The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-02
HOOVER RESCUES
COAL CONFERENCE
Cecretar'y Intervenes, Pre-
venting Collapse of
Coal Meeting
MEET AGAIN TODAY
Bituminous Body Will Re-
sumo It's Work, Anthracite
Men Wait Until Thursday

wAsHIEGTON, July 1.-The con-
ference called by President Harding
to devise methods of settling the
coal strike assembled today, listened
to the presidents admonition that
II the settlement effort failed, the
servants OF the American people will
be called TO the task in the name of
American safety" separated into
one gathering for the anthracite in
dustry and "A second for the blum
inous adjourned in a double dead
lock. The bitumlnous representa-
tivea by far the larger group after
a controversial session adjourned
until tomorrow at o'clock while
the anthracite contingent set It's
next meeting for Thursday.
Secretaries Save Conference.
Only the intervention of Secretary
Hoover and Davis. the government
representatives in the bituminous
meeting prevented a vote being cast
on which these negotiations might
have ended,
Hardly had the bituminous dele
gates assembled in executive session
after hearing the presidents address
OF welcome before John l.. Lewis.
president OF the United Mine Work.
ers of America raised question ar
to the representative character OF
the operators spokesmen present
He demanded 20 know why the New
River and kanaw fields OF West
Virginia. the upper Potomac fields
Of Maryland. Kentucky and Tennes-
see had no represe ntatives present.
A. NJ. Ogle, president OF the National
Coal association also chairman OF
the conference responded that oper-
ators' representation had been
named "only from those districts
seeking n conference with the min
ers' union"
Dcadlocked All Day.
Secretary Hoover intervened al
this stage and the matter for the
time being was passed over.
Immediately however, the original
issue between the bituminous opera
tors OF unionized mines and the min
ers union. was raised, dead-locking
the meeting for the lest of the day.
The president OF the Southwestern
Interstate Operators association,
moved formally that the conference
recommend that resumption ~ work
be brought about by district WACO
negotiations between operators and
the union. The proposal was at
tackled by Lewis, by William Green,
secretary Of the mine, and by John
Brophy. Pennsylvania district
president. One by one, practically
all the operators present rose to sup
port Tavldrs motion.
Favor District Action.
II was said that support was
evinced for district settlement by all
Of the delegations.
Lewis later Countered with the
preliminary motion 10 substitute for
the district settlement recon- mcnda-
tion n proposal that the conference
urge negotiations through the com
petitive field and committee OF
miners and operators. declaring thls
the usual practice, The discussion
ran until n vote vas called Secre-
tarv Hoover ana Secretary Tavis in
tcrvened asking further opportu-
nifty for con 'deration and instead OF
voting on the counter-p propositions
the meeting adjourned,
Participants on both sides were
not informed ne 10 whether the gov
ernmont had a plan 10 offer between
the contending 'ides. President
Harding's address was taken TO mean
that by arbitration or otherwise the
government might seek interven-
,ion. The anthracite negotiators
met with Secretary Fan and Il was
Understood advanced only the dlf-
ferences which led to suspension Of
negotiations between employers and
. miners several days ago
Want ENfsting Wages.
The union insists upon a continua-
tiCn OF wage scales existing on April
I, last, while the operators. propos-
ing a cut. offer 10 submit the entire
difference 10 arbitration through ths
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