The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-03
Producers and Workers VIII
Convene Again NJ onday to
Resume Discussio IN.
DAVIS STILL H lOP;'EF;u|lI.! 2
Government Representa- atiXess
Plan to Continue Parley
.as Long as Possible.

WASIlNIIoN,sa ,sasJu ysssists .-----s,SoyE
the Associated Press DeadS
ing a settlement of the bitumin-i
Fous coal strike, the conf OF
operators and United MinegWork-s
5ers officials accepted the sugges7s
ton Of governrne ant ntssFrepresentaSss
tives today and adj journed until
next Monday s;zs5
When the adjournment was
taken at, I: {, clock thisssa afterS
noon, after two joint tssessionsSand
in intermediate separate session
of operators and miners. Score
tary of Labor Davis, one the
government representatives I ddS &
that no agreements ha been
reached, no ocommittee%tosd discnsss
in the meantimeNapa
pointed and nos specific prograM
many different plans had besns
proposed.
Asked as to the IN dicationssfor
"a successful ul ltimateH N tcomessofa
the conference awhi ich assembled
Saturday at the behest sof Frest
dent Harding rs DaYis$said
with the agreementss of8 SecTetaTy
Hoover, the OF hers rssgoyeTnmsntE
representatives. that ssass long as
we hold them ether there IS:
}hope.s
The adjournment. u was said
government circles, will How both
the operators and the n1inersan
.opport tunity to talk 18th theE@col
leagues in t the FL ields. Ohm %
Lewis, preside ntsofs hesUnitedTMine
Workers, will remain Washingss
ton and it is nsidered likely that:
In
National Coal ssocfatfonS andSheads
Of the operators, wi I'd o likewise.
Lines Of d differencesSw Gdrawns
more tight tlys than ever rswhen@rspss
resentatives OF the bttuminousS
coal operators and cia1sSof The
striking coal miners unfonsWent
into their third join ferencesfns
company with ecretarfesS Hoover
and Davis. PriorStothe meetingsl
1T was evid len t that the sopeEators:
intended to force Ssort@ofSa g.
conclusion today wit thoMt tsIdings
to their efusals Ct toMmeet theMun1Ons
for the purposesof king ma
national or semi-na onal wage
scale. From5theSYfew ofsJohnsI
Lewis, 5presid q the lJnlteds
Mine neEWorkers;its itswasseY identsthat3
the miners consid dersit tsnecessarys tn
GpTO1OuS 5lQSsgs& SlI1hS2sI IdsSA
agree to- tiatefor distrtcts
wages aIessWit thasope
May OpensN OnsIJ IJnion
AT a aS1engthysns ssting betMeens
themselyes, the SbItuminoussopera
tors, esprepaTeda
resolution incorpo TIN hell
view, and thongh detail as
held dentiaIM Is tsygas under
stood that the jofntc conferences
&brokesnpS odaYsst thesop Tators$hadA
BEEN eternin IT pen laTgss
nun bersof fsunio mines ornsT
Suni on territoEy ON nonsnnfons
basis on Wednesday
Afterspresentat ionS sths2oper
tors resolution to stheI jointsmeet
ing. there was ssanothe discussfpn
during whi theg goYsTnme mentss
REPRESENTATIVES were said have
urged the ofntSc ONT ferencesn
break up bsIt to leave small
committee from eac side ins
washing unit next ionday
while the remainde etlrntos
their hom es. TheS miners sandst1es
then separated to&aHoW
each side to discuss the proposal
apart from theE other
The tactics ssweresta aiken to 4indi5
cate that the COVER ernments tshad4a RI
ssettlem enta pro posa1 smake8tt
would be- -advancedbyP PRESIDENT
Harding personal pom h1sr
turn to the eli ty5 from Marion.