The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-19

Behind the telesrams there
 loomed the definite indication of
 government decision to obtain
 the resumption es transportation
 and mining. both hampered to-
 day by labor walkout which high
 government officials consider i'm
 terconnected and associated.
 Replying to a question late today. Attorney General Daugherty said Naturally there Is a relationship be- tween the railroad and coal situa- tions, whether inspired or conspired l am not saying"
 John l.. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, declared the Presidents message to the governors merely "a gesture which will not produce coal in any substantial quantity" and asserted that the mine workers strike would be continued. Earlier in the day before the telegrams had been dis patched. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of La Dor, predicted in a statement that President Harding's invitation to the operators to resume operations would result in no appreciable in-
 
 when a half million men are AZ grieved is poor time indeed for the roll of drums. the rattling of sabres and the pounding of the mailed fists"
 Explain Conferences
 President Harding explained in de- tail the conferences with union off cers and mine officials and the offer of existing wage scale to the striK- ing miners, all of which had ended, he said. In failure to reach volun tary adjustment and left no re- course but to Invite the mine opera tors to return to their mines and resume operations. For this last en- deavor, he asked the assistance of the states.
 The telegram went to the gover- nors of the following states. Kilby. Alabama. McRae. Arkansas; Shoup. Colorado; Hardwick, Georgia; .laall. Illinois: Mckay, Indiana; Kindall, Iowa; Allen, Kansas: Morrow. Ken lucky: Ritchie, Maryland: Groesbeck, Michigan; Hyde. Missouri; Dixon. Montana; Mechem, New Mexico; Nor rison, North Carolina; Nestos, North Dakota; Davis, Ohio; Robertson, Ok lahoma; Olcott, Oregon; Sproul. Pennsylvania; McMaster, South Da- kota; Taylor. Tennessee; Neff, Tex as; Mabey. Utah; Trinkle, Virginia; Hart, washington; Morgan. West Virginia. and Carey, Wyoming.
 The text of the Presidents tele- gram follows:
 "The proposal of the federal gov ernment to the United Mine Workers and the various coal operators whose mines are under suspension, to sub mt all questions in dispute to na- tional coal commission for arbitra- ton, has been declined. The mine workers declined as a body The ms jority of the bituminous opera tors pledged unqualified acceptance. The anthracite operators filed uncon- ditional acceptance. A minority of the bituminous operators accepted the principle of arbitration. but made specifications which could not be 
 Governments off>r
 ~I had proposed that the operators and mine workers in dispute should immediately resume coal production under the wage scales and working conditions which prevailed at the time of the strike on last April l, that every question in dispute should go to a national commission to be of three representatives of the mine workers. three represents tives of the operators and five repre- of the American peopfe. It was proposed to make the com mission the final authority on all disputes until next March and mean while the commission was to inau-
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