The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-05
DENIES LEWIS
REFUSED Offer
TO ARBITRATE
Bland Questions Moore. Rep
resentative Of Mine Union,
in Washington Committee
Follows up Overtures.
VIOLENCE IS REPORTED
CBy Associated Pressl

up the overtures it has made toward
settlement of the bituminous coal
strike, the house committee on labor
continued its hearing on the subject
today by considering briefly Attorney
General Daugherty's statement of last
night outlining for the administration
''hands-off'' policy for the present
Representative Bland. Republican,
Indiana. whose resolution to direct
the president to appoint coal inquiry
commission, occasioned the labor COM
mittee's interest in the matter, read
Mr. Daugherty's statement into its rec
ord, and, upon learning that President
Lewis of the United Mine Workers
had left the city, called to the wit
ness stand John Moore, legislative rep
resentative of the union in Washing
ton
Mr.. Daugherty says, after declar.
ing that the operators were wrong in
refusing to confer with the mine
workers in an attempt to settle the
strike issues in advance, that the Unit
ed Mine Workers officials themselves
refused last fall or some later time
to confer with the operators for the
same purpose, Mr.. Bland said:
Denies Refusal.
Now has there ever been tine
when the United Mine Workers have
ever refused 10 open negotiations with
new wage scale after April 1. in
| accordance with their agreement"
No SIR Mr.. Moore replied. There
never has been such a refusal by tie
| union"
Has President Lewis ever refused
/ to enter into such a conference with
the operators as representative OF
| the United Mine Workers. Mr.. Bland
asked.
mot to my knowledge" Mr.. Moor
said, "and | am sure he has always
been ready and willing to negotiate
Mr.. Moore was excused and the COM
mittee recessed for the day Chairman
Bolan gave notice that it would COT
tinue tomorrow hearing operators ana
miners from the central PENNSYLVANIA
field discuss the strike ana related
matters.
BECKLEY, w. Va, April 5.-Bomhs
were exploded in front of the house
of Binny Chickenfeller and James
/ Spade, i'll the little mining village OF
Kilsythe late last night
Troopers of the state police with
blood hounds, were hurried to the
scene and arrested John Fodor and
Andy Honizezc, who denied all know
ledge of the crime. They are being
held for further investigation
Chickenfeller and Spade were mil
ers who continued to work for the
Nickel! Coal company, after about one
half of the force went out in sympathy
with the strike.
The first explosion ripped off the
porch of Chickenfeller's house and the
second reduced to junk Spades auto
mobile which was standing in front
of the house.
+ TOLEDO, Ohio, April 5.-The Ohio
Collieries company, largest individual
coal operating company in Ohio, will
be represented in the proposed joint
conference of miners and operators on
April 10.
! CLEVELAND, April 5.--A meeting
of the Pittsburgh Vein Operators as
sociation of the central competitive
field has been called to meet here this
afternoon Or tomorrow morning to con
slider the request of Chairman Nolan,
of the house labor committee, for a
J meeting of coal operators and miner;
in Washington April 10 as the first
!, step in an effort to settle the nation
wide coal strike. Michael Gallagher.
president of the association, an
nounced this morning.
NEW YORK, April 5-National
headquarters of the coal strike will be
transferred to New York today upon
the expected arrival of John L. Lewis.
international president of the United
Mine Workers of America. Union
leaders predicted that Mr.. Lewis
would use every effort to speed UP
I. the anthracite wage negotiations"
International and district members
of the anthracite general policies COM
mittee, 40 strong, already have begun
to arrive in response to call issued
: by Thomas Kennedy. president of the
! committee. They, with Mr.. Lewis,
will discuss emergencies which have
. arisen since the strike was called, it
WAS dUHOu1C6Q dI uulOu uSduQudIt tcIS.
= WILKESBARRE, Pa, April 5-Sus-
: pention of operations in the anthracite
: coal fields of Pennsylvania was hail
ed by the average mine worker as
. an opportunity for a vacation ana
: most of them are planning thoroughly
! to enjoy the holiday. For eight years
!. the collieries had been operated on
! about a full schedule, the war period
being marked by unusual activity. The
: miners therefore, their leaders said to-
day, were glad that for time at
! least they would not have to onswer
: the early morning whistles, now silent.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April o.
!. Conflicting statements again charac-
# terized the striek standing in the
a coal regions yesterday operators claim
g ing that non-union mines were oper-
/ ating at normal capacity while union
e leaders maintained that many OF
l. these were closed and that the ranks
r of the strikers were being steadily
sweleld.