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cleaned.
workmsn entered the Saline coun.
ty strip mines and prepared them for
Immediate operation.
The striSers--idle sor four and a.
half months-were jubilsnt. The5
eagerly waited for word from Cleve.
land that a tentative agreement had
been r~sohed.
Operations win be opened with =
rush, according 20 Indications. tha
will eend hundreds OF tons into th'
coai-famined Industrial centerS o
the Middle west.
coDUMBUS o. Aus. rs unite,
Press)-MIners Of Eastern Ohio pre-
pared today for an ~unsrmed" marcf
on the coal fields.
After four and s-half months OF
idlensss, the districts OF the pits were
rxported TO be taking on renewed ac-
tivty.
In many localities rusty tools
were subjected 10 tho grindstons.
Hundreds OF mules, nearing the
end Of the longest vscstion OF their
lives, were being moved back 10 the
mines in readiness for resumption OF
mining Just as coon as the peace
treaty is signed by oonferees at
Cleveland.
Miners wives in coal oommuni-
Ties onoe more prepared to pack the
dinner psils
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 1S Omitted
Press) IA wave OF relief swent
through the hituminous coal fields
OF Western Pennsylvania todav with
the news that settlement OF the soft
GOAL strike was probably but a mai
ter OF hours.
Nearly fifty Thousand strikars on,
Hnoe April l, were ready 20 march
20 the n1ines with picks and ahov.i.
and lunch bores, as soon a. tna,r
union officers gave the word.
CLEVELAND, Aug is. Crrnitea
Press Ratification OF a tentative
aEreenrent TO and the soft coal strike
and Immediately resume coal dig
SlnE, was before separate caucus
sessions of miners and operators
today
Temporary plans for Anal settle
menf were reported by the sub
scale committee of miners and on
srators, in conference in the Hotel
here.
This tentative Agreement was
reached at an early hour this morn
ing. After the separate caucuses.
the general miners operators con
ference will reconlene at ? p. NJ.
Immediately after IL became
known that tentative agreement
mad been arrived st Inquiries began
coming IN from operators who were /
no repreeented at the conference,
out VINO desired TO become parties 10 /
any understanding that might have
orswn np for settlement OF the
soft coal strike.
ne tentative agreement. n "a nm
oerstood, provides for srtsnsion 80
'ne oia wage scale and worlSnv oon
naoions 70 April l, 1873. and snno,r.-
nent OF committee to nsrntis+.
new scale. II the proposal Is rs+,eas
al the Joint session this sftarnoo. J.
Will ease up IN. threateninv -, ~
famine by throwing within aco... -
the consuming market the nrod,,e,.
facilities Of mines represe ntinx ,ir.e
million tonnage in the central COR, corr, (
pettive field.
Operators and miners TODAY n.
iieved that ratification Of the prae.n,
proposal would be followed ou,op,,
by similar action on the part OF min
ers and operators from other sections
Of the central competitive field not
represented in the present negotis-
tiont Thy declare this policy has
been followed in past years in similar
situations.
Compulsory arbitration and re-
newai OF the check-off system, ere
reported to be included in the terms
II the new settleme ent but this is not
defnitely known as the text has not
been made public
WARRINGTON. Aug. Is. (United