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New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Vardaman Runs Second
I'm Early Mississippi Vote
Stephens Leads in Democratic
Senatorial Contest to Fill
Williams's Sent

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 15. - Hubert
Stephens, former member of Congress-
from the I'd Mississippi District, was
leading former United States James X
vardaman by 4,037 votes in the contest
for the Democratic nomination for the
United States Senatorial nomination on on
the face of incomplete unoficial re-.
turns from so of the 80 counties ~
1920 o'clock tonight. John Sharn
Williams, whose seat is to be Allied is
not seeking denomination.
The figures give Stephens 33.e91 Var
daman 29,954 and Miss Belle Kearnev
GOAL. "es
Unless either candidate receives a
majority of the vote cast in to-dav,s
statewide primary second nrn
Will be necessary to decide the issue
Former President Woodrow Wilson
IN letter made public recentlv ~ ex-
pressed the hope that Mr.. Vardaman
you'd not again be sent to the IJnitad
States Senate. Mr.. Vardaman. owing
to his physical condition, has not takan
an active part in the CAMPAIGN. hut
his cause has been espoused by a score ore
or or more supporters, who have stunned
the state. pipco
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16

tomorrow for the appointment a. -
aldernlanic fuel committee and az 81 81
preparation of 81 200. This con, ,ra,.a ~ =.
would make 8 survey of their disss:ssses
and report next Monday on tbe ,,.s. ssss
Der of dealers and the amount ~ i1.i's elasl
each had on hand and what Their ,,.'as .oas
requirements for customers a.. aseai
cub committee would, under Aldas.A a
Harvey's proposal, then cast abont sn ss'l
sources Of supply and, if the board / ss
such authority, TO purchase Il fay Ss ass
tribution. No opinion was eYnro.ss. uis.
yesterday as to what the stains ~ sseQ ss
committee, in view Of the act;on y IA tie
at Washington and by the Govssraassea
would be. ihor,
The Automobile Club Of Nev -.
has received from the NatioYsG wa.'k aofk
ists' Association, Washington. n n,'Ss0s- y
telegram stating that road buildinso -, Z
country over will stop IL coaI .ae
obtainabic soon. About 300 .ncfS ,,a 20 nos
engaged in this work, which ~ 49, afe
upon the operation Of steam ralIa y peaas aiaa
steam shovels for its continuarns nhd ahd
mond Beck, field secretary - say
national association, has been reouo,.as sas
by Chairman Charles c. McChard g
the Interstate Commerce Com .e nna;s.;.ooI q
TO make survey and report. 's'oh
The New York State Coal Nar..
Association, representing abont 7nahss IN
cent of the retailers, has prorni.aos Per
assistance to the Governors ,.%su so rs
sion in distributing anthraei,a 1
household purposes as soon az /. ~ =
available.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Mine Owners at Pumps
To Save Idle Pits
Novia Scotia Operators Stand
Out Against Demands of
$4,000 Strikers

SYDNEY, N. s., Aug. 15-Mine own
ers and executives have gone into the
coal mines of Cape Breton to keep the
pumps going so the pits will be dry
and clear of poisonous gases, it was
admitted to-day following the strike
Of United Mime Workers in the district
lag. night. The same conditions ay,ly
in Springhill and Jcgglns, but the sit
uation is not SO bad in the New Glas-
gov area.
The Fundy mine at Joggins an
nounced to-day it would take back it's
sixty-fve employees at the 1921 wage
scale, but other mine owners, however,
have expressed determination to keep
their mines going without the strikers.
About 10000 men are out.
Terms of the latest company offer
raised minimum daily rates from s2.s5
to $3.25 and contract rates 10 per cent
This would give a rate of pay about
% per cent below the wages of 1921.
which the miners are asking.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Continued from page ons,


