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MINERS AND OPERATORS BEGIN NEGOTIA TIONS
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THE LINE-UP. |
Georgetown. Pos. Tech |
H. Sulllvani. ... L €. ez Gulll
P. Sullivan..... L. T. ..4....Fincher!
Dubselt. ... .. ole G sdas Ly
ARGerson. ... e €F i 2 PRINDS
Comstock...... R. G. ......Dowling
0'C0nne11....... B, T. ... . Hullines
Kenyon. (.o o BB Vigdly ataton:
Mah0rey......... Q. ....McDonough
Dargen ... I B 50/ IDWers
MeQuade..i..«. R, B [.. v vowderst
TRMINEY . G VIR RS Sk AR IATY
Referee, Elcock (W. & L.); um
pire, Tichenor (Auburn); head lines
man, Lewis (Virginia).
GRANT FIELD, Név. 15.—8 y far
the lardest crowd of the season turned
out to see. the Tech-Geeorgetown
game here today. In additien to the
regular sfa.nds, seats were placed at
each end of the field. The crowds
stands Wsre nearly I TP -~
Tech won the toss and ‘elected to
receive, defending the south goal. |
FIRST QUARTER.
Georgetown’s Bnll\—Kenyon kicked
- off 50 yards to Ferst, who returned
15 yvards.
Tech's Ball on her own 23-yard
line—Flowers gained 5 yards around
left end. McDonoufih failed gain
through the line. arlan bucked 4
yards through right tackle. Flowers
punted 60 yards out bounds.
Georgetown’s ball on her own 10-
yard line—McQuade was thrown for
a b-yard loss around right end. It
was a double pass. Leighty gained
5 yards through right tackle. Ma-
Icney punted 20 yards to Phillips, who
was downed in his tracks.
_ Tech’s ball on Georgetown’s 26-yard
line—Flowers lost 4 yards around
right end. A forward pass was in
complete. McQuade broke up anoth
er pass. Flowers attempted to drop
kick goal, but falled, the ball bound
ing along on the ground.
Georgetown’s Ball on Her Own 20-
Yard “Line—Leighty failed to gain
through center. McQuade bucked left
tackle for 4 yards. Maloney punted
60 yards to Flowers, who was downed
after returning 3 yards.
Tech’s Ball on Her Own 23-Yard
Line—Flowers punted 55 -yards to
Malon- ;. who was downed in his
tracks.
Georgetown’s Ball on Her Own 25-
Yard Line—Gargan gained 2 yards
through right tackle. McQuade cir
eled left end for 30 yards before he
was thrown out of bounds. Flowers
was knocked out on the play. Bar
ron replaced Flowers for Tech. Mec-
Quade bumped tackle for 4 yards,
and again time out was ecalled for
Tech. Phillips was injured to such
an extent that Amis took his place.
(leorgetown, was penalized 5 yards for
off-stde play. Gargen gained 6 yards
over right tackle. McQuade made
first down ower right tackle when he
gained 4 yards, McQuade bumped
center for a 3-yard gain. Gargen lost
3 yards on a pass from McQuade.
Another pass followed, which was in
complete. Maloney punted over the
goal line.
Tech’s Ball on Her Own 20-Yard
Line—McDonough gained § yards
through right tackle. He added 2
more over the same place. Harlan
added 2 yards through center. Har
lan punted 40 yards to Maloney, who
was downed in his tracks.
Georgetown’s Ball on Her Own 29-
Yard Line—Leighty lost § yards
around left end. MecQuade lost 38
vards through left tackle. Maloney
punted 45 yards out of bounds.
Tech’s Ball on Her Own 40-Yard
Line-—Barron gained 11 yards around
left end, and a Georgetown plaver
was krocked out. The quarter ended
here. Score: Tech, 0; Georgetown, 0.
SECOND QUARTER.
Tech's Ball in the Middle of the
Field—Ahern - went in for Duback.
Harlan bucked center for 8 yards.
. He added another yard over right
tackle. MeDonough gained 5 yards
through right tackle, and first down.
Ferst lost a yard around right end,
Harlan bucked center for 10 yards.
McDonough gained 3 yards through
left tackle and first down, placing
the ball of Georgetown’s 25-yard line.
Harlan raced ? yards around left end,
and then added 6 more yards through
center. Harlan gained 1 yard over
center and 5 yards over right tackle
“POLLY AND HER PALS” ¢ Four Colors £ SUNDAY AMERICAN
Full International News Service
FOOTBALL
SCORES
AT SYRACUSE.
