Excerpt from The Case of the Bituminous Coal Mine Workers: As Presented by the United Mine Workers of America to the President's Coal Commission, Appointed December, 1919 An appeal for such conference was taken to President Wilson, who delayed his reply until af ter the armistice and then concurred with Dr. Gar field in refusing the request. In none of these negotiations was the subject of the justice of wage increases considered. The only point considered was the request for a conference, to go into the justice of such demand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.