The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-16
EXTENSION OF
Mining PEACE
Is NEXT STEP
Union Officials Are on Way
To Seek Agreements With
Other Employers Miners
Ordered to Work.
SEE PRODUCTION BOOM


CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 16.-For
the first time in 20 weeks, striking
soft coal miners at scattered points
in seven states were today under or
ders to begin coal production. This
result of the part settlement of the
strike, however. effected only small
minority of the 100000 soft coal dig
gers who threw down their picks last
March 81, but union officials were on
their way back home to seek to make
peace with other employers.
President John L. Lewis of the min
ers, who remained here for a days
rest before entering the peace negotia-
tions with anthracite operators at
Philadelphia Thursday predicted that
soft coal operators generally would ac-
cept the agreement made here and
held out hope for an early quantity
production. He also said he was hope
full of the result of the conference with
the anthracite operators, who employ
$4,000 men.
Send Invitations
District union officials before leav-
ing here for home sent invitations for
five meetings with operators with 4
view TO concluding peace
Two Pennsylvania associations OF
operators were asked to meet the un.
ion chiefs in separate meetings Fri
day. One invitation went to the Free,
port Thick Vein Operators associa
tion and the other to the Pittsburgh
Coal Producers association.
The Southwestern Interstate Oper
ators' association, including members
in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ar
kansas and Texas, were asked to meet
with the union at Kansas City CT
Tuesday. Illinois operators were in
vited to Chicago for the same day
while the Indiana Operators associa
tion was notified for conference al
Terre Haute, also on Tuesday.
The general agreement, concluded
here and adopted by the union as {
basis for supplemental agreement:
throughout the coal fields, continues
the old wages and working conditions
including the check-off of union due.
to April 1, 1923, and provides machin
cry for negotiating but not arbitrat
ing next years scale.
National Convention
The agreements also calls for a na
tiopal convention of operators ant
miners of the bituminous territory Il
be held in this city next October TO
selecting q fact-finding commission Il
investigate the coal industry.
{ Under the policy laid down by tn
y union, the district officials may con
clude peace with any soft coal ope1
ators either as individuals or SIS as
sociatons Whatever success result
from this policy for resuming worf
union officials pointed out today
leaves them facing the problem c
dealing with the strikers of the Cor
nellsville and other central Pennsy
vania fields which were without III
ions until the strike started.
Sixty thousand former non-unio
men officials said have enlisted IN tn
union ranks in these fields and tn
unions plan contemplates the fnan
irg Of the strike there with the fund
coming to the union from the worker
going hack to the mines in othe
fields
Historical Repetition
In a way union officials regarde
yesterdays settlement as a histric;
repetition In 1906 John Mitchell {
president of the United Mine Worker
was confronted with a breakdown {
the central competitive field, the san
situation that arose here. M;tche
won the strike as far as getting tt
miners wage demands met by ope
ators by separate agreements. NJ
Lewis plan adopted by the union pc
icy committee is similor, except tn
it regards the general settlement {
a basic one for all soft coal fielC
with separate contracts to supplemel
the general agreement entere in
here.