First period—Syracuse 0; Colgate 0.
AT NEW HAVEN.
First half, Princeton, 3; Yale, 0.
AT CAMBRIDGE.
First quarter, Harvard, 0; Tufts, 0.
Second quarter: Harvard, 0;
Tufts, 0.
| End first half: Harvard, 0; Tufts, 0.
AT SYRACUSE.
First half, Syracuse, 6; Colgate, 0.
. Third period: Syracuse 7, Colgate 0.
AT BOSTON. i
First: quarter, Dartmouth, 0;
Brown, 0.
Second quarter: Dartmouth, 6;
Brown,. 0.
End first half: Dartmouth, §;
Brown, 0.
AT BOSTON.
First quarter: Boston College, 3;
Holy Cross, 0.
Second ‘quarter: Boston College 0;
Hoy Cross 7.
End first half: Boston College 3;
Holy Cross 7.
. AT PHILADELPHIA.
First quarter: Pennsylvania, 3;
Pittsburg, 0.
Second period: Pennsylvania 0,
Pitt 3.
End first half: Pennsylvania 3,
Pitt 3. ;
i AT ITHACA.
Pirst quarter: Cornel, 0, Penn)yl
vania State, 0.
Second quarter: Cornell ¢, Penn.
State: 14.
End first half: Cornell 0, ‘Penn.
State 14.
| AT EVANSTON.
First %uarter: indiana 2; North
western 0, :
¢ First quarter: Illinois 0; Michagin
AT CHICAGO.
First quarter: lowa 6; Chicago 0.
' AT EXETER.
First period: Andover 6. Exeter 0.
AT MADISON. -,
First quarter: Ohio 0, Wisconsin 0.
AT ANNAPOLIS.
First quarter: Naval Academy 33,
Colby 0.
AT NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
First period: Rutgers 0, West Vir
ginia 0. ° : \ \
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'for touchdown. Fincher missed boal
| Score: Tech, 6; Georgetown, 0.
| Winrts replaced Anderson for
| Georgetown.
| Georgetown’s Bail—Kenyon kicked
iotf 40 yards to Barron, who returned
11 yards.
| Tech's Ball on Her Own 30-Yard
lec.—Harlan bucked center for 10
‘yards. McDonough gained 3 yards
over right tackle. Ferst added 1
! yard over right tackle, Harlan bucked
| Jest tackle for 6 yards and first down.
| MeDonough gained 3 yards over left
! tackle. Harlan added 9 yards around
left end. He added 4 more through
lright tackle, placing the ball on
! Georgetown'’s 40-yard line. Tech was
penalized 56 yards for outside play.
| A forward pas sintercepted by Ma
'loney, who returned 5 yards and was
downed on his own 28-yard line. Ma
| loney fumbled and recovered for.4an
| 8-yard loss. ‘
|~ Georgetown’s Ball on Their Own 23-
| Yard Line.~Leighty gained 5 yards
| around right end Dbefore he was
{thrown out of bounds. Leighty was
| thrown for a b-yard loss. Maloney
| pnnted 50 yards to Ferst, who fell on
| the ball.
,“ Tech’s ball on their own 30-yard
| line, ’
| Tech's Ball on Her Own 30-Yard
| Line—Barron failed to gain. Harlan
lwas thrown for a 1-yard loss trying
to buck center, the first time he was
ithrown for a loss during the game.
Harlan punted 45 yards to Maloney,
iwho fumbled, and Tech recovered.
Tech’s Ball on Georgetown’s 30-
‘Vm‘d Line—Ferst fumbler, but recov.
!ered for an 11-yard loss. A forward
| pass, Harlan to Gill, netted 4 yards.
Another pass, Harlan to Guill, was
intercepted by McQuade, who re
turned 5 yards.
Georgetown's Ball on Her Own 23-
Yard Line.~Maloney was thrown out
bounds en a smash at right tackle
| with no gain. McQuade gained 3
yards through right tackle. He made
‘another yard at the same place. Ma
iloney punted 59 yeards, and the ball
| was allowed to roll.
luToch'a Ball on Her Own 221Yryd
ne.
|~ The half ended here. Score, Tech,
'6; Georgetown, 0.
| Wilson’s Improvement
I Called Marbelous
t (By International News Service.)
' WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—President
| Wilson has made “marvelous im
| provement,” Doctor Graygon an
| nounced this afternoon after Doctor
sDercum, the Philadelphia specialist,
had made hig weekly visit.
| Doctor Grayson expressed a belief
lum the President will soon be able
to take a motor ride each day.
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PRINCETON 13; YALE 6
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~ NEW .HAVEN, Nov. 15—S8coring
a field goal in the third period, Yale
took the lead over Princeton. The
score at the end of the third period
was Yale €, Princeton 3. | ’
Princeton scored a field goal in the
fourth period, tying the score.
Princeton also scored a touchdown
in the fourth period, and kicked geal,
making the score: Princeton:l3, Yale
6. This was the final score. J
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EYALR BOWLANNEW HAIV:ENTI
Conn,, Nov. 15—Football came back
in all the splendid glory of pre-war
days heer this afternoon when the
Yale and Princeton elevens met in
their forty-second annual contest.
The weather was cold and sparkling
with a snap of real winter in the air.
The line-up:
- Yale. Position. Princeton
Reinhardt...... L. E. ........Davis
b, 78RR SRR P AR
ACONPN i, <o ob T "0 visii i 073 IR OY
Tim Callahan (¢)..C...Mike Callahan
GBIt v s iaress G o MEGIBW A 8)
Dickenth, ./.oo oo B oL s BIRIEY
Allenisi .ok R 0 WHamE
Kapnpton. o von vQ. sveite BIUDINE
Nevi11e...,... ...k H. ........Garrny!
BARE. i ovvnan: R Hes voy vians THBERE
Bradet, ... .a o P vl v Winmer |
Princeton won the toss and de
fended the north goal. Braden's kick
off went only 10 yards and was seized
fHy Mike Callahan, who was downed
on Princeton’s 45-yard line.
YALE CAN'T GAIN.
Two smashes at the Blue liné failed
to gain and Trimble tore off a 10-
yard gain around end. A forward
pass failed and Trimble punted be
hind Yale’s goal line, It was Yale's
ball on her own 20-yard. line. Time
was called and the Yale players held
a council of war on the field for some’
unknown reason. Neville made 2|
yards through tackle. <4
Neville punted out, of bounds ;
Princeton’s 45-yard Kne. 4
Garrity made 2 yards through the
left side of his line. Thimble made
3 yards around Yale's left end.
On an attempted forward pass the
Blue forwards smashed through and
threw Trimble for a b-yard loss.*‘
Trimple punted to Kempton who re-'
turned the ball 6 yards to Yale'a‘
20-yard line. Lay made 4 vyards
through the Tiger left side after being
thrown for a 1-yard loss. Neville
punted to Strubing, Wwho made 2
yards and was downed on Prince-~ |
‘ton’s 37-yard e l
iN YALE TERRITORY. |
Trimble broke around left end for
a 10-yard gain and was tackled by
Tim Callahan. Garrity carried the
bill 7 yards on a stright line buck,
punting the ball in Yale's territory.
Garrity carried the ball again through!
the line for 4 yards. On a forward
pass, Trimble to Strubing, the
Tigers made b yards, putting the ball
on Yale’s 38-yard line.
Garrity made first down on a 3-
vard gain through left tackle. An‘
attempted forward pass, Trimble to
Garrity, failed b yinches. On a trlckl
formation Garrity smashed the Blue!
line for 8 yards. Yale's heavier line
was being punctured with regularity.
A forward pass, Trimble to Davis, |
netter 8 yards, and jt was a first]|
down. ’
Another forward pass failed. It
was Princeton's ball on Yale's 22-
yard line.
Wittmer hit the line, but was
thrown out of bounds without gain
ing. Garrity went through Yale's
right tackle for 2 yards.. Standing on I
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1919
Charleston Girl el
Dances Five Times
With Young Prince
(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—Miss
Margaret ‘Simonds. daughter of Mrs.
