The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-15
mime RS AGREE To
ACCEPT PLAN Of
SEC'Y WILSON
Operators Expected to Take
Similar View
MINERS RESUME MONDAY
Most of the Men Want to Go Back
But Delay in Places Is
Expected
MINERS RESUME MONDAY

Washington, Nov. 15.-The accept
lance without qualification by the mine
workers of Secretary of Labor VII
sons proposal for u negotiation of a
nationwide wage scale was anncunced
at the conference today by Acting
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers of America.
| Speaking on behalfaof the operators
out of the central competitive fields
| F. w. Lukings, president of the south
western Interstate Coal Operators AS.
ociotion, proposed returning to the
old policy of allowing basic scale
to be negotiated by the operators and
miners in the central competitive
| field
Chicago, Nov. 15.-Virtually no in
crease in the number of bituminous
coal miners returning TO work was
anticipated today as Saturday is a
General half-holiday at the mines.
Furthermore, the miners seemed in
tent to stand pat on their expressed
Intention not to return to work de.
spite the recall of the strike order un.
II the conference of the operators
and miners at Washington effects an
agreement on new wage scale.
Meanwhile, threatened fuel shortage
N many places becomes more omin-
Gus.
Washington, Nov. IA peaceful
settlement of the bituminous coal
trike within the next week appears
probable tonight.
The conference between the opera
'ors and the miners. which was called
by Secretary of Labor William b.
Wilson. held its opening session here
oday, and, while it was apparent
that all of the old differences mad not
been ironed out It was equally appar.
mt thai both sides to the controversy
we're satisfied that an agreement must
be reached that radical demands
must be dropped and the public inter
est taken into consideration
No other impression at least. could
ne obtained tonight after operator and
miner had met face TO face. The
miners as represented by John l..
Lewis, Acting President of the Unit
I'd Mine Workers of America practi-
cally admitted that they would not
tand for demands which would not
meet with popular approval. and the
5ame attitude was adopted by T, 7.
Brewster. who speaks for the opera
ltors of the central competitive field.
Neither side can afford to leave
without u settlement being effected"
was the way Mr. Lewis put it,
I'VE are for an agreement which
will bring about the quickest settle.
nent of the differences involved,
said Mr. Brewster.
Both of these men indicated that
while they would fight for conces-
tons which would be favorable II
heir interests, in the end they would
give ground to reach a compromise.
They talked Of the weight of public
opinion; of the duty of miner and op-
orator to the country; but mostly of
he necessity for speedy settlement
Of the strike
Secretary of Labor Wilson went far
toward bringing about this situation
in an address which be delivered to.
lay at the opening of the conference
He said fatty that the demands
made by the miners for siX-hour day
and fve-day week, and for al 60 per
cent. increase in wages was impos,
sibIe
To this characterization of their re-
cent demands the representatives of
the miners made no open protest
The operators Mr. Brewster said to
night, were in favor Of course
which would bring about the quickest
n urent,ent oud roeur,ntibp pf ,vor.l.
This is taken to mean that the opera