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fffiK S?MTKB W ATOHMAX, Estab; Consolidated Aug. 2,1 WAR TO THE END AT GOAL JONES Miners' Union and Operators Refuse to Consider Com promise ALL PROPOSALS SO V FAR ARE REJECTED Goventinent Officials Fail in Ef-i forts to End Strike at This I Time i Washington, Nov. 27.?An abrupt end came late today to all attempts to settfe the nationwide cool ?trdrei by peaceful agreement. Miners and operators spent a bleak j Thanksgiving afternoon in embitter ed debate over the government pro posal for a 14 per cent wage increase, made last night by Fuel Administra tor Garfield, and rejected it and every other proposal that was forth coming, and then dissolved, sine die. Participants went home' tonight, and where the* break left coal strike conditions, no one of them, miner or operator, would, say. Likewise, in ^official quarters, there was silence. Acting President John L. Lewis of the mine workers, though refusing to jsay one word as to the strike itself, . which theoretically was called off in obedience to federal court injunction holding it a violation of the Lever act for war time food and fuel con- j . trol, scored the government roundly at the conclusion of the conference. So did William Green, secretary of the minr workers. Operators, though accepting the government proposal definitely, in a letter of explanation to Dr. Garfield which they made public, intimatdd that the governmental refusal to al low price increases would bear recon sideration. V It. was. behind closed doors that the j coal" situation reached its climax to-i day, after involving the full attention j of the federal government for two? days previously. There was much j heated oratory but T. W. Guthrie of' Pittsburgh, acting chairman of thej operators' committee, described the parliamentary procedure succinctly as heV<^?snre- -?aer-v-T!? -operators,-; hy a' ?prearranged plan, notified the min ers* 6cale committee for the central competitive field of their acceptance j of Dr. Garfield's plan. This the mine workers promptly voted down. In turn, the miners put: forward a counter proposal, that Sec-! retary Wilson'? suggestion for a 31.66 j per cent, wage increase be granted:, j and this the operators flatly refused. I 3Tor the third time the operators re-! hewed their formal offer of arbltra- ? tion and the miners, voted this down. ' ?By unanimous vote adjournment was! taken. "The operators are pretending to! accept Dr. Garfield's proposal,'* Mr. ! Lew's said, manifesting scorn and in- j dignation as he called the newspaper ? men around him in the littered and ! noisy hall that was the scene of the j all day gatherings. "But as they do it, they state they j are unable to operate many of their: mines under it. ' It would be foolish for us to attempt to make an agree-' ment unless miners are to be given j work. "Our position is unchanged. We! . hold the United States government 1 can not break its word. The pledge J of Secretary Wilson to grant us a 31 fper cent increase must be redeemed. In my judgment Dr. Garfield and the cabinet have committed the most j colossal blunder in the history of our j nation. They are blindly following an academic theory without regard to justice to the mine workers or effects on the people of the United States. "Responsibility for the crisis now confronting the nation must be with ; those states using the powers of gov- j erament to oppress and deny justice to 1 a great element of its citizenship di- 1 rectly concerned in industry. "I can not believe the people of j our country will indorse such a policy | of oppression and repression, which i means continued industrial chaos' and intense suffering on the part of the mine workers and our citizen- i ?hip." With that, Lewis brushed away all , Questioners. His associates, however, confirmed the impression that there would be no resumption of work in i the mining camps now closed. Operators less communicative, went; away with varying resolutions. One or two had reached a determination i they said to attempt coal production Regardless of the strikers, but most j of them were in doubt on this point. Atcin;: Chairman Guthrie indicated j that an organized body they had: ceased to function, and that individ- j ual necessity and inclination would govern their action, though all would j wait a little to see what the govern-1 ment proposed. i The open letter to Dr. Garfield said ; that in view of the serious situation, the wage scale committee for the cen- | tral field would accept his suggested basis of settlement, preserving pres ent differentials." "At the same time we wish to call i your attention to the fact that the acceptance of this increase in wages Without any increase in selling price .of bituminous coal entirely eliminates the profits of a large number of mines" it continued. "Such a large number in fact, we fear the production Of coal will be seriously affected. We Med April, 18M. ?B? Au* 1 881. SU LLOYD GEORGE STATES