The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-20
GEORGES CREEK
oprRAroRs WILL. NOT ATTEMPT
RESUnpTTON WITHOUT Alb
SohUTA PROTECTION.
Proeddene's invitation TO Resume Up
eradons DOCS Not Aneot
Potomac Field

Cumberland Md, July lS.-(Special)-
Coal mines Of the Upper Potomac field
IN West Virginia will not be anecteo
by the ediCt Of President W. q. Haru
ing, that all union mine operators no.
producing coal. open their mines an.
begin operating It was positively stated
hr hoth onerators and union officials
today. The operator stated that no
change in the present situation Will laNe
place. In that the Upper Potomac helu
IA non-unton and that coal Is pelnS
produced from some Of the mines no
also specified that none Of the menlpcrS
Of the operators association Oh U"e
region had been invited TO the har"'nE
conference and that this region lS'
therefore, not included in the Preslaehl
ultfmatum,
William 7. Trickett, secretary OF dis
trict Is U. NJ. ". A., stated tha' LII.
present situation would not he affected
bv the Presidents suggestion because
the terms are not satisfactory to the
miners and that mono Of tho striking
miners will return TO work. Secretary
Trickett stated that IN his opinion the
only solution for settlement upon
wages and working conditions, between
the operators and miners. would be
Joint conference between representa-
lives Of the two bodies. Trickett
opined that eventually a Joint CONFER
enre will be held and arrangements
made for the resumption Of mining ne
cause the public demands 1t. TrlcReV
added that there has been no break III
the ranks Of striking union miners ana
that there will not be- He said thst
many hundreds Of miners have move"
from the district and taken other en-
ployment and that large number oil
foreign miners have returned TO theH
respective countries. hut that the great
Err number would come back Ia the dis
trict should a settlement be made.
II Is tho concensus Of opinion or
Georges creek operators that thcF
could do nothing toward reSuming WORT
nj the mines until absolute protection Is
provided Putting a flas at every mine
would mean nothing IN the territory II
was pointed out. where tho men do not
live near the mines and many OF the
miners own homes in towns and villages
distant from the mines There Is moth
ing to- prevent q mine from being blown
upor a miner being assaulted to and
from work. IL was pointed out, unless
the protection Is thorough and syste-
matte One of the operators declared
that little protection could be expected
II strikers were sworn in as deputies as
was the case in Cumberland In the
shipments strike. here the strikers were
made deputy sheriffs and given badges
Many men. II has been aSccrtained
among both the miners and railroad
strikers want to return 10 work and
they refrain through fear. There Is no
chance of getting these men back ~
work unless protection Of the kind IS
thoroughly organized and wins their
confidence Is provided.
G. Marshall Gillet, general manager
OF the Maryland list Of the Consolidated
Coal company. the largest operator or
this evening that he had no notice from
headquarters in Baltimore to open tho
mines in accordance with the presidents
order Although the mines. as a gen
eral thing are In shape for immediate
resumption.
A number Of mines of the upper Poto-
mac territory have been working right
along with reduced forces since the
strike. Last week 1900 tons OF coal
were produced in the Upper Potomac by
non-union miners as against an average
Of 2S,7Os tons a week during 1921.
which shows about a two thirds norma;
condition compared with last year