Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-17

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 16.-
(By the Associated 'Press.(-For the
first time III twenty weeks, striking
soft coal miners at scattered points
in seven states today were under or
ders to begin coal production. This
result of the part settlement OF the
strike. however, affected only
small minority Of the 100000 soft
coal diggers, who threw down their
picks last March 81, but union Off
Gals were on their way back home to
seek peace with other employers.
President John L. Lewis, of the
miners, who remained here for a
days rest before entering the peace
negotiations with anthracite opera
tors at Philadelphia tomorrow, pre-
dicted that soft coal operators gen.
orally would accept the agreement
made here and held out hope for an
early quantity production.
District union officials, before
leaving here for home. sent invita-
tons for five meetings of operators
with the view of concluding peace.
Two Pennsylvania associations of
operators were asked to meet the I'M
ion chiefs in separate meetings on
Friday. One invitation went to the
Freeport Thick Vein Operators asso-
citation and the other to the Pitts
The Southwestern Interstate Opera
tors association, including members
in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ar
kansas and Texas, were asked to
meet with the union at Kansas City
Tuesday. Illinois operators were in
vited to Chicago on Friday, while
the Indiana Operators association
also was solicited for a conference
at Terre Haute also on Friday.
The general agreement, concluded
here and adopted by the union as
basis for supplemental agreements,
throughout the coal fields, continues
the old wages and working condi-
tons, including the check-off of I'M
ion dues, to April 1, 1928, and pro-
vides machinery for negotiating but
not arbitrating next years scale. The
agreement also calls for a national
convention of operators and miners
Of the bituminous territory to be
held in this city October for select
ing a fact-finding commission to in
vestigate the coal industry.
Under the policy laid down by the
union, the district officials may con-
clude peace with any soft coal opera
tors either as individuals or as asso-
Citations.
In a way, union officials regarded
yesterdays settlement as historical
repetition. In 1906, John Mitchell,
as president of the United Mine
Workers, was confronted with the
breakdown Of the central competitive
field, the same situation that arose
here. Mitchell won the fight as far
as getting the miners wage demands
met by operators by separate agree
ments. Mr.. Lewis plan, adopted by
the union policy committee is SIM
liar.
ANTHRACITE FARLEY
To OPEN THURSDAY
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16.-The
conference of anthracite miners and
operat tors which was to have been
held today as a result of the media
ton of President Harding was post
poned yesterday until tomorrow al
the request of John l.. Lewis, presi-
ident of the United Mine Workers
of America.
Brighter prospects for peace in
both anthracite and bituminous
fields were seen today in some cir
cles as a result of the postponement.
The conference was postponed
upon receipt by Mr.. Warmer of the
following telegram from Mr.. Lewis:
unavoidable circumstances will
delay for one day the attendance of
our representatives at the joint
meeting fixed for Wednesday. II
satisfactory to the operators repre-
sentatives, I suggest that we now