coal operators Operators association
as circumstances may require"
Under this authorization, granted by
the policy committee, any coal mine
can be reopened that signs up, regard
less of action or the absence of it by
coal operator associations
The joint conference itself simply
negotiated an agreement. which the
mine workers policy committee pre-
vlously decided would be the basic
agreement under which striking mem
bers would return to work.
To the various organizations of the
United Mine Workers was then turned
over the actual signing OF agreements
with individual operators. It was in
dlcated that it may be tomorrow be-
lore an exact record of those signing
and the tonnage represented will be
known in detail.
Central Pennsylvania forged into
position as a factor in the central COM
petitive field, into which heretofore 1t
has been merely one &C the so-called
outlying" districts, as a result OF the
shift in plans at the conference caused
by yesterdays bolt Of some Cleveland
operators. 1t is expected to reopen at
once mines counting for round
25,o0o,0o0 of the districts $4,000 600
annual tonnage.
Thomas A. Watkins and F. E. Harri-
man, of New York, and Dwight C. Nor
row, of Kittanning, operators, were i'm
portant factors in the joint conference
after 1t reorganized. Mr.. Watkins ve-
signed as president of the Central
Pennsylvania Operators Association
when it rejected President Harding's
proposed bituminous coal strike settle
,ment in the Washington conference
last month,
Signatures to the contracts of the
northern West Virginia field of a.
dozen and half counties and the
kanawha field, in the central part of
the state, are. predicted, but whether
they would all sign now or later was
not known.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16

mendations as it may deem proper and
advisable, and shall so far as possible
embody these recommendations in a
report to be submitted to the joint
conference to be convened January 8,
1928, as hereinafter provided.
Points of Inquiry Summar zed
"1n order to reach final and proper
determination of the controversy in
the bituminous coal industry, for the
benefit of the miners and operators
and the public as we'll, the following
principal points are presented -or con-
sideration by the committee Of in
quiry:
"(a) The wage rate in any district
shall as far as reasonable be properly
competitive within the mining in
dustry, and shall at the same time be
fully compensatory to the miners, be-
ing sufficient to afford not only liv-
ing wage, but also to allow reasonable
opportunity for accumulating savings.
"The encouragement of a proper
spirit of obligation and responsibility
on the part of all the parties toward
contractual obligations and the estab-
lishment Of proper machinery, both
local and national, for prompt deter
;nination and settlement of any points
of dispute in any local, state or dis
trict contract without resorting to
strike or lockout.
THE determination of proper
policy to encourage efficiency Of opera
tion, not only on the part Of mine man
agement in the mechanical operation
of the mines, but also on the part of
individual miners in the performance
of their daily work.
Final Conference January 8
~. The participants of this confer
ence agree to send, and this conven.
tion invites the bituminous coal
operators of the United States to send
representative delegates from coal-pro-
ducing districts, or from substantial
groups of coal operators, which dele
gates shall as far as possible be rep
reaentatives Of the bituminous coal
industry of the United States, such
delegates to meet, in joint conference
January 3, 1928, at such place as may
be designated by the joint conference
held October 2, 1922. This Joint con-
ference shall receive the report of the
committee appointed in conformity
with Paragraph 2 and shall finally
determine the method to be followed
by the participants in the conference
in the negotiation Of wage scale agree
ments to become effective April /,
1928.
ITO the ead that new wage scale
agreements to be effective April /,
1928, shall be determined upon as
speedily as practicable, and further
strikes thereby be averted, the method
of negotiating wage scale agreements
which shall be determined upon by said
joint conference shall provide that
such machinery as is created by it to
develop a new wage scale agreement
shall commence to function not later
than January 8, 1923. The wage scale
agreement concluded by such ma
chinery shall be effective April /, 1928,
and shall be in effect during such time
as 1t may determine"
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Canadian Strike Averted
BY Resembling Wage Cut

MONTREAL, Aug. 15. = The threat
ened strike of $4,000 shopmen on the
Canadian railways was temporarily
averted tonight when the presidents
of the Canadian National, Grand Trunk
and Canadian Pacific telegraphed Pre-
mief Mackenzie King that the wage
cut of 100000 ordered to-day would
be. reseanded and the men would be
paid at their old rate prior to July Is.
The decision Of the railway officials
conforms to the views of the Premier
conveyed IN letter yesterday, in
ruling of the Federal Department. of
Justice that wage reduction was con-
trary, to law before the Cancellation
Board acts.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
specia, Dispatch to The Tr;buns

