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f 7? THE WEATHER: Bain Sunday, warmer , In interior. Monday partly cloudy and colder. 36 ?ages Today VOL.XXXVt,NO. 41: "ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDATIORND?U, DECEMBER 7, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS MtftoFfflE-GQilLSTRIRE IS NOW M SIGHT m mSUlJOF COMFEREHCEM THE C0IML. T GARFIELD FIRM Ti IS T ANY PLAN TO SETTLE STRIKE THAT ikiii inrmi Dmcimp ddipc nc .l iviLnu imuino i iiiul ui CQA L GOALPHODUGTION NCREASED Is "Sick and Tired" of Hearing Proposals on Advance In Price. CABINET SUPPORTS POSITION HE TAKES Administrator Emphatic in Outlining Position of Government. Cjfi WASHINGTON. Pec... The coal strike can not be compromised -with th consent of the federal govern snent in any fashion that will mean an advance in the price of coal to the public. Fuel Administrator Oar- Held declared tonight. Declaring himself "sick and tired of proposals to make the people bear aaitiorau burdens," Dr. Garfield eald he fuel administration alone had au- horlty to Increase coal prices neces sary to pay wage advances in excess or i per cent, proposed by tlje gov- riinicuw OU as DO wtm xuei IQl ministrator, he said, no advance In the price to the . consumer for this purpose would be allowed. "The cabinet stands back of me on the principle involved." Dr. Gar field said, "though I am responsible for the presentation of , the facs wmcn moved tneir decision." The fuel administrator's statement waa made after a day spent in hear ing compromise proposals from dele Rations of business men and others from various parts of the country. Using the most emphatic language, Dr. Garfield lea n a doubt that he re carded compromise proposals as a "monkey wrench! thrown into ma chinery which Jie believes will op erate to adjust the situation with Jus tice Wh to the pubUo and the mine The position of too government Is that no wage advance in excess of 14 per cent is possible under the price of 13.15 per tan, mine run, that the government had no authority to fix wages ana nat no objection could be Interpoeed V operators favorably sit uated agreed to pay more than the 14 per cent advance from-their, own profit without charging the increase to tne public it is not the opinion in i xuei administration, however, mat enough mines to supply the country- with coal cast be - operated uii mis oasis. SEEKS ARBITRATION ) A- IS SEVERAL STATES Fuel Officials and Some Operators Are More Optimistic. NEW RESTRICTIONS DEEMED NECESSARY Pick the Loser By Billy Borne BARON KURT VON LERSNEJtV ...... ..... 0 Gemany Is Willing to sign the pro tocol putting the peace treaty into effect, the moment, certain clauses objectionable to her are eliminated, Baron Kurt Von Lersner, head of the German delegation in Paris, told the Associated press. PUBLIC GETS BULK OF FRIGK FORTUN E NEW YORKv Dec. 6. Heaa-y Clay Frick. multl-mlUlonaire, ironmaster and collector of art,, left all but 1 25, 000,000 of his vast estate to, public. Discussing restrictions imposed toJcharitable and educational Institutions, the use of coal, Dr. Garfield said o night that local differences In the severity or the application of the cur tailment orders soon would disap pear under measures now being taken 4y the railroad administration, which ta acting as the fuel administration's agent in distributing coal. He said further that the production of coal had increased every day this week, and indicated htstbelief that a. major ity of miners would sooner or later accept the settlement basis which the union Readers have rejected. , , Another step was taken today by the fuel administration to restrict coal consumption by resuming the fixed prices on crfke established during the war period. Distribution of coke also icuwinL uhs cuKt, How ever, will not be affecd. Confers With Wilson. While Dr. Garfield was conferring with delegations today end receiving numerous telegrams , suggesting a compromise in the strike situation, At torney General Palmer conferred with President Wilson on the' general coal situation and took steps to prosecute oil operators in the' west who were charging in a complaint made by Sen ator Capper, of Kansas, with Increas ing the price of oil from fl to ti an i -uarrei since me inception of the sal strike - - - i At the same time theS railroad ail. ministration announced an embarro on oil, effective Monday, which is oesjgnea to make available- a full upply fop Industries In the west and thus make it necessary to