Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-20
VACATION" COAL
STRIKERS RETURN
Walk.Out in Anthracite Field
at End-0nIy Two Dis
trjCtS Idle.

PHILADELPHIA, September 60
Reports, received here today by S. D.
Warriner, president of the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company and
head of the anthracite coal operators
wage scale committee. showed. 1t was
announced. a general return to work
of hard coal dggers- who quit the
mines because of dissatisfaction with
the recent award of the anthracite
coal commission. Only in two sec
tons. Mr.. Warmer said. are large
numbers of men still idle. One is in
the Pittston district. where about
5000 men are on strike against the
contract miner system. and in the
Shamokin field. where about 100
men failed to return.
,HAILETON, Pa. September 20 (by
the Associated Press) End of the
vacation strike in the anthracite
coal region today depends upon the
reinstating monthly men who quit in
sympathy with the miners. This was
indicated by reports received here by
officials of the United Mine Worker
which showed that 'vacationists"
were returning in all districts except
in the schuylkili fields, where the hard
coal diggers have voted to remain out
until the operators. have re-employed
the sympathy strikers"
Lehigh Valley railroad officials an.
HouHCcu tfdt an ample car Cuppiy was
on hand to take care of the coilieries
and that the prospects appeared
bright for near normal output in
this district.
Christ J. Golden. president of Dis
trio 3. estimated that more than 10.-
work until all the monthly men were
reinstated. The majority of the va
cationists' are in the vicinity of
Shamokin, While the mines at Mount
Carmel are operating.
Thomas Kennedy, president of the
Hazleton district, and chairman of the
policy committee. said he expected
word during the day from Philip Muir
ray. international vice president of the
mine workers, regarding the recon-
vening Of the committee to formulate
plans to reopen the wage negotiations
before Secretary Of Labor Wilson
All collieries with few exceptions
will be operating by tomorrow in
Hazleton districts. Kennedy said.
shamokin Men Still Out.
SHAMOKIN, Pa. September 20
Complying with the order of the gem
eral committee issued Saturday. the
miners in the Shamokin district con-
tinued their vacation today. and will
not resume work until after another
meeting Wednesday night. Unless all
men are reinstated by that time, the
general committee, declares, the sus-
pension will be continued
READING, Pa. September 20.-Re-
ports from coal companies in the
Schuylkill hardcoal region received
here today indicated slightly more
than rs per cent of the men have re-
sumed work. Eight of the operations
are idle. while with few exceptions ali
are shorthanded. 1t is expected how
ever, at least 100 cars of anthracite
will be produced during the day In
normal times the daily average pro-
duced is 1,400 cars.
Nine Face Murder Charge.
Ala. September 90
Nine men have been arrested at Pal
ton. in Walker county. and placed in
Jail at Jasper. charged with completely
in the murder of Leon NJ Adler, gem
eral manager of the Corona Coal Com
pany, last Thursday.
At the headquarters of Gen. r. E.
Steiner here it was said that condi-
tons were generally quiet in all parts
Of the Alabama mining fields All OF
the important mining sections of the
district are now patrolled by mem
bers of the Alabama National Guard.
A large labor mass meeting was held
in Birmingham yesterday afternoon,
at which resolutions were adopted
calling upon the coal operators to join
the United Mine Workers in an ear
nest effort to bring the Alabama
strike to an end.