C. O. Calhoun of Washington and
Princeton, will be able to relate In
the vears to come what she had the
distinction of dancing five times with
H. R. H. Prince Edward of Wales,
teaching him how “to jazz” and in
addition had the distinguished honor
of calls from his rpygl' highness, ac
companied by his suite,
The prince was so attracted by the
vivacious beauty of Miss Simonds,
who is regarded 'as one of the most
beautiful of the capital’'s vounger set,
that he took pains to see that she
was invited to the British Embassy
reception, otherwise reserved for of
ficial and diplomatic seciety. Miss
Simonds had the distinction of win
ning the award at the Southern relict
ball last season as the most beauti
ful girl there. - She is petite, of medi
um coloring and an expert horse
:‘wsxm i gSI gt B
o, 4 iy
has resided heré for some yeaps with
her mother, who, before her marriage
to Capt. C. C. Calhoun—of the family
of John C; Calhoun—was Mrs. Barker
Gunmere of Charlesten, 8. C, where
she has one of ‘the show places in the
Southern city. -Miss Simonds inher
ited a large fortune and in addition is
an accomplished h'ax:pist. i
Miss Simonds has many friends in
Atlanta and her motheér also is well
known here. At the recent reunion of
Confederate vetérans Miss Simonds
was sponsor for the Distriet .of Cog
lumbia and was among the most ad
mired of the many charming visitors
here for the reunion festivities. She
was the guest of Mrs. Frank Ellis at
the latter's home in Ansley Park dur
'ing her stay in m nta.
Mrs. Sarah Withers
~ Dies at 91; Lived
Here Before ’6o’s
Mrs. Sarah Withers, 91 years of
age, died at her home, 98 Dodd ave
nue, Friday night. .
' Mrs. Withers was the widow of
Hdward A. Withers, who was for
merly owner of the Withers Foundry
and Machine Works at Marietta, Ga.
Bhe was born in the county of Staf
fordshire, England, op August 27,
1828, and was married to Edward A.
Withers in England in the fifties.
Shortly before the war they came
to America and lived in the South.
When the war Between the States
broke out Mr. and Mrs. Withers re
turned to Knglahd and came back
here years later. They lived in At
lanta at the time of Mr. Withers’
death and the widow has resided here
sinee. }
M rs. Withers is survived by two
dayghters, Mrs. Mary Trippe and
Migs Laurn Withers, and three sons,
G. H. Withers of Kirkwood, T, H.
Withers of Cartersville and A. A,
Withers of Atlanta.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day, but the exact hour has not been
announced. Harry G., Poole is in
charge of arrangements,
Ousting of Chicago’s
Trolleys Threatened
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Nov, 15 —oOusting of
cars of the Chicago surface lines
from streets of the city unless the
fape is immediately reduced from 7
to B cents is sought & a bill for an
iéflmon filed in the Circuit Court
y by Corporation Counsel Ettel
soti and his special traction adviser,
Chester B. Cleveland,
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Fair SBaturday night;
Sunday fair and warmer,
Temperature—B . m, 41; 10
® m., 45; 11 a. m,, 52; 12 m,, 56.
Sunrise, 6:11; sunset, 5:34,
By VICTOR BARRON.
Permits issusd through the building
inspector's office in October, number
ing 275, were the most numerous and
repreesnted the greatest value in his
tory for.that month, aggregating $805,~
813, as compared with $90,089, in Octo
ber, 1918. While perliminary and in
complete figures have been issued
heretofore cavering building opera-l
‘tions here in October, this is the first
time the éggregate number and cost of
;%:.«_ pfl _scarcity of labor and high
cost of material, causing a disposition
on the part of most people to await
more settled economic conditions,
prevented even greater building ac
tivity during October.
From all indigations, November's
building operations promise to sur
pass October's. >
Nevertheless, Oectober’s new con
struction brought the total number ot‘
permits issued here for ten months
of "the present year up to an un-~
precedented total of 2,672, as com
pared with 1,706 the same period in
1918. Aggregate cost of new con
struction in thesten months’ period
was the greatest in history, amount
ing to $8,067,120, as against $3,408,903
the corresponding period a year ago.
| LOOK FOR NEW RECORD,
I Officials at the building inspec
tor's office, as well as leading realty
Imen and contractor§, are confident
Ilhat 1919 will establish a new high
record for building operations, com-
Iparing with the previous banner
building period in 1912 of almost
$30,000,000,
| Last year's building operations al
ready have been more than doubled,
and the ten months’ construction of
the present year _almost doubled
Jbuilding expenditires of two years
ago ; A
Not only Atlanta’s building activity
was - restrictéd last month, but in
practically every seation of the coun
try building operations were held
back, as a result of labor troubles,
goarcity of labor and high cost of
labor and materials.
But the South led the way, with
the most notable gains In building
activity econfined to the western
cities, especially in Texas, where
people are pouring into that State pe
cause of the great prosperity result
ing from high priced cotton and the
boom in the oil field districts,
BOOM FELT IN TEXAS.