haul less coal to that section from the east. Factories in the east using oil may obtain their supply as heretofore through a permit system and ship ments in transit or an order will not be affected. Reports on coal production served . to increase the optimism of officials handling the fuel situation. Additional mines were said to be in operation now, and production waa steadily In. creasing, though it continues less than half of normal. : Figures made public today by the geological survey showed that despite the Thanksgiving day layoff, miners remaining at work since the strike be gan produced 5,420,000 tons during the week ended November Z9. This was about 46 per cent of normal and one per cent greater than the output me wee Deiore, wnen tne men Work . ed the full six days. . - Total production from the begin' plng of the strike on November 1 . Jo the end of November, was placed at " 18,811,000 tons, (compared with 68,870,000 tons In October, or about 88 1-8 per cent. The October pro duction, however, was greater than the average, as the mines were o rated at .full time throughout the Sum of $117,000,000 Goes . Institutions Union Heads Silent As To the Whereabouts of Lewis and Green. CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-Production of bituminous coll increased In se eral states today, according to reports, Improving the national situation to soma extent. Government fuel offl Cials and some operators were more ODtlmistlc. although r uei Aaminisira tor' (Wfleld emphatically declared he would not countenance mcreaea wages to miners at the expense of the public. Additional restrictions and conser vatlon measures were put into effect throughout the country. Announce ment was made of the suspension of cores of oassenger trains, most of .them in the jouth, central and north western resrions. though others naa been ordered or were in prospect in the east and south. , Annarentlv. though, there was no settlement of the strike nearer than in recent days. The effect. upon industry generally in the central and eastern states was expected to result next week in the wholesale shut-down- of factories xand shops. The prospect was that nearly 400,uo worKera wouia oe laio m Chicago. Anions arovernmsnt announcements expected to aid the territory west of the Mississippi was , emoareo on Ironmaster Leaves $25,000, 000 to Members of His Family. ' - according to the terms of his will made public here tonight. The value of the public bequests. after $26,000,000 is set aside for his widow, son and daughter. Is 8117,000,. 000. exclusive or 161 acres of Pitts burgh real estate left for a public park. The FrlcR mansion ana art collec tion in this city, valued at approxi mately 860,000,000. with an endow ment of 116,000,000. to maintain them as "Fsiok collection" 1a given' to the nubile at "the termination - of Mrs. Frick's life. This makes Mr. Frlck's largest single gift to the public total 865.000,000. .' . Princeton ana Harvard universities and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are bequeathed - approxi mately 826,000,000, divided, so that Princeton, will, receive abo.ut 81S.000,? 000 and Harvard and Technology each about 85,000D6o. About 85,000,000 is left to the edu cational fund commission at . Pitts burgh, and certain Pittsburgh hospit als received bequests amounting to about 8600,000 each. 8500,000 bequests were also left -to various hoslptals throughout the state. The Socletyfxt the Lying-in-Hospital of the city of New York is left about $1,600,000. Approximately . 600,000 in addi tion to her share in' the 826,000,000 left thlmmedtate family, 1st bequeath ed to Miss Helen C. Frick, to dispose of along the general lines' of public benefit provided for In bequests to 1 public and educational institutions. a& tlon of profiteering n oil. Th tMrf VJS2' -liJS dticlsion was ; nreceded b om- Plaint that '."oU companies had . ad vances nrlces from- 81 to i4.60- a barrel since the miners strike began November 1. ,' ' . While Dreoaratlons went Ahead rapidly at Indianapolis for opening federal grand Jury Investigation on Monday, a number of union leaders were arrested In several states. Frank Jr.rrlnrton. president - Of the Illinois mine , workers. wa.s arrested at his home In Bprlngfleld by federal agents on a charge of contempt of court and violation of the injunction issued by Judge Anderson. . ' f ,' Fix Coal Prices. The government also resumed war time prices on coke.' A federal libel action against two concerns in