The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-03

dispute.
Washington. II was stated there that
states which have large bitumlnous
deposits will be expected to mine their
own coal instead of obtaining 1t from
other fields under the emergency order.
IN ILLINOIS the prospects for end
Ing the mine strike were slightly
brighter. President Harrington of the
Illinois miners, always an advocate of
separate state agreements, came to the
conclusion that the time for putting
that policy into action had come and
called convention of delegates of
every local union In the state to meet
In Peoria August 3 TO consider peace
proposals Of the operators. Next day
he rescinded the call because of pre-
mature" publicity. Acting Governor
Sterling asked Harrington to consider
the proposal that the miners of Illinois
return to work at once at the wage
scale and under the working condi-
tioho CAIStlHB "uCil SSuoGu
April 1 last. pending readjustment
of the same by an agreed tribunal,
and that representatives of the miners
and operators of Illinois should meet
and endeavor to arrive at settlement.
Harrington replied that this plan was
impracticable.
Orders for immense quantities Of
coal have been placed in England by
Americans but not all of them are be-
Ing accepted because of market condi
tions there. Prices of coal and ship
ping and freight rates have advanced
sharply in Great Britain. The British
miners may refuse to mine coal for
America, and American dock workers
may refuse to handle 1t If II comes.
nNE ]. Cleve Dean, chairman Of
~ the railway employees publicity
association. sent to President Harding
a telegram bitterly attacking the sup
posed attitude of the administration
toward the two great strikes. He said:
'For you or any governor to attempt
" oBCIdit IhliltS Vt w
military forces or to attempt to draft
men into mining or railroad service
would be an attempt to establish In
voluntary servitude," and he predicted
such an attempt would bring on the
''long predicted war between capital
and labor" He asserted, also, that
the Republican party was hostile to
the American farmer and labor and
that ''the hard times that now exist is
u premeditated plan to bring the farm
er and labor down to their knees"
Mr.. Harding's reply to this outburst.
while dignitied, was scathing rebuke
of Deans political partisan refer
ences" and of his false assumptions.
The President explained at length the
attitude of the government and as
serted Its intention to speak and act,
not for any one class alone, but for
"the American people as Il whole and
the common good of all Its citizenship "
He made 1t clear that while the right
to strike was recognized, the govern.
ment would fully protect those who
desired to work. The latter. he said.
in responding to the call of the coun-
try, are exercising their rights "and
at the same time making their contri-
button to our common American well
| fare"
CHICAGO'S street car strike was
" still In the making last week.
| Hope and despair alternated, the fog
mer fostered by the optimism Of In
ternational President Mahon who told
the men they must take referendum
vote on a new proposal made by the
companies. and the latter due to the
pessimism of local President Quinlan
who said the employees would accept
no offer the employers were likely to
make. The workers were called to
| of this week, and Quinlan told the
Chicago public to prepare to find q
strike in effect the following morning
N EBATE on the thrift In the senate
~ was enlivened last week by Sen
ator McCumber's assertion that in 101:
spokesmen for the newspaper publish
ers told the senate finance committee
that If newsprnt paper were MOI
placed on the free list they would de
feat the Republican party at the polls
and that. the committee refusing tt
yield. the publishers therefor did dc
feat Taft for reelection. Other sen
ators calling for names, Mr.. Smoo
said that the late John I. Norris. rep
resenting the publishers association
told finance subcommittee that II
duty were imposed on newsprint 9Th
Republican party would he driven fron