Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-28
COAL ACTION
STILL PUSHED
Hope at Washington and Chi
cago That Mines Will be
Operated Soon

CHICAGO, July 2s.-Coal opera
tors were continuing to deny knowl-
edge of any scheduled increase such
as mentioned by John l.. Lewis, and
the strike seems little nearer settle
ment.
Mrs. Lewis's statement that he
had every reason to believe that
an interstate joint conference OF the
central competitive field, will be ar
ranged within a few days" was dis
counted by officials of the National
Coal Association at Washington.
They said that the decision had been
reached to make no move in the
Central fields.
Meanwhile Secretary Hoover was
receiving assurance from the gov
ernors of various states that the fed
eral government would receive every
aid from them in preventing retail
profiteering in coal during the strike
emergency.
Violence increased in connection
with the coal strike in Kentucky and
Pennsylvania, six points being al
fected.
A clash between state troops and
strike sympathiZers was thought to
be a possibility in the Middleboro,
KY, mining district. Twenty-Five
infantrymen and their officers were
on their way to the Yellow Creek
mine where strike sympathizers
were reported to have fired on mi
ners going to work and strike lead
ers said if the troops arrived at the
mine trouble was almost certain.
Troops were sent to Clarksville,
Pa, where mine operators had ask
ed additional protection.
State guardsmen were sent 10
mines in the vicinity of Ebensburg,
Pa, upon request of the operators.
Move i'm Coal Strike
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Presi-
dent Harding. 1t is declared III
an authoritative quarter, has a den
mite program to settle the coal
strike and Is developing it step oy
step in connection with his efforts 20
end the rail waikout. Where one
move fails another is taken in ac-
cordauce with the program.
1t was declared that there is noth-
ing hapilazard about the program
and that it is being followed in an
orderly manner from day to day. For
example, the conferences at she
White House with Bert M. Jeweii
and II. Dewitt Cuyler were part OF
this program.
The prevailing belief seems to be
that once the railway shopmen get
back on the job a settlement of the
coal strike will follow. either as a
whole or by states and districts.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover is
frankly pessmistic as to any imme-
diate break in the coal strike and is
bending every effort to complete the
national organization for the carry
ing out of the plan of distribution
and control of prices worked out at
the conference with operators.
IT am putting my whole time and
attention, and have been for thirty
six hours. to the work of perfecting
this national organization" Mr..
Hoover said. land / hope to have 1t
completed by tomorrow night"
Mr.. Hoover added that for the
time being, or until the organization
could begin to function efficiently,
the question of control of prices and,
to a certain extent, the equitable
distribution of available coal would
be left in the hands of state execu-
tives, majority of whom have tele-
graphed their readiness to cooperate
in every way possible.
(Continued on page four)
There are no hills, no rough roads, Tor
the LINCOLN, see it at Dorsey Motors.
160s3-7-2s-1t.