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15.-Just what
effect the settlement of the coal strike
at Cleveland will have on the industry
in bituminous fields of western Penn
sylvania Is problematical. Powerful
Hlnlng interests typified in the Pitts
burgh Coal Company, the largest con-
Germ of it's kind in the world, and big
independent operators, such as the II.
&: Frick Coke Company, a subsidiary
OF the United States Steel Corporation,
with others in this field, are emphatic
in their declarations that under no
circumstances will the check-off sys-
tenn ever again be used in the mines
of this district.
Previous to the serlke the mines Of
members of the Pittsburgh Coal Pro-
ducers' Association were all union
operations. The mines in the Connells-
vile region, for thirty years non-union,
have since April ! seen their former
diggers enter the union by the thou
sands until that field is now said to
have become GO per cent unionized.
There has been no meeting Of the
operators since last Friday, when it
was decided not to participate in the
conference and not to abide by it's de-
cision. The operators stand by their
offer to allow miners to return at the
1917 wage scale, but on the under
standing that the "check-off" is not to
be continued
Under the decision rendered by Fed
eral Judge Anderson, Of indianapolis,
several months ago, both the operators
and miners, are enjoined from using
the check off, the court decreeing the
system to be illegal, not only in SO far
as it concerned the miner, but for the
operators as we'll.
To-day one of the most influential
members of the Pittsburgh Coal pro
ducers' Association declared that on.
orators in the central competitive field
who enter into an agreement with the
United Mine Workers of America that
includes the check-off system will be
violating Judge Anderson's Injunction
and will be in contempt Of the Federal
court.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16

ssantiy Of threatening moves by labor,
He was. fo,d so.dav4 falgowiny the stats-
49,. .f ~. S.,... p..,.....
.Asss u ahe 'oasisSs1h NasiWay yessef-
Cay that IL proposed 20 begin hiring
men now to take the place OF tho strfk-
erx. shsa Ysysa p,,,,,. aa.,, sy.d a~y,,,,,d
- ss'sss a.os-'N'
tne soushefR snopn IN NoTSn Saroi'ns
armed with shasguns and weapons of
alq sorts. ressdv 10 Kill any strike break.
:. :.
- WIZ - sr1'A pns ~ s1asif appe a'aiass
Seixure.aa Last Sten Only
4 yrast aa.f has hsa,, .a;asas - .ha
-. 80. -. 80 .sS ea.N - y s'N
1iSsiasns ashi1sg ausnofaSy 20 take over
che roads, but it is now we'll under
stood among Senators in touch with
h,u. a.. hsfaa s.-,. -..,,.-.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
ID. A. Reed to Take Senate
Seat, Succeeding Grow
Republican Candidate for Pen.
roses Unexpired Term To
Be Sworn I'm To-day

Erom The Trtbune,s Washtnaton Rurs

From The Trtbune's W aShtn0ton Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Major
David A. Reed, of Pittsburgh, Repub-
lican candidate in the November cleo
tion for the unexpired four years of
the term of the late Senator Boes
Penrose, will be sworn in tomorrow
Immediately after the Senate convenes
as successor to the late Senator Will
liam E. Crow, who was appointed to
the seat held by Penrose for the pres
ent session.
Accompanied by Governor Sproul,
Major Reed is expected to reach Wash
ington tonight. They will go to the
Office of Senator Pepper, of Pennsyl-
vania, o-morrow morning with James r.
Mccoy, secretary to the Governor, VINO
carries Major Reeds commission as
Senator, and from there to the floor
of the Senate. Senator Pepper will
present him to the President of the
Senate. The administering of the oath
and his introduction to his future col
leagues are expected to take only a
few minutes.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Failure of D'Annunzio
To Improve a Puzzle
Physicians Worried When the
Condition of Poet Remains
Stationary

~ nGAKnO;NE,. Riviera, Italy, Aug. Is
lby The Associated Press ).--phvsi.
clans attending Gabrielle d'Annunzio
1, Wno Is suffering from the effects of q
1aii Sunday, are beginning to show
anxiety because his condition ia ~.
naming stationary. The symptoms Of
cerebral commotion have net vel
supsided, while his temperature
although not high, remains at the 1,f,
point. With suffused, dusky coun.
the pupil of the right eye, pallor Of the
skin and coldness of the extremities
the doctors say there seems to he M
doubt that the brain was severely
The physicians are at the bedside
almost constantly. 1t has been pointed
oa1 Dy the doctors that the vasomotor
system Of the poet-soldier shows ax-
,trraordinary sensitiyeness, considering
his age. S-s1s- i''s
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16

