Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1927, Page 3

PRESIDENT SEES NO COAL SHORTAGE Receives Assurance, Suspen- sion of Bituminous Mines Will Not Injure Business. President Coolidge yesterday received official advices that assure him there will be little, if any, inconvenience or suffering on the part of the public, at least for a long time, as a result of the suspension of operations in the unionized bituminous coal fields of the country. Reports made to him indicate that there is sufficient bituminous coal on hand at present adequately to supply the demands of the country for at least three or four months without trouble and for nearly a year before there would be suffering. These ad- vices convince him that the public is in a happy situation and that there is not the slightest occasion for him to have any concern for the present. Moreover, the President’s advices are such as to cause him to feel very hopeful that the differences between the operators ands miners will be froned out before the situation as- sumed any grave aspect The President, however, is taking & deep interest in the situation. Secretary Hoover’s Statement. Secretary of Commerce Hoover who conferred ~ with the President b fore the cabinet meeting yesterd: is understood to have supplied the President with a carefully prepared estimate of the soft coal above ground up to as late as last night. According to this estimate given to the President there were 70,000,000 net tons of coal in the hands of com- In addition, there 0,000,000 tons on the upper lake s, besides an unknown quantity amounting approximately to 20,000, 000 net tons loaded on railroad cars in transit. The President was advised also that the Bureau of Mines, and the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce, jointly now are making another survey of the stocks of bituminous coal in the hands of the commercial consumers as of April 1. These figures, however, will not be available before May 1, if that soon. The survey will be official. The last official survey made by these two bureaus of the Department of Com- merce showed the amount of bitumin- ous coal on hand, January 1 last. At that time the estimate of the total #tocks of bituminous coal in the hands of commercial consumers was 000,000 net tons. It was then also estimated that there were in addition ,567,000 tons on the upper lake docks and an unknown quantity amounting to several million tons loaded on rail- road cars. Non-union Mines a Factor. Not only were the figures presented to the President dealing with the bituminous situation looked upon as reassuring, so far as the present stocks of coal are concefned, but the estimated production capacity of the non-union bituminous mines con- tributed greatly to the President’s happy state of mind. His advices are that some of the non-union mines are adopting tempo- rary agreements to go ahead and mine coal pending a general agreement throughout the bituminous fields. Ac- cording to these estimates the non- union mines are capable of producing approximately 50,000,000 net tons monthly. This capacity for produc- tion during the cloging down of the union mines, added to the large stocks of bituminous now on hand, remove all fears of a shortage unless the cessation of operations on the part of unionized mines is protracted for a much longer period than is now ex- pected. —_— AWARD TO KENTUCKY. Float Entered in Festival of States ‘Wins First Prize. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 2 ). he State of Kentucky, with its entry of a float typifying a Kentucky cardinal, was given first prize in the seventh annual festival of States’ pa- rade here yesterday. The Blue Grass State’s entry was led by a vanguard of three pretty girls mounted upon thoroughbred horses. Michigan adjudged second- place winner and Rhode Island third. The floats were entered by the respec- tive tourist societies and the winners received prizes from the Chamber of Commerce. Two hundred thousand people witnessed the parade. SPECIAL NOTIC! SEBUSHES. ALL KINDS allfornia, Drivet And: bamerrs, Pedses qus: pished and planted. Lawns put in firet-class condition with rich soil and manure. ¥ ALL. 726 10th st Line. 9640. LOAD OF FURNI- VER AR S3 wure from New ¥ork Bhiloje e from New ¥ork. SMITH'S TRANS EROARD ~ NOT BE RESPONSIBLE ~FO any debis contencied bYang ove e TOK melf. HARRY E. RICHARDS, 8607 1ot Fetgmrisha i B Y HAVE A REA 2 n your lot any type ! of house you ancing_arranged e. 2080, 7% ev e - FULL OR PA NEW YOR RISTIOAD PITTSBURGH, ' OR _ANY ERY AL A ‘917 NA;IO‘V‘QL 1 MOVING ALSO. vE Wanted for Rent or Sale, Houses. business properties. stores, apart- own gras] AGAINST CUT Bulky President Was Coal Digger at Panama, lIl., Back in 1908. Maintains Silence During Crises in Union Affairs. Fights Reds. