The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-18
HARDING WILL
DIRECT MINES
RESUME WORK
President Will Send Stimuli
taneous Telegram to Oper-
ators and Will Ask Govern
ors to Furnish Protection.
is BACKED BY CABINET
oBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, DC, July 1s-Pres-
ident Harding late today will send
simultaneously kilograms directing all
operators Of all bituminous mines shus
down by strike conditions. to resum7
work at once, and requesting the gov
ernors of all states in which
mines operate to furnish such mill
tary protection as may be needed. II
state troops find 1t impossible to cope
with the situation federal troops, !.
was understood may eventually be en-
ployed- Plans for such action by the
president, were understood TO have
received unamanious support of tha
cabinet, at today's meeting of that
body. at which the industrial situation
discussed in all its ramifications The
advices to the mine operators and the
governors will include imperative nee
essity of the early resumption of the
mining industry in the interests of the
public and will also directly urge that
orderly proceedings be observed in the
execution of the plans.
Plan To Reopen.
Preliminary plans for their attempt
to reopen mines closed by the strike
despite failure of the governments at
tempt to effect settlement were un-
derstood to occupy bituminous coal
operators who remained in Washing
ton for another meeting today follow
ing their reply to President Harding's
arbitration proposal with an offer 70
place their properties and services az
the governments disposal.
Invited by the president to return
to your mine properties and resume
rY1c hoi,- anI--
to his arbitration offer yesterday in
which majority accepted unquali-
fiedly the plan previously rejected by
the miners union, the operators,
through their chairman A. NJ. Ogle
later announced that an attempt to re-
open the mines would be made. Con-
siderable activity the employers gen
orally believed would result in union
fields in Pennsylvania and Ohio if no
where else.
The government, 1t was intimated in
official circles today, had fully con
sidered all the possibilities involved
| in its decision to ask that the mines
| be re-opened. The protection of fed
eral troops and the American flag, It
was indicated, would be furnished if
necessary to insure protection where
men were willing to work and the gov
ernment itself might call for volunteer
miners of experience now engaged in
other pursuits.
| Miners Silent
Beyond intimating a belief that the
lack of available skilled miners would
make difficult the effort to reopen the
mines, officials of the miners union
who remained in Washington today
continued silent on the situation
Most of the members of the United
Mine Workers Policy committee
whose refusal to accept the president ;
arbitration offer was made certain BY
sine die adjournment of their meet
/ ing yesterday, had left the city today
John L. Lewis, president of the union
said he would remain over, however,
for a day or two.
While a minority of the operator
in the response taken to the White
House late yesterday by committee
of Is found the presidents offer un
acceptable, Mr.. Harding. in address
ing the delegation, said that "a large
majority" of the operators by unquali
fled acceptance had given him occa
sion to express my own and the pub
lies gratitude"