The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-05

selected today consists ot two operators
and two miners from each OF hiieen
mine union districts throughout IRE
country. The President Of each msn"T9
union district will Dc one Of tho miners
committee and the other an app"rtc" ~
his.
The operators delegates t" the con-
ference and the district they rcprcSen
Include the following:
Ohio Michael GallaS her of Cleveland
and ]. II. Pritchard, Of Columbus.
Indiana. NJ. l.. Gould and Hugh
Sh!rkie.
Northern Yves, Virginia. Joseph rurs'
glove of Cleveland. Ohio. and {. l. Jci!-
kins.
Iowa. George Heaps and +. {. Smith
Kansas. W. l.. ~ Johnston and Ira
Clemens
oklahoma. Arkansas and TEXAS. NJ
J. McWli!!ams
wyoming. n. e. Marchant.
Western Kentucky. e. ". Taylor. and
F. c. Rush.
Michigan. r. NJ. Randall and Warren
thippen.
Missouri. F. W. I.ik;ns aud n. y. Tay'
Tor
Washington. ]. W. Wallace.
Operators will name delegates from
central ana western isV0SN ~ dNid' lil'-
nois and Montana.
Operators IN outlying districts Will he
privileged TO send delegates 70 tho Chi.
cago conference IL they 81 desire. II w
announced In thc event OF any such
outlying distr!c; representation by the
operators. the miners in such districts
viii also br given the right o. repro
seu,Itton.
Each 10 Select Ten
NJ this mornings session Of The j"int
conference q committee was named by
operators and miners 10 bring in re-
ror, on what action tho conference
would take on the telegram sent by Sec
retarv OF Commerce Hoover and Sccr"-
tary oc Labor Davis. asking the con-
ference 70 uamH a panel Of twenty
names % persons "dtsa sSoctatcd' with
the coal industry. as possible memh /
OF President HardnE's fact finding com
mission. provided under the terms OF
the Boran-Winslow bill.
Til" committee reported that because
tho difference OF opinion between miners
ard operators on tho matter. each side
shall reserve unto Itself. the right Z"
submit a panel ~ ION names as being
expressive Of their desires In the mat
ter" The committee further reported
that 'in its opinion congressional action
has made impossible the rulfillmert Of
clause No. : Of the Cleveland agreement
(providing for tho fact ftndingcommts-
sion OF miners and operators) IT this
time. and that tho only practical thinS
for us 10 do now is To take advantage
OF the offer made in the telegram for
Secretaries Davis and Hoover.
Telegram to Hoover.
Following the adoption Of this motion
BY the joint conference a telegram was
sent by the operators TO Secretary Hoo
vc-.. stating that they believed that the
suggestion to name a fact finding COM
mission Is nota matter for the consider.
alton OF the Joint conference. and that
they prefer To leave its selection 10
tho selection 10 the President without
suggestion from the coal operators.
The telegram further stated that we
shall give the commission our tfl CO.
operation"
Prcsiden, Lewis. FOR the miners 20
might wired ten names TO Secretary
Hoover, but declined to make them pub
lie.
The Join. conference gave up the pro-
posed commission OF inquiry within the
Industry. the naming Of which was
clause OF the Cleveland agreement. ex-
planning that at the. time this waz de-
TING a fact finding commission mad not
been proposed.
A Complete Success.
At the close Of the joint conference.
Thomas X Maher. az Cleveland. who
acted as temporary chairman. assorted
that the convention was complete sue
cess and had accomplished everything
Il had set out TO do.
President Lewis. Cor the Miners. said:
1.-The manner IN which tho business was
despatched augurs well for future rela-
tions within the industry.
Delegates to the joint conferen"e LETT
for their homes tonight.
II VAS learned from an authoit atiV"
source tonight that In the reccn: count
OF ballots. nominating officials OF the
United Mine Workers Of America. ne-
tween I 500 and lion local unions cast
their ballots Tor President LEXIS and
that 2S locals voted Tor George M,rccr.
statistician Of the Illinois miners. 10
succeed Lewis as president.
The nomination OF Philip Murr1y. or
Pittsburgh. 70 succeed himself as inter
national vice president. was practically
unopposed