Show GOAL COAL MINERS HAVE ENFORCED Y Conferences Between Their Or Organization Organization and That of Oper Operators Operators Have Boon Boen Arranged DURATION IS INDEFINITE t l t I I May 11 ba be If lit r In II A n I lei ew Ila I anti arHl na It II I IIMa Ma IN III k V lt Indianapolis ls April r today ta the th anniversary of the tb Uon U of a Ih th the elthor day t y IB In I the tb m miss mine of the th country bituminous coal miner ml faced t an enforced nl holiday of unknown duration durk In many states elate tal wage eon con contracts tracts expired hut lt midnight and a the t miners miner quit qui the tile coal pits pita pIt demanding tD that their new n contract must mu for fo a wage Increase of o IBS 11 per p cent centa a ton t on screened Ir coal oal and an an nit n equivalent lent tt Increase on coal cl Conference Cler between bt we the lh miner or organisation tl In the th several districts and nd the th corresponding operators operator orl tl hive hv b bean en arranged Adjustment of 0 the Ut difficulty may m be b a matter mater of oC weeks week or days day dl In the Brash BrU b block coal I district of Indiana Indi there t will wIli wi not n be b a suspension alun of work or for lo tat late yes yesterday ye ee t the th operators operator conceded r the tb higher wage wag w demanded of or the miner m ad adIn In Illinois and wo western Pennsylvania where wr the powder question and that tt of u which party pt shall pay p the tb shot ht nr enter the th controversy theTa there th will wil b b be a prolonged contest ctt In hundreds hundred of f meetings meeting In large targe and small tl mine ml communities where wb the ii peo people t ph are I dependent on the Industry In p as a mb to listen to the tb speeches Ib of union leader len the strike erM was waa wa subject of ot discussion today toy The rho national officer oJ and an members member of ot the executive board br of ot the United Mine ln Workers Worker of America who had h been I In secret session Ion at their head headquarter he headquarters quarters quarter In this Ihl city It departed for their thir respective districts district tale late tat last It night President lt lx Lewis will wi speak today toy at Belleville III Ill I I and a will wi p visit several ve other Illinois towns town Mr 1 I Lewis thus thu entered the t elm country as he said I before bo he left r this lla i city Ity meeting meaning not no that the th 70 min miners ers of Illinois were re not his hi friends friend nd but bul that several trl of their ther leaders leader lee Including the th district president nt John Jon Walker had ha antagonised his h hi course cur since ne the Ut opening of the mine ml jal con convention in I Indianapolis on o Jan Jai U it ReturnIng to 1 Indiana Inia tomorrow the them miner m national UI president dt wilt wn ilta of a 1 hi I his vigorous v 1 0 in Francis Fiends J presIdent t of 9 the Ut western em Penn l ln sylvanis lat where whee w KW 1 ii men m have hf quit ul The Th new explosive demand demanded ed d by the th stale laws ra of Pennsylvania break the Ih coat coal CI so e much finer than the theold theold old out fashioned black bla powder the miners miner maintain that a a wage w Increase means mean m little to tn them If they are to be he required to tn use the th advanced methods of or bringing down the coal r Keehan In Inthe inthe the tt national tonal convention here her declared tar that tha a wage a Increase Inc of at y 10 per p cent nt would be b only fair and It ii per pr pl cent ct must mot be bt the th minimum President I Lewis will wi next M pa into the tile Kanawha district of 01 West Wet Virginia Vl to advise the Ih striking miners miner there tl Fbi Tl is I the tl battleground batuR of unionism In Inthe Inthe inthe the mines Secy Treasurer I J I Perry r to today toda tolay lay day da went w t to participate In the Ue joint conference of or Iowa IOIa miners miner ml and nd opera operators tors tori to at t Des Du Moines 01 |