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Show GET BUSY AND SETTLE STRIKE, HARDING SAYS President Gets Operators and Miners Together in Coal Conference I WASHINGTON. July 1 Miners and I operators numbering about 50. re pre -I sentliuf both the bituminous and the anthracite co'i.l fields In which work haa been suspended since April 1, met at the White House today with President Presi-dent Harding in an endeavor instituted insti-tuted by the government to find a bafis for negotiating a settlement of differences. There were no signs of weakening in the opposing contentions of coal miners and operators as they gathered at the White House. The operators In informal discussion appeared a unit in declaring that no continuanco of central competitive field wage agreements, which constitutes the semi-national contract, would he allowed, al-lowed, while John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers and district dis-trict president indicted themselves Inclined In-clined to Insist on this. NAMES WITHHELD. The bituminous operators withheld until the last minute the names of their representatives who had formal authority from district and national associations to treat with the miners' union and the president. For the government. Secretaries Hoover. Davis Da-vis and Fall went into the president' office. Attorney General Daugherty. although closeted with tho president fin s 1 1 1 n ' minutes before the ri i -e 1 1 n g opwjied. said the department of Justie? would not bo concerned In the matter for the present. President Harding opened the conference con-ference In executive session with a,n address to the two parties, speaking only about 10 minutes Tho conference confer-ence then was adjourned to a meeting meet-ing room In the interior department, and there continued in executive ses- sion OPERATOR IS CHAIRMAN. A. M. Ogle, president of the National Na-tional Coal association, which Is representative rep-resentative of the bituminous operators, opera-tors, v. as elected chairman and William Wil-liam Green, general secretary treasurer treasur-er of the United Mine Workers, was elected secretary Secrtaries Hoover and Davis accompanied the party to the interior department meeting. President Harding in convening the conference advised both purtles to arrive ar-rive with measureable promptness at an understanding "for your mutual good and the country's common good " Tho president declared the preser-i was no time for the militant note o;' the radical and reminded the confe. -ence that "toleration, fairness, toe spirit to irlve and take and fin 1 1 1 v a I sense of the larger obligations to tho i public are essential to successful con-j con-j Terences." Coupled with his a ppeal and admon-I admon-I ition the president uttered what was regarded as a warning when he s.ii) j that if the operators and miners tout 1 ; not settle "this matter In a frank) ' recognltlln If the mutuality of your I Interests . . then the larger public' Interest must be assorted In the name of the people where the common good j Is the first and highest concern.1' 'We wlh sou who best know the way to solution to reach it among yourselves In a manner to command the sanction of American public opinion." opin-ion." the president said. "Failing in that the servants of the American people will be called to the task in the name of American safety and for the greatest goyd of all the people. Another point Statement In the pres-l idenfx address Labor has the right capital has thei right, and above nil else, the American Ameri-can puhlle has the rehi to he freed I from thoe recurring, anxieties (strikes i, no ..-warier what the ca tSSB are. .Freedom rinst b established." |