POSITION I [Discusses World Politics in House of Commons in Re ; ply to Questions I THE WORLD LOOKS TO j PRESIDENT WILSON .He is Charged With Duty of : Calling Meeting of World Council London. Nov. 27 (By the Associated Press?Premier Lloyd George again today stood on the floor of the house of commons and answered a lengthy list of questions on all subjects, most ly, however, in connection with the European economic and military sit uation arising from the war. One of the most important of the questions related to the condition of Austria, concerning which Com dr. Viscount Curson. coalition Unionist member for Battersea South, asked whether the supreme council in Paris was taking steps to deal with the sit uation. The premier declared that the su preme council had reached the con clusion that only a comprehensive ar rangement for a large international I credit would adequately meet the sit- 1 uation and that it was essential for the success of such a proposal ^that th& United tSates should contribute that part of the expenditures which would' have to be incurred in dollars. "Urgent representations have ac- J cordingly been made to the United I States government in this sense,' the premier added." Questioned regarding whose duty it would be to summon the first meet ing of the assembly and the first mooting of the council of the league' of nations in view of the fact of the! American senate's refusal to ratify j the Versailles treaty. Mr. Lloyd j George said that Article 4 ot the treaty stipulr ed th; " the president of the United State.? .;ouId summon the meeting. He added that he did not understand that this wa? in any way affected by the refusal of the Ameri can senate to ratify the treaty^, ' AnothoK inquiry! "nfade ny James M. Hogge, advanced radical and Scottish home rule member for Edin burgh, was whether Mr. Lloyd George gave any undertaking to President Wilson during the peace conference that Mr. Lloyd George would en deavor to settle the Irish question. This brought a direct negative reply. Answering still another question the premier said that the effect of the American senate's action with regard to the treaty provisions for plebiscite and other commissions in Germany j would be only indirect. It would be j necessary for the other powers to find ! a larger quota of representatives for | these commissions. The premier said that the Anglo- [ French-American treaty providing for the defense of France in cose of wan ton attack was contingent on ratifica tion by the United States senate, but that America's refusal to ratify the peace trctay would not necessarily ef fect the tri-partite treaty, provided the United States ratified the tri-partite part separately. AMERICA SENT NO ULTIMATUM United States Merely Renews Demand For Release of Jenkins .Washington, Doc. 1.?Renewing the request for the immediate release of Consular Agent Jenkins, who is im prisoned at Puebla. Mexico, the lat est American note to Mexico which was made public today arraigns the .Mexican government's conduct in se vere terms. It is charcterized as a studied attempt to ensnare the Amer ican agent in the intricacies of legal proceedings. No ultimatum is served however, and no indication is given what the government's course will be if Jenkins be not immediately releas ed. JENKINS MAY BE GIVEN FREEDOM Unverified Report Current in El Paso, Tex. El Paso. Dee. 1.?An unverified re port is current here today that Jen kins has been liberated from jail at Puebla. Understand that operating statistics for jy];t are not now in your posses sion and we shall rely upon the gov ernment when such statistics are ! properly assembled, and presented, to make such adjustments in selling prices as will permit these mfnes to make such fair and reasonable profit i as they are entitled to under the Lev er law." Though officially all of the pro , cecdings today were in w:fir<- seile , committees of operators ami miners I for the central fields, all semblance of a sectional discussion was dropped. All districts of the United States were 'represented at the final outcome. nd Vemr not?Let aO the end* Thon AI UTES, S. C, WEDNES: COAL SITUATION LOOKS HOPELESS I i ! " I Wage Conference Disbanded Without Accomplishing Any thing Save 111 Feeling ! I - I GOVERNMENT MUST MAKE NEXT MOVE I i I i Miners and Mine Owners Both Obstinately Opposed to Peace ful Settlement i _ Washington. Nov. 28.?With the wage negotiations conference dis banded without having accomplished anything further than bringing down on the heads of government officials criticisms from miners and operators, nobody in Washington today seemed to know, or if they knew, would say what would be the next step in the l effort to provide the country with a coal supply, and head off the threat ened famine, officials of both opera tors and miners professed an inabil ity to even forecast what develop ments the next forty-eight hours might bring forth, and both sides frankly admitted they were awaiting the government's