The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-29
MINERS WILL
 QUIT SUNDAY
NO PROSPECT OF A SETTLEMENT
 OF WAGE DISPUTE BETWEEN e MINERS AND OPERATORS.
Unless Asree@ent Is Reached Before Sunday the Mines in the Anthra- cite Fields Win Be Closed.
 Affecting 5oo,ooo Men.

Cleveland, Chic. March 2S. Little prospects Of settling the bituminous coal miners wage dispute to prevent a suspension next Monday and the shutting down of practically all mines operated by union men, was seen by the operators and union officials to- day after they had conferred for hours and had failed to agree.
 Lack of any steps toward an inn. mediate settlement and the fact that only three more days intervene be fore both the anthracite and bitumi- nous wage scales expire were said to make it almost certain that a vide spread stoppage of coal production will begin next week for an uncertain period and a strike involving about 500,000 men may ensue
 The situation tonight was.
 "The miners in the anthracite re- zion of Pennsylvania will quit Sun day midnight because their agree ments with the operators expire at that time and no new agreement, even if it were being considered, could be put into effect in time to prevent the suspension Union off cials say the suspension virtually will be a strike.
 The contracts of the miners in the bipuminous regions also expire sun day midnight and they probably win suspend because they have no new agreement upon which to continue.
 Officials of the union assert if strike in both classes of mines is called, it will entail a loss in pay to the men of approximately $1,000,000 a day
 A conference, held in the hope that a strike or even a suspension in the bituminous mines might still be avoided was without result up to to- night. and was adjourned until 9 O clock tomorrow morning
 To bring the situation to crisis John Walker president of the illi nois miners, proposed the miners drop all their demands and make q new demand for an increase of , cents a ton for all coal mined He ex- 1 plained his proposal did not come jointly from the miners, but he made it on his own responsibility ito avoid a prolonged industrial struggle.
 The operators then called for an adjournment which gave rise to re ! ports among the miners that the op orators were going to propose a com | promise on the basis of 5 cents a ton increase. over the present wage scale The operators. after meeting alone stated they had decided to offer no such compromise.N
 ssI N-, ,p .,1T Af fa- tions tomorrow" said H. M, Taylor, president of the Illinois operators. Tt would have come today had it not been that we did not want to appear to be in haste in bringing about q strike, We will offer no further com promise"
 President John P White of the United Mine Workers of America, said he had no comment to make on todays developments other than if 8 strike were called among the bitumi- nous as well as the anthracite min CTS. 1t would not be because the union had failed to exert every effort to avoid 1t. He added, so far as the an thracite miners were concerned, the strike already had been called to take effect Sunday midnight.
 The policy committee of the union is waiting here to take such action as may be necessary in case all ne gotiations are broken off, In that event the members say, their work simply will be to devise ways and means in connection with the conduct of the strike.
 Commissioner of Labor Neil who