The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-15

CBy The Associated PressI
Cleveland. Ohio. Aug. 15.-A wage
scale was ready today for the sigma
lures of soft coal operators and min
ers and prospects were that some
mines would be opened on Wednes-
day. Formal ratification was set for
the afternoon. the conferees meeting
together at 200 p. m
All details of the scale were ap-
proved in principle by both sides be-
fore the drafting of a tentative under
standing which was described today
by both sides as the entering wedge
in the soft coal strike that began
twenty weeks ago. Separate meetings
of miners and operators were held
this morning for voting final approval.
Tt IS all a matter of procedure" 3"
said President John l. Lewis in refer
ring to the de.aying of actual ratifica-
tion.
Use Old Scale of Wages.
The strike is now over" said Jo-
seph Pursgluve, an operator who
served on the subcommittee. In brief
the settlement provides that the min
ers shall be returned to work at the
same scale Of wages that were in ef-
feet when they went on strike; the
new contract is to continue in force
until next April I; the agreement also
provides for appointment of an ad-
visory fact finding commission a part
OF its duties to consider future settle
ment of disputes in the coal industry.
The settlement came after a week
spent in marking time here by opera
tors and miners Finally. the show
down on the issue of compulsory arbi-
tration came. resulting in three big
operators withdrawing from the con-
ference when President Lewis refused
to accede to the demand. Then the
conference reorga nized and threw the
doors open TO all soft coal operators.
a quick agreement in principle fol-
lowed, with operators controlling pro-
duCtion OF sixty million tons annually
committed TO its adoption.
Ordered to Get Ready.
The operators in the meeting have
mines in Ohio. West Virginia, Penn
sylvania, Indiana, Illinois and Mich
igan.
orders went forward from these
operators here today to their bosses
back home to get ready to speed up
coal production. Miners too were
confident that an early resumption of
work at scattered mines would result
in other operators hurrying their &C
Ceptance of the agreement.
Cleveland. Aug. 15.-The end of the
coal strike as IT affects approximately
$4,000. 900 annual tons in the biturai-
nous fields in six states was expected
to come today when the full scale
committee and the policy COMMITTEES
OF the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea will be asked to ratify a tentative
agreement drawn early this morning
bE u NOAAHAlANee OF Two union Officials
and two operators and submitted to
the sub-scaIe committee of both sides
Calls 1t Rump Convention.
Kansas City, Aug. 15-Harry N
Taylor, vice president of the Central
Coal and Coke company here. TODAY
made public the following telegram.
sent to coal operators at Cleveland
yesterday A copy was sent TO
Herbert Hoover. secretary of COM
merce. The telegram;
Lewis is in a tight end. and IL he
continues TO call his Cleveland meet
Ing central competitive Held confer
ence. when settlement is announced
he must then send his district presi-
dents home to hold district confer
snces with their operators. District
settlements are what we have been
contending for. The districts which
have not been represented in Cleve-
land are not bound by his rump con
vention- ! see no reason why each
state and district cannot proceed with
Its own conference based on its owr
competitive condition Lewis evi-
IDENTIFY sees his mistake, as he is now