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Show Coal Operators Displeased With I Wilson Action Claim Public is 1 Delivered Into Hands of Miners ;l HEAD OF BOARD RESIGNS Formal Resignation J Fuel Administrator is Sent to President ' : WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 Fuel Administrator Ad-ministrator Garfield's resignation was placed today in the hands of President Wilson. ' White House officials withheld the Metier and Dr. Garfield declined to dic-f dic-f tuss his cction but it was understood Kftat it resulted from his disapproval of the decision of the .idmin;stration to Itlace settlement of the wage and price ! f tontroversy ir.to the hands of a com- niwion representative of the coal min- ing industry. Whil? the president was consider-Hng consider-Hng the resignation the operators of the Central Pennsylvania district, one Hf the largest in the country, made Eiblic resolutions stating that the president's proposal to end the coal yitrike was "no settlement of the principles prin-ciples at stake," In a formal state ment the operators said the operators ind the public "have been delivered into the handc of Uic United Mine Workers of America." Despite the agreement to end the coal strike, the railroad administra-1 tion's central coal committee today tonsidcred further clastic restrictions n the use of evil. Stocks on hand Jiave become dangerously low, member mem-ber of the committee said, and the utmost ut-most care must be exercised until the production gets back to something like prmal. Operators from all sections of the : iountry still were here avvaiting government gov-ernment notification on steps already j Uken and a decision 36 to their own policy They said reports to them Ihowed that thus far only a sma'l per-, Ctntage of tiic striking miners had returned re-turned to work, .WASHINGTON, Dec 12 The reels nation ol lr II Carfleld as fuel Idniinistniiur, w-nil roil nigh., waa forward' ij to I 'i -ir n i Wilson this orning b Sccretarj Tumulty "01 course it will he accepted, " it was said, In oli'Kkil i ir. 1. . J, I Functions of the fuel administrator, hinciled lecernp -lirouh the railroad idnjhiMr.iiinn nnili r In ( , a i fit Id'.-! authority au-thority will be continued under Dlrec tor Gent nil nines, it was said. This not n.f- arily menu that Mr.J Hirit-s will be made fuel administrator j to l'i- ;;; li'-h!'.- place. "V? '' ' ' all M.riN ;hai it Garfield feels a:, hi- !.. h-'- ,ione n fin- job." laid Secretar Tumulty. Jll Ti,(. w,-w at I),,, wim? Mouse is that j.lT "iai fi..d v, .,. I,,, i). , iu tht set- m ujaienl "' 'li. , i rike. Dr Garfield's S Wends sa he does hold lln view that j 1 Was. his position is that the gov-! jirnmeni should not huv been put in j Pc attitude of having surrendered to J Itlic mint rs. J U df-M-lopr d t o.i ay that there was a PWerence of opinion as to vhc.li-i I hf prf-,.1. m - -lai.-ni' iil to the pub-Ifll pub-Ifll U" ,'f,n "'r,k'- li'Juld have been I fwr"do Public last Saturday night before I 'i was carried to Indianapolis J L ht president, White House ofth.ials. "M PW. directed that the statement be , p."0 rvir.li.- satur.iav nu-l.t Dr. Gar-! itf i"el& understood Mils would be douej m PM on Sunda he told Secretary Tu-; W Julty he believed the statement! '''JU,d -"en out immediately. The President's Ker-u-tar disagreed and. itj f TkSaid appun"'(1 ,r, responsibility i TQe miners union officials were said P i iJ i told A,toey General Palmer fu .'fl Mr- Tumulty that publication of J Dc statement beiore the Indianapolis1 JJference would -mharass them in! f&l rir c'f'orts to have the miners accepl ' ' Prwuif-nt s proposal. The miner.' 1 Eil Waa maflfJ afler Dr Garfield I I K left the conference, officials cx-Plained cx-Plained to-ia . U hrArth!r XVh",tP HoUsH U wafl fiaid that! r U1' lf'U('1 01 r.-sienatibn was loldallabu' " "as 11 smod that the .. 1 aflrulnlHtration would make it pub- tViohOWdown Bund to Come. 8P tS!NGT()N' I)cr- 1 While ac-IthfcT. ac-IthfcT. ROV"rnmenf8 proposal for S iiritl 'n"'nf "f ,he bituminous coal : Penn.,i e Pt'rHtorR of the central Irlfl itaum 'ail,a 'JlB,ril-f deflated in P todas ihi,t tTjp Settlement fji, "lnir-nt at mi i ,i,e princi-51 princi-51 d '','-' 'If eoi,!,,,-..- " iUliii i hat 'it is merely a postponement of! a showdown, which in out opinion Is bniin,! t,o come." The method proposed for settling i ho strike by Fu'-l Administrator Gar-i field, the statement said, "was inter-fered inter-fered v. iih by government officials who knew lijtle of the situation" with the result that the 'operators and publiej have been deliered into the hands of! the United Mine Workers of America." Ameri-ca." General Coal Situation The general fuel situation and restrictions re-strictions on the use of cual were un-j der review today by the central coal committee to determine whether more drastic measures to conserve coal were neeessa Consumption has been so much greater than production that officials, here are alarmed at the rapid deple uon of reserve stocks. - No substantial Increase in the nmount ofc coal mined Is expected before be-fore Monday. Maximum Production Imperative. Railroad administration official figures fig-ures show that on December 10, the last day for which complete reports have been received, there were moved 15.762 cars of coal as compared with the daily average- of 38,882 cars in the banner week of October. Officials said a return to maximum production was imperative if disaster was not to result. Resignation of Fuel Administrator Garfield will not affect the imposition of fufther restrictions should such a step be necessary. He has delegated his powers as affectinsr distribution to Director General Hlnes who has full authority to a I as if sees fit. I |
