The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
GENERAL COMMITTEE
 ID MEET AGAIN AT .9 THIS MORNING ID TAKE UP PLAN ANEW
Big Factor In Opposition 1s Acceptance, Is Belief That Another Session of Gen7
 eral Convention of
 Workers Necessary
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Indianapolis, Decemher 9 F.
 The general committee of fhe
 United Mine WorksrSTT of
 America, meeting here to con
 sider President Wilson's prd-
 posal for ending the -strike1df
 bituminous coal miners, ad-
 journed tonight at 6,3O o'cfack
 without reaching an g aGres-
 ment. The committees N will
 meet again tomorrow mof12nk
 at 9:3O. A A Al
 The miners had been in5 contin se4s
 when John l.. Lewis. acting president
 of the mine workers orgsnixa udH, ore
 scented the proposal of President WIZ
 soa to end the strikes wktear r&sagsr
 more than five weeks ago.
 q have nothing to say" said Act
 ing President Lewis after the adjourn
 ment, except that we still have the
 matter under consideration and will
 meet again at s;30 tomorrow morn
 ing.
 The general committee of the miners
 is composed of S4 internati8ntn hnd dis
 trict officials and membefst oFy the orr ganization's executive board and scale committee.
 After the miners adjourned to- night It was reported thnt biG factor in the opposition to accept ance of the Presidents proposal
 was the belief on the part of many miners that It would require nm
 other session of the general ccnvep- ton of the United Mine Workers
 to make valid m agreement to end the strike.
 Ii was pointed out that the last gem eraI convention. held in Cleveland, formulated the demands to be presented the operators and voted that in the
 event that they were refused that strike should be called The plan ap-
 proved by the general convention also provided that in case of a strike and
 subsequent proposals for a settlement.
 another general session would have to
 approve any action taken looking to an
 end of the tie-up.
 PROVIDES RESUMPTION The Presidents proposal made pub lie by Attorney General Palmer this
 afternoon, provides for resumption of
 work by the miners at a 14 per cent
 wage increase. pending final settlement of the wage controversy by a commits sion to be appointed by the President. This commission would include in it's personnel one practical miner and one active mine owner or operator. and
 would not only adjust the wage oues- ton as related to the increased cost Of living. but would adjust coal prices to meet the wage advance without al lowing too great burden to be placea upon the public
 The Attorney General in making pub- lie the Presidents pronosal stated that 1t had been prepared by the chief executive with q view to appealing to the miners generally throughout the country However, he said. before it was made public Acting President Lewis and Secretary Treasurer Green of the mine workers called upon him Saturday afternoon and were shown the Presidents statement. The union leaders Mir Palmer said. finally agreed to urge their general committee to ac- eept the Presidents plan and called the meeting here today.
 HEARING POSTPONED Tn order that the plan for settlement might be submitted to the general com mittee this afternoon. the government this morning asked and obtained post-E ponement of hearings of charges of criminal contempt pending in federal court here against the s4 union heads who form the general committee Ae the same time Judge Anderson grant, ed motion by government attorneys for postponement of a federal grand jury investigation of alleged violation of the Lever law and antitrust acts by both miners and operators. The con- tempt proceedings are set for hearing next Tuesday and the grand jury in- vestigation for the following day. Attorney General Palmer was in the courtroom this morning when the con- tempt cases came up for trial but took no part in the proceedings. The gov- ernments request for postponement was made by c. E. Ames, assistant to the Attorney General, and by L. Ert Slack, United States district attorney. Judge Anderson made no comment upon the contempt cases or the gov [ ernments requests beyond remarks as to when they should be brought up again.
 That opposition to acceptance of the
 Presidents plan developed soon after