Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-07-07
MINE WORKERS DO
NOT See THE POINT
OPERATORS AND WORKERS ARE
IN AN APPARENT DEAD.
LOCK OVER SITUATION
Meetings Arc Being Held Daily In
Order to Find " Possible, Means
Of Getting Men Back to
Work

the striking coal miners back to work
this week was abandoned by admin
istration leaders Sunday when the
joint conference OF operators and
miners adjourned in what appeared to
be hopeless deadlock.
The rock upon which the conference
again split was the fundamental point
for which the miners are contend
| ing, namely, that the new contracts
shall be based on the central compe-
titive field at once. The conference
has not progressed In its deliberation
beyond the consideration of the basis
of settlement The @liners positively
refuse 10 bulge from their position
In the matter of contract, insisting on
Interstate contract instead of indie
pendent district settlement
Sunday, however, there was n show
| down In both camps. the operators
voting against conferences based on
| the central competitive field and the
miners voting against the proposition
| Of independent conferences fl each
| district.
At the close OF the coference, Sec
rotary of Commerce Hoover and Sec
rotary Of Tabor Davis issueS This
statement:
upon suggestions for further sep
arate meetings of the operators and
miners for further consideration OF
methods the conference adjourned.
Immediately after adjournment the
miners were called into executive SEES
sion by President John l.. Lewis and
remained behind closed doors for
nearly two horrs. The operators adj
journed TO the roof of the Hotel
Washington and both sides reviewed
the deliberations to date
Whether or not the government has
submitted counter-proposition was
not announced. nor was II denied.
That there had been general discus
sion of other ways and mems to
achieve the purpose of the conference
was admitted.
AS Secretary of Davis left the Red
Cross building he Iaghingly remarked
that both sides have voted on their
own separate propositions and each
has rejected the others plan, so 1t Is
now, probable that they can agree
upon"
That was the only note Of optimism
In Sundays proceedings. The confer
ence was enlarged by the inclusion Of
Joseph Purseglove. an independent
operator who has been openly In IN
yor of a settlement on the interstate
basis and James Morgan. district sec
rotary OF the Wyoming district.
Following the conference Of min
ers' representative It was reported
that the miners contended that " they
abandoned the question of contract
they would weaken their cause.
Only directly has the economic
question been touched upon, both sides
clinging tenaciously TO the question
OF settlement as being paramount
Action by the conference TO be
binding on either side must BIO by
unanimous vote. As organized, the
operators have slight numerical ad-
vantage In the conference, but this 10
not considered important because OF
the necessity OF unanimous action
The miners are also proceeding on
the theory that another conference
will follow in the event the confer
ences succeeded in 'devising the ager'
CIV for affecting solution" of the pro
blems. ms President Harding expressed
Il.
A so-called independent group Of
operators, claiming to represent 90
OO0, 900 tons production, forced the
operators previously accredited to
the conference TO recognize them,