next move. ENORMOUS COST OF GOVERNMENT Five Billion Dollars Needed to Pay Operating Expenses of United* States PEACE TIME EXPENSES PROVE TO BE IMMENSE Secretary Glass _ Submit? ,Estij mate of Appropriations For Year Washington, Dec. 1.?The record billion dollar congress of ordinary peace time faded into the past today, when Secretary Glass, presented the annual estimates of proposed appro priations of practically live billion dollars for conducting peace time ac tivities of the government during the: fiscal year 1921. According to tnese figures it will cost more than five times as much to conduct the peace time affairs of the government than in the year immediately preceding the world war. Total estimates submit ted by Secretary Glass are $4,$65, 410.000. WILL MAKE AT TEMPT TO MEDIATE South American Republics Will Try to Settle Dispute With Mexico Santiago. Chile. Nov. 29.?The Na tion newspaper today says that it learns from well informed diplomatic circh s there that it is possible that mediation will be attempted by the A. ii. C. group?Argentina. Brazil and Chile-?with the object of composing the difficulties between the United States and Mexico over the case of Consul Jenkins. STRIKE CALLED AT KANSAS CITY All Trainmen Get Orders to Quit Work Today Kansas City. Nov. 29.?The train men of all ihe r ailroads entering Kansas City struck today. Local grievances were the cause but it is stated that the radical element among the workers was really responsible for the walkout. ONE STRIKE HAS BEEN CALLED OFF Kansas City Trainmen Return to Work Kansas City. Deo. 1.?The railway switchmen's strike here, which began Saturday, was called off by the strik ers this morning. The men will re turn to work immediately. WAR IN ESTHONIA Fierce Attack By Bolsheviks Repulsed London, Nov. 29.?Bolshevik forces have been fiercely attacking the Es thonians along the Narva front since Thursday, but have been repulsed with heavy losses, according to Es thonian official stut?ment. um l m3't st be thy Country's, TJiy God's I DAY, DECEMBER 3, 18 ANNUAL MESSAGE TO U. S. CONGRESS President Wilson Will Discuss a Wide Range of Subjects in Message i INDUSTRIAL CRISIS j IS MOST IMPORTANT He Has Been at WTork on Mes sage For Several Days in Sick Room ! Washington, Nov. 29.?President Wilson's annual message to congress ] ?will not ho delivered nntll Tuesday, ? according to a White House state ment today. It is expected that it will cover a wide range of subjects, with particular attention to the in dustrial situation. The president ha ween working on the message for two weeks, dictating to his stenographer in the sick room. Because of his illness, tho president will find it necessary to depart from his custom of delivering the adress in person. i i' Mr. Ray Curtis left today for a [ short trip to Columbia, GRAND VICTORY FOR BAPTISTS i Campaign Leaders Predict the State Will Oversubscribe By $1,000,000 I - j GREENVILLE LEADS i ALL OTHER CITIES I -First Baptist Church Raises ! Sum oi $250,000?Others Ex ! ceed Quota j Columbia, Nov. .30.?Scattering re j ports from all sections of i.he State j here tonight indicate a sweeping vic tory for South Carolina Baptists in their $75,000,000 drive. From every I association heard from so far the al j lotment has been oversubscribed ! ?rhere all 'churches have reported, i and many have gone over their allot i ment with 20 churches yet to report. (The Rev. W. T. Derieux, State organiz j er. tonight forwarded a message to ! Southern headquarters at Nashville ! saying that the State would exceed jits allotment of $5,500.000 by at least :a half million dollars and probably j more. Incoming reports tonight showed j Greenville Association leading with j $594,000, and the Saluda section with i $437.122. Reedy River Association ; reported $14',000i which was far ! above the allotment. Florence As : sociation reported $165.00.0. which was above her apportionment. Ches ter subscribed $117,000, the First : Church there going over $65.000. Lex ! ington Association reported $34,649. i which was GO per cent more than : asked. The Pee Dee Association re ! ported one church, Mullins which j wont over the top. Abbeville Asso j eiation suseribed $350.000 with an al lotment of $242,635!. The First Church at. Greenwood subscribed $125,000 1 which was above the apportionment. I Fairlield Association with 21 churches ! to hear f.om had raised $265,117 to j night, which is a little less than the amount asked. Orangeburg Associa tion, raised $212,315 with 11 churches ! yet to report. Barnwell reported ;$1S8,L'21 and will go over by tomor j row. Ridge Association raised $299, | 000. which was far over the amount : asked for and officers report that the ! association will go beyond $200.000 tomorrow. Individual churches wore led by \ the First Baptist Church of Green ! ville. with $250,000. The First Bap itist Church of Columbia raised $114, j 000 this being over the allotment. The North Greenville Association ! reported $6l,0O0. Kershaw. $47.978; north Spartanburg, $89,407; Piedmont, $32.000. and Spartanburg. $230,143. Leaders here tonight emphasized that although only scattered reports had been received everywhere the as sociation and church' s were going over the top and victory was assured. The Rev. Thomas J. Watts, publicity director, said that he was sure the amount would not fall below $7,000. 