The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-15
COAL STRIKE Is VIRTUALLY BROKEN:
AGREEMENT IS NEAR AT HAND


ated Press).-The wage scale is ready
today for the signatures or soft coal
operators and miners anu prospects
were that some mines wouij te opened
Wednesday. The formal ratification
is set for this afternoon. The settle
ment provides for the miners to re-
turn to work at the same scale thai
was effective when they struck. The
new contract continues until neAI
April. The agreement also prociu, !;
for the appointment OF ali advisory
fact finding commission, Part a.
whose duties is TO consider future SET
Elements and disputes in the Goa. H.
dustry.
Ohio, West Virginia, Pcnns ylvani
Indiana and Michigan mines, with an
annual production of 60O00,GJO tons,
is affected.
Cleveland, Aug. Ii (Dy he Assocl,
.lvo lrrss ).--Ihe sOIt coal strik.
$50, ,l,uaiiy broken to,i"ht, Gu,
..'.l,.t- wcle that The actual sign
49,. COG ara agreement between The
J..,o Nine Workers and operators,
t,nl.ioG an annual output Of Co..
n' ",u3u ,,nS, wuuid be delayed until
tcmOH1w. The signing of the con-
tl"ct viii actually end the strike in
the soft coal field.
All details of the agreement we've
4 -, l,,i
I'D ur"i atJis, and the actual d aft o
r. contract was left to subcon.-
Hatler, "h,,h continued its work into
IL. ni:h:. The octual signing Of the
contract, Presiden; John L. Lewis Of
lhe miners said is expected to fol-
C" 4 meeting tomorrow Of the
u,.ons' policy committee.
IS = drsuit OF the progress mae
t'n,gh. by operators md nineIt
q =. liar.y i Davis If Ohio ar
nounced he would call off the confer
=. t e. governors OF i've coal pro
ducing states that was to have nc
here TO consider the strike situation
IL also announced that he wouiI
W. .hdrav Ohio militiamen, who wer9
seAt iLtu the coal fields recently.
nc rolms OF the settiemen. mar
= Vi breakdown in the system OF collec"
tie bargaining that has grown u
.irsgthe ssoft coal industry since lssA.
1t meSns the abandonment for the
pl lcscrt ut least of the central CO.
pora,ivo sield comprisiug western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indian and Iii.
n,.s, 4; thc basis for 1i%ilg wages
in icl,s outside the four atatcs. In
thr r..s. waG. contracts ave been
made -o the central field md those
OF oU,,T.rT districts have 9ccn fixed
OF tnr .eNrra, field scale.
This i Aot The first time, however,
IL; th2 %aCc making machinery on
I'll, ,,rual field basi: has broken
u,~rI Il failed in 1906. The now
=. n i -"ttl.men, S fundamental
. h ,nsy IT, ii. pole; Of the United
I..n2 IrolEers oj America and f9r
I,. =, :...son tie union policy commit
t o.; IS members was called -
,n... ...e lru" u pass Oh il.
80 60 t estimate uf tho :umte:
.l m..".s vi, will - put tack !"
H,,. ,.3er the sctticmcnt vas Oh
.,"ot e.r vuied between 10000 and
:. Gtu a.n. ANugc hsI. there are
'.u"u -Jfi LOAD minels on STRIKE,
u.ryr o.!,ais said Ii j. expected by
ihnm that the other operators will
aC.cH' ;ur settlement effected here,
but u,.n"hir the suJhc viii con
(. u. .. ,nl. lnMcS.
M e. ."ut..Js iol the contract wri.
u. :.d.r-;uua /, have been approved.
;I.4 Jhr :.,iurI iranIn" OF the aglev
rrnl ",~ lett To 4 subcommittee
Most Of ~" ether conf"rres, however,
=" mujn"d behind the closed doors "I
the conference room Completion o.
the contract during the night was
predicted hy those coming from the
conference.
The agreement, 1t was said, would
provide for rc-estabiiShment OF tn
-',.itS that were effective last