Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-11

- wac AuuAC1ScO. INC f6AI ana wa.
ter route over the Great Lakes
forcing the transportation OF lI,el
: 10 the summer or not at Sil.
work resumption within two
weeks, however, 1t was indicaf.
cd, might solve this without dif-
iiculty. but II net priority Orders
through the interstate commentn
commission might be used to tli-
rect shipments of. nom union coal
preferentially to the tcrr1tory
Concerned This constituted .
policy question held in suspen.
sion.
washington, July 11.-Repre-
senatiyes of coal operators viii
be called together at the end Of
tnis week to consider means Of
dealing with smaller operators
who are selling coal at prices
In advance Of the maximuns re-
Gently reached by wlantary
agreement, Secretary Nsover said
today. =: ~
Washington; ~ f1.-rhe. coal
strike situation marked time today
pending decision of operators and
miners in the anthracite and unfon-
l1ed bituminous fields as to accept-
ance of President Harding's proposal
Tor the fixing of new wage scale by
aroitraton and the Immediate re-
sumption OF work meantime at tho
wage rates of March 81 last: The
miners representatives weres delaying
dehnite reply to the proposal until: 4
decision is reached by the general
policy committee of the United Mine
Workers of America summoned to
meet here Saturday. while the oper-
ators group also withheld reply pend
ing opportunity for deliberate dis
cussion of the plan with their asso-
ciates
After discussing the proposals with
his associates yesterday, Alfred NJ.
Ogle, chairman Of the bitunnnous
operators group, indicated they re.
gard a plan for arbitration by dis
tricts offered by them last week; as
the best and fairest way" to settle
the controversy. John L. Lewis. presi-
solete in the light of the presidents
proposals. The anthracite operators
maintained silence on the proposal.
although they have before rendered
arbitration at the hands of the presi
dent
Mr.. Ogle declared he considered it
utterly impossible for one beard
to deal comprehensively with condi-
tions over the vast area of the ma
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up wage scale in any reasonable
time That was why, he said, the
operators had proposed several
boards of arbitration.
The Missouri Pacific, following its
assurance to Governor Allen of Kan
sas that no trains would be taken OF
the lines in that state, rescinded its
earlier order, disseminating 124 local
passenger and mixed trains. announc-
ing that there would be no disruption
of its existing schedules anywhere on
the system because of new deevlop-
lnents."
Bloomington. ILL.,, was one of the
outstanding trouble centers. but ap-
prehension was somewhat abated by
the presence of troops sent under or
ders by Lieutenant Governor Fred r.
Sterling, acting in the absence Of
Governor. Len Small.
The soldiers were greeted :. with
jeers as they patrolled the shops and
yards of the Chicago and Alton. Spo-
radio firing by snipers occurred early
today. Machine guns were trained in
the direction of the snipers but the
soldiers returned no shots.
Officials Of the striking shop crafts
renewed their protest against the
military occupation but promised
Colonel Culbertson. in command. that
they would do all that was possible to
avert trouble.