000. All directors and organizers were in communication with head quarters h- rc during the day and the spirit all over the State means vic tory, leaders say. Washington. Xov. 29.?-Coal opera tors of West Pennsylvania will meet Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia to discuss plans for pro tecting the miners wishing to re turn to work. Those in charge of the coal situation here regard this as th? first indication of an attempt to break the strike. m*\ Trat*'?? THE TBU1 ?19. LEGALPROCEDURE VERSUS ANARCHY ! Government Will Vk Its Full Authority in the Coal Regions i , * i_. ! NO INTERFERENCE TO RE TOLERATED NOW . I Troops Will Be Ready to Protect ; Those Who Are Willing to ! Work in Mines t - ? I Washington, Xov. 28.?The govern i ment served blunt notice on soft coal I miners and operators tonight that in 1 terferencc with coal production would j not be tolerated. Warning that legal j prosecution would be employed to ?'thwart conspiracies by either si3e atid troops sent wherever necessary t? protect miners willing to work came from the department of justice after members of the cahinet had con sidered every phase of the fuel sit uation, admittedly critical, in view of the abrupt breaking off of negotia tions. It is not the intention of the gov ernment to let the mines remain idle with half of the country in the grip of cold wea'h^r and the coal stocks rapidly dim ..shing. The administra tion it was said, by those in a posi tion to know, had fully expected the miners to reject the 14 per cent wage Increase offered by Fuel Administra tor Garfield. Anticipating this, plans had been considered for augmenting the present output of bituminous mines officially figured at better than 40 per cent of normal. A statement by Assistant Attorney General Ames, issued late in the day, gave assurance to ail miners that they would bo afforded ample pro i tection if they returned to work, even if troops had to be called out. i This was the only definite state ! ment of policy' from the government, j In official circles it was said that, the I federal authorities were determined to force resumption of operations on the terms laid down by the fuel adminis j trator. I The department of justice .stater I ment- called'attention: to' the"fact that, j mstruetions issued heretofore by the ! war department in connection with I the possible use of troops in coal field regions still were in effect, and that department commanders stood ready to guard the fields the instant their j aid was required by the State au i thorities. Operators tonight set out to re sume production, so far as that was possible under the muddled condi tions by teleg. phing notice for j posting at mines everywhere offering i an increase of 14 per cent for all men j willing to work. i There were fe\v oppressions as to ! how this information might be re j ceiv^d, but representatives of the i miners here still declared it would j be no incentive, and that it would be ignored, especially in the central com I pet hive fields, embracing the States i of Ohio, Tliinois, Indiana and Western j Pennsylvania. Operators, however, be j lieved that it would draw large num ! hers to the mines and that next t week would see a big increase in the ! daily soft coal output. Dr. Garfield had explained earlier iin the day that he regarded 14 per I cent a just wage increase for mine workers and that mine owners who ; did not cooperate with the govern . ment would find their properties j taken over 'and operated by the fuel ! administration. ! John Lewis, acting president of the \ Tnited Mine Workers, who had borne j the brunt of the wage negotiation I fighting, went home tonight, worn out j by the long wrangle. Before leaving j for Indianapolis. Lewis saw Secretary j of I.abor Wilson and Samuel Go7np ! ers. president of the American Feder | ation of Labor. He did not have j much to say and explained that he ! had arranged with Gompers to hav? ! the federation's lawyers assist coun 1 sei for the miners in perfecting their appeal from the ruling of Federal Judge Anderson ordering the coal strike order canceled. In labor and official oircles the meeting of Lewis and Gompers was regarded as significant, but there was no statement concerning questions discussed except Lewis' reference to seek'ng counsel. After leaving Secretary Wilson's office Lewis said: "Dr. Garfield represents: the govern ment. Mr. Wilson told me that to day." This was taken by Lewis to mean that the 14 per cent, wage offer was, definitely and finally, the govern ment's offer, and that Mr. Wilson's proposal for a .'11 per cent, advance had been rejected by the cabinet. So far as obtaining: help for bis Pinion Lewis realized that 14 per cent, was ail he might expect. Piscussirur ? department of justice ?