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Show LAST MINUTE PLEA AVERTS FiiyK Secretary Wilson Holds Warring Groups Over for Another Attempt to Adjust Differences. Still a Slight Chance That Great Strike, Threatened on November Novem-ber 1, Will Be Averted. Washington, Oct. -o. a unisvr.tic appeal by Secretary of Tibor Wilson, himself a miner, prevented an open break ton ight between miners and opera tor.;. 1 almost ready to go home after failing in settle the strike of Srtu.COO soft coal miners min-ers set for ten days hence. It was near the end oC n lens ru.d hicii iiesaiou. at. which the miners formal! r. -, jecto'd one ply n o' eel U men I and ie-1 ie-1 fused to arbitrate wages, that the secrt-: secrt-: tary, taking hold of a slender thread, brought the iwo sides together and kevt j them here for a not her conference tomorrow. to-morrow. As members of the two groups, wclm- after three days of argument and wrau-, wrau-, gling. left the meeting place, they rrfusort I to hazard an opinion as to whether the strike would be averied. (n some ijiiar-j ijiiar-j ters, however, ther was a more houi Vnl j view than heretofore. Secretary Wilpun, !a bit hoarse after long pleading with tiu factions for consideration of the public's rights, actually seemed ehecri'i). Mui-i: of this feeling was due to the 1V'-1 tha: he had persuade:! the warring factions i make another attempt tu resmiv peace ;.i the very momeni they wee ro:ui to qr;.. WILSON SU LIMITS A NEW PROPOSAL. "The miners rejected and t ic op.v,i!o;' neither rejected nor acivpi'-d my fh'-i proposal for settlement of their trouble??. Secretary Wilson said tonl;;ht. "Thr.v now have before them for considers t m:i a proposition submitted by me that t'w fc" into conference with each other, withou! reservation, as if no dr.mnndM had bfn made or rei'u.icd. having in mind lb" ii tereiits of their respective gnmpp. "The miners are willing to do thiit. ;c the operators a re wi'Une. provided t strike order is withdrawn." ! John L. a",- is, pre-ident of the L" in led 1 Mine Workers of America, leading from the conference room a group of hip nvn. said: "The strike ord.r sta ri-'r." Thomas L. tire water, head of vhc (., Operators" assoHn t ion. len ving the mec' , Ing with a party of his ':roriu tcs, Mtunpcd long enough to say: I "We ore juvi r.-itcre we started." Put Out Of the mass of for. flirt q ;.. 1. there seemed a bett-'r chance 1"r.i;;t,t lh; Secretary Wii'on .miji.if ! able, to hi.i the minc-rn mid oneaton. foil-nr. j ARBITRATION PLANS COME TO NAUGHT. All efforts U havr fnr -v o m, ;,h, . . tr;i te the:r d if fen-uces f-tl riowi,. y, , Wilson c: j 'lai nf,,i (hat r ty in the r.rr i Ing the opera to-u riropos'-d lo hubmi: l finest ton of i'i'T'-aM'-' y,-n :i f it c;. )h : ratiot: of the. p'-fsnt. oi 1 1 ,-;i -'t, o a bo. d , of nrlet at ion. Only the f!jfflo:i of v;i;:eji 1 was to Lie 'f,T: ,!or,:'':'i. b '1 l," -i- : . ! Jfct"d it. , "In the l.T'iiiRf1 or .lnu; i::,- 1 i . 1 Gary. I ca n not o : -. -v.i-s i bit r ;i i ion m, . tinif." i.wir- vii-ii'i.-'i, ;.uo ( t il, tnjnoi in otii'-r d ii i bui'.. M'. ''i,.i-ou. of l.i ov." i ,if'ord. y.,;:- gf Jtff rorma il y t )":al :V t li- m , ,7lS u disnuto br subtnitif'j u ;i riht i both sides rf.1" -tf-d it yn j 1 1 ' : : ) that it P.olo'd . if tii".v li'i-l "'-b. d the re,-,) e.id ')f at i' n i p ' f t" bring cooi: i All the time. how-v.. r. Air. v. ;, bl Vt 1 ; j K P'1' th" i ;'-U' :-!ollH V. i ! h ,).;; for t'ne ;' ;. for fome t:i...;ht of t;,,'; rir j;t-. .!! ii wdm v-onl i.:ctu.e of ,!).. v.in i ' t-o nt: w ) t i i t he l'i).i! hni; down ' Mines and 1 nlf the -o-jnl'-v ;-,..;- of .(,' Th-n, Hp:i);i!iC unlet;;:. !,e !;,id i,.--. ' prpo". ;i 1 before tiiM ff.iloe,-f.j, r, , uv,-:, u.io't'H ;uid ii.'-r;t v- to ' p evr-r ii -.,,) , return with an . ;' : i n;i : ion and . ! i , ; , ,.; to Kive and k' . AGREE TO MEET FOR ANOTHER TRY. T-." imw!'" -.'ir-.-al, ,,,)., . I '.ijr I'vy i;,i'..fi j . , ;, ;-,, - : 1, tft ".T-':r- !!.: . . ' ':' l-r. .,.- Rr l i-r ,, ., '" Mr. Vl 'to h',', iIip ar'.y.t i r.- 1 f;!l;",'-,M "v;is c-i n.Kr.- ;m.'i ,,;,) ii; - (Coiitnuid on T-s?'.v?,. Column 7,.) hi wmm Mm ML BBHK (Continued From Puge On:s.) to proceed v. hoiuhoartedly to negotiation negotia-tion of a row wane aswmont. I.owi.i had concluded' a fiery speech, in v.'hi.-h lie c':i:i:'?i:rl tin; operators "with full j-. oT.unsiijih'y for th ii.Uusirial aias-troplio," aias-troplio," V;M a In: turned to Secretary Wilson, !u!ti between the two groups, and deetared: "As far as tho miners are concerned, wo are lvadv to ku home tonight. We recognize the" futility of tiie situation." Not much was for t bromine, from the conference room respecting discussion of miners' demands for a. five-day deck, which the operators had asserted time and aitaii! would not be made the subject of iie.cut iations. 'I'o carry out Mr. Wilson's Wil-son's plans lor negotiations it was necessary neces-sary for both sides to Kive ground on the ijucslion of the strike order. REPORTS THAT GROUPS ARE NOT "SOLID." The i e wen; reports tonight that the Sroup.s were not solid, that .omc operators, ..-piiur no otlvr wav out of it, were in-rliprd in-rliprd to the i.clief thai it mifjht bo best to yield and bep,in negotiations regardless 01' tin; strike order, yonie of the miners, com ci Klin;;- tiiat Mr. "Wilson had picked up thfir rji-ii;in;i.l proposition, expect that it omitted r'!':re!RH! to the strike order, also were willing, it was said, to meet the other side half wav. All had looked for a stormy and. abrupt endlnp of the P'-;u-i-ful deliberations, and official "Washington, "Wash-ington, learning t tint nnotlier meeting would be held, took tlie view that for the fir.n time there was hope of escaping the strike. |