The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-08-16
Peace Pact
at
Cleveland
Operators and Employees I'm.
animousIy Approve Agree.
meni-Old Wage Scale
Again Operative.
Anthracite Peace Looms

Cleveland. o.. Aug. i5.-fBy A.
P)-An agreement ending the soft
coal strike that has been In effect
since April !, last, was unanimously
approved by operators and miners
in q joint conference here at 3i0
.. m. today.
Signing Of the agreement com.
mencsd immediately.
New York, Aug. Disagreement
between operators and miners at
Cleveland will result in q general se-
cep,ance of their terms throughout
the coal mining industry, aud . ma
tion.wide end Of the strike, notwith-
standing the relatively small rsp-
resentstion 0f operators At the Clsye-
land eoniersne>. officials of the ma
tional association declared here TO-
day.
Cleveland, o., Aug. i3--(By A. P.)
"A wage scale was ready today for
the signatures OF soft coal operators
and miners end prospects were that
some mines would be opened on
Wednesday. Formal rsti6estion was
set for the afternoon.
All details Of the scale were ap-
proved in principle by both sides
before the drafting Of tentative un-
dcrssnding, which was described 10.
day by both sides a. the entering
wedges in the soft coal strike that
began 70 weeks ago.
1T is all a matter Of procedure"
said President John l.. Lewis. in
referring 10 the delaying OF actual
ratification.
The strike is now over" said
Joseph Pursgloye, an operator, who
served on the subcommittee.
At Old Wage Scale.
Tie settlement provides that the
miners shall be returned 10 work al
the same scale Of wages that were ~
effect When they went on strike, the
new contract is TO continue in force
until next April /; the agreement
also provides for appointment Of an
advisory fact-hnding commission, =
part OF its duties 10 consider future
settlements OF disputes in the coal
industry.
The settlement came after 4 week
spent in marking time here by OPP
orators and miners. Operators COR
trolling production OF 60,OO0,OD0 tons
annually, are committed 10 adoption
OF the agreement n principle.
The operators in the meeting have
mines in Ohio, West Virginia, Penn
sylyania, Indiana, Illinois and Mich
igan. Orders went forth from these
operators 10 get ready 10 speed Up
coal production. Miners, too, were
confident that an carly resumption
of work at scatteD<d mines would
result in other operators hurrying
their acceptance Of the agreement
The "check-off" system OF collect
ing union dues is to be preserved by
the rev agreement.
Hard Coal Settlement.
Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. l5.--Ihe
conference Of anthracite coal opera.
tors and union representatives, which.
il is predicted, will result in all inn
mediate resumption Of operations in
the hard coal fields, will open here
morning.
In making this announcement to-
day Samuel D. Warmer, chairman
d the operators negotiating commit
zee, reiterated his belief that the
meeting would result in an early set
tlcment OF the strike and that the
$4,000 coal diggers idle since April
would be back in the mines within
! few days,
Negotiations will open on the basis
II the old wage scale.
Strike in Nova Scotia.
Sydney, Nova Scotia. Aug, Is.
Virtually every important coal mine
II Nova Scotia Is closed today by
Itfike ot upwards OF $4,000 miners.
Five thousand Cape Breton miners
i a mass meeting at Glace Bay and
'ther large meetings repudiated tho
greemen, which their officers mAde
'l,h the British Empire Steel cor.
'on,lon and declared Tor the s,riks.
Terms Of the latest company offer
alscd the minimum day rates from
2sS 10 aA2S and contract rates 10
er cent This would give a rate oi
ay OF about y per cent below the
wages Of 1921, which the miners ar.
skiing