The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-16
COAL PRODUCTION TO GO FORWARD
AS RESULT OF CLEVELAND MEETING

Cleveland, Aug. 16 (By the Associ-
ated Press).-For the frat time in 20
weeks striking soft coal miners at
scattered points in seven states today
under orders to begin coal production.
This result Of part settlement strike,
however, affected only a small mipor-
ity Of the 100000 bituminaus diggers,
who struck March 31st but union Of
ficials en- route home to seek peace
with other employees.
+ President Lewis of the miners pre-
dicted that bituminous miners gen.
orally would accept the agreement
made here and held out hope for an
early quantity production.
Cleveland, Aug. Is (By the Associ-
ated Press) resumption
of coal production in bituminous
mines scattered over seven states was
ordered tonight, and in some places
the cutting of coal will be started to-
morrow. Orders for miners to return
to work were sent by district union
officials after operators had signed an
agreement renewing the wage con-
tracts that were in force when the
men quit the mines last March 81.
The formal break in the strike came
at $40 p. m. when the scale agree
ment was adopted by the unanimous
vote Of miners and operators at their
joint conference. The general agree
nlent then was signed by T. X. M ,hr
Of Cleveland, m operator, as chairman
IF the conference, and William Green,
a miner, rs it's secretary. Supple
mental agreements between operators
end state union officials were then exc
cuted, with the union chiefs wiring
local unions that work might be re-
rewed.
miners said that operators controlling
at annual output OF approximately.
&C ,o00,000 tons had signed the agree
m"nS.- Their mines, he said, were IN
W:st Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio
Ind ana, Michigan, Oklahoma and
Washington. James Paisley, one OF
tho big operators signing the agree
mont, announced that his mines in
Charlestown, Fairmont, Elm Groy
ard Morgantown, West Virginia, Val
ley Camp and Monongahela City,
Penn, and LaGerty and Stuartsville,
Ohio, would be opened tomorrow.
Plans for extending the break OF
the strike also were laid by the union
mon. Frank Harrington, the Illinois
miners president, announced that he
would ask the Illinois operators to
meet the unions district scale commit
tee at Chicago Friday. John Hesslcr,
head of the Indiana miners, also ask
ed the Indiana operators to join in a
scale conference at Terre Haute on
the same day. Van A. Bittner, stats
tician for the international union, an
nounced that operators from Kansas.
Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Ar
kansas would be asked to meet with
| tn, union at Kansas City next Tues
dav.
Under the policy laid down today
| by the union, operators will be re-
| quired to accept Sse inters ate agree
ment, made at the general conference
| here, as the basis for their contracts
with the union. This agreement pro-
vides for the reestablishmcnt of the
wage contracts which Includes the
"checlc- off" of union dues, that were
in force last March 81, with the new
contraC; to run until March 81, 1923.
FurShe,', the agreement provides for
creation of an advisory fact finding
commission, a meeting being called
cf all soft coal operators for next Oc-
tober to effect the selection Of the
commission.
Both the miners and the operators
held separate meetings to ratify the
agreement before Joining in the after
noon conference where unanimous ap.
proval was voted, to be followed by
the signing of the document.
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