Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-17
MINE OPERATORS |.
LIKELY TO REPLY
TO MINERS TODAY
Meeting Of Conferees Set for
This Morning Postponed
to Afternoon.

Mine operators were working during
the morning and early afternq6n In pre-
pairing counter proposal TO the de-
mands Of United Mine Wqfkers for a
thirty-hour working week. with so
per cent wage increase. made Saturday
at a meeting of the centrN competitiye
field wage scale enpstnitt of me. coal
conference. Therefore today's commit
tsvzsattiagzssRl ~
postponed until 3 pssps 81. /,
1 lafotua. renewal IN sor BY o.,
ersswho went out on striketf ali biz
luminous coal fields, but kWho have
not returned In force to &heir labor
since the strike, was calleI on. is said
to be demand the OPERATORS will
make later this afternqkn as pre-
liminary to wage. and -four negotia-
lions with John L. LewE. acting pres
ident of the United Mthe, Workers of
America. and Williaf Green, secre-
tary treasurer of the Organization.
Agree in Wyoming.
wyoming operators. and miners
have found mutually satisfactory
settlement and the minesz out there
will be reopened at once. according to
telegram received today by Secre-
tary of Labor Wilson from P. J.
s 4ssaS CT TS s
contract in the Wyoming field will be
based. however. on. fine agreement
field
Mr.. Lewis was asked today If he be-
isysd the ds1. operators era WIRE purPosey try
ference by failing to sppear 1t the COM
Il wouldn't. say that" lie declared.
I'VE were here on time teady to go
ahead with the work. We hope the
pointed time and proceed with negotia-
tions. We are in Washington to do
' He was asked i if th1 miners had
received any indication{ that the. De-
partment of Justice Sis proceeding
by the union with intinidating and CO.
ercing workmen in unlAwful manner. Z
"None whatever" he declared"
have not heard of any operators or
their agents being sent to the peniten-
tiary. We have ceytainly made COM
tive furnishing the department with all
the facts in the yafious cases, but we
have had no ENCOURAGING reports from
Operators Plan to Ask Aid.
AS counter blast to the vigorous
charges made Saturday by Mr.. Lewis
and Mr.. Green that operators m Some
fields are practicing Illegal mistreat-
ment of union miners, the operators
have under confederation noY de-
mand upon the Department at Justice
for more drastic enfofcemsnt of the
federal court mandate against strik-
ers. It is said they want Hhe depart
ment to force resumption of work
where the men remain out. -
The government has not done Its
drawal of the strife order, several
operators declared, pointing out that
a general stoppags of production tex-
lists in many minss employing union
labor They assert notices of with
drawal Of the sttike o staa were s a;aI
Stationery and without organization
seal and facsimile signatures of the
officers Of ths United Mine Workers
There is no indication today that
native fields intend to accept be-
forehand whatever agreement the
Joint scale committee may make. Tor
The central field. The outsiders say
thew must frst see in black and white
a new central fields agr green r be.
sis for separate negotiations with
ths workers IN their respective dis
tr;c+s 1--WE ean't accept a thing not
vet in existence" declared one
op Ne Lewis said Representatives OF
+ha mine workers will remain in
washington until. a complete settle
,nent in tie coal industry is reached.
And 1 Think the operators will nsgo..
t ta.e EXPECT to operate their proper
ties" he asserted.
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