New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
State
Governors Get
Call to Farley

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approaching when the conference ad-
journed tonight to IL o'clock Monday
morning.
A total of 14o,ooo,ooo tons annual
production is actually here or where
It's representatives can be called on
short notice, awaiting an agreement to
which they can subscribe by signing up
and then as rapidly as possible reopen
their mines.
The 14o,ooo.o0o tonnage is 10 per
cent of the annual production of the
central competitive field states of
western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, placed at about 100000 900
tons, but is distributed over wider
territory. It is 35 per cent of the
estimated total annual coal production
of the country in the union fields, 400,-
100000 tons.
A detailed estimate and the distribu-
tion of the tonnage obtained here to-
night from usually reliable sources,
and indicating that Pennsylvania,
through the central Pennsylvania
to bring about 100000 tonnage into
the settlement and West Virginia H.
100000 tons, is as follows: Central
Pennsylvania, 50,000,0oO; Ohio, western
Pennsylvania and Illinois, 4O,00O,00O;
northwest Virginia (the twelve and
half counties field), 25,00O,OO0; CEN
trail West Virginia, Kanawha field and
tributaries, 100000 to 100000;
Maryland, 100000; scattered, 3000,-
900.
Would Send $4,000 to Work
This tonnage, it is estimated, would
put $4,000 of the 445,000 striking soft
coal miners back to work
Arbitration was the rock on which
the conference-a meeting of the joint
scale subcommittee of operators and
mine workers--canle perilously close as
late as this afternoon to disastrous
wreck.
The operators insisted, as on yester-
day, on some form of arbitration guar
enteeing against another strike March
81 next, when the present scale year
expires. ~ sefss
This stand put the Ohio operators
ready to make an interstate settlement
in accord with the Illinois operators,
who want n state settlement, and with
President Harding on one point--arbl-
tration after March 81 next. The mine
workers officials indicate they will con
tinue the strike rather than accept the
arbitration feature.
No compulsory arbitration was the
ultimatum Of the mine workers con-
ferees to-day.
No settlement unless there is pro-
vision to take care of March 81 next,
was the counter ultimatum of the oper-
ators.
Michael Gallagher. chairman OF The
joint conference and president of ths
Pittsburgh Vein Operators Association
of Ohio, and President Lewis, of the
United Mine Workers, according to
report tonight, were delegated by the
conference to draft provision II.
Harding's proposed "fact finding"
joint commission to study the bitumi-
nous coal mining industry. Such
commission" while likely to meet
the demand of the operators for some
thing to which any settlement reached
here may be lied, might make unnec-
essary the arbitration provision to
which the miners object.
| Reports came out Of the conference
of other questions fought over--a de-
lnand by the operators that the mine
workers accept wage reduction, and
by the mine workers that the operators
agree to settlement to March 81,
to14, year anu elRnC months hence,
but those experienced in operator-mine
worker wage scale negotiations dis
counted this as simply talking points"
to sway the conference one way or an
other in the main issue Of arbitration.
| Frank harrington, the Illinois min
ars' president, who did not attend the
committee session yesterday after
serving notice that he did not regard
any contract made here as four-state
agreement, rejoined the committee to-
day. In explanation Of his position,
Mr.. harrington made this statement:
THE unqualified statement that I
have refused to sign four-state agree
ment is enemy propaganda. As a mat
ter OF fact, at the time the story was
circulated, the miners and operators
! had not been able to get together on
any kind Of an agreement However, |
dld tell my associates on the sub-scale
committee that would not sign four
| state agreement, embracing Illinois.
with only one Illinois operator repre,
senting q production OF 100000 tons
present in the conference To do that
would mean that the particular mine
IN illinois, represented by this one
operator would be allowed to % to
work, while the rest Of the 95 600 mine
workers IN Illinois would be required
20 continue on strike. My position is
That ! will not sign any kind of an
agreement that does not put ali Of the
iilinois mines to work at the same
time" '"it'e