New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-16
President Will Not Urge
Seizure, but Ask That
Lines Be Supported in
Effort to Give Service
Compromise Seen
I'm Unions Offer
New Conference Here To-
morrow Revives Hopes
of Break i'm Deadlock
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-With
the practical certainty that all of the
anthracite mines and many of the
union bituminous mines will open
within a few days as result of the
agreement reached at Cleveland, and
that expected Thursday at Philadei-
phIa, the last possibility of govern
nent operation either of mines or
coal carrying roads has vanished.
Ihe rail controversy, however, prom
ises to be fight to the finish.
President Harding let it be known
to-day that he will address a Joint
session of Congress within the next
torty-eight hours to set forth the en-
tire history of his efforts to settle
the coal and rail strikes. He feels
that fu-trer efforts now by the Adj
ministration to end the shipments
strike would be unavailing. There
fore, in his address to Congress he
Will promise to put the utmost power
OF the government behind an effort
to preserve order, and to give the
railroads an opportunity 20 run their
trains if they can. a
Confer Here Tomorrow
Hopes for settlement of the rail
strike now center in a new confer
ence between the leaders OF the big
Four" train service brotherhoods and
the chiefs of the Association of Rail-
way Executives, scheduled to be held
in New York on Thursday. This
meeting was arranged when r. S,
Binkerd, assistant to T. De Witt
Cuyler, president Of the execut;us~'
association, accepted the request
made to-day by the big Four" dead
ers, in the name of the striking
shopmen, for another conference.
Some sort of compromise settle
ment IS expected to be proposed by
the labor leaders. No one in official
circles here knows what sort of
agreement can be reached. So far,
at least, no compromise has yet been
suggested which one side or the other
IN the controversy is not ready to
fight to the last ditch--if the state
ments of their responsible leaders
q ra m ha oocanfod
The same committee of road execu-
tives that conferred with the "big
four" leaders in Washington Saturday
night, when the brotherkoods first un-
dertook to mediate between the shop
men and the workers, will represent
the railroads at Thursdays gathering.
Union Chiefs Seek Basis
Leaders of the brotherhood group
passed to-day in long conferences, try
ing to discover peace proposal that
they could make with some hope of its
being accepted in view of the shopmenis
reply to President Harding, made pub
lie early in the day, rejecting the pro-
posal to leave the seniority issue TO the
Railroad Labor Board for settlement.
A long session of the Cabinet and
several conferences between President
Harding and his chief advisers in Com
gress preceded the announcement aE
the White House that the Administers
tion's> case would be presented by the
President In a formal address II is
believed that the speech may refer TO
the difficulties the country will face
the coming winter unless the entire In
dustrial situation is soon cleared up,
Compromise Called Certain
As the whole situation is viewed
here it is g tight to the finish, but ON
the other hand it is just as surely be-
lieved also that the fight will not 90 on
until either the strike is broken or the
road paralyzed, but that somewhere
along the line there win be sudden
compromise which will end it.
Leaders on Capitol Hill were told at
the White House that the President III
his address before Congress viii nos
ask for any emergency iegisiatisr.
whatever. From q political standpoins
the forthcoming speech is regarded BY
both Republicans and Democrats as os
supreme Importance. In this case Corr
gress will merely be the megaphons
which the President will use in getting
the defense of his Administration be.
fore the people. If the case is pre-
sented with sufficient skill to win the
people to the belief that the President
has acted wisely, and to get them be-.
hind him, it will not only change tho
present tide which is seen here as
running strongly in criticism of the
Adlninistration--but it will help to re.
elect Republican House of Represen.
tatives this fall.
Ths President Is being advised CON.