agreement
was made have been overcome. The
miners seek a national or semi-na
tional wage scale. Operators have
in most districts Indicated complete
willingness to negotiate with the
union to fix a wage scale for separate
territories, but to date have gener
ally refused to countenance further
national agreements.
Latest estimates in the possession
of the government indicate there arr
still approximately 100000 miners OF
strike, about 91,0 900 of this number
being non-union men.
On July 1, it was stated today b'
government officials who have fol
lowed the strike, the surplus Goa
supply will be at danger point. AL
ready, they said, the anthracite sur
plus supply is exhausted and within
a week it is probable that the bitum
inous supply will be around 10000,
900 tons, which, in the opinion o
government experts, represents
critical situation.
That the railroads of the countr,
are represented as having a surplu
supply of at least 100000 ton
does not relieve the general situation
it was said, as the consuming publ
and the great industries can not b.
taken care of by the railroads n
matter what supply of coal may b
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