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Show UNION MINES GENERALLY STILL CLOSED DOWN BITUMINOUS! DIGGERS HIE won OUT Secretary Wilson Bending Bend-ing Energies Toward Bringing About Com-promise Com-promise of Forces. Unwillingness of Men to Return to Work at Old Scale Prods Cabinet Cab-inet Officer to Action. U.AaMlciiu.N, aov. is. t nc apparent unwillingness of all union coal miners to 'return to work at the old pay scale caused government officials to put forth every (effort today to bring about immediate negotiation ne-gotiation of a new wage scale. ' Secretary Wilson, without waiting for formal acceptance of his offer to mediate the differences, began smoothing the way lor the joint conference of miners and operators lie has called to meet In Washington, Wash-ington, Friday. Both sides notified him they would attend at-tend the conference. Spokesmen for the ifllne workers said that if the mine owners own-ers came in a spirit of conciliation a new agreement could be framed and ratified Saturday night. Until an agreement Is formally accepted by tho miners' scale committee, labor leaders said, there was little hope of full resumption of production. It was because of this possibility and the steady drain meanwhile on the nation's na-tion's visible coal supply that Secretary Wilson undertook today to induce some it the miners and operators to see tho pther fellow's side. NOT REGARDED AS TEST OF ATTITUDE. f The indication of continued suspension If mining activity in union fields today Plan not a surprise to government offi-bto, offi-bto, nor accepted as an actual test of m miners' attitude. Complete distribu-Wn distribu-Wn of tho order canceling tho strike ght take some time. It was said. It was mm hnwcver, that a large number of men Bill might remain out until assured that pmc of the demands-agreed upon in con-Bltlon con-Bltlon would he granted. .Labor leaders, who have admitted "iiKly that public sentiment was against e strike, look comfort today from what ) described as a seeming change of wiuinieiil as rellected in newsnaper edi-?"'"? edi-?"'"? -Messages to labor headquarters "ted that the feeling was growing that m miners were entitled to higher wages, tecrotury Wilson was greatly encour-E encour-E , 0 rKdlness of the two sides to JMI and make a determined effort to ffmc a wage sotiedui0 smigfactorv to Km . WHors. He was quUe p!S&S$t thla foe,lns was WU WITHHOLD AN APPEAL IN RULING OF FEDERAL COURT WWWUS, Ind Nov. ,2. - The rS 1,',MC, Workers of America, con- Hma u ieilcral court lnJ""ctlon pro- I uVtrlk Ar , 1 , tn filing off 1 In a V of co''" miners vesterdav. rtC7i' generally believed that re-M re-M mLtI leVfjp.me"ts in the situation fcllrbi ?n ti, ?' fl(-ru lh,;1r case in tho coat ive'?" dltch' ani attorneys for t thei,. lcr,s "'"'ounce.! yesterdav 10 o, ,i, PPe:' W0llkl hft rlort within '., , B da-, However, Henry 'tot tm . i , 'or the miners, to- kfflce nt , th" outcome of tho con. Pi oner, , '' llnor?' representatives and 55 J '' ,W!h Secretary of Labor toe whShll .Ston FrldB" wo"ld 'ie-K 'ie-K The , r ,he sc ls carried fur-ht fur-ht In whiTlner! , counsel have thirty The ,:, h to fll their appeal. Petit ha !he0f ,,hp ""nets Is taken to Stnt'J ll ey lmve accepted tne gov-affiners gov-affiners ,.Unce th;it the suit against I ' S,"' an "t'aek against the Matioi, or f"" ,w:l5 solely to prevent E" " tllc Is In this case, the Lever a'ski'i, f sp,t,edy agreement at the Pinion 1 , r ,' ""'"ence. according ,to fa of when I mi"'rcU 0,,lv hV the qucs- Kl! effect ve Y, ":,se S,':,U' wo,"cl be' PW that i -Mlnrs' spokesmen have F'werice l l,ho "Platers go to the ant win pir!t of conciliation. u it I , a question of t thst th.Pwn l"" by thc c""-Vo c""-Vo stiiM. scal,V" 'ect before Miners' n f V t i , '" effect. 6"" n the v i0day declined to corn-L'hc corn-L'hc 0WnUrirtl! Whlch the members iWr order m" ?ra responding to Nd ever ,'a"l,ur off the strike, and Wirtcr, repor,s from the district I5!WDorttimlnerS the lndla"-1 5 believed tlm, d for, work' and H is ":.n-e ' a . operation can be started tLc Be4'nsvma ri? ,week- u",on n'en Im0 nigh, ' dlstrlct will meet to- &r a"d rLlh y0t.a, on ohey'ns the H Haute thirl I 11,8 st, lke- From ta,,rs 1,1 hat ,iK.r ",s a 'opo''t that the 5? of t. ' "-'.''! we,-,, awaiting the ----0 in Washington ,0oBt on Pn39 13, ColnTT" IB FDR AN AGREEMENT tCouUmieu rom Page Or;e.) before returning to work. A report from Bkknoll called attention to omission from tfie order- of the mint workers' officials pf any instructions to return to work, and ft was said district leaders were refraining refrain-ing from supplementing the general order in any way. |
