Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-30
COAL FACTIONS GET
ULT|MATUM FROM
GOVERNOR P|NCHOT

cite controversy around his office
table today and told them blunty
that the proposed suspension Of min
ing September l could not be allowed.
THE thing is possible he said,
in declaring the purpose to stop hos
tilities. at must be DONE"
Impassively the men gathered
around his council table, listening to
>his words They were Samuel b.
Warmer. Alb. Jessup, w. w. In
gls and W. ]. Richards, Of the OPP
orators policy committee, and Phil
lip Murray. vice president, and c. j.
Golden, Rinaldo Cappellini and
Thomas Kennedy, district presi-
dents OF the United Mine Workers,
whose orders are out for closing
down the mines September l.
Agree to Confer
There was scarcely Il sound to In
terrupt the governor as he read his
address.
I'm my opinion, the wisest thing
can do is to deal separately with
each side he said, Ito learn the
basis for demands as fully as 1 can.
l request you give me these inter
views"
Wen be very glad to grant your
request" Mr.. Warmer responded
at the close of the appeal.
THE miners will Also" Mr.. Muir
ray said.
Thank you, gentlemen" Governor
Pinchot rejoined. well adjourn,
then, to 2 p. M; when the miners
will come to my private office"
Leaders of both sides to the con-
troversy were open in declaring that
they came to the meeting practically
incapable of changing the attitude
which have brought the contiic~,
and which have been unaltered even
though the union has sent its for
NAL order to all union miners in an
thracite to cease work September 1.
So bitter has the difference become
that the unions suspension orders
call out even the men who man the
engines, pumps and carry on main
tenance opera tons in the mines.
Governor Pinchot came 20 his task
armed with all information and as
sistance that federal and state all
thority could lend.
PinchOt's Address
The governors address follows:
"As the representative of the COM
monwealth of Pennsylvania, I have
called you together for the purpose
Of finding a way to keep the anthra-
cite mines in operation. I delayed
asking you to meet here, after the
negotiations at Atlantic City had
failed, until 1 was assured that 80
do so would not run counter to the
wishes of the federal authorities. l
am now acting solely in my capacity
as governor of Pennsylvania, and
with the rights and interests Of the
people of Pennsylvania and of the
other anthracite-using states clearly
in mind.
This controversy between the
miners and the operators of the an
thracite field is not a private quar-
rel
The general public is a party to
this controversy, and its rights, as
we'll as the rights of the two other
parties, must be represented and
recognized. A shortage Of anthracite
means not only huge loss of profits
to the operators-not only a huge
loss of wages to the miners-but it
means also loss of health among
millions of American families, loss of
comfort, of working power, and of
times -,
Throughout the vast region
where it is used, anthracite is the
fuel burned in the homes of the peo-
pie. A strike or suspension such as
now threatens is a public calamity,
and as such every reasonable public
means must be used to prevent it.
Dual Public Interest
''The interest of the public in the
settlement of this CONTROVERSY is
double. In the first place the public
wants it settled. 1t is utterly wrong
that the people should be called upon
again to bear the enormous and most
oppressive burden Of shortage of
anthracite coal.
'In the second place the public
wants it settled on terms Of even
handed justice. The right Of the
public to intervene carries with it
the clear responsibility to see that
impartial justice is done to both
sides. In its desire to be served,
the public can not afford to accept
any settlement that is based upon
anything less than justice. Further.
more, an unjust settlement can not
last. The people believe and are
ings which come from one coal
shortage after another are intolera
BILE.
THE commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania has a responsibility to other
anthra cite-using states and to Can
ada, which is second only to her re-
sponsibility for the safety and well
fare of her own citizens. We have
taught them to use our product. The
prosperity of the region which pro-
duces anthracite comes largely from
such use. Having taught them to
expect and value our service, we can
not lightly disappoint them.
THE country is just now entering
upon q. periou of prosperity after a
prolonged depression. The closing
down of the anthracite mines would
tend to undermine the confidence es-
sential to A continuance of this pros
perity.
Eloy,da Youth