Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-22
Men Will RETURN
TO SHAFTS UNDER
1922 WAGE seal E
Chicago, Aug. 22.-An agreement to settle
the Illinois coal strike reached this afternoon
by the subcommittee of Illinois operators and

llllllOlS operators ana
miners scale committee,
the Associated Press has
learned.
The settlement plan simply is a
renewal Of the 1922 wage contract,
which is in accord with the recent
Cleveland agreement for settlement
of the nationwide coal strike which
began April /, last.
Altho the settlement plan had not
been signed the leaders in the sub
committee conference were agreed
that ratification of the agreement
would not be long delayed.
Il am going home tonight" said
W. K. Kavanaugh, president of the
Fifth and Ninth district operators
association in emphazing the fact
that an agreement had been reached.
The draft of the agreement reached
by the subcommittee was not ex-
pected to be long. It's exact form
was said not to be ready for pubica-
ton and was expected to be signed
promptly at a joint conference of the
full wage scale committee of the
operators and miners at 2 p. NJ. The
ratification appeared to be little more
than formaity according to leading
operators, who agreed that the set
tlement had been decided upon.
Order Men Returned to Work.
kilograms authorizing the return OF
the miners to work We're sent all mino
workers local presidents throughout
the state this afternoon by President
Harrington Of the Illinois miners an,l
his associates on the sub committee.
/ The miners officials did not wait for
formal ratification and signing of the
fpact.
The telegrams were signed by Far
rington, Fishwick and Nesbit and were
identical in wording, as follows:
You are hereby notified that an
agreement today was closed with the
operators in accordance with the pol
icy fixed by the international policy
committee and authorized and ratified
by the district scale committees.
Therefore all members are authorized
and instructed to report for work i'm.
mediately the group of operators sig
Nifty readiness to resume operation of
the mines"
Before signing tho pact, the mine
owners rushed to telegraph Offices and
began sending messages to mine su-
perintendents directing them to re.
slime operations at once.
Coal Production Tomorrow.
Il am glad it is over said Presi-
dent Harrington Of the miners. Every
mine in Illinois will be working to to.
morrow night"
Operators generally expressed tn
belief that coal would be coming up
out of the mines within twenty-four
hours, and in many mines almost
normal production will be reached
within forty-eight hours.
There are 375 mines in Illinois.
which within ten days could be pro
ducing the normal output Of 34000G
tons a day, according to officials of
coal associations.
The agreement of the sub-commit-
tee was publicly confirmed at the joint
session of operators and miners fun
scale committees this afternoon. I'm.
mediately afterward the Joint session
accepted the joint committees report
and the participants retired to the
headquarters of Rice Miller. head of
the Illinois Coal Operators associa-
ton, to sign the agreement.
Senate Launches Coal Quiz.
Washington, Aug, 22.-The first step
toward meeting President Harding
accommodation for thorough investi-
cation of the coal industry was taken
today by the senate labor committee
in reporting favorably the Borah bill
to establish a federal commission vn
make an exhaustive inquiry and pre-
sent recommendation to congress.
Iowa Miners Settle.
Des Moines, Aug. 22.-Coal produc-
ton in Iowa will be resumed tomor-
row as a result of an agreement
reached between operators and mine
workers. Twelve thousand miners
are affected.
The Fact Finding Committee.
Washington. Aug. 22.-Representa-
for both miners and operators as
we'll as the public on the fact finding
commission will be sought by Rep.
Bland. of Indiana, republican men,
Der Of the house labor committee.