New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-23

fConmuN Hen FAN sah
bearing all the burdens. tho result OF
this conflict between the operators and
the miners.
ave are short OF fuel. short Of
wages. and there IL strong possibil-
it's Of disorder. the result Of the latest
move on the part OF the government.
"ff the operators are disposed 20 de-
stroy the United Mine Workers and the
price Of their efforts is the destruction
Of property. riot and bloodshed, We are
not willing 70 pay tho price. IL, on the
other hand. victory FOR the miners
will result in q similar bll, by the
same token. we refuse 10 nay the price,
I'VE arc therefore interested. vitality
interested. as you see, In an immediate
settlement Of the differences between
the parties 20 the conflict.
I'VE are with you and approve OF
arbitration with an exhaustive investi-
cation into everything that applies 70
tho cost Of coal. from the face Of a
chamber 20 the coal bin Of an individ-
ual
an the appointment Of a commits
sion permit me 20 venture the sugges-
ton that Il Is a mistake 20 have IL COM
posed Of three operators, three miners
and five Representatives Of the public.
| don't know whether you ever noticed
this, but IL Is true that superiority,
whether II is intellectual or financial.
generally mixes with superiority. The
FIVE men TO be appointed from the pub
lie will necessarily be what we call
big men,
when you begin 70 confer you have
eight men on the one hand, with a pos
sible exception, as against three on
the other. The operators and miners
have been talking over their difficult
ties for the last four months and can
come 20 no agreement. IL is time 20
call in five representative, high type
men OF the Republic. Let them hire
a few capable and honest statisticians,
send the men back 10 work at the old
scale, establish a new scale in the
shortest possible time and give us per-
manent peace.
"We hope 10 meet Mr. Lewis and his
associates and present to them the situa-
tion as We now see IL. We will get in
touch with the operators il need be-"
The weekly output OF coal is running
100000 tons below the high point
reached in June, and the railway shop
mems strike is having a damaging in
fuence on coal production, the Geolog-
ical Survey disclosed to-day In It's
weekly report on bituminous and an
thracite fields.
Under the influence OF the railway
shopmens strike" the report said,
coal production Is rapidly declining
Traffic congestion has inteffered with
the placement Of empty cars at nom
union mines, and the weekly output
may set even a new low record.
preliminary reports indicate that
production cannot exceed 100000
tons, against minimum OF 1876. 900
tons IN the thi.i week OF the strike
and maximum 81 100000 tons in
the twelfth week.
in comparison with normal years
the present deficit in production IL even
more marked. Final returns on the
fifteenth week OF the strike July 10
lo) show f,ili,0Oo tons OF bituminous
ccal and $1,000 tons Of anthracite. a
total for all coal OF 4.lf5.O00 tons. In
the corresponding week OF 1921. q year
OF depression, the total quantity raised
anthracite and bltuminOus-ga o.
$4,000 tons In 1920 10 was II 800 900
tons. In other words, considering an
thracite and bituminous coal az COM
mon source Of supply, the present
weekly output s. from 5000 600 10
100000 tons below normal.
The cause OF the decrease was I'M
mistakably traffic congestion on rail-
roads serving the non-union fields. In
the southern West Virginia and east
ern Kentucky. from which the bulk OF
the eountry's supply during the strike
has come, almost every field reported
acute transportation disability. In
Virginia, western Kentucky and Ten
nessce the interruption Of car supply
was less serious, and In Alabama and
the FAR West 70 increased
The reports so far received indi-
cate no significant change In the num-
Der Of men az work. Production in
non-union Pennsylvania during frat
half Of the present week showed
slight decrease from the week preced-
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