| Show INERS GIVEN PAY ADVANCE OF o 90 MILLION j cord Brings End to peaceful Strike of Men MenI I B Br 7 United Press Tress WASHINGTON A Sept 27 Soft 27 Soft jal at al miners won a a. adice ad- ad ice ce in the he wage agreement which irly I Jy dy tc today d ended the tile peaceful likout of miners in the luminous fields The Th miners except for tor a few thou- thou ind nd in the southern districts will back to work next Tuesday un- un to r it a contract which will give give them themI I hour day and wage ini in- in i at least last until April 1 1937 1931 The e strike w was s settled d just as it itt t a serl serious us phase with on on n of miners threatening disorders the mining areas The closing scenes of ot one of the rang st strikes strikes' in American his his- iY vere marked by a feeling eeling of Jt between operators and min min- 3 unprecedented in the industrial Rations lations' lations of ot these traditional enel ene ene- juis l Shortest Strike the th strike calling out ut mints mini min raIn i throughout the t ts Appalachian l Id and nd effectively g up the th-e tire lire soft coal industry had been progress since ce Sunday Sunda midnight was th the shortest coal t strike on ord ord and arid also the most peaceful Miners Miners' won l IAu A An increase of 50 cents per if dor or day workers t An increase of 9 cents per ton J Continued on Pace two Twenty C Cub b B Boss ss c I p Charlie Grimm MINERS SCORE WAGE VICTORY Continued from pace Face One for lor piece workers the men who dig and load Joad the coal 3 An Increase of 10 per cent Inthe inthe in the he pay of those doing so called Operators won Rearrangements of the differentials differentials between competing districts which were designed to put the operators operators operators op op- on an improved status in marketing operations Delay Novo o NovoA A significant feature of ot the settlement settlement set- set lement was the attitude of the operators operators operators op op- op- op toward the Roosevelt ad ad- ministration The agreement had been decided upon for some ome time prior to its announcement but the actual concluding ceremonies were I delayed until Mr Roosevelt had started westward and there was no of connecting them with White House intervention Mr Yr Roosevelt addressed a letter lettero to o the conference which was read by Edward F. F McGrady assistant secretary of labor who has represented represented represented the president during the wage vage negotiations Will you tell teU the hundreds of I thousands of coal miners and the many operators that tonight's agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment will make my long deferred vacation a greater pleasure the president wrote and also that this is s a splendid example of the usefulness usefulness usefulness useful useful- ness of ot the principle of collective bargaining to which we are all aU com com- Miners Cheer Miners Miner cheered Operators r re remained remained re- re silent for an instant then about half of at them arose joining in inho inthe inthe the ho applause t There has been a feeling among operators from the start that the administration through McGrady was forcing them into a 8 position they hey could not accept voluntarily They arranged for their next wage conference in 1937 to be held in New York The Th agreement was worked out by y a subcommittee of ot four tour and then up through a committee of 16 a a committee of 56 and finally before the full conference of evenly divided between operators and min min- ers When the agreement finally was signed it provided for all the miners going back to work vork n next Tuesday except those in the fhe southern dis- dis There are about of them hem only a fraction of the total number on strike it was a love feast between be be- between tween miners and operators a strange scene to anyone who has seen een the bitterness of past disputes between the same men Lewis presented pre pre- presented a silver tray to one operator who had acted as arms at arms at-arms and a a. a gavel to the chairman of ot the conference all in the best of spirits and with greeting greetings stressing the new cordiality of the relationships between the operators and their em em- Rise In fuel prices Tuesday when Utah and Wyoming g mines resume op operations under terms terns of settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment of the old day bituminous was predicted Friday by operators in Salt Lake City Official notification of the settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment was awaited here by operators operators oper oper- union leaders and the Utah Coal Producers' Producers association preparatory preparatory pre- pre to a conference concerning new contracts Contracts' and new price sched- sched sched ules I expect all mines In Ut Utah h and Wyoming to reopen Tuesday re re- re ss of whether the co conference ference has been held Otto Herres president president dent of the association said The new contract terms increase the cost of production What effect that will have on prices is not known here at present However it is reasonable to assume prices will be higher A tentative price schedule pending pendIng pending pend pend- ing rates to be set by the new coal commission under the Guffey act will be considered at the conference The terms of settlement made at Washington D Df Dr C. C late Thursday will be used as a basic agreement for contracts for the rest of the th country Mr Herres explained Under the new contracts several operators said the pay for loaders in Ut Utah h probably will be increased from 87 cents to a ton Laborers Laborers Laborers La La- borers will receive about a cent 50 a day increase in wages it was said A 15 per cent increase in pay was predicted for machine cutting Several operators Friday said they would not open their mines next week unless new prices were effective e Increased cost of production production pro pro- would force them to operate at a loss under present prices they reported |
