New-York tribune., 1919-12-09
Union Approval
Of Truce Sure
Le,Uis Has Enoughv Dele
gates Pledged to Insure
the End of the Strike
Special Correspondence


INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. s.-Although
compromise measure agreed to by Act
ing President John L. Lewis Of the
United Mine Workers of America to
end the strike Of bituminous coal
miners when the international Execu-
tive Board meets tomorrow afternoon
it was declared here tonight that
Lewis had mustered enough strength
from delegates already present to
carry his point. This means that
the nations industrial crisis will be
settled before twenty-four hours de-
spite minority representing the radi-
cal leaders.
1t was positively stated here tonight
that with President Wilson's personal
plea to end the strike with q definite
compromise proposition, and faced by
the possibility of a prison sentence
at the hands Of Judge A. B. Anderson
! FOR contempt Of court, Mr.. Lewis will
go before the fifty members of the
executive board and district presidents
of the union and demand that the full
weight Of the miners executive force
be thrown into the issue Of calling off
the strike.
Acceptance Declared Inevitable
1t was declared at headquarters of
the mine workers tonight that the
members of the executive board and
the district presidents of the United
Mine Workers of America can do
nothing else than accept the proposals
which Lewis and Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer brought to Indianap-
oils with them.
Mr.. Palmer refused to give the de-
tails of the compromise on the coal
strike, and neither Mr.. Lewis nor Mr.
Green, who returned from Washington
on the same train with Mr.. Palmer
would discuss them 1t appears that q
"gentlemen's agreement" was made not
to give out the provisions of the pro-
posed settlement until after the con-
ference of the miners.
Shortly after the Federal officers had
registered at the Claypool Hotel, con.
ference took place in the Federal Build.
ing presumably to discuss the con.
tempt proceedings against leaders OF
the miners set for Tuesday morning
and to discuss the grand jury investi-
CATION OF. operators, miners and deal
ers, which was to have started to-day
but was postponed until tomorrow.
Court Proceeding Left Open
Although Mr.. Lewis refused to dis.
cuss the details of the settlement. ir
answer to a question he said that ir
the conference at Washington no men.
tion was made of any dismissal o1
court proceedings Both Mr.. Levi:
and Mr.. Green said they expected t.
appear in court tomorrow morning il
answer to the citation for contempt
They said the conference of miners
leaders would have been called TO,
Tuesday morning instead of ternoor
had it not been that the contempt cas-,
was set for 10 a. m.
While Attorney General Palmer ant
others refused to say what proposa
the conference would pass on Tuesday
it is understood that the details in
clude the following:
The miners to return to work a
once and receive Ia per cent ad
vance in wages; President Wilson Z
appoint commission to nvestigat
and report on what is just increas
in wages; the finding Of the commits
sion, if it decides there should be NOR
than q IA per cent increase, to dat
back to the time the miners return t
work.
Per Cent of Increase an Issue
1t is understood that the commits
sion's finding incidentally will give
judgment on the question of whethe
the Ia per cent advance, which DR.. +
A. Garfield, Federal Fuel Administrato
offered, or the 316 per cent which SCI
retary Wilson, of the Labor Depart
ment, offered as an amount to equs
the increase in the cost of living
correct. The leaders of the miner
some time ago rejected the ID per cen
but voted to accept the 31.6 per Ger
! increase