Spo- kane. Wash., was dismissed by agree ment for a reduction of $1 per ton A few men returned to work In one Oklahoma mine employing thirty-four a . i . -,fl BAA miners. ana at ucjiiminr, u.i., volunteers were at work tinder the Ullrection-' of -Governor Robertson. f Iowa operators made no change In their attitude of opening that states mines Monday, with any competent labor available. - . State troops were withdrawn from southern Colorado, where operation was said to be normal, bat federal troops arrived at Butte, Mont, to do guard duty. Denver, Colo., cut busi ness hours sharply on account of -the shortage of fuel. . The Kansas surface mines contin ued ' operation with volunteer work ers, although rain hampered the men. Fight car loads were shipped ana up to last-night XI car loads ot coal naa been mined. None had reached con sumers yet. V. ' i Volunteer miners were Isat work In Missouri strip mines, and 80 unnn mfners agreed to return to work at Hume, llo. . -- "'-:"-'.' WORK OR VACATE HOMES DECISION 0FTEI..01WS 4 Miners Mustr Rt a urn to ft .V;, ,' WAS F0EED rUPM PRISON WILL NOT BEC0GNIZE k ,THE MTNEES UNION Strikers in, Lee County, . Va., Fields Vote To - t Return To Work. ' cars were rushed to the mines rapidly as possible.- . i Charges of the American Wholesale Coal Dealers- association that : the . railroad administration was refusing to pay for ooal confiscated or di verted, were denied at administration headquarters. Officials there said there . had been some delay in making pay ments, but that this had been ob- ' iated by the plan bf arranging cred its through, the federal reserve suits. -.- . '-. TO MRS. FRICK. The New York mansiun In which the Frick art collection valued at $50,000,000 Is housed. Is left to Mrs. Adelaide H. C. Frick, his widow, as long as she continues to live there. The house and the art collection to gether are valued to $60,000,000. Up on her death or election to relinquish the house as a residence,- the entire property Is left.to a corporation to be formed to maintain a "gallery of art" on the property for "encouraging and developing the study of. fine arts, and of advancing the general knowledge or Kindred subjects." The trustees are directed imme diately tj form the corporation under ho litwv vi ffvy iotk state o - oe known as "the Frick collection." The corporation Is to maintain in the New York mansion "a public gallery of art." until .the corporation is com pleted, the art collection- is to be held in trust by Mrs. Frick, Miss Helen Frick, Childs Frick, the son and George F, Baker, Jr., 3. Horace Hard ing, Walker D." Hlnea, Lewis Cass Led yard, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and .CI11CJ . fixteen million dollars are left In week preceding the strike, when coaltru,t to th ame persons for the maintenance and Improvement of the Frick art collection. - house ' and grounds. : , - - - . - tract of land in Pittsburgh. about 151 acres In the fourteenth ward and bordering on the Homewood cem etery, is left to the city of Pittsburgh to be maintained as a public park. Two million dollars are left to the union Trust company of Pltttaburrh as trustees; for maintenance and enw (CONTINB OH PAGE XWO., OFFICIALS SIIiEXT".. : INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Dec 6. De spits continued silence tonight on ths part of attorneys ana otners connect ed with the United States Mine Work ers of America as to the' whereabouts of John L. Lewis, acting president, and William Geen, sef)retary of the organisation, it was generally believed the two officials had sjona to Wash ington in connection with the strike of ooal miners. - - Persons close to the miners ad vanced ths theory that the union load era had been called to Washington ("either ' by some member of the ad ministration, or by some labor repre sentative, to make another effort toj end the strike. Advices from Wash ington eliminated President Wilson and Fuel Administrator Qarfleld from the Hat of -persons from whom scch call might come, but It waa stated a . n, . mttnrt in hHnv avfwint aukft.. . , roent of the strike by Secretary of' Labor Wilson was considered Z3.t from an Improbability. t It also waa declared that many labor leaders agreed that continuation of the strike Of miners would cause prolonged Injury to the' labor move ment and that some move on the part of labor, to end the tie-up of the eeal Industry would not be. regarded with surprise. : ,' i Any conference 1 Washington with regard to tre settlement of the