Evening star., 1926-01-24
Warn Union Head in Advance
That Principle for Pro-
posed Settlement Is Un-
sound and Unsatisfactory.
TIME AND PLACE FOR
CONFERENCE NOT FIXED
Scranton Times Program. Calling
for Five Year Contract. Will Be
Basis for Resumption of Nego-
tiations to End Anthracite Con-
trcversy, Markle Announces.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA. January G3-An.
th"acite miners and operators will
meet again in joint conference in u
few days for another battle to end the
long coal strike
The meeting will be held at the re
quest of John l.. Lewis. president of
the United Mine Workers. but the
operators already have served notice
that the plan on which the call for
further conference is based is funda-
mentally unSound and does not afford
A satisfactory basis for a contract.
The call for the meeting was eX.
poctcd to be issued from Hazleton.
"a. late tonight or early Sunday
morning by -tlvan Markle chairman n
81 the joint conference Of operators
and miners. Many interests. il was
sad, had TO be consulted before the
time and place could be fixed The
conference probably will be held in
New York next week. President Lewis
suGS ested any coal region city or New
York, as the operators preferred.
Says Plan Was Accepted.
The request for the meeting was
made by Mr.. Lewis in a letter to Mr.
Markle early in the day. in which he
stated that both W. W. Inglis, chair
man of the operators negotiating com
nittee. and the miners had accepted
in principle" the plan offered by l.. J.
Lynett, publisher of the Scranton
Times
Mr.. Lewis notified Mr.. Markle that
the miners would move that the con
ference be open to the public press
because of many misleading state
nents as to what actually transpired
in the recent conference in New York
have caused confusion and misunder-
standing in the public mind"
Members of the operators negotiat.
Ing committee were gathered in Phila-
delphia for what was termed regu.
lar meeting. when Mr.. Lewis request
for a conference became known. They
made no comment, but showed eager
interest in Mr.. Lewis letter.
The meeting of the OPERATORS lasted
until late in the day. when they made
public through the Associated Press
their reaction to the mine leaders call
for a conference
Text of Inglis Letter.
This was in the form of a letter to
Chairman Markle signed by Mr. In
glis on behalf of the negotiators. The
letter was as follows:
In reply to your call for recon
vening of the joint conference at the
request of Mr.. John l.. Lewis and in
accordance with his letter to you under
date of January %, we accept Your in
vitation, but in order that there may
be no misunderstanding, we desire to
call your attention to the fact that
We have not accepted the Lynett plan
IN principle as stated by Mr. Lewis.
nor does it afford a satisfactory basis
for 4 contract.
Among other defects. il fails to
meet the fundamental requirements of
any sound plan. in that il does not
contain any method OF preventing in
the future such deadiocks as the one
from which we are now suffering
Want Position known.
We do not want TO he accused of
re-euterinc negotiations under false
colors. and we, therefore. ask YOU 10
advise Mr.. Lewis in advance Of anv
meeting of our position with reference
II The Lynett plan"
The letter was telephoned to Nj
Narkle and also taken To Hazelton bv
special messenger. Nr. Markle imme-
distely got in touch with President
Lewis, and appri+ed him of it's con-
tents. Mr.. Lewis. il is underst ood. did
not change his position for Il confer
ence, and requested Mr.. Marble to 20
ahead with the arrangements.
Cnde: the motion Oh which the re-
cent New York conference was ad-
juurned it could be reconvened on the
request of Chairman Narkle or at the
request of either party TO the confer
ence. This LETT the operators nothing
TO do but agree to meet.
It was made known late tonight by
James y. German, secretary of the
joint conference, that Chairman
Markle would not announce the time
nd place of meeting tonight. but
would do so tomorrow Sunday morn
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