Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-30
ANOTHER step
IN MINE PEACE
Leaders of Both Sides Agree
at Conference to Present
Final Settlement Decision
TO u. S. SENATORS
Separate Meetings Will be
Held Soon-ProposaIs to be
Announced Later
TO u. S. SENATORS

w NASfilNGTON, Aug. 30 Warn
ed of the attempts to amend the
administrations coal distribution
bill by adding provisions already re-
jected, Republican leaders declared
today it would be passed before
adjournment tonight, Substantially
as framed.
On the heels of the announcement
by Representative Johnsoa Republi-
can, South Dakota, that hey would.
endeavor to get through aa amend
ment giving the President authority
to take over railroads and mines
which failed in public service, Rep
resentatiVe Anderson. Republican.
Mimi. upset party plans by making
publlc the text of an amendment for
creation of a federal coal buying and
selling agency. E
The latter plan was first suggested
BY the President In his address to
congress. but in drafting the distri-
button bill the Interstate Commerce
mission abandoned it, announce
ing that it had acted with Presiden-
+! tial approval
| Leaders said the Johnson and An
/ derson proposals would be thrown
out on points of order az not ger-
name to the bill itself and thar beth
would def if put to a Yo.a,-
announcement of the plan to 81
/ tach a federal operation cllise 10
| the coal distribution bill came after
| 1t had been known at the White
House yesterday that the President
still held that such grant pf power
was desirable in order to strengthen
the administrations hold ON the
industrial situation although at this
time he foresaw no such grim public
necessity as alone would move him
10 exercise his authority.
The President was said to believe
that the anthracite coal industry
shortly would be put on the same
basis of rapid recovery that the BIZ
luminous mines have reached and
that the railroad situation then
would be left as the only serious
problem.
The present administration policy
in dealing with the latter. was said
to be a strict enforcement OF exist
ing laws guaranteeing safety of life
and property and maintenance of
necessary public service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30-Ths
anthracite coal strike situation took
another turn toward settlement to-
day when leaders of both sides
agreed at a conference here to pre-
sent to the anthracite operators and
general scale committee of the min
ers' unions for final decision" set
tlement proposals drafted by Sem
ators Pepper and Reed, Of Penn
sylvania
A statement issued after the con-
ference, which continued from last
night into early hours of today. said
separate meetings of the tYO groups
would be convened as early es posi-
BILE.
1t was agreed that the terms OF
the proposals should be withheld
from publication pending the meet
ing. These were understood. how
ever, to provide for the imnnediate
return to work of the miners on the
basis OF the wage scale and working
conditions III effect last April l, with
the operators withdrawing their in
sistence that arbitration he adopted
as a method of fixing future wage
scales.
Pending the conclusions of the
general representatives of both the
employers and the employees in tins
anthracite industry, it was further
greed the text of the suggested set.
tlement proposal would be withheld
The miners and operators will con-
slider the matter in separate gather
ings.
The settlement proposal was uE-
derstood to require the return OF
miners to work Immediately upon
the basis of pay rates and working
conditions as they were last April.
while the operators would be re-
ouired to withdraw their insiStence
that arbitration be adopted as
method of fixing future wage scales
The proposed separate meetings
it was indicated, would be held ir
Philadelphia. John l.. Lewis, presi.
dent of the United Mine Workers
and S. l.. Warriner. chairman of the
General Policy Committee of the
anthracite mine operators. both
prepared to leave Washington i'm
rnediatelv to convene these meet
ings.
- ,-ritten propositions for the Inn
mediate settlement of the anthracite
strike were submitted by General
Pepper and Reed, to representatives
of the operators and miners"
statement drawn up by the confe-
rees said. Both parties took tbs
proposal under consideration"
''It was stated that final decisions
would be made by their policy and
scale committees" the statement
continued. which will meet at the Z
earliest possible moment. Pending
such meetings. all parties united IN
that the text OF the frc-
position be withheld from pubhcl-