strike must he very brief, as Mr. Lewis and Secretary Green are under bond for their appearance in federal court here Tuesday morning to face charges ot criminal contempt of court for alleged violation of the injunction against the strlk. Except for the arrest of officials of two local unions at . Clinton) , IndV Charged with violation of the Injunc tion by payment of strike benefits -there were no developments of impor j tancs in the legal phases of the strike situation. Attorneys for the govern- "tCOMIXUISD ON PAGE TWO. J KNOXVILLE. Tean.. - Dec. . Striking miners who are not back at work by Tuesday morning will be forced td vacate houses fwned by coal mining companies in the southerji Ap palachian district. This was decided upon, at a meeting of coal operators following an' address here today ; of Oovernor A. H. Roberts who demand ed that mines be in operation Monday wttn ths alternative of the state re ceivership and operation. The United Mine Workers through their officers : announcVid 7 that they were ready; to ''play ball With Gover nor xto aeris as umpire" ana wouia oe glad, to meet the operators to -make a contracf without reservations. Ths operators say they will open all mines for work Monday morning and pay the govern mjmtfyw age scale but reiterate their determination to have nothing to do with the United Mine Workers as an organisation. ' In a letter to the operators of this district J, E. MtCoy. secretary of the Southern Applachian Coal Operators association said: "Every operator should clearly "un derstand that his failure, to get his mine in operation and to remove from the houses and premises such men a lare unwilling to work means that the rgovernor wilt at once plase such op erators in tne hands of a receiver and operate mem in behalf of the state. nas cieariy Indicated that he ex pects sll mines to be started not later man Monday, December 8. It is. tnererore, up to you to main . ssrniinea snort to put your mmes in operation or have them operated for Whether trouhle wrniM . tempts to evict Idle miners none would predict, but it Is understood with the first sign of an outbreak troona win h iv to mm scene, operators stated tney were of the oDlnlon th, was broken in this district as produc- "v v fnr C9R. normal and anticipated 100 per cent produc tion to follow immediately on the heels of the Dottlnr of nnim o. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. '. Stitte offictals served notice osi miners and operators of Tennessee-today that un less Its strike -was ended within five days all resources of ths state would be employed-to Increase the produc- v. VIHM, i Speaking to a crowd of hnth and operators at Market Hall, Oov ernor Roberts declared ths "owner of 7wm' """ not tne right t use his property or decline ta n.. i, ... .v.. Jj."!"1 rta ,nJ"T of the public." "On ths other hand,- he added, "the moral rigjht of the men to strike Is not u 7 min sn ausomse one." -8hould his. SDDeal not Ka ,jt Oovernor Roberts said, "then the no tice Is served upon them that I shall forthwith fake such stena and ,mni. such means as may seem Calculated w proauce tne oeeirea result ' , After Governor . Roberts' srfrlru S. X. Keller, president of JUtrlct 1, United Miee Workers of AmeHca, ad- COTINCD ON PAG a TWO. Much -6t tEe Tension Is . V KeUeved By tlftfc of His Rele'sie V-"'' WAmtlKGTC-Nneo. .-Tody's developments left still in doubt wheth er Mexlpan officials really Complied with the request of the United States in releasing Wlllfem O. Jenkins, ths American consular agent ; wnose ira prisonment at Puebla brought re lations between the two governments to a -critical pass. , Press dispatches tnat tne re lease waf accomplished only after hall had been furnished wete. not covered in official advices to the state department, whloh aald that Jenkins hiul mnortad himself entirely ignor ant Of the manner In which he was liberated and that ha was making an Investigation on his account Upon, the answer to this question seems to hinge whether the sft-arp dinlnmatlo correspondence on the subject Is to be reneweM, or ths Ini cldent premittad to pass into history. Meantime the fact of the release itself aparently has taken Off much of j the tension of Mexican affairs both at the state department and in the senate, where uneasiness over recent .developments lmd produced a de termined movement to ask for a sev erance of diplomatic relations. TQe resolution ot senator Fan, re publican. New Mexico, requesting a d iolomatio break, was considered at an lafternoofii conference of republic an members of the foreign relations coqpjiilrlee, and It was decided not to press me prupuwi - ur m-uuii uiivii President Wilson had sent to the committee the memorandumof advice he prom ised (fesator Fall yesterday at the white house conference. .Some .Difference. - It was Indicated that there was some difference of opinion among the the republican senators- as to the expediency of the resolution, and that if the President expressed: disapprov al, it might not be pressed for ac tion. The full committee will meet aialn Monday. 