Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-04
MINERS HOPEFUL THAT
 STRIKE WILL BE INVERTED.
Call Issued for General Convention at
 Wilkes Barre on May IA.

Wilkes Barre on May IA.
 New York, May 8.-ofioials of the United Mine Workers of America, who have been in conference here for two days, expressed confidence to- night that a strike of the three an thracite districts who have been idle since April ] has ~been averted and that satisfactory agreement will be entered into with the operators before the end of the present month.
 General Convention Called.
 After being in conference for four hours today, the members of the three anthracite boards issued a call for general convention at Wilkes Barre, Pa, on May 14 to consider the tentative agreement entered into by the sub committees representing the operators and the mine workers, which was rejected by the full committee of the miners in joint conference with the operators here yesterday The convention will also be urged to em- power the committee of ten to enter into a second joint conference with the operators and conclude an agree ment subject to ratification by a ref erendum vote of the mine. workers.
 Another Conference Arranged.
 Negotiations have not been broken of" said William Green. who is act ing for President White of the United Mine Workers, and we have arranged for another conference with the Oper- atOrs after the Wnkes-Barr conVen- ton. We are confident that an agree ment will be reached.' Those who participated in the conferences here left for their homes tonight. A state- I,o the conference, which was signed by William Green, acting for President White, and John T. Dempsey. Thomas Kennedy and John Fahy, presidents of the three districts, and Frank Far rington. member of the national execu- tive committee, reads:
 Power of Sub Committee.
 There seems to be wrong i'm pression prevailing with respect to the work and authority of the joint sub committee of four operators and four 1 miners. They were appointed by the full committee of twenty (composed of ten operators and ten mine work ers), with power to make recommenda- tions only.
 ''The following statement by MT. Baer, taken from the stenographic 1 report of the meeting in Philadelphia when this sub committee was created makes this perfectly plain:
 Statement by Operator Baer.
 MT Baer-It is apparent that ef- | fective work is unnecessarily delayed | by a large committee and we think that greater progress would be made l with a sub b-cOmmittee of four opera l tors and four representatives of the anthracite mine workers being ap- | pointed with power to make recom- mendations shall only be effective if | and when they are approved by the committee as a whole
 Tt is clear by the foregoing state ment that the full committee alone | had power to pass upon tentative agreement and in line with this un- 1 derstanding the representatives of the miners on the full committee eonsid- cred the report of the subcommittee which did not meet with their ap- proVal.
 We have decided to hold a cen- ventiOn in Wilkes-B on Tuesday May IA, at which time the entire mat ter will be submitted to them. OuI future course will be decided by the action taken at this convention We have not yet broken off negotiations with the operators. but expect to meet again and hope to reach an agree 1 ment"
 Convention to Decide the Issue. l Delegates will be chosen from foul hundred local unions in the three an thracite districts to the Wilkes Barre convention, and if the tentative agree ment of the sub committees, whicI was signed by President White anC the three district presidents is ap- proved, the 170,000 men now idle vii return to work at once. If, on the other hand, the convention rejects the tentative agreement, it is expected by the leaders that the committee of ter will be empowered to enter into an. Othr joint conference which MT. Greer said had already been arranged for and conclude an agreement subjec to ratification by referendum vote,