Evening star., 1923-08-31
MINERS QUIT; COAL
PEACE HOPE DIM
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negotiations. the status quo merely
lapses into a suspension"
The renewed objection of the miners
to arbitration mo matter how the lady
may be dressed" referred to the sug-
gestion of Gov. Pinchot that most of
the points at issue be left for final de-
tion board, which has been in existence,
more or less, ever since the strike of
1902 was settled through the interven-
tion of President Roosevelt.
Cites Roosevelt Plan.
Mr.. Roosevelt could do nothing
with the miners and operators at
that time until he reached in behind
the operators and brought into play
the full force and power of the Wall
street hackers of the operators. J.
Pierpont Morgan was summoned to
the White House, and when he was
made to see the light, to say nothing
of the shadow of the big stick"
lying athwart the light, the strike
was over. The miners today are not
very friendly to the board or pleased
with its decisions IN the past. There
fore when Gov. Pinchot suggested
that they place most of their case
before that board for further con-
sideration and settlement he hit the
not very slow in making that fact
evident.
The miners have taken the ground
that ii is better to thrash out all OF
their grievances with the operators
at this time rather than to accept a
future and perhaps unsatisfactory de-
termination. The miners have said
that matter having reached a climax
with the order suspending work in
the anthracite shafts, II is Just as well
to go to the bottom OF affairs and
reach settlement on every point in
volved in the eleven demands made al
the first meeting in Atlantic City. In
his compromise proposal Gov. Pinchot
touched on only four points.
When PinchOt made his proposal to
the miners and operators in public
session on Wednesday evening it was
expected, that the reply requested by
public gathering. The governor him
self gave no hint until Thursday that
the next and crucial meeting would be
behind closed doors.
BY that time 1t was apparent to
all observers that both sides had
found in the governors proposals a
yagueness which puzzled them and
which seemed to call for further ex-
PLANTATION. 1t was also apparent that
in such circumstances it would be
lmpract1cable for either side to give
categorical yes or no reply. Too
many points of reference had been
passed over and there was enough
trdefniteness to the proposals to
give the opposing forces reason to
defer final replies and therefore
prolong the negotiations. In view OF
the nature Of the replies he found
he must deal with, Gov. Pinchot de.
termined upon a closed session. where
he could sit with both operators and
miners. to use his utmost endeavors
to bring about a peace or at leas,
take some steps in that direction.
No Truce Hoped.
The governor also had been made
aware before today's meeting thai
the miners would absolutely refuse
to agree to any sort of truce, ever
if the agreement eventually arrived
at should be made retroactive to Sep.
tember 1. The operators have beer
endeavoring to get the miners tc
agree to just that proposal, but every
time they suggested a continuance OF
work pending final settlement they
ran into a stone wall.
mo contract, no work." has beer
the motto of the miners from the be-
ginning, and Gov. Pinchot ran into
the dictum just as hard as the opera.
tors themselves.
(ronyyfchf 1909