The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-24

cosed 10 Keep hands off while he par
l,ys proceeded. Mr. Harding mas oeeh
criticized BY vO,h sides 1or MS wv"
efforts at mediation and the cr1'e'''h ''i
for the moment has produced poI'cS
o; CAUTIONS waiting.
~ ,h,r. MAS one strike which inc
president thought could De se'tIeu
au!ckly and satisfactorily IL was the
anthracite controversy. MI haru'"e
has felt that tho miners ana opeFato's
really did not want TO disagree pu'
that the influence or the ha'o'Hti IL
era union was responsible. as II was
o-ssrnahlv desired 20 have stronger
leverage on the operators In the sot'
ooal fields by tiein. up all coal produc
t,ou. The insistence OF the anthracite
ounces on arbitration has halted tn'
.nesotiations for Ihe time being anu
the White House IS keenly oiSdp
pointed.
Meanwhile a psychological factor mas
been thrust into the whoie 'huoSIt '"'
situation which may cCmplica'e ra'a'i
,han clarity IL. The sudden announce
ment OF the United States Steei cor
noratlon OF an increase or 20 per cent
in wages comes at time "ne" '"e
shopmeu are arguing that they HaN y
no, been awarded ! living wage %
the United States railroad LABOR 0oaru D
last decision =,
Ths whole tendency heretofore In
,-,ess has been downward. and the
administration has kept on insisting
that reductions In everything were
necessary in the deflation process.
MANY politlcians were inclined TO th!hS
anv increase in wages would help raI4y
labor In the congressional campalSh'
,hey we're not unmindful of the FEARS
Of business mon that such pTo-ress 'S
had been made in wage reductio"s
might be impcriI!ed by the tactlcs ol
the steel corporation.
This s,rensthens the belief here that
the move of the steel corporation was
made without reference TO any ettects
outside the steel Industry and tTat IL
vas occa siored entirely by the desper-
ate need OF tho steel companies io'
labor. for Judge Gary ~ the !aSt Hia"
in the business world TO want TO throw
a monkey wrench into the whee's i
Industrial reimbursement
In connection with the rise IN wages
IN The steel mills. the increase in wages
OF non-union miners given by the com
nanies in Pennsylvania who supply the
steel industry, was regarded also "a an
economic necessity rather than an at
tempt to break up un'onlsm through
the temptations OF higher wage scale
To rhwart the Unions.
Seyertheless this "a not dismissed as
an isolated occurrence. as wage IN
creases are fully expected in industries
more or less related TO the coal and
steel business and /. Is known that At
least one OF the big eastern railroads
Is contemplating the payment Of wages
higher than that proposed by IN"
unions IL one way OF weakening ma
tional control by the unions and fore.
ing regional or separate agreements
between companies and their mon.
Altogether the who'" horizon - fuT
~ worries and troubles for the adj
ministratton. Europe IL unsettled and
America keeps hands off. The rail and
coal strtkes arc drifting without GOV
crnmental Influence being "Ncrted ana
A fattgucd congress ~ wrestling wnh
the tariff and N" soldier bonus. either
one Of which would ho sufficient 10
consume the .ntirN thought and alton.
ton ot an administration IN tho good
old days Of normalcy.