COAL MINERS OF ILLINOIS DENOUNCE PRESIDENT LEWIS Little Chance ante That at th the t e Compromise r Will it Be e Accepted and an the Strike Ended SPRINGFIELD Ill DL July 27 At a mass meeting of miners here hero V today T L Lewis national president of the tho United Mine Workers and the committee which was selected to effect a compromise of or the tho Peoria agreement were vigorously denounced John R B Walker state president was the principal speaker Resolutions were adopted condemning tho the national president for the proposed compromise compro compromise compromise I mise condemning the present scale scalo protesting against the engineers and I pump men returning to work protesting because District 12 was not given representation on the committee of seven for the adjustment of or the affairs of the Illinois men mon and approving the course taken by those who oppose tho the compromise Acceptance of or the tho terse terms of or the tho nom com compromise promise according to President Walk Walker er rr meant acknowledgment by bT the llie miners min ers of Illinois Illino that they thy were defeated If f you adoPt adept this thin contract M said Mid he ho you ou will have haTO to work on until the th ip operators get ready rd to give you more If It the miners miner want that kind ind of ot an agreement then they can oan n get somebody to write that kind of an agreement for tor them he said by way wa of ot letting Jetting them know he h would resign If Jt President Pre Lewis proposition wa was accepted Duncan McDonald tr II of ot th state tat organization organisation said Bald the op ep operators of Williamson and Franklin counties were well able to pay pa the de demand demands mand mands of the miners of f these thelle two coun counties counties ties US because the strike of two years ego In Alabama was woo caused by the tho operators of ot those counties sending coal coalt t Alabama at such suh a low rate the miners there were unable to t dispose of at r coal laL and a redu in of or SO 20 o per pert cert eert t rt In wag aR s way war Ii announced by b the theo operators o Ho Ito said the tho same thing held good In Missouri when th tb the operators were unable to sell coal from flom their mines In their own home t Mr 11 McDonald said that the Illinois Central tho the Wabash abah and the Missouri Mb Pacific systems s owned and controlled coal fields in fn Illinois and made more money meney hauling coal in the state than if their mines were vere Woking He lie e gave gaTO the first announcement of ofa ofa ofa a check for received from the national headquarters of or the tho order saying lal g this means 36 cents for tor each miner min r In the tho state Cries of Send it back ba k send end H Jt back beck greeted gr the an announcement announcement announcement Mr McDonald said II ld there would be bo 1000 more men working In Illinois today If It the Chicago and Indian Indianapolis Indianapolis apolis conference had not been called Returns have been received from about twenty locals local through tho the en entire entire entire tire state on th the referendum vote Tote It is estimated by Walker and Sec See McDonald that the vote now stands almost unanimous against t the adoption of a ise ice