The New York herald., 1922-07-28
COAL MINES REOPEN
With AID OF TROOPS
Operations Resumed in Va
riOus Sections Of Penn
sylvania.
BIG OUTPUTS PREDICTED
Troops Are Sent to Tennessee
Mines After Shooting in
Armed March.
BIG OUTPUTS PREDICTED

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
PITrsBURoH, July 27.-A claim that
four mines resumed to-day under
guard of State troops was made by the
wage scale committee of the, Pitts
burgh Coal Producers Association, the
operators organization in the Pitts
burgh bituminous district, and was met
with the counter claim in behalf OF
District No. 5, United Mine Workers,
that no coal was mined and that there
was no break in the ranks of the
strikers.
While admitting that men went into
the mines, union officials declared
these were bosses.
The mines which the operators as
serted were opened were Montour No.
4, Hill Station; Henderson mine, Hen
dersonville: Atlas mine. Atlasburg, and
Wilson mine. Cokeburg Junction, all
in Washington county.
The Pittsburgh Coal Producers AS
ISOLATION announced a week ago 1t
would reopen It's mines on the
Harding. Plan" but at p to 80 Is
per cent. wage reduction.
Operators in other coal associations
in the district, apparently awaiting the
results of the chief associations efforts.
made mo move to reopen mines to-day
despite the protecting presence OF Ma
tional Guardsmen. nor did operators
of nom commercial mines-industries
which mine their own coal-attempt to
resume. 'r
Cokeburg Reopenings Fail.
The Pittsburgh district mine workers.
through r. p. Hanaway. international
organizer. announced that group OF
operators with 5000 tons daily produc-
tion in this State and Ohio, operating
seventeen mines and employing 100
mine workers. to-day rendered an offer
to the district mine workers officials to
enter into a resumption of the abandoned
four State joint conference. or any other
national or semi-national conference, to
bring about settlement OF the coal
strike on the basis of the wages paid
when the strike started and with the
checking off of union dues and assess
ments continued. Hanaway forwarded
the offer to President John l.. Lewis at
Philadelphia As
mine operators to reopen mines in the
Cokeburg district was a complete fall
ure to-day. accc :ding to 4 report to
Col Stackpole, commanding the troops
in that region. Other than the working
Of machines for ventilation and pump.
ing there was no activity.
Two hundred coal operators met in the
Municipal Building, Uniontown. last
night and organized under the name OF
the Fayette and Greene Counties Coal
Producers Association. officers were
elected and plans were made for larger
production with the cooperation of the
Government.
Mining os coal and adhering to the
regulations that have been outlined for
the Connellsville field by Secretary of
Commerce Herbert Hoover was deemed
impossible by the majority of the OPP
orators. but Ii is believed that the regu-
lations will be altered to an extent that
will permit local mines to be worked
With profit. Under the stipulations OF
Secretary Hoover, as explained at the
meeting, the maximum price for cSai
mined in this distrct--will be $3.50 ton.
This amount Will not cover expenses nj
present, according to operators. but II
has been indicated that the limit VIII De
raised TO $3.50 IL necessary. This price.
81 was stated Tonight, will be enough
10 allow a small profit for the operator.
A committee of nine was elected sub
iect to the approval OF Secretary Hoover,
TO handle all shipments OF coal from
this district. The committee VIII have
in It's charge all the coal produced In
the field. for which standard price VIII
be received.
Several Mines Resume.
Practically all of the mines In the
vicinity Of Punxsutawney in the central
prnnsylvanIa field began operations to-
day. This includes both wagon ana
tipple mines At Blair the Pansy, vega
Postlewaide, Fordhan. Light and Means
mines resumed operations.
At the Pansy mine, which was shut
down about month ago, five steel
gondolas were loaded. This is almost
normal production. At the Fordham
mine two steel gondolas we're loaded.
Al the other mines no coal was re-
..u.,oa ioadad although digRcrs were