Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-23
MEN RETURN TO WORK
IN OBEDIENCE TO
! PEACE ORDER
FAMINE SOON OVER
OPERATORS PREDICT THAT
SHORTAGE OF FUEL WILL BE
MADE UP IN TWO MONTHS
TIME - WHISTLES CALL sTRlk-
ERS TO THEIR TOLL.

Chicago, Aug. 23.-Illinois coal
mines, idle l44 days since the strike
OF union miners began April /, re.
opened today,
When shrieking whistles announc-
ed the end of the strike in Illinois
yesterday towns in coal fields bus
tied with activity as news of the
settlement in Chicago spread Mules
were corralled and hasty preparations
were made to begin hoisting coal to-
day.
Men on the first shifts began dig
ging a few hours after news of the
truce reached the coal fields. Settle
nent of the coal strike in Illinois was
made on the basis of the Cleveland
agreement which opened the way to
peace in the bituminous fields. The
miners hailed the settlement as q
signal victory and Illinois operators
admitted their surrender from pres
sure of a public demand to end the
strike.
Illinois and Indiana miners in re-
turning to the pits today followed the
iSdu Vi wal ul6btlS III htIHl-
gan, Iowa, Wyoming, Montana and
other states where similar agree
ments based on the Cleveland terms
were made.
Peace parleys In Kansas and other
fields of the southwest indicated an
early end to the strike in those sec
tions but operators and miners in the
anthratice industry broke off negotia-
tions In Philadelphia without making
any progress toward settlement OF
the strike of $4,000 miners in the
hard coal fields.
With Illinois and Indiana miners
back in the pits union officials esti- !
matet that the strike settlement COW
cred fourffths of the unionzed soft
coal fields of the United States. Hi |
nois alone produces fifteen per cent |
of the nations output of soft coal
DIR. f. c. Honnold. secretary of the
illinois coal operators association, |
predicted the fuel shortage in Illinois
would be wiped out within two
months after the end of the railroad |
strike. Normal production in the
soft coal mining industry, operators
uSIiditu, uCpcHuo Oll Odu tOIluI~
tions.
10000 Return to Work.
West Frankfort, H., Aug. 23.-(A.
P)-Smoke pouring from the stacks
OF numerous mines in southern Hi
nois counties, the chuckiling of the
engines, long lines of workmen dress
ed in blue overalls and carrying the
little pail, today again gave these
large coal producing counties their
familiar aspect. 1t was the first day
the miners were called to their pits
after an idleness of more than four
months. caused by the strike which
came to an end yesterday with the
agreement reached in Chicago.
Just two months ago yesterday
West Frankfort and Herrin miners
had ended their war against those
whom they had charged with taking
their bread, and today they were en-
Joying the benefit of that which they
fought for for nearly five months, the
same wages and the same working
conditions which the operators had
tried to change, thus causing the
strike.
hoiC LlidH ou,uVV lHllltTS are tU ne
found in Williamson and Franklin
counties, many more in adjoining dis
tricts of southern Illinois. While
not all We're at work again today in
dications were that the men would
all be back in the pits before the
week ended.
From Duquoin, Belleville, Marion,
Christopher and nearly all towns and
villages In the southern Illinois fields
came word that mine operations had
been at least partially resumed. A
number of the mines, however, will
have to be put i1 shape for operation
as many were abandoned completely
during the strike.
Herrin Anniversary.
Herrin, ILL.,, Aug. 3.-AP)-The
agreement reached at Chicago, be-
tween the union miners representa-
tives and the mine operators of the
state came exactly two months to
the day after the mine war waged
against the nonunion men sent to op-
crate the Lester strip mine near here
during the strike. Twenty-six men
were either killed or fatally wounded.
Herrin. H. Aug. 23.-The Lester
strip mine. near here. where twenty
six men were killed in rioting Ju,le
21-22, did not resume operations tu-I
day. The machinery broken in tie
Tioting has not been replaced as yet.