Show ENERA STRIKE I ILL BE AVERTED t Vice President United Mine MineWorkers MineWorkers Workers Issues a Statement OLD RATE TO BE RESTORED Si Declares leclare Sul Coal Operator 4 and Anthracite Men S. S Must 7 Indianapolis Ind Feb 25 VIce Vice President T. T L. L Lewis Levis of time the United Mine Workers issued a statement to to- to night In which ho says that there will vill willbe be no general strike In the lie soft coal coalfields coalfields fields on April 1 He claimed that the bituminous operators would restore the old rate accepted by the two years ago and said The rho soft coal operators will vil re restore restore re- re store the reduction accepted by the miners two years ago and more F. F L. L of PIttsburg and Mr Taylor of Illinois leaders of the operators recognize their unten untenable untenable able position at Indianapolis and haw has gracefully submitted to the tho inevitable and will pay an advance to the min ers Predicts Urea Ern of if Pence lemee A genral strike will be averted Business will not bo be paralyzed by In Industrial strife An n era of peace will willbe willbe be established for another period of ol years anti and the trade agreement method moth meth od of settling labor disputes will win new friends 10 to Its standard standau-d. The anthracite anthracite an an- operators must now grant an advance In lii view of the action of the bituminous operators The details will willbe willbe be worked out nut later and probably through a special nati national onal conven convention of the mine mimic workers Practically all of out our agreements expire March 31 next By virtue o othis of this arrangement the mine workers of or orthe the country are now In a position t u compel time the operators to deal wi h us justly justh At recent tho-recent Joint convention in Indianapolis I advocated an advance for the lie miners because I believe they thoy are entitled to it |