The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-07
COAL WAGE
DIsPUTESIILL
unset TIED

Ol1lOIt t/l1ANASSAS
inference Cannot
Reach a greement Z
Cleveland Ohio. Oct. 2 by the
ASSOCIATED Pressg Developments
5 late tonight indicated that there
was a pronounced lack of har-
. mony with the ranks Of btu
minous coal operators, in session
with miners here to formulate a
plan for negotiating future wage
scales, when it vas learned that
The operators In caucus this after.
noon rejected proposal ei
the federal government that a pan pan
:el OF 30 Names OF persoas dlsasso-
ciated with local industry be sub
mitted to President Harding fol
use in creation Of q ceHlInisslon
provided under the Borai,- Winslow
law recently passed by congress.
AT the operators caucus this It.
erneon, a telegram was read fren
Herbert Hoover, secretary OF COM
: nierce, and James J. Dayis, secre-
tary Of labor, addressed to Thos,
X. Maher of Cieveiand, the chair
nan Of the joint conference OF op-
orators and miners, asking the
conference to subinitsto the presi-
dent a panel Of 20 names Of per-
sons disassoeiatea Will the coal in
dustry which might be included
IN the federal fact finding coal in
vestigation.
The telegram. copy OF which
vas also sent to John L. Lewis,
bsesident of the Enited Nine Work
ers Of America, requesting in the
name of President Harding that
this panel should be submitted by
the joint conference tomorrow. y
naotIon was made creating q COM
inittee Of three to- decline the in-
Fitafion The telegan was not read
al today.s Joint conference but it
is understood it Will be, placed be-
fore the joint conference tomor-
row Illinois operators at an exc
eutivs caucus tonight decided that
they would seek to prevent any ar
rangements being made at this
time for the coafinnance of slicsa
collective Bargaining as had pre-
vailed during the. few wears.
Baltimore, oct. by the Asse-
GATED fress The general policy
committee of the United Nine
Workers of AMERICA and repre-
ssntafives of the bitaTiainous opera
tors from many points Of the Unit
ed States met here today to for
mulate a plan for negotiating fu-
ta1re wage scales. and after organ
izihg. adjourned until tomorrow.
Miners and operators said the con-
ference, is one of the most repre-
ssssative ever held 70 deal with
]. unionized soft coal mining.
At the Joint conference this af-
Z ternoon. T. K. afailsr Of Cleveland
was elected temporary chairman
and William Green, secretary Of
the United Nine Workers. tempol-
sary secretary.
The conference was characteriz-
ed By Phil n Penna of Terre
Haufe, Ind. secretarF of the Indi-
ana Coal Operators association,
as an attempt to rssuseitase col
leetive bargaining
John L. Lewis. fsresident of the
United Mine Workers. declared in
a. statement that tfig miners were
standing pat on the agreement
reached in Cleveland last August
vshen the soft coal strike was prac-
ttcally settled. In miners quar-
tiers this was Interpreted that the
Z s.liners would insist efistlas appoint
inlent of a commission composed OF
operators and miners 10 investigate
the industry What stand the op-
orators would take oh this proposal
was not discussed at their caucus,
Mr. Penna said. The Operators
net Immediately following adjourn
1nent Of the. conference.
The Illinois Coal Operators as
seeiation has already announce6 it
+ will seek to prevent any arrange
saent which woutd confiictawith the
provisions of the federal fact find
ing coal commission bill. which
provides that the president appoint
q commission outside the indus
try TO make a survey Of the Goa
situation and report back TO con-
gress.
Operators at their caucus We're
almost unanimous in expressing the
need Of some definite organization
which would be empowered to deal
with the miners and which would
lie representative OF all parties
controlling the miners. Howeve-.
10 action looking to the formation
Of such an organization was TAX
en-.
Following this afternoons meet-
ing Of the operators. Mr. Penna
announced that no definite policy
of action had been reached