New Britain herald., 1925-08-29
MINE MULE 9N pAR WITH GROUND ROG Animal Will FOreteIl Length OI
 Coal Strike ARBITRATION STATEMENT

Mtners Strongly Opposed to Opera
 tors Expressed Desire For stand to
 Enforce Adjustment of Labor Dis
 putes Without Strenuous Acfion'
 Philadelphia, Aug. c9 P-The rhine mule In the next 4S hours IS expected to forecast whether the an- thracite suspension which goes into affect Monday at midnight Is to De Iopg or short.
 If mules are brought to the sur ,sce for the shutdown 1t will signify be,,et that the mines will be closed a considerable time, according to ad- v;ces received today from the hard coal region. If mules remain low" sentiment will accordingly De seen to favor brief duration'
 The mine mule has been accept so as an animal of omen in coal ols- t,rbanccs for many years coal 'eI- erans said. When he IS holS'eo iron, his subterranean staple 'o emerge blinking into daylight l''i'l- ors. wives anxiously begin to trll' family budgets to make saNlhsS so further, and tradesmen prepare 'o withstand additional strain upoh their credit
 Mules are to be brought to the sur fare Tn expectation of a 1ong suS- nensIon" in parts of district l. 'I!e largest of the three union prlllcl- nalit,es, according to adNices lroiii Wilkes Barre.
 shamokin, Pa, the seat of district q rororts on the other hand that mine mules there are to be lel' uii- derground until there are stroheer ,,dications that the suspenslon VIII mt be comparatively short
 Decision In Pennsylvania
 ,,.aro.+ ir the anthracite situation today began shifting from here 'o the industrial arena in norlheaS'ei Il f3annsv,yania where the fight pe- L tween the operators and miners VIII he actually decided, Activltles hete % came to a virtual halt yesteruay WILL, the belligerents reaching agreeiileli. ,rtor o4 hours deadlock on terms oi en7nloyment for the 1o,oOo maltlte- vance men who will remain Tn the mines to prevent fooding' ca'e-i"' and deterioration.
 Maintenance men - pump ratrhmen, electricians and the hhe --yi,1 be employed on the basis es- +abIished in former suspension pe riods, They will be secured against ror1a cement by monthly men OH ,or,nanv payrolls, and will recelEe anv rav increases that may De suo- i'- .onnentlv negotiated, retroactive from September f. l.,
 A statement Of future pol1cy 19 .ued by the mine owners arouseu considerable opposition among tue miners, w. w. Inglis, chairman m renorting for the operators sca'e committee 10 a meeting of the h- dustrv on the conduct of the recent futile scale negotiations made 'he following recommendation:
 Recommendations Made
 "rn view of the present situation vour committee strongly recon . noends that the operators maintain a firm stand for arbitration or 'he nresent differences to prevent re- currence of interruptions such as the one about to start.
 "1t believes that any settleHle", affected should be of Q permaneI, nature, providing for a rcad]ustmeh' os the wage scale from time to time to allow prices for out product that r.ilI enable it to move freely in com' ncti,ion with other tneis.
 Miners sentiment judged MT. lh' g,ts' proposal to call for "a contrac' in nernctuity, and for a sliding sca'e of wages" Either was held ana thcma.
 Miners in the anthracite region are rerortcd already removing thci' +ooIs from the pits. Mine supply firms arc said to be cutting no"i forces in anticipation of an ineVita' b,e falling off in business. For the same reason. the Lchigh Valley rail road, an anthracite carrier is re norted to be preparing to lay oi, crews handling coal shipments anc to close down shops and engine houses at terminals originating coa exclusively, according to word from Hazlcton. Pennsylvania. At th' same time. Central PennsylVan'a sot' coal rroducors, meeting in f'ha' dclrhia. Ibid plans to rns7 into th' breach to hc causcd ny anthracite suspension with an outnut of 5000 GOO tons of high volatile hitnmnon coal monthly. Word came from th' soft coal fe'is nf increasing activity tn anticipation cf better times, Nor' thap half of 'Ne hituminnus p;ts 1T Pennsy1vania have boon S''ut dow1 entirely for r1otlls and but few haV' been anywhere near normal pro