Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-09-02

SCALE BODY ACCEPTS
Onsrators Nat Willing to Sign if
the Miners Repudiate Pledge
Federal Agent Probing.


Wilkes Barre. Pa, Sept. 2.-The
anthracite coal industry will be tied
up in the morning as a result of the
vote. for "vacation" taken at the
meeting OF 900 delegates from IS
locals Of the United Mine Workers OF
District No. yesterday afternoon.
Between 6O,000 and $4,000 men Of
the three districts, assuming that the
meeting would take strike action,
were not at work today, and there IS
little doubt that the number Of Idle
men will be nearly doubled tomorrow.
There are $4,000 workers in the
field and insurgent leaders of this
district, who are leading the '5aca-
TONERS, are greatly surprised be-
cause a large number Of idle men 20
day are from the Pottsvl!e, Shame
kin and Hazelton districts. They eX-
pected to tic up Luzernc county first
and the other sections later, and were
by the success Of the pre-
meeting missionaries.
Fifteen Department CT justice
agents are continuing an investlGa-
ton tina. began two months ago.
when the Pennsylvania strike began.
The demands Of insurgcnt followers
are based along the !;nes laid dpwn By
Neal Jeffrey. minority member Of the
Anthracite Coal Commission.
k.noch Williams, Of Scranton. insur-
rent lender in District No. /, presid-
ed at the vacation" session. lie
stated that the resolution adopted by
he miners Saturday night. pronis-
ing strike if the President failed ia
ac, favcrably on the insurgents de-
mam for his approval Of the minority
repnr. continued to stand until mo-
sion of reconsideration should be
adopted. 4 two-hoUr period OF Discus
SION started at This point, during
which, only one man. George Evans,
Of Olyphant, declared against the
vacation move.
He presented aroposal which
would send delegation TO the joint
scale committee Of miners and opsr-
:tors to ask for further increase
through proper channels and express
ed belief that the difficulty Will be
experienced in winning 4 strike be
cause the President was deiied and
The methods adopted to obtain an IL
crease unlawful. Mr.. Evans was given
a warm reception and no others al
senrptcd to speak along the same lines
Other delegates then took thc floor
ard each stated that his respective
loca! had on the previous evening
taken strike vote and had given m
structions to the deicgatcs>to 50 vote.
The only variation from this lire OF
talk was when several speakers took
occasion to bitterly attack the Of
ficers of district Number ] FIR al
legged failure to properly lead the
members.
with the srale committee Sitting at
Hazelton to adopt rev set of de-
manGs. the insurgcnt body already OF
strike. the joint scale committee Of
miners and operators sitting tCmor-
row to write the new award into an
agreement. the agreement 20 accept
a commiss:oa being broken and many
miners not members of any orSaniza-
ton and therefore not feeling them
selves bound.. trying situation has
arisen in the coal fields. and old min
ers are praying for resurrection of
a rev John Mitchell 10 lead them
from the mire OF disorder.
The delegates say they VIII report
to their locals that all miners arc
expected to remain idle until the COM
pancs acccded to their demands,
lFazelton, Pa. Sept. 2.-Thc scale
committee Of the United Mine Work
ers OF America. representing the
three hard coal districts. late tooay
agreed to acceps the award Of ths
Anthracite Coal Commission under
protest and follow this UP with the
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