Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-11
MINERS GOING BACK
FAST AS NOTIFIED
To END WALKOUT
Coal Supply Expected 20 be Normal
Again in Early Part Of Next
Week.
ALL PARTIES ARE PLEASED
By Associated Press n Every Evening
PRESIDENT WIRES LEWIS,
ALL MUST WORK TOGETHER


Washington, Der President Viii
son today telcgaphed Acting President
Lewis Of the coal miners union his 81
probation of the patriotic sction" taken
by the miners representatives yes'erday
Al Indianapolis
The telegram read
May not express ~ yo1, and through
you, 70 the other officers n vour organ
zation, my appreciation ~ thc pafriotic
action which you took ~ Indisn2rolir
yesterday. EOa we must al u0ri-
together 10 sec to i. that settlcnert
just and fair ~ everyone = -eache1 i'h-
ont delay
indianapolis, Zee. fl Mining IN
bit'mino,s coal fields of Indiana VA
started today after 2 five weekg' strike
reports from al the belts indicating hay
the resumption was pretty general
Mines ~ NewbuTg, Port pranrh and
Blackburn, IN thc southern part of -hc
State, were operating about 1000 mer
having resumed labor Other mining pro
perty near Evansville waz still narfIvn,
but il Was pxpecfed nea-ly IN tho men
would he bark t,y tomorrow.
The Te-re Haute field was IDLE. tele-
grams ordering the men bark 70 me ~ matt
mOned superstition. IL vas said w'l
keep some If them away tomorrow ol'
On Sat ,rday, 10 = relieved 4H nil -r-
same production If coal
indianapolis, Der. li.-45enersl onera~
ton ~ bitumlnous coal mines -f the
country which have been idle for nearlv
six weeks - result " rhe strike Of miner
on October 81 is predicted Tor tomorrow
Coal will be moving rapidly by the trsf
of next week, n the opinion of operatoT-
here.
officials Of the United Mine Workers ~
America last night senf kilograms - rhe
4 900 locals of the organization telling 81
the action of the miners general cnun-
mittee here Yesterday IN accepting Presi-
dent Wilson's proposal and InstructIng
the men 70 return 10 the mines inmedi-
ately
These were supplemented tndAv bv
circulars prepared by international oEhcials
Of the union explaining n detail the &C.
ton OF the general committee yesterday.
the basLs on which the strike vas settled
and reiterating the instructions 70 resume
work at once.
HANT MINERS AT WORK TODAY.
Reports reaching here this morning
told of the return Is early zs last night a.
some of the miners ID nearby leids ana n
other Instances Of some Of the men ~
porting for work today. IL was pointed
out. however. that In most cases the 5ese-
grams directing an END OF the strike were
not received by locals until this morning,
and that the locals Ii turn must notify
their members before the majority viii
again enter the mines.
~z1-,.a fnrz ~, thar
ise 10 bend ali their energies toward re-
sumption of normal operation and promise
that if the miners report promptly move
rnent Of coal from the mines val become
general within Q very few days.
ALL SATISFIED WITH AGREEMENT.
All sides IN the controversy Just ended
were highly satisfied today with the agree
menJ reached by the general committee
Of the miners in their session here yester-
dav The miner, one opera tor and A third
member nog affiliated With either side -
investigate wages and coal prices and hx
both at figures which they deem ressOn-
able This commission. -,nGer the plan
VIII be appointed by the President, me
miners in the meantime 70 receive al
advance Of "A per cent n ~agps over me
scale paid prior 70 the strike
COMMISSION 70 SETTLE DISPUTES.
One feature with which the miners
8-e highly satisfied provides for settlement
by the commission Of internal questions
peculisr to each district. This, the losI
workers believe, viii 60 far toward eiIHun3-
ton Of dinegeutials IN Ges which have
been the cause OF much dispute Tor yeas.
Government officials Uere veil pleased
with the outcome OF their efforts for \
settlement oi the miners controversy
and indications today were that cha 'geS
Of contempt Of court for alleged violation
OF the federal court injunction against
furtheTsnce 81 the strike. would not
be pushed against the ST international and
district otIicislS who were msde defendants
IN the proceedings.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer,
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