The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
COAL STRIKE. ON AS PEACE EFFORTS FAIL
All Hopes Of Modification Vanish, As Neither Side Warns To Pinchot's Plan Enough To Cause Delay ANOTHER CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY IS ONLY HOPE Strike Order Has Not Been Rescinded, And Miners Are Under Orders To Quit Jobs At Midniqht Friday
HARRISBURG. Pa, August 31.-

! HARRISBURG, Pa, August 31.- The anthracite coal strike is on. For nearly six hours Governor Pin chot wrangled with miners and ope- rators for a means to thwart the walkout but when the weary con ferees struggled out of the executive office at $40 p. m. Friday they an nounced no agreement had been kreached.
 "The situation continues status quo until we meet again at 10 a. m. Sat- urday." Pinchot stated when the con- ference adjourned.
 John l.. Lewis, president of the Limited Mine Workers, and Samuel D. Warriner, chief of the operator dele gates. gave pledges to the governor that they would have nothing to say until after the conference Saturday. Both sides informed the governor lat the opening of the meeting that lthey were not entirely satisfied with his proposal. The miners statement Constituted an acceptance of the ma Nor principles with certain reserva- aions while the operators rejected ! tvith some qualifications the proposal flor a 10 per cent wage increase. From a source whose authority is iunquestionable, it was learned some aprogress was made during the course kOf the long conference. Both opera sN OTIS and miners came to the meeting Without lunch and neither obtained a bite of food until the governor re- leased them under promise that they would appear Saturday
 Representatives separate.
 The governcr kept the miners in a room adjoining the main conference chamber. The operators stayed in the reception room. The governor went Back md forth between the two. act hc r~f rar ae n rrra .t1f frsf-sr
 On one occasion 1t is known that he drew up a certain proposal and submitted 1t to both sides. The min CTS are understood to have rejected it. The supposition is that 1t pro- posed truce.
 The strike order has not been reseinded and the men in the mines are under instructions to quit their jobs at midnight tonight. Informa- tiOn received at headquarters indicate many walked out before the order went Into effect.
 The delay meant only that the Pin chot proposal to avoid any suspension of work failed because of the reluc- tance of both parties although the miners were more conciliatory than the operators and their statement in- Vited resumption of negotiations.
 Further work will be undertaken Saturday in an effort to conclude some sort of an agreement either on a truce or resumption of joint con ferences.
 The only joint conference of the day lasted seven minutes. Pinchot summoned the miners into the big room with the operators and both sides made speeches The meeting then broke up and they went back Into separate conferences.
 Far Prom Agreement.
 The miners and operators were far from agreement on some of the funda- mental questions at issue in their re- piles 10 Governor Pinchots peace proposals
 Both operators and miners told Governor Pinchot in effect that they
 objected to the ten per cent increa SC ln wages Tor the anthracite miners. The operators said it would entail adding t30,oeo.o00 10 the wage bill, while the miners said it was a step 70 tAe right direction but would com plicafe the differences already exist ing between ciassifieations of the miners.
 The operators agreed 10 the eight boar day. the substituted plan for the V check-off and collective bargaining. tpraposai. but the miners objected to fthe check-Off substitute of the gover- Thor.
 Tha wage question was the most fss1i sts problem before the confer Esr1e and this. it was said, might be adjusted if the day workers are pro- rlted with a raise in wages in cents instead of per cents. The check off problem was also causing much dis clsslon and as the SSiuers in their statenent poiEted out many mine companies already recognize the srsncipie.
 The eixht-horF day. while accepted hy the operators. will add sa,250.00O a year % the pay bill Of the producers and five cents a ton 10 all domestic
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