The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-20
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ern. Vest Virginia coal operators
Ass oca ton to take part in meet
ing 10 be held in Room 512, Jacobs
Building, Fairmont, on Saturday,
July ~. at 10 a m. AS matters
of aniimportantn nature Will be dis
cussed, and any action taken will wi
be OF extreme interest to all coal
com panIes whether they are oper-
.ating OF not, Presto dent White is Of
the opinion that it should be an
open meeting, and everybody IN IN
terested in coal mines is cordially
invited by him to be present..
Mr. Bracket, secretary Of the
Northern West Virginia Coal Oper-
ators' Association, arrived home
from the East this morning. where
he had been for the last few days.
Mr.. Brackett said that there was
no formal or official statement that
couldbe given out at this time IN
regard to the situation, preferring
to wait until the meeting on Satur-
day before making a public state
ment. 1t is expected that the con-
ference on Saturday will develop
definite line Of action in regard to
carrying out the Presidents pro
posaL
Support Pledged.
The following telegram was sent
fromthis city yesterday by A. Lisle
White, president Of the Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators As
sociation to Presid ent Harding:
..The members Of the Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators AS
sociaton are heartily in accord with
the Invitation to resume operation
as expr essed by you and are at this
time ngaged in an earnest effort TO
carry out your wishes. We have
conferred with who is thoroughly
acquainted with our plans to date
Following the initial effort Of the
president to have operations re-
stunned at once on the basis of the
present wage scale and carried
along until a special commissi ion
could work out a wage agreement.
which was turned down by the min
ers, the President has made no sug-
gestion as to the scale of wages at
which the mines shall resume oper-
ationS.
I'll the general opinion here that
the Presidents proposition having
been turned down by the miners,
he has made the proposition of re
Stunning work under state and fed
eral protection an Individual prop
ositior with each coal operator
whose mine is closed down by the
strike. and that the question of
wage has passed out Of the scope
Of arbitration IN a national sense
and that each operator or group of
operators is free to resume work
on whatever basis OF wage that he
can 10 meet competition in other
fields the Presidents position being
at this time to afford protection to
those who desire to resume work
and not to seek further arbitration
unless. the suggestion is made to
himby those who have refused his
previous good offices along this
line. "a
Recognizing the potentially Of
the meeting on Saturday, the result
of this conference is awaited with
the 5keenest interest as whatever
action is taken at that time will ar
feet all that vast territory tnc1ud-
ed In the Northern West V1rgInIe
area.
Members of Committee
Following are the members Of
the committee representing the
bituminous coal operators who
have unaualifiedly accepted Presi-
dent Hardings proposal for the
sediment of the present coal
strike-
RIme Miller. Hillsboro, III,
president Illinois Coal operators