>::i?is Mr Ames said: ? 'All the Cnited States attorneys in ?!:?? bituminous coal fields have been officially advised of the result of the negotiations at Washington and have/ been criven instructions relative- to the situation. "It is, of course, obvious that the ii:ne has come when ample proteeton will be furnished all persons desiring wither miners or operators, making any agreement or arrangement with ??ach other to restrict the supply of coal will be proceeded against a? the ? SOUTHRON, EetabUibc* Inn, >?M VoLXLIX. No. 32. COTTON MEETING IN COLUMBIA | - . ? . i ; ? I Annual Meeting of State Asso I ciation Will Open Tomor row Morning i ; THOUSAND REPRESEN I TATIVE MEN EXPECTED I i ? ? , . ?? .'?(-','..'? j Addresses to Be Delivered By Distinguished Citizens-VTrip j to Spartanburg f Columbia, Dec. 1.?Representative : farmers, merchants, bankers and pr? ! fossional men from all over -South i Carolina are arriving- in Columbia to* I day for the annual meeting ot the South Carolina Cotton Association to be held here tomorrow, morning. Af ternoon ^iand eveing sessions will be held. The naming session v*U \ be called to order promptly at TO o'clock in Craven Hall by J. S. Wannamaker of St. Matthews, president. Between 750 and 1,000 citizens axf expected to attend the meeting of the association, which officials of the or ganization declare will be one of the most important meetings ever held in. the State. The establishment^ of a State finance and export corporation, or cotton bank, the revision of the State warehouse system and many ether important matters will be-corf-' sidered. Addresses will be delivered by Walter B. Brown, editor of The New York Commercial; A. F. Lever, -mem ber of the Federal Farm Loan Board? Harvie .Jordan, campaign director of the American. Cotton Association: Col. T. J. Shackelford, chairman of j the finance committee of the Ameri* j can Cotton Association,? and IK 'Ju Murph. of the Bureau?of Markets, of ' the United States department if- ag riculture. j Much interest centers around the ! selection of officers. J. S. AVannacick i er, who has been president of the j State Association since its formation has announced that. hfe cannot l ^con tinue longer in that position.-as his duties as"president of the American Cotton Association.will require aU of his "met ^Iterate? mentioned in connection . with the presidency. Wednesday the association wilt go to Spartanburg on a special train to inspect the Spartanburg- county ware [ house system. The association will j be the guest of the Spartanbjurj? j be the guest of the Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce at dfcnner at All parties coming to the meeting tomorrow are urged to come prepar ed to make the Spartanburg trip. ? The Spartanburg people have gone to j a great deal of trouble and expense j to entertain the association on Wed-. ' nesday and officials hope that, as ; many as possibly can, will go. ! WOMAN IN HOUSE ] OF COMMONS j Lady Astor Breaks British Po litical Traditions i - j London. Nov. 29.?Lady Astor's ! election to the House of Comons was ! the feature of today's newspapers, ! which devoted their best columns to incidents and pictures of yesterday's j ceremonies at Plymouth Guild Hall. ! Newspapers of every political shade, j congratulates the American-born new j member, whose entry into parliament j breaks the tradition of six centuries, j Some papers express a doubt that her ! success will be frequently repeatedwt>y I other women. I LABOR DIRECTOR j Albert Thomas of France Se lected By International Body j Washington, Nov. 28.?Albert I Thomas, the French conservative la i hor leader, was selected today by the governing! body of the international : labor conference, as the first direc | tor general of the international labor : office, under the league of nations, j Arthur Fontaine, of France, has been I selected as permanent chairman of I the governing body._ 1 law provides, and it should be un j derstood that any person who aids or I abets in restricting the supply of coal j is likewise guilty by the terms of the ; Lever act. i "Instructions heretofore issued . by ? the war department are still in force J and under these instructions, de i partment commanders will act in j proper cases when required to do so i by the State authorities." i The operators' wage scale ^commit tee will meet here again next Wednesday to agree upon the details necessary to preserve existing differ entials in putting a 14 per cent wage ? advance into effect. The telegram urging all Operators ! to post notices offering, the 14 per cent, increase at once was sent by a I committee composed of T. W. Guth rie, A. M. Ogle, Thomas K M?her., and E. C. Searls, who remained in Washington to represent the central j competitive field. It was sent after consulting with Dr. G-aHltHL