1 In trying to establish the facts be hind Jenkins' release . the state de partment Is runnig down a suspected connection Between j. Baiter Man sen, said to have furnished ball for the consular agent, ana tne Mexican government.' Officials said Hansen waa reported to have had some asso ciation with Luis Cabrera, Carransa's finance minister, and that ball might have been forwarded , to Puebla as the least embarrassing method by which the Mexico City officials oould extricate themselves from the situa tion. . " While the department's Investiga tion is proceeding, officials here etlll are waiting for Carransa's reply to the last America request for Jenkins' 'release. Reports some days ago in dicated that It .was in preparation, but tonlaht It had not been received at the department. MINERS ENJOINEU FROUISPIOIflG TO FOSTER STRIKE Eesfrfdning ' Order Names Mine Workers.- u. TJ. 8. ATTOENE Y FILES BILL OF COMPLAINT Qines Urges Public to Avoid B. B. Travel IV Possible. CHARLESTON, W, Vs., Dec. 8. Five hundred and forty miners' of ficials' and members of mine com mittees in districts 17 and 20 of .the United -Mine Workers of. America, which embrace nearly all of the or ganised mines in the southern district of West Virginia, are namoa in a temporary restraining order Issued this afternoon by Pudge Benjamin F. Keller, of the United States dis trict court. The restraining order enjoins fhe defendants and all other, persons rrom unlawfully - conspiring, combining, agreeing , or arranging to keep ths strlkeaorder in effect The order was Issued after Lon H. Kelley.. federal district attorney, had filed a bill of complaint asking for temporary In Junction. Hearing of the application waa set for - Monday morning, ve cember 22. . . In addition to all local officers, dis trict officials and mine committee men in West Virginia, the bill names two members of the -'International board of the union, B. 8. Scott, dis trict 17. and Lawrence Dwyer, dls trict 29, as defendants. The bill ot complaint was brought to restrain tb,e defendants and other persons known to the plaintiff from further engagaing in and carrying out,, and from encouraging and par ticipating in a conspiracy, combina tion, agreement and arrangement to restrict the supply ana distribution throughout the. United States ot necessary within the act of congress of -August 10. m 7. MEXICO CITT, Dee. . J.' Salter Hansen, who furnished the bond of 8600 for the release of William O. Jenkins, tne -unenqan consular agent at Puebla. arrived at Mexico City about ten aaya ago. no confer red with Secretary of the Treasury Cabrera, it Is understood, relative to the Mexican loan. Later be -went to Puebla and negotiated "Consul Jen- kids', ball. ; 'i . '..s..- Mr; Hansen said upon his return to Mexico City (hat his action bad been, entirely voluntary. - He was ret icent regarding his . mission to Mex ico. , . .... , , - . - - : 409 MEN GO, Oar STRIKE RICHMOND." Vs.. Deo. (.--An nouncement was made by local offi cials of the Old Dominion Steamship company tonight that four hundred of its employes had walked out at midnight last . night, after , receiving their pay envelopes,- completely . ty ing tip the seven lines opsrated by HIVES' WARNING WASHINGTON. Dec. . Warning the public tnat railway travel will be "difficult and unsatisfactory" until the coal strike emergency has passed and should be avoided wherever possible was Issued tonight by Director Gen eral Htnes, ot the railway administra tion. Many trains ' are to be taken off to consedve coal, parlor car serv ice is to be sharply curtailed and per sons forced to unaertaxe journeys should consult railroad agents as to available trains before arranging their plans, tne statement said. "The shortage of coal has reach ed a point where It Is vitally neces sary to reduce passenger train service and to call upon th publlo to assume the Inconvenience and discomfort which' this atcion