The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-28
Settlement Announced This
Afternoon in House of Com
mons by Lloyd
George.
VOTE TO BE TAKEN
Terms to be Submitted to British
Miners for Approval In Ma
tionwide Referen-
dunn.

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TUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
LONDON, Oct. 2S.-Premier Lloyd
George will announce settlement OF
the British coal strike in the house
of commons this afternoon, accord.
ing to executives Of the miners fed
GRAFTON.
The miners made their announce
ment at the conclusion of a meeting
with government officials in Downing
street.
The premier will inform parliament
as to the details OF the settlement
| they said
! The agreement will be submitted
to the miners in nationwide refer
endum for their approval.
Announcement Of the settlement
followed quickly on what looked like
a serious deadlock over new demands
by the miners. The union demanded
that provision be made for additional
wage increases when production
mounted The premier was said TO
demand that the government De
given a written agreement that no
strike should be called until ma
tional wages commission had been
appointed and had begun to func-
tion.
The cabinet considered the situa-
ton at a forenoon session and the
triangular conference vas resumed
after noon. The agreement an
nounced by the miners was reached
after only brief discussion
Although the settlement was look
ed upon as a compromise with each
side given something to save its
face, the outcome generally vas re-
garded as a government victory.
The governments demand for in
creased production was put through
with the creation of national wage
board with the miners pledged to
observe it's decisions. The latter
was REGARDED as an insurance that
coal strikes will be made more dlffl-
cult in the future.
Under certain conditions the feder-
alton executives had power to order
the men back to work. Ihe terms
of the agreement, however, appar-
ently were such as to demand rati-
f7cation vote by the miners them
selves.
New Demands.
1By Charles M. McCann, United
Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Oct. 2S-New demands
bv British miners, just as a settle
ment seemed at hand, threw nego-
tistors in the coal strike back to
their starting point today.
The cabinet gathered early today
to decide the governments procedure
nrior to a general meeting OF miners,
owners and officials.
The miners demands, taken to hold
a general strike threat over the
country were for immediate in
creases in wages to cover any in
creased production. The government
rejected this agreement as 1mpos-
sible to fulfill.
The cabinet was expected to sup
port the prime minister's demand
that the miners give written agree
ment that there shall be no strike
before national wages commission
has an opportunity to review the
situation. regardless of what figures
production may reach.
Miners said the demand was a
direct blow at the right to strike and
refused to meet it. The premier was
reported determined to force the
agreement and a genuine deadlock
was threatened.
The press was dismayed at the
eleventh hour halt in negotiations.
The general newspaper belief was
South Wales extremists were respon,
sible
me Times announced that the
country will hold responsible the
party blocking a settlement.
The Chronicle warned the miners
there IS a limit to the extreme
patience already shown by the pub
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