San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-29
HOLIDAYS MAY
AID To SETTLE
STRIKE THREAT
Operators and Miners May
Come to An Agree
ment.
CAUTION IS NOTICED
Additional Vessels Through
Canal May Cause
Losses.
CAUTION IS NOTICED
BY j. G. ROYLE.

NOpyllsIls ny tht san NuloHlO Ii az.
New York. Aug. 28.-The fact that
Sunday and Labor Day will follow i'm
fmediately on the heels of a possible
suspension of work Mt the anthracite
mines will afford additional time for
efforts TO bring operators and miners
into agreement. before i'al effects of a
walkout become apparent.
And apparently that additional time
will be needed.
Many industrial consu. .srs of coal
began today to attribute tie slowness
and caution which are characterizing
every move in these negotiations TO the
fact that wage agreement in the BIZ
luminous fields is looming up prior to
April 1 next.
As one man expressed "all hands are
singing for the records"
He explained in other words that
each factor involved was making only
statements or concessions which it
would be willing or anxious to have
reproduced in future contingencies.
Caution at Meeting.
In support of this theory. some Of
/ tHt tOlIsuIItES DulIlth " tnt
I exhibited by the meeting of governors
i and state representatives here tuesday,
4 when the plan for meeting fuel short.
i age in the anthracite states presented
4 by the bituminous operators went with
out formal endorsement.
This plan is regarded in some circles
as an effort to strengthen the position
of the bituminous men owners in
preparation for the conf e; struggle.
4 similar Interpretation is also
placed on the distribution of thousands
n of pamphlets criticizing the stand OF
4 the United Mine Workers now being
sent out by a National Retail Coal
Dealers Association.
The "check-off'' demand Of the min
ers still is felt to contain dynamite
for the check off is operative in many
Of the bitIminous fields and abandon
I ment of the demand in the anthracite
mines might possibly have a bearing on
negotiations next April as the bitumin-
Gus operators are anxious to get rid OF
/ the system.
Then also the statement of the oper-
faSors that if they abandon the system
of checking off amounts due for rents
n and supplies from miners wages as the
n nnion officials demand, the men might
n find it necessary to finance the ac-
n ouisition of OILS. powGe.. oil and
\ other supplies necessary to the work OF
\ the contract miner from other sources,
created considerable stir in union CIR
cles. =.
\ Wage change in the anthracite
fields could not but have some effect
\ on bituminous wage negotiations.
\ The caution of Governor Pinchot
\ in the present crisis is not unexpected
\ for IN the event of bituminous strike,
n the state OF Pennsylvania would be
h even more closely involved than any
in the anthracite dispute.
Any additional time in view of above
\ conditions. therefore is not likely to be
4 unutilitzed.
Volume of Freight f stward
n Officials of several of the inter-
\ coastal shipping lines express the fear
d that addition of more vessels TO trait
4 fic through the Panama canal would
4 result shortly in loss to some owners.
4 They declare that the Pacific coast
4 was shipping more than double the ton
mage of freight to the Atlantic that
4 was being received by way of the canal
/ from the ee-st coast.
At present there are about lao yes
sells engaged in this traffic and the
/ United American Lines and the Inter
national Mercantile Marine shortly
will m. Ike additions to their fleets.
Similar action is expected from nc
4 Mccormick and Luckenback Lines,
Sufficient eastbound cargoes are be,
ING offered to assure profits for all
ships operating. but shipping men
agree that unless westbound cargoes,
4 improve quickly most of the ships VIII
bring almost empty holds back to the
n ID