Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-24
ILLINOIS SOFT COAL
STRIKE SETTLED

CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.)-An agreement to set
tie the Illinois coal strike was
reached this afternoon by the sub.
committee Of Illinois operators and
miners scale committees. the Asso-
ciated Press learned this afternoon.
The settlement plan is simply a
renewal of the 1922 wage contract
which is in accord with the recent
Cleveland agreement for sediment
of the nationwide coal strike which
began April l last.
DEADLOCK HALTS
HAIR DCOAL FARLEY
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.--The
anthracite peace seeking committee
entered another day today with no
sign of a break in the deadlock be-
tween representatives Of the mine
workers and those Of the operators.
Both sides was said to have agreed
to restoration Of the old wage Yates
until next April 1 but so FAR II has
apparently been impossible to agree
upon a program for fixing wages
after that date.
Efforts to read in brief statements
issued at the conclusion of yester.
days session, a hope that settle
ment was near met with little en-
couragement from either side.
Reports from the hard coal fields
indicated that active preparations
were being made for a resumption
Of production. Mime bosses, super
intendents and other workers who
remained on the rolls when the walk
out began have been put to work
cleaning up runways.
FOUR STATE OPERATORS
TO MEET WITH MINERS
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. a.
Speculation as to the probable result
of the conference here today be-
tween representatives of the United
Mine Workers of America ana of
the Southwestern Interstate Coal
Operators association with a view
TO negotiating a contract for re-
sumption of coal production in the
southwest were based entirely on in
ference. Both union officials and
operators were reticent before the
meeting.
The conference will represent Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkan-
sas.
w. L. A. Johnson. commissioner
Of the operators association, said
the operators welcome the negotia-
lions.
Mr.. Johnson asserted that the op-
orators were prepared to consider
the proposals., which, it is believed,
the union scale committees have
drawn up. He said that he has nor
yet learned what these proposals
may be.
Recently he declared that, should
the union officials ask a short term
contract, it would not prove accept
able to the operators, who, he as
serted, feel that acceptance would
probably prove a makeshift and
that the issues would again be fore
ed to a contest.
Meanwhile, advices from Pitts
burg, Kan, stated that operators
there are getting their mine equip
ment into shape for resumption of
mining in the belief that the nego-
tiations here will break the strike.
of union officials to make regional
agreements, it is pointed out by
The department of justice, he de-
operators here, is considered to in
dictate concilliatory attitude, the
operators here declaring that the
Cleveland agreement was not rep
resentative of the central COM
petitive field on the contract of
which it has been customary for OPP
orators and miners in this region
TO base their wage scale.
FORD PLANT EQUIPPED
WITH OIL BURNERS
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 22.-Ow-
ing to the shortage Of coal, the Ford
Motor company's Highland Park
plant has been equipped with oil
burners, was announced today. The
change was made without loss of
time to any Of the 1000 employees.
INDIANA STRIKE
SETTLEMENT NEAR
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. a.
(By the Associated ess.(-Work of
the joint sub-scale committee of the
Indian Blum .ous Coal Operators
association and the union miners
centering around the re-establish-
ment of the wage contract that ex-
pired at the beginning of the strike
almost five months ago, was vir-
tually completed today, resulting in
a meeting this afternoon of all mem
bers of the scale committee with the
view Of considering the final details
of settlement.
TO DRAFT LEGISLATION
FOR FAIR PRICES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Legis-
lation to enable federal control of
coal prices during the emergency
will be drafted within a day or two,
Secretary Hoover said today.
clared, was at work upon bill
which, when completed, woul be sub
mitted to the coal distribution COM
mittee appointed by President Har-
ding before going to one of the COM
mites in congress.
Two or three plans for controlling
adVa ncinp coal nriceS are under, pOn-