Evening journal., 1922-07-19
MARTIALLAW
/ I'm STATES
| IS LIKELY
,Harding's Assurance of Fed
eral Aid Forces Test
With Miners
SHAPE NEW PLAN
: TO GET MEN BACK
Ccontinued from First Page.)

4he mines of all operators Wiling 10
Sesume coal production. President
dIarding has thrown down the gage
IF battle to the United Mine Work
ers of America. probably the most
oowerful single body of organized
Tworkers in the country.
( Should the Presidents present
Fian fail to bring about large in
Grease in coal production within
Hhort time, there will be but one
eourse open to the government
Seizure and operation Of the mines.
{ In his call upon the IS governors,
Aarding has. in effect. ordered the
anobiiization Of more than l'oOo'ooo
armed men on the side of the public
A. ESTIMATED. First OF all the
gover1iors can call on the local au-
4horities such as the police and dep
ntv sherlffs TO provide protection. II
these forces prove insufficient, the
national guard forces are to be
mobilfzed. II the guardsmen prove
5nefrect.ve, Federal troops will be
Sent to their assistance. Should the
srouble be too widespread for control
by these forces the government VIII
hnduct the national guards OF non
coal producing states into the Fed
hral service and detail them to duty
IN thaacoal producing states.
. Meanwhile a Congressional move
30 end both the coal and rail strikes
IS underway A comprehensive
plan Tor settling these menacing dis
putes will be discussed today by Sen
ators Borah. King, Walsh of Massa-
chusetts and Samuel Gompers, Presi- |
dent Of the American Federation of
Labor. King has worked out the |
plan, but Is keeping its details secret |
Sor the present. II today's confer
,ence approves the plan, King will |
submit IL to President Harding. SEN
ator Cummins. chairman of the SEN
ate interstate commerce committee,
said today he would take up with
the committee soon the question OF
amending the transportation act to
Include an Affirmative declaration
that the workers are entitled to "a
living wage"
some statement of that sort
should be included in the law" said
Cumnfns. "The committee will as
soon as possible will begin an inquiry
into this and other questions involv-
ed in the present situation"
Senator Walsh, Mass, who has
beer Independently looking into the
strike. with a view TO working out a
remedy said that as one result OF
todays conference with Gompers,
the coal operators may be invited
TO confer with the committee OF
Senators.
I'VE want to get the views OF both
sides" said Walsh. when we have
done that we viii try to work out
something concrete to submit to ,
submit to President Harding"
The President in his telegram TO
the Governors virtually made an
appeal to patriotic working men A.,
to act as strikebreakers assuring {,
them pf the full support Of the Fed :
eral Government. The need for coal
makes such action imperative. Hard :
ing is confident men will respond.
President Gompers Of the A. F. of
L., and President Lewis. of the
are confident that few men
VIII go back to the mines as the re-
suit of the Presidents appeal and
they frankly fear the plan will lead
10 more disorders.
Lewis Characterized the adminis-
ration move as a gesture"
1T will not produce coal" Lewis 7,
aid.
The operators will not be able to .
ecure enough strikebreakers to ap-
Increase the production of q
osiv he said. The strikers will not ! =
eturn until Justice is done. he de-
Jared.
II the face of the ominous situa-
one brought about by Harding's {
rder for the protection Of mines, d
efminers reiterated their readiness c
, Negotiate a settlement of the V
rike by direct negotiations with the b
perators without Federal interven- a
ion, confirming the exclusive United D
'reks announcement on Monday. n
The last Of the bituminous oper- n
torf who were in session here left n
or their fields last night to carry V
mt Harding's request to resume m
'peraitons. A NJ. Ogle. president Of
ne otuminous operators, last TO Ia
eaVe here, announced that his or V
santzasion stood resdy TO resume is
provided the operators II
were Afforded protection.
some Of the mines shut down bv W
The isirike may be leer ened TO-DAY. ~
he said. Large sca.o production viii in
be attempted In Western Pe-nsvl- A.
nsnia first, he said. Governor =
sproul IS prepared to send the Penn :.
sylvAnia State constabulary and the =
snr4re national guard into the coal -
.is.. rs to guard against vio.en o. - -
Weeks does not believe that wide ~
,pread violence win follow reopen i.
ngiSof the mines under troop pro !.
.ection.
when the Government steps into :.
/ situation II does so with absolute ',
ainDess to all sides" he said THE y
people will respect the Government =
70 this case" :,
CHICAGO. July 1s.-U United
'rss) Martial law throughout the
Illinois coal field became a possibn- 9
y Today. e.
Because Of State law requiring t'
Il miners TO pass safety test before "
board composed OF three miners, s.
Sc; ,;of strikebreakers appeared i'm u
osaible.
Attorney General f. J. Brundage. 81
sclnred however, that this law a.
,u3d be nullihed by the declaration s'
martial law. Is
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 19.- W
United Press) ).-Declaration Of Vi
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