The Washington herald., 1922-08-15
GAIN NEW TONNAGE
Pittsburgh Operators
Head Quits in Row
Over Arbitration.
LEWIS PREDICTS
ANTHRACITE.PEACE
Shipment of Coal to Lakes
Region Expected This
Week.

CLEVELAND. Aug. i4.-coal
operators, headed by Michael CAL
lagher, president of the Pittsburgh
Vein Operators Association. bolsed
the miner-operator scale COMMITTEES
conference here tca,=k; taking
with them a tonnage Of $4,000. 900
out of the 4O.OoO.ooO tons repre-
sented.
Immediate reorganization Of the
scale committee followed. with T.
X Maher. of the Maher Collieries
Company, acting as chairman. and q
general conference Of miners and
operators was convened TO invite
any outside operators who wished
TO participate 20 take part in re-
newed efforts = bring about an
end to the mine strike.
The convention tonight took In
representatives from Central Penn
sylvania. Northern West Virginia
and Michigan. About ee.000.000
tons is said to be now sitting IN.
A subcommittee composed of r. L.
Wildermuth of Columbus. Thomas
II. Watkins of Pennsylvania. opera
tors. and Philip Murray and William
Green is polishing up the agree
ment. II is said to contain the
following ttrms:
!. Return OF the miners to work
unaer tuc .Id wage aud ~ ikinS
conditions to Mach - next
9. Establishment Of a fact-find-
ing body-to ascertain wha ~ TING
matter VITA the lndustrN Il - TO
hIve rfwor to recommend. ts,s NJ,
to enforce.
Agreement Is Predicted
Both operators and miner lead
ers predicted that this reorga n .Eed
conference would result in an
agreement before many hours"
1t was Indicated that the bot"
had followed a difference Of opin-
ion between certain operators and
the miners over the arbitration
question.
Gallagher said the operators fav-
ored immediate resumption Of work
on the terms of the contract eN-
listing March 81. 1922. and the call
ing Of a special conference in Cleve-
land Octob'r to Ak a wage scala.
The miners. he said, disagreed.
Lewis Accepts Offer.
John L. Lewis. president OF the
United Mine Workers. was pre-
pairing to go to Philadelphia TO
NEE. "Wednesday with anthractc
operators This followed receipt nv
Lewis of an offer from sam N
warrines of I hilade' 'phia soOlScs-
man for TIE operators. ~ the Ter
sumption ,. work in the 1Hthr-c';e
fields at the 80 w2cA .~nclng
creation Of a commission to invss-
tigate the situation.
Lewis predicted the anthraef.r
conference world "r'nE peacy In
that branch Of the industry.
Mariners invitation to Levitt
was as follows:
Dear Mr. Lewis:
'On behalf of the anthracite op-
orators I extend to you a cordiaN
invitation to meet us in conference
with a view to an early resumption
of production in the anthracite
field. I suggest Philadelphia a. a
/ suitable place for conference and
August ls as a convenient time.
Asks Friendly Dt-cu-.Ion.
"Our conception Of the conference
is that we should meet for the
/ friendly discussion of the whole
situat on. including such SPECIFIC
proposals as either of US may de-
sire to submit. We are glad how
ever. TO express in advance our con-
fdent expectation that we can de-
! wise in conference a method Of wage
| adjustment such that. upon or
agreeing to Il. we shall be able then
F, to take the men back at the old
wage scale until such adjustment
! actually takes place.
Backed by President.
we are moved TO send this invita-
tion not merely by our own desires.
hut because the President OF the
J United States has communicated
through Senator Pepper an express
sion both OF his wish that we should
do SO and OF his hope that YOU viii
accept Let me assure you that our
invitation is sent without any under
lying reservations or conditions and
In full assurance that when we meet
we can work out a result at once
protective Of the public interest and
satisfactory to the mine workers. We
bespeak your acceptance in the. same
spirit.
VERY truly yours.
IS. u. wARRINER-
Lewis Commends Letter.