able to get any line on the Presidents
forthcoming message, the Eastern
railroad executives appeared confident
that this would be favorable to the
railroads and the stand they have
taken, particularly in the matter of
seniority. Doubt was expressed that
the President would ask for legislation
bearing on the shipments strike, but
it. was felt that he might do so rela-
tive to the seoals strike and this gave
rise. to, the rnmors that he might seek
the creation of mine labor board.
The request of the brotherhood
chiefs for meeting with the execu-
tives was received late in the day by
Thomas Dewitt .Cuyler, chairman of
the Association of Railway Executives.
and Robert aS,, Binkerd, his assistant,
later announced that the executives
would accept.
Earlier in the day, it was declared
that the executives had prepared to
take favorable action in anticipation
OF such request, including the tenta-
tive selection of a committee to con-
fer with the brotherhood heads. Should
the unions advance any compromise of
fers, 1T was said, these would be given
every. cons liberation, although "there
is to be no deviation from the
seniority position" A number of the
executives were inclined to feel that
such meeting contained potent pos
sibilities for progress toward settle
ment.
Concerning this and speculation as
to the contents of the Presidents
message, l.. F. Loree, chairman of the
Eastern presidents conference, said:
The President has grasped the sit
n of kn1i
fusal to arrange a meeting between the
two sides to discuss a settlement. that
he has plainly indicated he will take
no further action. This leaves a final
settlement to be made direct between
the roads, the strikers and the other
unions that have been indirectly drawn
into discussion of the seniority dis
pute, This is as it should be, from the
railroads viewpoint"
number of the executives ad-
vanced the claim that the roads are
now ION top" in the strike, and that
two weeks more will see its ending.
Among them was Mr. Loree, who said
that, "the end of the strike is clearly
In sight, as there are more men on the
pay rolls of the roads to-day in the
shop forces than are on strike, and the
gap between present figures and 100
per cent is very narrow and will easilv
be bridged by a continuation of cur
rent gains"
More iawless tactics developed early
in the day, when it was discovered N AZ
the westbound tracks of the Staten
Island Rapid Transit Company. on a
sharp grade between Grassmere and
Dongan Hills, had been smeared with
grease. Trackwalkers made the dis.
covery before any trains passed over
the section, and removed the grease
thus preventing any serious resnlts
The home of o New York Central
worker at New Haven, N. Y. near
dispatches. W
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Coal Agreement Propides
For Committee Of Inquiry
Its Members Musf BE Approved by the President
and Ii Is Required TO Make an Impartial
Survey OF Industry and Report to Conference

~ ,,,,Ys, aN-p A,r 1E .Tha 4ax+ of
ei4f e-iiAlsD, 4Aus' 80 ns sVA' VI
the agreement between the pltumnous
miners and operators, ratified here to-
a,r fa,Iaws4
us's, ioa.oV
4. All mines o1 operaeeIs repre-
sented in this joint conference which
are now on strike are to be opened
..,,.s..,. az ,+so &c .,,,
i'''s's's'sis upo', s 1''o -
Elementary contracts extending TO
March 81, 1928, the terms, provisions
and conditions of the contracts affect
existed on March 81, 1922, except as
- ,,aaI - cort;rua+;or c,arsas -
~
such contracts.
"2. The participants in this confer
a,,ea q gree IN send md this confer-
80. ~, -,
ehce ihyiees' .ne p,sei1'iious ooai opei-
ators OF the United States TO send rep
resentative delegates from coal pro-
Suc;,a d;str;cts or from Substantial
grosns of onerators. which delegates
Shall as far as nossible he renresenta-
tives of the bituminous coal industry
Of tha limited States. such delegates
to assemble in ioint conference in
Cleveland October q. 1922.
aThis ;oint conferences shan annoint
q con,m iftee Of enual .nambers of ran-
Tesentat;ve operators and miners
which committee shall formulate y
method to be followed by the bitumin-
ous coal industry in the negotiation of
wage scale agreements ia, become ef-
feciive Anril / 1929 and the method
SO Formulated shall bv the COMMITTEES
he reported to the ioint conference In
he held January 8. 1928. as Hereinafter
provided.
Haraihs 10 approve eommittee
"3, The joint conference convening
October 2 shall further select COM
mittee OF inquiry, the members of
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Soft Cool Mines Reoper, in Z
States Under Cleveland Peace

