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Show ilB ISIST 01 lion irani .m. Anthracite Leaders Say Point i Will Be Contended for in I ; Conference. j ? JRESENT OLD DEMANDS W' j S Twenty Per Cent Increase eBlr 1 One of Important Features: I 1 Bituminous Men Vote. j pilILADKLPRrA, April 9. John P. (n'fii White, president of the United Mine i ' Workers of America, and officials of ' .' xhat union from the anthracite fields, are uatliered here tonight awaiting the ' conference arranged for tomorrow with Sthe comniitteo of hard coal operators vvhieh will decide whether the present jucponsiou of work in tho anthracite i f regions should eventuate into a strike 1 ,: or whether the men shall return to ? i t work under a new agreement. jflff I President Whito tonight said he and 7 ';hB colleagues would renew the de-;mnml de-;mnml which they had presented at the : last confercuuo with the operators. In fflH9l c3' '10 su, ''s COMlu,'t'tco failed to r leai-h an afrccmont, ho said, thero ivt'iild be no arbitration and the uuiou would IloL !lPP'3f for mediation under ' ' tbo terms 01 the JSrdman act. JIc e-x- $ prosed his belief that suitable terms jjj '. would bo reached. 11 W , Mr. White said that neither I'rcsi- Vdcnt Tai't nor former President lioosc B ? volt had taken any hand in the cou- 4 trovers", lie said that no govorumeu- ' '( ' tal or political intervention was de- sirctU- ; Miners' Demands. I "I . The demands that will be submitted ' '? ' to the operators tomorrow call for: . Ono vear agreement. j iiiht hours a day for all classes of i ; mn- SB v Recognition of the union and tho - r? Jiirht to provide a method of collecting ; revenue ior tho organization. cnm ' "l.oro c01ivcnie,1t and uniform sys 5QH1 tern of adjusting; grievances within a m fioasouable time, llff A -U per cent wage increase. . ,) A minimum of $3.50 a day for all OKA 'j whiers and $2.75 for laborers. . ; Tlint the s.ystem whereby a contract 05 30 "X nyner has more than one working plu.ee & - ' in the mine or employs more thnn two k -fy j laborers shall be abolished. t j That the right of check woighmcn kflrtjji . and check doukiiig bosses shall bo reo-tf' reo-tf' oeiiizud and that they shall not be in- hani 'ererC( with. ThaL au eoa j,,, ,ninC( u(j paid for j , by the ton or 2'2i0 pounds wherover " While these demands will be modified at the conference, tho union leaders de-ftPfli de-ftPfli ( dare that they will stand for union -TriS " nwnirnit Int. J! Soft Coal Men to Vote. I'll IG A GO. April 9. Thc 300,000 -union bituminous coal Tinners of thc Uuited States will vote tomorrow on ,tlio tentative agreement entered into at IjCIpveliind between their wage scalo B lfommittec and tho coal operators of j.-the central Competitive field. "International "Interna-tional President .rohn P. White, Vice President. Frank Hayes. Secretary Ed-. Ed-. jriii Perry and tho poliuy committee, , jn a statement sent to nil local unions, Prirtk 'wfthe miners to accept tho now r7 .contract. HI . "Dm- nf the irrcat features of tho onjji Ve"ntrnct." said the ofliccrs in their ap- , l '!'C11 fr its acceptance, "is that if it jnS -i's accepted it restores the interstate 1511 -trade agreement and will permit the ""Tr I'mners to give thoir entire attention ' to the imiouization of thc non-union !'. .'"elds'. ' ,j The result of the vote must be. sent Anf J?.tlle international ofticers at rndianap-ivvi' rndianap-ivvi' ;0ils on or ljPt.orc A 5 1(5 |