will enevitably en tall," Mr. Hinsa sand. "Certain passenger ; trains will be annulled and large number of parlor cars will temporally be dtscontlued. These changes will beoome effective in the' western region December , 8: In the southern'' region December I, and in the eastern and Allegheny re gion on Uaeembs 10. The average seating capacity of . parlor car is less than half the average seating capacity of a coach.,. This step Is taken for toe Burpose of nrovldlni- the maximum aeatinsr aoacitycon. I sfetent with the necessary reduction in trainynileage.H . - ' TO 8USPE3TD TRAINS ' -"ATLANTA. Ga.. Dec. Federal ACCEPT PROPOSAL WILSON PRESENTS Compromise Plan Will Be , Submitted To Meeting . -of Miners. v 4 LEADERS OF MINERS TO URGE SETTLEMENT General Scale Committee Is . Called To Meet On I Tuesday, l , . ! "WASHINGTON, E). torney General Palmer, annouriC' ed shortly after midnight that an I agreement wag reached liere Sat urday between' government offi cials and John L. Lewis, acting president, and William Green; secretary treasurer of the United -Mine Workera' under .which- a compromise proposal loi termi nation of the soft coal strike will b submitted to a meeting of the"' evecutive committee of the mine workers --; at Indianapolis pest Tuesday, v . 5 " , The compromise, which' is not: described , in the statement, ras proposed by President Wilsoii 'looking to a speedy termination of the strike situation and adjust ment of the entire controversy,' the Statement ssys. Lewis and Green will uratf acceDUncc cf l. ' - t . .Palmer's statement fol- "A conference was hald at the . department of justjee, in Wash- ; ington on Baturday, -at j which v ' . were present -ths -attorney-gen- ' : ral; Mr. Tumulty, secretary ts -the Presidents John L. Lewis, ( aetteaf''1 president, j and William -Green, secretang-treaaurer, of the United Mine Workers , of Amer lea, with a view to reaching an 1 agreement : between ths govern ment and miners which would result in a seuiement ot th coat "' strlk,- , . , . .. ,.v;v;.. s-i. At thif conference there was f ' submitted a definite, concrete -proposition from the President ' looking to a. speedy- termination of the strike sltWlori and an ad justment f the entire contro- v - versy. The officers of the Unit ed Mlns Workers, in response to ,th suggestion of the President, -,. . agreed to .and have called a ' meeting of th general seal , committee, the representatives ot ' all the district organisations and , th International executive board .' 1 of the United Mine Workers, to " be held in Indianapolis on Tues--day, th th. at I o'clock p. m.. ' at which tlme. the President's proposal .will b considered and" Its acceptance, by the miners urg- " ed by Mr. Lewis and Mr.i Green, Th attorney general will Jse In " Indianapolis on Tuesday.''- . , ' 1 - Complete 8urpriso -j " ' The announcement came as a complete surprise" as . govern-, ment officials ' had not mad . known the fact that th " union -leaders had bean called into conference or that "new propoa. ' a were under .consideration. , The presenoe of Lewis and Green . In the city-was rumored during ' theday but could .not bo con firmed. - -, .., " , ,t Tb fact that Mr, Palmer Ulk- ed with President Wilson In ths ' " course of th day W th coal ' situation waa known hiit no In tlmation of th nature of th conference was obtainable, eith er from Mr. Palmer, prior to his announcement, or at th white house. When' th announcement was made, officials would not com ment as to th nature of th -proposals to be submitted at In- -dianapolla. Th text of the statement as well as the general t y attitude of the government offi cials indicated clearly, however, that acceptance by th miners waa anticipated.' v The announcement was th more of a surprise because of th fact that earlier in th night Dr. Garfield, fuel administrator, declared emphatically there would be no compromise In the coal strlk situation. He added that while he waa In fuel administrator, no increase in the price of coal to consumers would be permitted to provide for increased pay for th miners. If the 14 nr n, n.v ..! " suggested by the government was nceeaea, ne said, it would hay to b at tne axpans- Of th operators, to be taken tneir pronu. ' th ' :en S- CONTINUED ON I'AGia TW"a REPCBLICAX V ALEXANDRIA. 3' " ' for a' meeting of ' licaa stat cost' . ake Decern . by Chairnv commlttr -will declds -of the state, delegates at the republican 4 4 VI 4 : 1 -
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