Thomas Kennedy and c. j. Golden, but
the postponement, it was said, probably
also to attend. The operators will be
represented by Mr.. Warriner, w. j..
Richards, president of the Philadel-
phia and Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany; w. l.. Connell, president of the
Green Ridge Coal Company, Scranton,
and w. w. Inglis, president of the Glen
Alden Coal Company, also of Scranton.
AVIAN Markle, of Hazleton, will be
chairman of the joint meeting, but will
not have vote.
Confident prediction was made by
both sides that the conference would
result in an early settlement of the
hard coal suspension.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16

ment Of the LOCOMOTIVES inspection and
related safety appliances acts OF
Congress-, the commission has observed
with concern the progressive deterlora.
tion of motive power upon certain ol
the important carriers OF the country
since July /, 1922, and during the
present strike. The effect Of deferred
repairs is cumulative, and becomes
increasingly felt as time goes on. Inc
acts which we are called upon TO ad-
minister leave little discretion with the
commission as to enforcement Wnen
violations come to light. In the. con
tinuance of our enforcement OF the
law we nre taking steps and VIII be
compelled to continue to proceed In a
manner which must bring about serious
Withdrawals Of motive power from
service Certain violations o. the acts
we report TO the Attorney General Tor
appropriate legal action. With a con-
tinuance Of existing conditions these
will be increasingly frequent.
Knowing your interest in the mat.
ter we felt you should be advised OF
the facts"
President Harding Replies
President Harding responded:
nave youI0 VI SVSh '1tS ~ V"'SH
you call to my attention the progress
sive deterioration of motive power
upon some Of the important railroad
lines of the country as the outgrowth
of the prevailing strike. This growing
menace to maintained transportation
has been called to my attention un.
officially in various ways. Under all
the circumstances, | know OF nothing
to be done except to insist upon the
full enforcement of the law. 1t is q
very natural thing under circumstance
which exist at the present moment to
waive the exactions in behalf Of safety
in seeking to maintain transportation
In my judgment it is better to have
the service diminished rather than at
tempt the movement of trains on which
safety is not assured, 80 far as com
pliance with the law may provide it
| trust that your inspection forces
will exert themselves to the utmost in
order to be able to pass upon safe
equipment, because the official sanction
Of the government will remove all
questions Of dispute"
CHICAGO, Aug. is (By The Asso-
ciated Press) Hale Holden, president
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad, asserted tonight that he was
sure motive power on most of the i'm
portant railroads Of the country had
shown distinct and substantial i'm
provement for the last several weeks. .
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Agreenlent OusIOoL Rri

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. Is. = POST
ponement of the joint wage conference
OF anthracite coal operators and repre-
sentatives Of the mine workers until
Thursday afternoon was announced to-
day by Samuel d. Warriner, head Of
the operators negotiating committee.
Ihe meeting, which had been set for
tomorrow, was delayed at the request
Of John L. Lewis, who telegraphed Mr.
Warringer that the presence of the
union officials was required in Cleve-
land another day.
It had been expected that the Phila-
delphia conference would be left in the
hands Of Philip Murray. international
vice president of the mine workers,
and the three district presidents Of the
anthracite field William j. Brennan.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Rail Factions Mark Time
Here UntH Harding Acts
EsecufiUes Grant Request Of
Big ~ Leaders for Meeting;
Rouds sOn Top S0ys Loree

Eastern leaders of both sides in the
railroad shipments strike marked time
yesterday pending the fulfllment of
president Harding's intention of lay
ing before Congress his stand in con-
nection with the coal and rail STRIKES
and review Of the efforts he has n,ade
to settle the two industrial disputes.
Although saying they had been un-
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Mail Carrier Force increased

Growth Of the postal busins.. -.
the heavy daily deliveries reon;rod agS. saa 3
New York City and in BrooklvnA A,,sa n
ed yesterday in the Postof1ce rsssa. rss.l.-
nent authorizing the emplovn,eIr.s rsfs, :,
thirty additional carriers al eana q
these stations. The Far Roeksw.a q
fee also was given eleven addit;.aoaa,, p,
carriers. s'''sa'
New-York tribune., 1922-08-16
Green Bay Trainnsen Out;
b. &c L. &. Shopnen Strike
Way Workers on Southern r..
Also Quit; L. C. ", Mo. Pac.
Make Terms With Emnyoxoa.

GREEN BAY, Wis. Aug. 15.-AlI
train service men and switchmen ~
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. paul
shops here refused to go to work this
morning because of the presence of
armed guards in the roundbopse and
the disorder last night New shop en-. M
pioyees, at work repairing a disabled
engine last night, were stoned by
strike sympathizers and guards hred
ants. y
. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15.-Three hun
dred shopmen of the Bessemer & IaLe
Erie have struck at Greenville. Pa Il
was announced at the general Offices
OF the company here to-day, and few
machinists and boilermakers IRE ant
at Albion. another point on the Iine -
LOUISVILLE, Aug. I5.--An apree.
ment terminating the walk-out Of .aflo