Dallas, Tex., in October, erected
buildings to tne value of $1,846,988,
coming sixteenth in the list of build
ing operations in 102 leading cities in
the United States, according to fig
‘ures just issued by R. G. Dun & Co,
At Houston value of permits in Octo
ber were $1,257,324, at Fort Worth
“2,111.085 and at Fort Wayne $325,000,
' Atlanta’s permits greatly surpassed
' those of Memphis, New Orleans, Bir
mingham, Norfolk, Richmond, Louls
ville, Nashville and ~ther principal
cities in the country.
Following shows the number of
permits and value issued at the bulld
ing inspector's office for each month
this year, compared with a year ago®-
| Permits Value Permits Value
1919. 1919, 1918, 1918,
klan.. . . 150 3268585 84 $199,781
Few. . 192 401,268 149 281,789
Mareh . 308 750,290 242 535,06
April. , 343 947,220 196 519,898
May . . 819 1,171,578 234 438,423
June . . 284 1,181.037 194 449,203
;July . . 823 1,534,338 200 439,068
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lssued Dally, and Entered sa Second Class Matter st
the Postefice al Atlants Under Aer of March 3, 1879
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—~By a
vote of 78 to 16 the Senate today
adopted a cloture rule for debate on
the peace treaty.
Adoption of the rule will mean
speeding the peace treaty to an early
vote on the final ratification.
Under the provisions of the cloture
rule,~debate will be limited to one
hour for each of the ninety-six sena
tors and will require hardly more than
a truk.v ey o 4 7 Y :
The cloture rule became effective
immediately upon its adoption. Its
effect was manifést when, soon afterl
its enforcement, the Senate adopted
without roll call or debate the fourth
of the majority reservations and
quickly reached the fifth one,
The senators voting against adop
tion of the cloture were Republicans
Borah, Brandegee, Gronna, Johnsnn of
California, Knox, LaFollatte, McCor
mick, Penrose, Poindexter, Sherman
and France.
Democrats voting again;t it: Gore.‘
King, Pomerene, Reed and Shields.
~ DISPOSE OF MEASURE. i
~ There were indications that all of
fthe majority reservations remalining
‘would be disposed of before the ena
of the day and the majority resolu
tion of ratification taken up at a
‘session tonight.
~ The fourth reservation adopted
provides that no mandate for any na
tion or people shall' be accepted by
the United Sta.es under the treaty ex
‘cept when expressly atthorized by
Congress.
The fifth reservation provides that
the United States reserve to itself
exclusively jurisdiction over .all do
;mestic and po‘lltlcal questions relating
‘'wholly, or in part to its internal af
fairs, including the tariff and labor.
It also stipulates that all these and
other domestin questions are solidiy
‘within the jurisdiction of the United
States ““and are not under this treaty
to be submitted in any way either to
arbitration or to the consideration of
the council or of the assembly of the
league of Nativas or any agency
thereof or to the decision or recoms
mendation of any other power”
| SUBSTITUTE DEFEATED.
' The Hitchcock substitute for the
fifth resolution was first taken up.
. For the first time in its history
the Senate found Itkelf unable to
talk at will and a vote was taken,
The substitute was defeated by a
vote of 52 to 43,
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana,
made a point of order that the cloture
4.4 not prohibit the =ubmission of
amendments to defeated amendments.
the Vice FPresident ruled the motion
out of order.
Senator Phelan, Democrat, of Cali~
fornia, asked that a substitute of
fered by himt be acted upon. Senator
LaFollette, Republican, of Wiscon
sin, asked if it hag been read by the
clerk. Phelan withdrew his motion
because the substitute had not been
read.
The fifth reservation after being
amended by Senator Hale of Maine
was reported by a vote of 59 to 36,
Senator Hale's amendment makes
any possible boundary dispute be=
Continued on Page 2, Column 2, l
FINAL
Lady Astor Has
Sure Advantage
.
In This Respect
‘ (By Universal Service.)
PLYMOUTH, Nov, 15.—Race
suicide? Not for Nancy Astor!
There was a joint campaign
meeting at the fish market Fri
day, at which both she and her
opponent, Isaac Foote, spoke.
Foote said:
“If voting goes by children, I
ought to be elected—l've got
seven.”
To which the peeress shot
back: #
“Well, I've only got six—but
I haven’t finished yet!”
S /
Fire early Saturday ;mflm;‘ datn
aged the shop and storeroom of the
Domestic chtrlc Company, 66, 68
and 70 We Mitchell’ street, and
threatened adjoining buildings., The
damage was estimated at about §8,060.