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, April 2.—In all episodes of the economic struggle be- tween coal mine operators and their unionized employes during the last decade there has stood out the beetle- browed Jeffersonian of labor circles, John Lewellyn Lewis. Who is this balky president of the United Mine Workers, who bears striking resemblance to Senator Wil- liam Borah? His antagonists in operating circles call him a selfish union leader, with no concern for economic factors, so long as_the miners' wage can be kept high. Enemies in the ranks of the |- United Mine Workers allude to him as a “Czar.” Belleve in Honesty. But Lewis’ followers believe in his honesty, integrity and sincerity. They give him credit for raising the social status of the men who dig in the sarth for its chief supply of fuel. Lewls has been called the union “Jefferson” because of his strict ad- herence to the constitution of the miners and his insistence that miners and operators stand by their con- tracts. On several occasions he has suspended local unions and even dis- tricts-because they disregwrded work- ing contracts. His denunciations of coal companies that abrogated the Jacksonville agreement of 1924 were always bitter and scathing. He Shuns Publicity. e Although his imposing figure, somber personality and his strong, self-trained voice lend & colorful pres- ence to Lewis, he shuns publicity. Seldom Goes he permit himself to be interviewed. Always during crises in mine affairs he cloaks himself in silence, leaving the reception of news paper men to Ellis Searles, editor of the Mine Workers' Journal and a for- mer Indianapolis newspaper man. Lewis has been as relentless in his warfare on rival mine leaders whom he believed to be trying to foist spuri- ous doctrines and policies upon the organization as he has been adamant regarding wages and working condi- for his followers. 5 s o xander Howat, the flery Kansan; Frank Farrington, suave and diplo- matic, and John Brophy, nervously en- ergetic, challenged Lewis' authority, but their lances all crumbled upon the solid shield of tke administration ::1 jority. Lewis persistently has refu d to let his organization espouse Com munism. He stood with Samuel Don’; pers for several years in beating n{n:d “red” attacks on the American Fed- eration of Labor. Refused Wage Cuts. ts of Lewis have contended heozmfll.ds office to strengthen his p on the organization’s af- fairs. They accused hh"r_l of IDQI’I?U\K union mopey to ‘‘pack conve;n.fix and of lummig m;fll;l:efimm\ey r loyalty 5 c"?l;.x: ‘::l\:‘:r‘l' president since the war has refused to approve any reduc- tion in wages. It is his contention that a wage cut will result in lowered standards of living, demoralization and eveptual weakened productivity of the diggers. In his champion- ing of that principle Lewis was bold enough to challenge President Hard- ing. That incident occurred during the 1922 coal strike. Mr. Harding said to Lewis, after reminding him that all indusf was undergoing a readjustment, “Don’t you know that the miners wils have to take a lower 7 “I know nothing of the kind, Mr. President,” was Lewis' reply. And the miners didn’t take a wage cut, nor have, they taken any since, al- though they have had to suspend work three times in bituminous fields. Was Coal Digger. 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Rooting 119 3rd St THE KIND OF ROOF WORK YOU WANT For years we have been “mending” old roofs, Let up tell you your troubies. IRONCLAD Roofing_ 0th & E Company __Sts. " CELLARS Water-proofed S.W. Work Guaranteed E sy Terms. Ficklen & Co. Bond Bldg. Main 3934 . Werk as a legislative | ‘THE_EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1927. LEWIS HAS FOUGHT STEADILY IN MINE WAGES JOHN L. LEWIS. when Frank Hays quit Lewls became President in 1920. He now Is 48 years old. As a_proof of Lewls' loyalty to the union, his admirers point to the mort- gaging of his property in 1922 to ob- tain funds to keep the organization operating. Lewls and other mine offi- cials raised more than $900,000 by per- sonal notes at that time. The mine president’s salary now is $12,000 a year. It was increased by the miners’ convention of last January from $8,000 a year, SHORT SUSPENSION SENSED BY LEWIS; OPERATORS DIFFER (Continued from First union basis, under a proposed wage scale of $5.50 a day for inside labor and $4.50 for outside labor, as against a minimum of $7.50, provided by the defunct Jacksonville agreement. “A_wage scale that the company can live under is just as necessary for success as a good wage for the workers,” the Baker announcement said. No accurdte view of the extent of the suspension could be ‘obtained yes- terday, as it was a mine holiday in commemoration of the 8-hour day, but it generally was agreed that de: spite a number of individual tempo- rary agreements the bulk of the 150,- 000 miners in the central bituminous fields were idle. Coal Prices Cut. In_the Southwestern field, compris- ing Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, no material progress was made at a conference of miners and operatorg in reaching a new wage agreement and the session was ad- journed until next Thursday. No further peace moves were started in Towa, which is outside the central fleld. An attempt to launch a new miners' organization at Centerville, Iowa, was denounced by the Center- ville ‘miners’ local. One sidelight on the suspension came from St. Louis, where coal dealers an. | nounced a reduction averaging 50 cents a ton on domestic coal in retail lots. This reduction, they explained, was the usual Spring cut to induce early purchase of supg'ies for next Winter. Similar cuts were made by Chicago dealers on all but domestic Illinois coal. 40,000 MINERS IDLE. PITTSBURGH, April 2 (#).—The second day of the suspension of min- INSi’ECT HIGH-CLASS COLO) ENTS nly & Few Lt T THE LIVINGSTON 1741 Tea St. N.W. 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Telephones: Main 3830: Columbia 7866 ing in the Pittsburgh region today found some 40,000 union miners idle, in the lack of a agreement with the operators, while the one big non-union operation, Pittsburgh Coal Co., claim- ed to have more men at work today than yesterday. P. T. Fagan, president of District 5, United Mine Workers, contradicted ! the claim from the Pittsburgh Coal Co. | He said his reports indicated that the company’s man power and tonnage had been cut by failure of some of its non-union workers to enter the mines this morning. 5 Sign Union Agreement. Fagan reported that a number of | small operators, employing from 10 to {76 men, had signed the union- agree- ment. i He said one larger interest, the | Scott Co., with 140 men, also signed up and will operate next week. Union pickets were on quty at all | Pittsburgh Coal Co. mines this morn- ing, despite a heavy rainfall. More ithan 150 pickets gathered at the Gal- latin mine. They were under orders from union leaders to be lawful and | peaceful. | Interest in Action. Interest today centered in the prob- iable action of the National Mining Co., | subsidiary of the United States Steel i Corporation, on the wage question. i Heretofore union, the company has ! ltl:,: yet decided just what stand it will e. Fagan belleved the concern would announce its decision by Monday. The Vesta Coal Co., subsidiary of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, likewise was silent. Vesta worked under a union agreement until mid- night of March 31. Both companies have large coal storage piles on the surface. The Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation, considered a _union stronghold until yesterday, when it announced a decision to operate non- union, reported this morning that many of its 3,100 men visited the dif- ferent mines last night and today, read the new wage scale offered by the company, and then departed. The scale is a cut of from 7 to 10 cents per ton on mining and about $1.25 a day on labor, as compared with the Jacksonville agreement. Walkout Is Seen. While company officers sald the men were_considering the new scale seriously, Fagan declared not a single unfon man would go to work unless the Jacksonville scale was paid. He believed that 60 per cent of the con- cerns' own superintendents and fire bosses would walk out if an attempt was made to operate non-union. The Pittsburgh Coal Co. reported 4,184 men at work today, an increase of 104 over yesterday, when, it was claimed, 18 mines turned out 15,000 tons of coal. BISHOP SEES NO HOPE IN U. S.-MEXICO DISPUTE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 2.—Settlement of the differences between the United States Government and that of Mex- ico or between the Mexican govern- ment and the Catholic Church is im- possible, Right Rev. 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