The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-28
VOL. XXXIV
u. S. HAS SCHEME
TG end STRIKE
Plan To Bring Miners And
Owners Together To
Be Out Soon.

washington, April EO'-lhe sO'-
eminent is working on a plan look
ing to ending Of the coal strike which
II will submit soon to both ouerators
and union leaders, 1t was said today
at the White House. Details of the
plan were not disclosed. but 1t was
said that It does not include federal
supervision of the coal industry.
The plan which now is receiving
the attention of President Harding
and his advisers was said to contem-
plate a permanent solution, If pos
sible. of the basic problems of the
industry. Presentation OF the plan,
IL was indicated. would be made
when favorable opportunity pre-
sents itself.
Testifying before the House Labor
Committee today on the Bland bill,
which proposes to create a federal
coal investigating agency, j. ID. A,
Morrow, vice president of the Ma
tional Coal Association, declared 1t
consumers pay more for coal be-
cause of overproduction." The ex-
istence Of many more mines than are
needed normally to supply the coun-
try, Mr.. Morrow said, is 1.-The chief
safeguard OF the consumer"
Mr.. Morrow added that repeated
Investigation had proven the supply
of coal in the United States "prac-
tically inexhaustible." Wide distribu-
, ton of mines and ownership made it
impossible for monopoly or price con-
troll to exist in the country, he assert
ed.
May Arrange separate Contract for
kentucky.
Spl ingfield. ILL.,, April 25.-Nego-
tiation of separate state wage agree
ments by striking coal miners in Ken
lucky and Tennessee was announced
today by Frank harrington, Illinois.
president of the United Mine Work
ers Separate wage agreements with
locals in Illinois are imminent, he
added.
In Alabama, he said, the state
union officers have instructed men,
bers to continue at work.
jacksonville, Ky, April ga
long-distance telephone message to-
day from Webb Ames, vice president
of District No. 23, United Mine Work
ers of America, said that the an
nouncement made today by Frank
harrington in Springfield, ILL.,, had
no bearing on the Western Kentucky
coal strike situation. Contracts, said
Mr.. Ames. with operators still nave
a year to run. There has been, he
added, of course, no suspension OF
work in Western Kentucky due to
the nationwide suspension OF work
in the coal industry.
The announcement attributed TO
Mr.. Harrington, he said, as it applied
to Kentucky might have meant that
separate contracts were about to be
negotiated with union miners in the
southeastern part of the state.
10000 Miners Working In Western
Kentucky.
Greensboro, Ky, April 25.-Ac-
cording to Vice President webb
Ames, of District 2S, U. NJ. w. OF
America, which is the Western Ken
lucky field, 10000 union miners are
at work Since the first Of April
when the nationwide strike was call
ed. about 5000 miners have been
added to the mines in Hopkins, Muh-
lenberg and Ohio counties. Mines
that have been idle for months are
resuming operations in this district
on account of orders that are being
received.
The union miners were not called
out in District 23, on account of the
contract with the operators not eX-
hiring until April 1, 1928.