Show Split Among Miners I Pittsburg April It After adopting a II resolution today to sign the wage scale with individual operators operator the miners of ot district No 5 I have practically been served er d with notice by President T L Lewis Lewia that the international executive board has no authority to recognize such a Q resolution and there is some danger tonight of ot there being a split among the miners accord according according ing lug to Lewis if the resolution is put into effect The scale committee of the district brought in a report today recommending that the scale be signed with the Indi Individual Individual vidual operators ope tors that had agreed to the demands The report further recommend recommended ed that the miners return to work as all I soon as aa the scale was signed but that after a reasonable length of time an as assessment b be laid upon the members member who I for the benefit of ot those whose operators had not signed the scale Pres Iren President PresIdent ident Feenan Feena of District 5 announced that thata a number of operators were ready to sign an agreement granting the 55 per percent percent percent cent increase and basis basl where the new explosives were used The plan was almost unanimously adopted and the district committee was authorized to pro proceed proceed proceed with the signing of the scale seale When National President Lewis heard of the action he was and In a statement tonight ald the resolution must m et have naVe been adopted through some misun misunderstanding misunderstanding The Cincinnati special convention clear clearly clearly clearly ly specified the basis of wage contracts and no provision was made e for signing sl the contracts with Individual operators said Mr Lewis LeW l If this resolution is put I through it will mean mt an a serious division I in the ranks of ot the miners The inter international InterI international I national executive board has no author authority ity to sanction such luch a step I will wilt be beat bej beat lit 1 at the convention Monday to learn if it the j i terms of the resolution are to be carried lout out |