| Show OWNERS iE E CATCH IN l A 5 1 isKer's isher's er s Agendum m ils to Meet Require- Require Hits Operators State I kIL DECISION ITO TO COME LATER 1 foint Point oi of Attack by tp Is Year Five-Year tract Provision 0 ELPHIA Jan 22 AP LIest latest effort to end the coal h s apparently failed Ante An- An te made known here they will not reenter al ons with the mine work work- fend d the long suspension on isis of the plan proposed by ranton Times id nt John L. L Lewis of the sun n announced earlier day aY at Scranton that h he was to again go into conference b sis of the latest proposal certain suggestions to make LADELPHIA Jan 22 AP iz it operators announced th t f tho Scranton Times o 0 end the coal strike did idid not noty ny y o of the situ situ- following wing statement was Is- Is reports that the ant an- an t had accepted a settlement plan proposed by of the Scranton tie Philadelphia office of operators' operators confer- confer t 1 states s that Mr lr Lynett's plan I any requirements of ofia tue Ion on and had not been acI ac- ac I Mr Ir Inglis Ingils or the oper- oper ia I w Inglis Is chairman of th the wage negotiating cont com com- t i- i EX EXPECTED Announcement ounce ent was made nade as asU ether U er the oD uld and use the pro- pro I- I felan plan Ilan as a basis for ut the mine owners' owners po- po n this is expected later part of the plan on which Cera r tors ors are said to look faIg fay fa- fa y that which provides that Ides may consider chang chang- I Ig e wage rate during the five contract contra t and If It no change I cedi eed upon the themen men shall re- re ork at the old scale fIXED WAGE is not provided it l pointed I ted out Operators said H do pot think the miners 10 vo voluntarily agree to a a. a wage Won on on if one were proposed as ased ed by economic conditions ha therefore the proposed would virtually be year contract at fixed wages hI the operators are op op- op L mID They favor a year five-year ment with an opportunity to wages during the period al 1 conferences have been beeny y operators Aerators on the Scranton on onu 11 u there have been no foret foret for- for et tANTON Pa Jan an 22 AP P- P Joe lent t John L. L Lewis of the Mine lIne Workers pt pta pt- pt PI a asis for negotiation the dv by the S r I f Ifor settlement of the the eal al strIke WI IY J Inglis IngUs chairman of the J C Ite j operators' operators negotiating tee e already had favored the thea a b basIs for negotiation Mr f said sad sad he was willing to Join fells li Us In another meeting In an tEto agree on a settlement ilU ill send the mine mineS S sack ack to work If S LONG CONTRACT Han Ian proposed by the is s in brief as follows t t The e miners to resume mediately nd-A nd d A year five-year contract from fim the time of signing the nt it d Wages J-Wages Wages in effect under it t contract to continue dur- dur Continued on ott page 4 MINE OWNERS SEE CATCH IN NEW PROPOSAL Continued from page 1 1 ing the term of the new contract unless changed as hereinafter provided provided pro pro- vided Fourth At Fourth At the instance o 0 either party given in writing sixty days before two years elapsed from the signing of the contract a contract contract con con- tract a conference may be called for the consideration of changes In Inthe inthe inthe the agreement on the subject of wages only the re miners to remain aln at work until the end of the five five- Icar contract whether the conciliatory conciliatory atory tor agree upon a change or not LOOKS TO FUTURE One Fifth One e year jear before beCore the contract contract con con- tract expires representatives of the coal operators and representatives of the United Mine 1 Workers to meet to devise an arr arrangement whereby work ork may be continued at atthe atthe atthe the mines mine at th the expiration of the theco co contract tract and during thee the the negotiations negotiations Negotiations of a new neww agreement ement President Lewis after a a. brief conference with E E. J J. J Lynett pub pub- Usher of ot the Times made known that he would meet the operators In another conference and said he would Issue a statement later on the details of of conditions under which the meeting would be held Mr 11 Lewis' Lewis favorable attitude does not mean mean the strike will end at at once unless the tte union has changed Its policy Mr Lewis and other leaders said there would be he no return re r re- re turn urn to work until an agreement agreements Is s reached The mine workers' workers leader was in conference With Ith Mr Lynett less than an hour in accepting the proposal proposal proposal pro pro- of the Times READY FOR CONFERENCE He expressed a desire to to I icom- icom communicate communicate com com- with W W. W W. Inglis spokesman spokesman spokesman spokes spokes- man for the operators with a a view of having Alvin Markle MarIcle call both sides together again The miners stand ready to re reenter reenter reenter re- re enter a Joint conference with tot the operators Mr Lewis said Mr 11 Lynett made efforts to reach Mr Inglis after Mr Lewis Lewis' announcement announcement an au- but at the Glen Id n offices It was vas s said id Mr Inglis was wad In New York The situation is somewhat the same as at the beginning of the re recent cent New York negotiations Both sides met at that time with the understanding that all plans offered could be considered None was accepted ae lC- lC and the conference broke up January 12 The differences between be- be veen tween the situation In New York and that tha t developed today 13 is that the he present action gives more hope of an early agreement NEW YORK Jan 22 AP AP- AP Brisk rallies of two to seven points in n the shares of the coal companies and nd anthracite carriers today expressed expressed ex- ex pressed Wall streets sheets response to the he brightened prospects for a resumption resumption re- re of anthracite mining f following following ol- ol fol- fol lowing the acceptance by John LLewis L L. Lewis of the Scranton Times' Times plan planas plana as a a basis for negotiating a settlement settle settle- ment En o by the latest developments developments devel- devel in the situation traders flooded the market with with buying buying orders orders or- or ders ers for the coal stocks and prices shot hot forward rapidly Jersey Jerse Central Central Cen- Cen ral mounted five points and gains of f 2 1 4 to 4 points were scored by Delaware Hudson Lehigh Valey Valley Val- Val ley ey Lackawanna Reading and PhIladelphia Coal and Iron and New Y York rk Ontario Western A spurt purt of two points in m Glen Alden Coal featured early trading in the curb urb market |
