The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
Maintenance Men
in Illinois Mines
to Resume Work
Workers Who Quit Monday
Following Warnings Will
Return Today-Hard.
ing Calls Conference.

HefFin, H. June 29,-(By 4, P1-
Pumpm,l and maintenance crew
a three . mes OF the Madison Goa
compan, near Car,efvillc. will re
turn To work today. W. J Moore
head, president OF the company. an
nounccd last night The men, al
Office employees and mine bosses
quit work Monday night following
posting oil plaeards warning them to
go home, and the firing OF shots by
men in automobiles.
President Moorehead conferred
with union officials and the NAM
tenanee employees today and an
rounced later he had been promised
that his men would not be molcsted
il they returned. Frank harrington,
president OF the Illinois mine work
crs. telegraphed officials OF the local
union to see that their followers stay
ed away from the shafts.
No action has been taken toward
rcsuming pumping at two mines OF
the Peabody Coal company, which
also were shut down Monday night
alter being visited by automobile
parties.
Harding Calls Conference.
Washington, June 29.-invitations
went out from the White House yes
terday. asking the leaders of the
striking miners and the representa-
tives OF the employing coal opera
tors in both the bituminous and an
thracite fields of the United States
to meet President Harding Saturday
TO devise methods upon which me-
gotiations for the settlement OF the
cal strike can be initiated"
John /. Lewis, chief OF the United
Mine Workers, who remained in the |
city after a personal interview with |
the president, accepted at once in be-
half of the union.
The wording of the presidents
message was Interpreted as demon
strating the desire of the administra-
ion to hold the meeting above the
controversies which have deadlocked
the unionized section of the industry
,ince April I. Official but informal
comment emphasized it was the in
tention that the conference should be
held merely to discuss ways and
means for a settlement and not to
take up the miners demands for
of wartime wage scales,
nor the operators demand in the
field for separate district
wages supplementing the semina-
'ional wage contracts that have here
ofore been made.
Boone, Ia, June 2S.-The non
inion wagon mine of the Boone Bib
icaf college near here, which closed I
Town Saturday following a request
~ union officials, resumed operations I
oday, according to members of the
ocai union of the United Mine
Workers Of America.
1t is considered likely that strik- /:
ng miners of the vicinity will visit !
he mine in body tomorrow and I
gain request that the pit be closed.
Similar demonstrations have been s
made at several other nonunion
mines in Iowa, and in all cases the c
its are reported to have closed.
Stage Demonstration. :
Punxsutawney. Pa, June q. - A h
arge crowd of men, said to be strik- d
,g miners and sympathizers, went
rom this region to Waller in auto {
lobiles, wagons and afoot, and
tagged a demonstration at a number
t working mines.
Reports to county officials said =
nat many Of the working miners b
'alked out but that three men who t
efused to quit work were assaulted a
nd badly beaten. b
As a result. the mines which had |;
cen operating with about 800 men Il
lnce the strike began, were closed. IL
he owners, all residents of Punk S
ntawney, have appealed to Sheriff d
. A. Lowrie at Brookville for aid. S,