Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-14
Meeting CALLED
AT philadelphia
next WEDNESDAY
Cleveland, Aug l4.-An offer to end the
anthracite strike by agreeing to the wage scale
when the srke was called was received todav bv

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President Lewis of the
miners. 1t came from
S. D. Warmer, heading
the anthracite operators scale com
mittee. Accepting Mr. WARMERS
offer to meet the operators next
wednesday at Philadelphia, Mr..
| Lewis said
"The broad promise upon which
you have based your invitation is
commendable and augers well for
| the success of the conference"
Quarrel Over Arbitration.
cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 14-After a
week spent in preliminaries the Join.
conference of miners and soft coal
operators controlling an annual pro.
duction of 100000 900 tons TODAY was
| near show down in its negotiations
FOR peace. On the heels of the soft
coal meeting the miners were prepar.
ing TO resume negotiations with the
hard coal operators who employ l55..
900 men in Pennsylvania.
President Lewis of the miners was
optimistic as to peace possibilities o.
Doth conferences expecting the end
of the soft coal parley to come to.
morrow evening. The soft coal men
were stranded over the question OF
compulsory arbitration for future set
Elements
Mr.. Lewis had declared the unions
nnalterable opposition to arbitration,
and Michael Gallagher of the opera.
tors was holding out for commission
with powers broad enough to enforce
| its decisions.
When the joint sub-scale committee.
met its members were informed that
| no agreement had been made by Mr..
Lewis and Mr.. Gallagher. Both lead
ers refuse to be moved from their on.
posing stands as to compulsory arhi-
tration. The report of the failure pre-.
cipitated sharp debate.
The miners withdrew from the sub
scale committee meeting soon after
the disagreement had been reported
The operators, however. continued in
session until ! o'clock, with some of
them stating they did not want the
conference here to fail on account of
the arbitration proposal. President
Lewis and the miners were asked to
meet with the operators in the after
noon to consider settlement with
those operators not insisting on arbi.
tration for the future
The Operators Statement.
Philadelphia, Aug. 14.-Samuel n.
Warriner, president Of the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation company and
spokesman for the anthracite oper-
ators, announced today he had notified
John l.. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, that the mine
owners We're willing to resume opera
tions in the herd coal field at the cid
wage sc2le pending the appointment
Of commission to investigate the sit.
uation.
Mr.. Warriner said he had telegraph
ed Mr.. Lewis suggesting c conference
CT anthracite operators and represen-
tatyes Of the miners be hold in this
city Wednesday,
Mr. WarrinCr's action followed
conference yesterday with United
States Senator Pepper, Governor
Sproul, President Richards of the Phi.
adelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company and William A. Glasgow Jr.,
counsel for the United Mine Workers.
At this meeting it became known Sen
| Gtor Pepper read a letter from Presi-
dent Harding in which the President
said that further delay in the resump.
tiOn of mining would mean danger Of
nothing short of nationwide disaster.
I Peace Now Up to Unions.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE eXecu
| tives having submitted their condi-
| tional acceptance to President Hard
| ing and departed and with the govern
ment outWardly marking time without
| having indicated whether it would at
tempt further compromise, develop
mCnts today in the rail strike settle
ment lay in the hands of the union or
ganizatiOns, who still have before
| them the proposal of the President
that the railroad labor board be per
mitted to settle the question of senior
ity the principal remaining bone of
contention in the dispute.
There was seen q possibility that no
decision would be forthcoming for II
day or so. and in this connection some
significance attached to the statement
of H. T. Sheppard. president of the
Order of Railway Conductors, last
night that the four brotherhood chair
men would continue to act as CON-
mittee of mediation until congress
| gets back into session.
! The executives answer to President
Harding was submitted to T. Dewitt
| Cuyler. chairman of the Association Of
R2ilway Executives. who, with Others
of the committee representing the OK
ecutives. was in long Sunday confer
once with the President. In state
ment later Mr. Cuyler said the execu-
tives at their meeting in New YORK
Friday had with practical unanimity