Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-08-30
ORDER TROOPS
FROM Mines;
ANTHRACITE
PEACE NEAR

.
Ainey of the fuel commission be
lieves that the shortage has becom
so general that months of careful
regulation VIII be necessary to dis
tribute according to the best inter
est of the public and. to proven
profiteering.
Thousands OF coal cars were be
ing rushed from the anthracit,
region, still paralyzed by the strike
into the bituminous field TO take
care Of the coal shipments.
i WASHINGTON, Aug. 0.-(United
Pres 6--Settlement OF the anthrs-
cite coal strike and the ending OF
It's menacing threat OF winter OF
suffering appeared much nearer to-
day as committees OF operators and
miners prepared to meet in Phils-
delphia later in the day to consider
a compromise proposal OF Senators
Pepper and Reed OF Pennsylvania
for terminating the dispute.
The Pepper-Reed proposal was
presented to President John l..
Lewis and Vice. President Murray OF
the anthracite operators in confer
ences held in offices OF the two Sem
ators which lasted until after two
o'clock this morning.
Acceptance OF the proposal would
eliminate the troublesome arbitra-
tlon issue, thus far the stumbling
block to all peace discussions. The
principal point at issue-provided
the arbitration question is Waived
is the length Of the new contract.
The miners have been insistent on
negotiating a new contract based on
the 1920 wage scale to continue I'M
I'll April 1, 1924. Indications, how
ever, were that they would accept a
contract dated to April l. 1923.
Lewis said that II the question Of
arbitration were out OF the way the
other questions would not be in
surmountable."
The Senatorial proposal also is
believed to provide for a commits
sion of operators and miners to in
vestigate conditions in the coal
fields. kilograms TO the three dis
trict presidents of the Pennsylvania
hard coal fields to meet Lewis in
Philadelphia went out after the
Washington conference adjourned.
The officials are;
w. ]. Brennan. Scranton; Thomas
Kennedy. Hazleton. and c. ]. Col
den, Shamokin. This conference
will determine whether the Pepper
Reed suggestions are acceptable. If
so. they will summon the scale COM
Il
decision.
Lewis and Philip Murray. vice
president OF the miners. left for
Philadelphia Immediately after the
conference. Warmer and Rich
ards, also left for Philadelphia at
the same time and will meet a COM
mittee of operators there this at
ternoon.
Pepper and Reed urged both sides
TO make concessions-the operators
to yield on arbitration and the min
ers TO give way on the length OF the
new contract. The miners are ada
mant against submitting the matter
of wages and working conditions to |
because they hold It |
would bring a reduction in wages.
Lewis stated his attitude on the
length of the new contract as fol-
lows:
Whats the use OF a contract un-
til April 1. 1923? That would mean
a seven months truce and then we'd
have the same thing over again"
However, this Is one of the issues
Lewis stated would not be "insur-
Pepper and Reed called the four
operators and miners into joint con-
ference at o'clock last night and
after submitting the compromise
in a Joint conference gave
he two factions separate Offices.
Then for hours the two Senators
conferred, first with one faction and
hen the other, carrying suggestions
md modification, scrubbed hastily
IN sheets OF paper. I
once Lewis and Murray while the
Senators were conveying proposal
10 Warmer and Richards came out
Of their DOM to chat with ths news
paper men.
Both appeared in happy frame OF
mind and while refusing details OF
The peace suggestions. indicated
they held out a real hope for settle
ment
When the meeting broke up. Pep
per and Reed gave out the follow
ing statement:
"A written proposition for the
settlement of the anthra-
rite strike was submitted by Senator
Pepper and Senator Reed to repre-
sentatives of the operators miners.
Both parties took the proposal
under consideration and stated that
final decisions would be made by
their policy and scales committees
which will meet at Philadelphia at
The earliest possible moment to pass
on the proposition. Pending such
all parties united in re-
luesting that the text of the propo-
sltions be withheld from publica-
ton"
AUGUSTA. Ga. Aug. 80 Omitted
'ress)-One Southern Railway guard
was killed and another seriously
when they we're ambushed
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