The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-13
MINES WILL BE
IN OPERATION
IN A FEW DAYS
Agreement Ending the Strike
Will BE Ratified at Scran-
ton Tuesday
ONE MINE STARTS TODAY
People Throughout the An.
thracite Region Celebrate
the Strikes End
ONE NINE STARTS TODAY

Philadelphia, Feb. l3.-iP)- Steps
toward quick production of anthra-
cite were being taken today in tho 500
square miles of territory comprising
the Pennsylvania hard coal fields.
The agreement reached yesterday
between the miners and operators
representatives, ending the strike
which had kept $4,000 miners in
idleness since September /, is to be
ratified by tri.district convention
of miners in Scranton next Tuesday.
Most of the mines will be in opera
ton few days later. Peak produc-
ton may not be reached for some
time. as many miners have left the
region to obtain employment else
where. Many foreign born miners
are expected back by the first boat,
however.
The Scotch valley mine of the
Beaver Valley Coal company prob
ably will be the first colliery to re-
sumo actual production. This mine,
located in Beaver township, Columbia
county, is starting operations with
it's full force of $50 men today. Of
ficials of the company announced that
they had received permission from
the miners union to do so. Repairs
were made last week.
Mules, Only, Are Disappointed
There was frenzy Of delight
throughout the anthracite region to-
day, the only discordant notes being
the brays Of mine mules being load
ed into box cars for shipment to
mines and an indie finite stay under
ground after a vacation in sunshine.
Every city and tiny ''cOal patch
joined in the celebration at which
church bells were rung. imprOmptu
paradcs were started and men and
women danced in the snow in joy
that the days Of soup kitchens had
ended.
The suspension all but paralyzed
business in many localities. COnscr-
vative. estimates OF the strikes cost,
including the loss Of production and
miners wages, reach $524,OO0, 900. Not
life was lost through violence. nor
a person seriously injured in the
strike.
Was Lewis Birthday
Peace came on the 46th birthday Of
John l.. Lewis, president Of the Unit
ed Mine Workers. Major w. w. In
glis, chairman Of the operators ne
eOtiating committee, sent him bas-
ket of American beauty roses. with
note saying it was the birthday OF
the miners leader and another great
American, Abraham Lincoln"
Mayor Hart Of Wilkcsbarrc cclc-
bratcd the strike settlement by re-
mitting the. fines and sentences of
all city prisoners held at the police
station and county Jail who are mine
workers and convicted of minor Of
fcnscs. He said most of them were
victims Of bad liquor.
The man who set the machinery in
motion to bring about the settlement,
r. F. Grant of Cleveland, vice presl-
dent of the NJ. A. Hanna Coal COM
pany, soft coal operators, and presi-
dent Of the Susquehanna Coliieries
company, an anthracite subsidiary,
remained in the background today:
Informed Of the high praise heaped
upon him by both parties. he lauded
President Coolidge for 'his great
common sense and wisdom IN not
intervening in the dispute. II the
president had yielded to pressure, he
said, the strike would not have been
settled.
Both Sides Claim Victory
The miners go DSck 10 WOIn u"ue'
| a five-year contract at the old wage
scale. Optional arbitration is provid-
ed. The union leaders claim this Is
victory. They have opposed COM
pulsory arbitration.
The miners also claim . victory. IN
their demands for deducting OF union
dues from wages. While the word
"checkoff" is not in the agreement,
it is covered by the phrase providing
! for "a reciprocal program Of cooper
alton and efficiency"
CONGRESS MAY ACT TO
PREVENT FURTHER STRIKES
Washington, Feb. 13.-(R-Grati-
| fication here over settlement of the
anthracite strike is coupled with a
hope that congress soon will lcgis-
late to render less likely any future