The building is three stories, the
second being occupied by the Robin
son Neckwear Company, which was
slightly damaged by smoke and water.
The fire started in the shop on t?e
first floor, cccupied by the Domestic
Electric Company, burning into the
wall above and penetrating the stock
room where electrical material is
stored.
Patrolman Paul Morgan, on his
beat nearby, saw the smoke and
turned in the alarm at 3:40 o'clock.
After more than an hour’s hard work
it was under control.
Jacob’s - Pharmacy, No, 72 West
Mitchell, adjoining, was filled with
Ismoke, as was the Atlanta Safe’émd
Office Equipment Company, 64 West
Mitchell street.
The building where the flames was
confined i occupled by the All-Star
IManufacturin; Company, Robinson
Neckwear Company and the W. A,
’McElroy Artificial Limb Company.
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Postoffice to Use
,
~ Taft Hall for Big
, .
I Holiday Mail Rush
Business has so increased In At
lanta and. space has grown so scarce
Ithat Postmaster Bolling H. Jones
‘made application to Mayor Key Sat
‘urday for the use of Taft Hall at the
City Auditorium for handling the
Christmas mail,
I “1 simply can not find a place,” de-
Iclared the postmaster. “And the vol
ume of mall we are handling is so
great the postoffice building can not
‘be made to accommodate the holiday
I rush.”
.~ Mayor Key assured the official he
wonld be given the use of the hall
Council’s formal assent will be given
Monday,
What'
The dollar that you have to
work for is your standard——ron
are careful to make the dollar
you work for go as for as pos
sible in your buying.
You will always make a finnu
ine saving by bu{inr the things
advertiged in The Georgian~
American. What you save In
your buying, you get without
having to work for.
The Dollar saved is just as
good as the Dollar earned and
much easler to get——when you
know how to use Georglan-
Amesican Want Ads.
.~
Phone Your Wants to
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The Georgianand American
NO. 92
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(By International News Service.) —
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Naming
the same officers and representa<
tives who served in the Buffalo wage
conference, the coal miners and opers
ators this afternoon resumed nego=
tiations where they were abandoned
before the strike was called.
_ (By International Nm‘amiu.).,;w
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—The first
rift in the coal conference came (0«
day.
The operators won the first victory
of the conference when John L. Lewis
agreed to negotiate separate wage
scales instead of one scale for the
nation. :
Both sides prepared to fight the
question of wages this afterncon.
The operators flatly refused to ac
cept Secretary of Labor Wilson's pro~
posal that the conference negotiate
#* national wage scale.
F. W. Lufiins. spokesman for the
operators, declared they would not
agres to a single wage scale for all
fields,
The action of the operators threw
‘the conference into an uproar in
stantly, John L.ewis, acting presi
dent of the mine workers, leaped to
‘his feet and in fiery sentences hurled
charges of bad faith at the opera-
Ir_turs»
MINERS FAVOR PLAN.
l “We accept the proposal of Sec
retary Wilson to make the wagae
laxre(\n‘ent covering the whale coun
try,” shouted Lewis.
He charged the operators at the
‘outset of the conference with repu
diating the basis for negotiations laid
down by BSecretary Wilson in his
speech yesterday.
It was understood that the oper
ators based their refusal. in deciding
the matter among themselves, on the
fact that uqder the Washington wage
agreement, which is nation wide in
scope, it has 'been possible for tha
mine workers to call the recent strike,
Under tne oid system of wage cons
tracts, strikes were ‘confined to tne*
local distriets covered by a singla
wage contract.,
Mr. Lukins took the floor as Lewls
sat down.
“A charge of bad faith comes with
poor grace from the United Ainery
now,” said Mr. Lukins.
“They have engaged in a striko
which the federal government says ig
an absolute violation of the existing
wage contract. This extends to tgu
outlying districts which are coveréd
by local contracts.”
“l deny that statement,” said Mr,
L.ewis, rising to his!feet
“BRING IN FACTS” :
“We can bring in the facts and
prove what we say,” repllied Mr,
Lukins.
“Let's have them!” shouted many
on the miners' side of the nall
“A contract for one field is easy
to make,” continued Mr. Lukins, “and
establishes the basis and fixes tke
pringiple on which contracts for the
surrounding and outlying distriots
may be fixed. If we tr.led to or’ln
ize the whole couniry into one field
we would never get through. The
statement aof Mr. Lewis is simply to
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