The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-05
MINE WORKERS
RENEW DEMANDS

SoSiaCeQ FreSS).-Ine policy commit
tee Of the United Mine Workers Of
Ameica in session here today reaf.
f:rmed the demands Of the February
1922, convention Of the union in In
dianapolis, demanding the continuance
OF the present wages in caal mines
until 1925 and in addition, the sis
hour day and five day week, time and
one-haf for overtime work and dou-
bic time on Sunday and holidays
These demands will be presented to
the next scale conference of miners
and operators prior to the expiration
March 81, next, of the Cleveland
agreement signed here last August
which practically settled the soft coal
strike and which is now in force.
Today's decision by the policy CON.
mittee to stand on their old demands
makes it unnecessary for the miners
union to hold convention between
now and next April, John L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Work
ers, announced. The old schedule of
demands never was presented to the
operators because the producers asso-
Citations in the old central competitive
field, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and west
ern Pennsylvania, refused to meet the
union before the miners strike began
April 1, last. Day laborers' wages in
bituminous mines is $3.50 and this
has been the scale since the summer
of 1920.
The policy committees meeting fol-
lowed the final session Of joint con-
ference of operators and miners
meeting here since Monday to take
preliminary steps toward wage neco-
tiations next January.
The joint conference, representing
all important union bituminous coal
producing districts in the nation.
agreed late today upon a method II
selecting delegates to a conference to
meet in Chicago November Ia, to for
mulate method of procedure to be
followed the bituminous coal industry
in negotiating wage scale agree
ment to become effective April 1, 1923.
The setting up of this COMMITTEES
was provided under the terms Of the
Cleyeland agreement and leaders Of
both sides declared it to be highly
important accomplishments. Phil II.
Penna, sscretary of 10 Indissa csal
tefss 4ss0ciati lon, ard shaitnnass,
Of the joint tonfereScs, declared II
makes possible q reconstruction Of the
bargaining machinery, which had been
broken up before the recent coal
strike.
The representation on the commit
tee selected today consists of two on.
orators and two miners from each of
15 mine union districts throughout
the country. The president Of each
miners union district will be one Of
the miners committee and the other
an appointee Of his.
Operators in outlying districts will
be privileged to send delegates to the
Chicago conference if they so desire,
it was announced. In the event Of
any such outlying district representa-
ton by the operators the miners in
such districts will also be given the
right of representation.
At this mornings session of the
Joint conference a committee was
named by operators and miners TO
bring in a report on what action the
conference would take on the tele-
gram sent by secretary of commerce
Hoover and Secretary Of Labor Davis
asking the conference to name a panel
Of 20 persons "dissociated" with the
coal industry as possible members of
President Harding's fact finding conf
mission provided under the terms Of
the Borah- -Winslow bill.