The Arvada enterprise., 1922-07-27
Harding Asks That Coal Mines
Be Reopened and Promises
Federal Protection.
URGES GOVERNORS TO HELP
Negotiations 70 End Railway Strike
Run Against Seniority sns9-Franes
Consents to Moratorium, for Ger.
many-confsrsnes at The
Hague Eads In
Failure.
sy EDWARD ". p,ckARo

% eS"NNS
DlsESIDENT HAItDIN0'S last plum
for the peaceful termination Of the
coal strike failed OF acceptance by the
nIners and by u considerable number
Of the operators. II was that the
nlnes should be reOpened under the
old scale and that commission
should xrbItrate national wage
scale. A large majority of the opera
tosa agreed IL the plan. hut II could
aOs g0 through unless the acceptance
was unanimous on both sides.
Then the President put forward his
Vssposai for preventi0n Of the fuel
fami1s with which the country ix
thrseteaed This 10 that the mines
- rsepeaed At 0nce and with what.
ever labor can be procured. and that
~ state governments In the respec.
tive states protect these workers and
give assurance Of the maintenance Of
eeder. This NJ. Harding set forth
- . soAg Telegram to the governors
of the aates, and he promised them
IL "prOmot and full support Of the
fedeeal government whenever nnd
wherever you aad your own agencies
OF Law and oedas lnadequate to meet
the situation"
Responses by the governors were In
the main highly satisfAetOry. That Of
Governor keadau Of iOSsa, is typical:
sAs chief executive Of, tAs state of
Iowa ! pledge every .resOuros Of the
state to thu support a the psogram
you have inauEurated for the relief
OF the fuel situation" Fr"a two
Morrison os North Caro-.
lima and Rltchie Of Maryland me
responses expressing outright dist
from the Presidents program. tn
former said In pnrt: "Your position
Il practically 10 uSe the power Of tn
government against the strikers. ant
they will naturally have little conf
deOcr In the impNrtlnlity or fn'rncs
OF soldiers or other agencies OF force
however good the renSOn for such
stnnd muy he" Ritchie declined 4
take immediate action. xaying h
would not send the Maryland Nntlonn
Guard to the con, fields until al
peaceful methods had failed. lie dl'
not state what peaceful methods r.
main tn be tried. Governor Allen
Kanaaa aaid the Industrial court hn
ordered the resumption of mining I'M
that nhout 70 pcr cent Of the state
needs wns now being produced.
In Illinois there II situation. pr
viOuaiy described. which seems to bloc
the iinr,iing plnn In that stnte. TIL
law provides thnt M one shall wor
a. = miner without first obtaining
certificate ~ competency, md n
miner can gct such n certificate unlcs
he can submit evidence that he In
had Nt least two yrnrs' experience II
q miner or with a miner. Morcovc
(he 5000 mincrs Of the state nrc ~
pcr cent organized. There Ind bee
some chance TINT their prcsldcn
Frank Harrington. would nj the prop,
time push the Idea Of scpcrntc stat
agreement. hut operators said ihi
hope wis dspclicd by the springing {
the Washington plan.
North Dnkotn Is confronted with
crisis that is CRusing almost pnnI
smOng the residents, md the c"i
ditions there nrc peculiar. The stn,
depends almost wnolly on Ignite frol
tho mines within its borders. III
miners. according to Governor Ncsto
Quit on the nntionnl cnll md not b.
cause Of nny iocni grievances. III
0Ignite fields, he snya. have no &C
no,nic hearing on the bituminous or nj
(hracite heldx, md he believes II the
could ne placed 10 n separate catego'
cad the opentors permitted to de-