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HARDING FIRM in
COAL SITUATION.
Tells Owners and Union Heads
Strike Won't be Tolerated.
PUBLIC TO Be CONSIDERED
President Gives Principals in contro-
versy Opportunity to Reach Agree
ment-Two Conferences Formed.

Washington, July Coal operators
and miners union officials, meeting
here al the behest Of President Hard
ing, huckled down 10 the Task of reach
inc a basis for negotiating q settle
men! of Ihe nationwide coal stflEe.
ana in doing SO resolved themselves
into two conferences-one composed
OF those engaged i'll the bituninous m
duSGry. ami the other OF those inter
pSled III The production Of anthracite.
Neither of the conferences arrived
ar definite conclusions and adjourned
for further meetings. mindful of The
warning given by President Harding.
in opening the full conference, ih.tt
unless the. we're able to reach i SET
1lemcnt Of the strike. 'Ihe servants OF
lh. american people will ne called Z
The Task in the n,,Ine Of American
safety"
The bi1uminous confereeS by far
he more numerous, agreed Ia NEE
again. The anthracite representatives.
after discussing with Secretary of the
Interior FAN the issues held rtsn"n-
sihle for the suspension of work in
their districts. adjourned 10 meef again
Thursday
Win all participants pledged to
ma main Silence tnl ne 'i'r 'ntpr i'll
The conference of coal operators and
miners which held it> initial sessions
adjourned.
John L. Lewis president Of the
United Mine Workers, had made II
lengthy address during rhe session and
Secretary Hoover had interviewed in
the deliberations. Lewis deman was
understood TO he for n reconstruction
OF the Joint wage conference between
miners union officers and coal ol'rraJ-
urs IN the central field. Chairman
Ogle made some remarks. hui The atTi-
rude of he operators had hot been
stalled fully before the temporary all
inurnment.
President Harding. = converting the
conference. advised both parties 70 ar
rive with measurable promprne>s At an
understanding for Your mutual good
and The country's common good
The president. in addressing the
gathering. which included abouI thirty
operators. the same number approNi-
mately of United Mine Workers off
cials and district presidents al Sec
retaries Hoover. Davis and Fall. de-
clared the present was no time for
the militant note of the radical. and
reminded the conference rhar "tOlerA-
zion. fairness. the spirit of give and,
rake. and finally a sense of the larger
obligations TO the public, are essential
TO successful conference"
Coupled with his appeal and admoni-
ton. the president uttered WHAT was
regarded as warning when lie said
that if the operators and miners could
nor settle this matter in frank recog-
milton of the mutuality of ynlr inter
eSts. then the large public interest
must he asserted in the name the
people where the comllon good 5 the
first and highest concern"
You are admonished 10 arrive at
such understanding with measurable
pgomptneSs among yourselves. the
president declared If the udjuS ment
cannon be reached by You alone. gov
t! uIheHl 8lu VII! Dt' aNHliNDIt al t1ut|
,t;int call We wish you. Wh, best
know hr way 10 solution. 10 reach it
among yourselves in IL manner 10 com
mand the sanction Of Amer, iii piolic|
opinion. Failing il that. the servants
OF The American people will he called
to the task iii the niinle Of 4mei. can
safety and for the greatest good of
all HE people.
The warning mole from The preSi-
dent, after he had described the criti-
cal plight facing The nation through
continuation of the present Suspen-
sion of work which entered the fourth
month. WAS arcenruared by the state
ment Of Attorney General Das gherty,
who after comforting with the presi-
dent just prior TO the converting of the
conference, said he would not sit in
the meeting as the department of JUS
tice would not interest itself in rhe
matter for the present"
Another pointed statement in The
presidents address was: Labor has
the right. capital has the right. and,
above all else. the American public
has the right TO be freed from these
recurring anXieties (Srrikes). no mat
ter what the causes are. Thai free
AOm must be established"