New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-12-30
Both Sides Willing To
Remain In New York,
They Indicate, Until
Settlement Is Reached.
Arbitration Is the Big
Hitch and Miners Are
Strenuously Opposed to
Submitting Differences
to Outside Influences.

New York, Dec. so Pl-Anthra-
cite miners and operators today ex-
pressed themselves determined to re-
main in New York until an agree
ment is signed and send the 15S.0o0
idle men and boys back to work as
quickly as possible.
This was developed today when
Major w. w. Inglis, chairman OF
the operators wage negotiating COM
mittee, said that SO far as the op-
orators were concerned they would
sit every day, regardless of the New
Year holiday, to work out new
contract.
TOO much is at stake on each side
TO take recess over the holiday"
said Major 1nglis before going into
the joint wage conference at the
Union league this afternoon.
Leaders among the miners also
expressed their willingness to sit
every day. The miners are losing
about s1,150,00O in wages daily,
while the local production is cur
tailed about 100000 tons each day
the miners remain idle.
Arbitration Big Hitch
Arbitration is the big hitch. The
miners have taken a strong stand
against submitting their differences
to outside influences and today re-
peated their statement made in con.
ference yesterday that they Were
as much opposed to arbitration now
as they were four months ago.
For this reason they are opposed
to that feature of the Alyan MarMe
peace plan submitted yesterday,
which provides for three 1'impartial
citizens" appointed by the president
Of the United States to decide points
not agreed upon by miners and OPP
orators.
Two Main Plans
Two main plans have come be
fore the conference thus far. One
is the Markle plan which calls for
the appointment by the president of
a board of three impartial citizens
to represent the public. This citi-
zen's committee would submit rec
concentrations to the president and
to a Joint committee of miners and
operators consisting of three repre-
sentatives of each side. In the event
! of deadlock in the Joint commit
tee of the industry, the citizens
! would have power to cast deciding
votes.
The second plan Is the Pinchot
plan, which calls for five-year
agreement, a board of investigation
and award and a modified form of
the checkoff.
In reply to the miners arguments,
Mr.. Markle contended that his plan
does not provide for arbitration, but
sets up machinery similar to that
of the Cancellation board created In
/ 1908 by the anthracite coal strike
commission appointed by President
Roosevelt.
The Cancellation board is COM
posed of three miners and three op-
orators. 1t settles matters of inter-
probation Of the wage contracts that
cannot be decided at the mines be-
tween men and management. When
the members of the board cannot
agre on a disputed point it is pre-
| ferred to an umpire appointed by
the U. s. circuit court of appeals at
Philadelphia.
| Mr.. Markle contended that In
stead of having one man act as um-
pire to decide disputed points he
would have three because the job
is too big for one man.
The miners, however, did not see
his plan in this light and announced
they would continued TO stand
against arbitration in any form.
In arriving at tAe rate of wages,
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