New Britain herald., 1926-01-14
MINERS MEET AS
 HUNGRY SEEK FOOD
More Soup Kitchens Opened.' Relief Measures Discussed

Hazleton, Pa, Jan. fl Pl-- Ma tional and district officials and To- cal leaders from every section of the anthracite fields gathered here today to attend a meeting of the | United Mine Workers scale com mittee, which will consider the | strike situation. Many idle miners also came to the Hotel Altamont to | learn what action tho committee would take. The committee meets this after noon under the chairmanshlp of John l.. Lewis. also president of the miners union. The scale committee was created by A convention of the anthracite miners last July. and is empowered to negotiate wage con- tracts subject to ratification Of an- other convention. The committee has not met since last November, when 1t approved the peace plan of- fered by Governor Pinchot- This plan was rejected by the operators. The sub committee of the scale committee vii make detailed re- port of It's negotiations with tho operators in New York, and the full committee is expected to ap. prove the DO. .ition taken at the meeting with the mine owners
 The subcommittee is made up Of President Lewis, Vice-president Phillip Murray Secretary-treasurer. Thomas Kennedy and District Presi- dents Rinaldo Capellini. Andrew Mattey and C. J. Golden.
 Other matters relating to the strike, such as the work of relief for pcedy miners and their families, will he taken up. The United Mine Workers do not pay strike benefits. but extend relief when applications for assistance are made. Oppor- tunity will be afforded members of the scale committee to report on conditions in their respective localt- tics.
 Miners here said they did not take seriously reports that some oi the operators would attempt to start up their mines. Operators generally havo denied knowledge of any sucf Intention. Nevertheless 1t Is knoWr that when such reports reached the scale committee in New York the! gave notice that if any attempt were made to produce coal maintenance men VOL. l be withdrawn from thu mines,
 Failure of the New York con ference to bring peace to the coa territory and return the 15S,oo' miners to work has caused alarn omong the charity workers wh have been hard put to care fo destitute miners, especially in th smaller towns. In Scranton head of relief organizations estimate ths number of appeals from need f.mili,s at 800 a day.
 More soup Kitchens
 Tl,t. junior branch of the Amerl can Red Cross association ha crcned additional soup and brea rnn1cre for poorly nourished chl1 ,rrn and moro centcrs are plannef TXiycs of many miners are Torhin il? mills to tide over the suSpenslol ' in some quarters a general cXodI from the mining field is cNpccte rnloss peace is restored soon. MoanHhile the special session i -... legislature at FarrlsburgHcalie r.. Governor Pinchot. has before TWO measures designed to preVeI such g tin-up as is now in force. TT .1,issures provide for the contr' :.r.l regulation of the anthracite Il .luHry and for repeal of the sta ,n,hracito tax and miners certitca' law.
 The regulatory measures. won male coal mining a public utih and would permit comracts oetWet rtatcs for control of the civil trad They are. supported by Govern Pinchot.
 Repeal of the state tax law al of the miners certificate Jaw a indcpendcnt measures.
 Both the mine leaders and 0 orators continued yesterday the exchange of comment on the unsu ccssful New York negotiations, ca blaming the other.