New-York tribune., 1922-08-18
Miller 10 Call
Special Session
On |! Coal Aug. 28
Power to Buy and Dissribnte
supply and Fixing Price
OF Anthracite VIII Be
Sought. From Legislature
Expenditure Of $l,lA2,5OO
in Open Market for Fuel
for City Use Authorized

to consider the coal crisis will proba-
bly, be called for August 2s, Governor
Miller announced yesterday in Albany
The Governor Indicated that the entire
coal situation would be handed in q
way fully to cope with the emergency,
including not only the establishment
Of state administration for coal dis
tribution, but for the price Of antRra'
cite as we'll
Resolutions were passed by the
Board Of Aldermen yesterday at the
special meeting called last Monday au-
thorizing the purchase Of Sf,l42,5Oo
worth of cosl for the r't~ DR. al'
without FIRST calling for the usual
competitive BIDS .A'a
tsEen heenuga de~ieps J. =,
submit bids for coal contr~ ring
they would be un-=,slo > IL 49,. II
Attacked Coal Opera.0r.
In addition to resolutions providing
for the municipalities coal supply, an
other was introdupced attacking in its
preamble the coal operators, and con-
cluding by asking that the Legislature
at it's special session amend the law so
that the city can issue $5,000,000 spe-
cial revenue bonds, instead Of $2,-
600, as now authorized.
Yet another resolution, resting in
committee and dependent upon the
success met by the one above in the
legislative halls at Albany, appropriates
$600,000 for the purchase and distribu-
ton Of fuel ito the public at cost
This appropriation, If made, would
leave an authorization for $2,50o,0oo
more bonds in the hands Of the Board
Of Aldermen.
The entire special meeting of the
Aldermen did not take half an hour
Inc purchases OF coal permitted by
the various resolutions are: Armory
S7o0,000; Board Of Purchase, $500 900
including Fire, Police and ten other
departments; Borough of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, 100000; College of the City
Of New York, $4,000; Borough of the
Bronx, $4,000; Borough of Richmond
$1,000.
To Meet School vee--s.
Arthur S, Somers, Of the Board o!
Education, said that the board had
funds on hand, but needed special per,
mission before buying coal without
first obtaining bids. All of the resolu-
tions were passed without opposition
A statement showing that the six
teen departments represented by the
Board Of Purchase had on hand last
week 29.01l tons of coal was submitted
to the Aldermen. The Department Of
Plant and Structures and Bellevue and
allied hospitals on August 10 had
enough ceal to last six and eleven
days, respectively, whereas the De.
partment of Public Welfare had
enough for the balance of the year.
With these resolutions passed the
Aldermen toop VI. the resolutions OF
Alderman ,Wililan1e r. Collins relative
to amending tho bond issue secti ons.
Recalling that "curtailment of coal
production has created an alarming
situation" the first resolution con-
tinued,
Whereas, this condition is due pri-
marily to the arrogant refusal OF the
mine operators to ehsarve the provi-
slons OF the agreement with their eln-
ployees in regard to the adjustment
of wages and hours of employment by
conferences batween the operators and
miners"
0gle ReseBts Criticism.
The resolution then asks that SUBJ
division of section 1873 of the Great
eY New York Charter be amended to
permit theA $4,000 900 limitation for
special reve 3 4e bends to be raised to
SaD00,0oo IL order that the city may
purchase and Distribute coal to mini.
mize possible suffering and discom-
fort"
The next resolution, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Rules and
Finance, pending posgible action by
the Legislature, authorizes the sale Of
100000 OF special revenue bonds to
buy and distribute fuel at cost under
the supervision of committee of
five aldermen,
When these resolutions were called
to the attention OF A. M. ogie, presi
dent of the National Coal Association,
st the Hotel Commodore last night, he
said:
"The gross misrepresentation of the
resolutions passed by the Board of All.
dermen, further emphasizes the neees.
sity for the immediate appointment by
President Harding Of fact-findinp
tribunal for the coal industry If these
facts had been available for the in
formation of Aldernam Collins, hi
would have known that the history Of
the contractual relations hetween min
ers and operators in the Iast five years
is series Of regulations and viola.
tions by the miners
The tribunal referred to was reeom-
mended in q telegram to President
Harding from the National Coal AS
sociation on Wednesday and oaliad
for the appointment Of a noa4partissn
body to make a complete Investigation,
This proposal was endorsed yasterdav
by William G. Retaeld, former Ssege,
tary Of Commerce, and by Henry r.
Doherty, both of whom said that this
present situation In the coal industry
warrants a complete Investigation ana
full publieatssn o- lie facts. Mr..
naheEty said that the ratio of the pub,
ilc 70 the miner and operator was
about 200 to /.
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