| Show FOURTEEN PER ENT INCREASE SPURNED COAL MINERS DECLARE OFFER OF FUEL administrator IS AN INSULT union officials announce that men will not work for proposed scale while government Is determined that mines shall be operated washington A government plan for fettling ettling i the soft coal cobil strike which embodied a 14 per cent wage increase for miners and the stipulation that there should lie no increase in tile the price paid by the public was laid be hire miners anti and operators wednesday by fuel I bol administrator garnald john L lewis lei acting president of the united mine workers of america announced that tile the miners would not accept the offer being regarded as in an the conference between the coal miners and the operators broke up on thursday without re ahing ing any settlement of the wage controversy the miners unanimously rejected tile governments proposal pro poul poal made by dr garfield tit at the lie direction of the cabinet inet for a 14 per cent wage increase without A increasing the price of coal this rejection was made utter titter the operators had announced that they would accept the governments government I 1 s suggestion for settlement the operators also notified dr gornell of their acceptance cep tance but pointed out that to in crease creage wages without increasing tile the selling price would eliminate the profits of a large number of mines and affect production they said they would rely upon the government to make later adjustments in prices to remedy this the operators then renewed their offer of submitting the dispute 11 to a hoard board of arbitration but tills this was refused by the he minor ini nors the miners said that they were going home to sit tight while several of the operators expressed a hope that some might yet be done to renew negotiations got lations nothing could be found in the situation to justify this sanguine view the breaking up tip of tha conference put the coal situation directly up to the lie government tit ID a more serious way than ever dr garfield has said the govern nent could not compel anybody to work but llian it would provide every ever I 1 protection for those willing to go into the mines anti and give the country the coal it needs |
