New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-25
Mines Resume
w Ork i'm Peranla.
And Illinois
Militia Guarding Operations
In Keystone State While
Operators Negotiate With
Men to Reach Settlement
End of Strike Is i'm Sight
Activity in Springfield Dis
trict; Union Head De-
mands Adjustment Now

EBENSBURG, Pa, July 24.--Produc-
ton of coal in mines affected by the
strike was resumed in this region to-
day under the scrutiny of Pennsyl-
vania National Guardsmen. number
of companies reported.
Mines at Colver, Revloc and Wind
Der, and five big plants of the Beth
lehem Mines Corporation, either re-
sumed operations in full or took on
additional men, it was officially stated
Cavalry men and machine gunners
of the state forces are located near
all of the mines.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
JOHNSToWN, Pa. July PAT. H.
Watkins, president of the Pennsyl-
vania Coal and Coke Corporation, In
timated to-day that resumption at the
firms mines would take place in the
near future. This firm posted notices
at its mines to-day calling upon the
men to meet with company officials to
effect settlement. and scoring the
union leaders for rejecting its previ-
GUS offers. 1t is expected that the
Pennsylvania mines will resume opera
ton on the basis of sliding scale.
According to Charles Sharpnecke,
mine of the Acme Coal and Coke Com
pany, three miles east of here, twenty
five miners went to work late this aft
ernoon. There are now 100 miners en-
ployed at the Wilson mine. Sharp
necke says that they will continue to
employ every man they can, and at
the present time are shipping from
eight 70 ten cars day.
At HOLLYWOOD two mines now closed
down are expected to resume operation
Thursday.
KITTANNING, Pa, July 24.-The
Allegheny River Mining Company to-
day posted at its mines near here a
notice asking its 1000 striking miners
to return to work under the 1920 wage
scale.
Company officials said the offer was
made by the company individually and
not as member of the Central Penn
sylvania Bituminous Coal Operators
Association, to which it belongs. The
mines were closed April /, when the
miners struck.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July "a (By The
Associated Press) .--Renewed activities
were reported at coal mines in central
Illinois, where forces of workers be-
gan to put the mines into shape for
operation. This, with an official call
for meeting of the executive board Of
the Illinois mine workers at St. Louis,
Mo-, next Wednesday, was taken as the
first hopeful indication that the end Of
the coal strike in Illinois may be in
sight.
CHICAGO, July 24.-Public welfare,
Frank Harrington, president of the
Illinois miners, declared to-day, de-
mands speedy settlement of the coal
and rail strikes.
Immediate adjustment Of the rail
strike also is necessary for the good
of the public" he said. at should
come before settlement of the coal
strike that all railroad forces may
move coal as soon as the miners begin
work"
But he was not optimistic over set
Element of the coal strike.
Il see no reason" he averred, "of
changing my opinion of April 1, when
| said that this strike would be settled
by either one of two methods-sep-
arate district agreements or govern
ment intervention"
Commenting on reports from SPRING
field that operators in that section
were preparing to open their mines,
Harrington said:
Il do not believe that the operators
of Illinois will attempt to work their
mines with non-union labor. They
know it can't be done"