Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-31
Statement on Eve Of
Great Coal Strike
Miners Are Ready to Meet the
Operators Any Place, at
Any Time.

Washington, March 3o.-The wisdom
Of asking President Harding to invite
representatives of miners and operators
| to meet here tomorrow in an eleventh
hour effort to call off the coal strike was
considered today by the house labor
committee, but without action being
taken.
Believing there still was hope of pre-
venting the shut down in all fields, set
for tomorrow at midnight, two members
of the committee proposed that the pres
tdent be requested to take a hand, and
for time it appeared as If resolution
looking to this end might be adopted.
| Word had come from the senate, mean
| While, that Chairman Borah of the SEN
| ate labor comm. ittee, had such propo-
sition in mind and the house committee
went at once to suggest joint action.
Chairman Borah explained, however
| that members of the committee had not
| been advised as to such vote, that he
did not feel at liberty to take up the
question alone and it probably would be
Ebest to let it go over. He intimated that
he might call his committee to consider
it later.
Returning to its own meeting place
the house committee discussed resolu
tions presented by Representatives Lon
don, socialist, New York, and Upshaw
democrat, Georgia. Both similarl!
drawn, were laid on the table.
The aid of the president in the tasl
Of trying to bring the miners and oper
ators together was suggested after DR.
Worth NJ Tippy, OF New York repre-
senting the Federal Council of Churche
of Christ in America. had urged som
effort by congress toward lasting peac
in the coal regions.
While John Moore, of Columbus
Ohio. legislative agent Of the Unite
Mine Workers of America. was givin
the unions side Of the trouble, Chair
man Nolan asked if the organization
would object if the president should ste
to the front and invite the warning fac
tions here.
If the president were to send a wir
tonight asking the miners to come her
or go anywhere else and meet the OF
orators, Mr.. Moore said, "the first trai
out would find them aboard. We hav
always been anxious to meet them"
Asked as to the unions attitude tc
Ward a thirtyday suspension of tn
strike order, Mr.. Moore said:
81 am not prepared to answer fo
President Lewis. AS I see it, there
little likehhooS of an invitation goin
out. We do not want government intel
ference until we have exhausted all GU
IL
American people get all the coal the
want in April they will be satisfied an
if the government estimate of 65GOO,O0
tons above ground is correct, there wi
, be no suffering during the next montl
But we prefer to work out our own sa
vation
knowing the operators as I do,
have every reason to believe they. wi
: yet signify an intention of getting us
officers of the National Coal associ;
tion were. present but were not asked :;
, to how the suggestion of going to Il
president appealed to them. They o
fered no voluntary view.
The hearing. which is being held
l connection with a resolution by Repr
/ sentative Bland, republican, Indiana, fl
: appointment of an investigating commi
e sion by the president, is expected
i bring together the leading figures on Il
: miners and operators side. Mr.. Moo
said that John L. Lewis, the union pre-
n ldent, was too busy getting out stril
orders to come here now.
d "But he will be here Monday If he
d not in JAIL he added.
n Moore predicted that all non-iInit
e miners. who produce thirty per cent
It the coal output, would quit work wi
a the union men, eff gunmen are not US
d in the non-union fields