The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-16

Their mines. he said. was in West VIZ
gina. Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana, Michi-
Kan, Oklahoma n Washington. James
Paisley, one Of the big operators sign
ing the agreement, announced that his
mines in Charles Town. Fairmont. Elm
Grove and M~orEantuwn w. Va: Valley
Camp and Monnngahcia city. Pa, ana
Laflerty and Stewartsville, Ohio. would
te opened tomorrow.
Plans for extending the break OF the
strike also were laid by the union men.
Frank Harrington. the Illinois miners
president. announced that he would ask
the Illinois operators TO meet the
unions district scale committee al Chl-
cago on Friday. John Hessler, head
nf the Indiana miners, also asked tho
Indiana operators to join in a scale
conference at Terre Haute on the same
day. Van a. Bittncr, statistician or the
International union. announced that
operators from Kansas. Missouri okla-
! homa. Texas and Arkansas would De
asked 10 meet with the union at Kansas
City next Tuesday.
Under the policy laid down today ny
the union, operators Will be requlred 10
accept the interstate agreement mace
~ the general conference here as the
base for their contracts with the union.
This agreement provides for the re-
establishment of the wsge contracts
which includes the check of" of union
dues, that were in force last March 81,
with the new contract to run until
NJ arch 81. 1923. Further, the agree
I mcnt rrovides for creation Of an advis-
DRY fact-hnding commission. "A meeting
being called OF all soft coal operators
for next October to effect the settlement
Vt the commission.
Text Of Agreement
The text Of the agreement is as io!-
lows:
/. Al mines Of operators represented
In this joint conference which are no"
on strike are 10 he opened Immediately
upon the execution OF supplementary
( contracts extending to March 81. l92S,
the terms, provisions and conditions OF
the contract affecting u mines as
they respectively existed on March ii,
1922, except as 10 renewal or continue
ton clauses in such contracts.
.. The participants in this conference
agree to send. and this conference in
vilcs, the ~bituminouS coal operators or
/ the United States 10 send representa-
, tive delegates from coal-produc!ng dis
~trictS, or from substantial groups Of
| operators. which delegates shall AS far
Gs possible be representatives or the
hituminOus coal industry OF the United
states, such delegates 10 assemble IN
I Joint conference in Cleveland, Ohio.
October >, 1922. This joint conference
! shall appoint a committee OF equal num-
bcrs If representative operators and
! miners, which committr" shall formu-
late 4 method to be followed by the
hituminous cbal industry in the nego-
t~!ations OF wage scale agreements TO
become effective April /. 1923, and the
method so formulated shall by the COM
mittce be reported 10 the joint confer
pncc 10 he held January 5, 1922. as here
In provided.
;. The joint conference converting
! October . shall further select a COM
mittce Of inquiry. the members Of which
! shall he Of commanding public reputa-
| ton for character and ability and whose
personnel shall be approved BY IN" Pres
.dcnt Of the United States. The duty
nr this committee shall be 10 develop
promptly all Of the facts In regard TO
tho industry for the benefit alike of the
nublic, the operators and the mine work
ers. Such Investigation shall include
every phase Of the industry deemed ma
. ,erial bv the committee OF inquiry. ana
/ ruch committee shall be furnished with