Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-14
END OF NINE STRIKE
At HAND; OPERATORS
OFFER OLD WAGE SCALE
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LAS to the time hope that the con-
ference will take place In the i'm
mediate future.
NO time is to be lost. Even n pro-
duction Is resumed at once. the flu
ture consequences of past delays must
necessarily be serious, but, II there
Is any further delay, we shall be In
danger Of nothing short OF nation
wide disaster.
Cleveland, Aug. 14.---An offer to end
the anthracite strike by agreeing to
the wage scale In force when the strike
was called was received today by
President John l.. Lewis OF the miners.
II came from s. D. Warmer. heading
the anthracite operators scale COM
mittee.
Accepting Mr.. WARMERS invitation
to meet the operators in conference at
Philadelphia on Wednesday, Mr.. Lewis
said:
The broad premise upon which you
have based your invitation Is COM
mendable and augurs well for the sue
cess OF the conference"
Mr.. WARMERS action followed a
conference yesterday with United
States Senator George Wharton Pep
per. Governor Sproul. w. J. Richards
president OF the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company and
William A. Glasgow. Jr.. counsel for
the United Mine Workers.
AT this meeting, It became known
I'll
from President Harding in which the
President declared that further delay
in the resumption Of mining would
mean danger OF nothing ehort OF
nation wide disaster"
"As to peace I suppose that there
may be advantages In meeting some
where In the anthracite region, rather
| than in Washington.
The mayors OF several OF the i'm
portant cities in that region have as
sured me of an intense public senti
ment among their people in favor o
prompt settlement. 1t may be tina
in such an atmosphere the prospect o
quickly reaching fair adjuetmen
would be bright. This. of course. (
a point to be determined by those VIII
issue the invitation"
Mr.. Warmer said he and his as
sociates We're of an open mind" 4
regard to the appointment of com
mission or agency to investigate tn
situation in the hard coal fields. bu
that 1t should be one that could def
nitely settle and solve the dlfficultie.
Press dispatches from Cleveland in
dicated Mr.. Lewis had accepted tn
offer for a conference, but at moo
Mr.. Warmer had received no ofiicit
reply from the miners chief.
When the joint sub-scale committe
met, Its members were informed tina
v no agreement had been made by NJ
Lewis and Mr.. Gallagher. Both lead
eps had refused to be moved froi
their opposing stands as to compulsor
arbitration. The report OF the failur
precipitated sharp debate.
Mr.. Lewis telegram to Mr.. War;
ner follows:
THE broad premise upon which yo
have based your invitation is con
, mendable and augurs well for the sue
cess of the conference. 1 can assur
, you that the representatives of tn
United Mine Workers will approac
the conference in the same broad .spir
with the keen determination TO e.
/ lfectuate an adjustment mutually sa
lsfactory TO he public. the operator
] and the miners. am sure that sue
! a settlement will be a tremendous a.
to our nation and its citizens in relieN
e ing public embarrassment and in r,
i storing mutual confidence and r,
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