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Show GOALDPERATDnS Hi FOUR STATES I . BESUHEPWILEI Settlement Plan on Broad l Scale in Central Field Dis- carded as Indiana Com- ! mittee Refuses to Attend I BOTH SIDES HOLD OPTIMISTIC VIEW Agreement at Cleveland Con ference Resuming Sessions Today Would Break Four Months' Strike of Miners' CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. (By U. P.) After a four-minute session, tha aaal aanfarenea here adjourned until I a. m. Thursday. A Joint statement Issusd by John L, Lewis, miners' chief, and Michael Gallagher, president ef tha Pittsburg Vain Operators' aeseelatlen and ehalr-man ehalr-man ef tha meeting. Indicated there waa not enough tannage represented ta warrant dleeuealen today. ' CLEVELAND, O, Aug. t (By A. P.) Virtual decision waa reached todey by union Isadora te conclude a settle-ment settle-ment ef the aaft eaal etrika with tha aperatera whs have gathered hare for the joint pseea conference. The esers-tore esers-tore also were expectant ef an agreement agree-ment affecting practically all minee In Ohio and scattered ethers in Illinois, Indiana and Penneylvanla. Final deoielon en a settlement reate with tha unlen'a policy committee and ita membere have been Informed thet President John l Lewie had aaaur-aaeea aaaur-aaeea ef sssrstsr. outside tha four etatee of their willingness ta reeeh en agreement eased an ana negotiated at the eonfarenea here. CLEVELAND. O. Aug. (By A. P Coal operators and tialon officials were - read? ta reconvene thir Joint peace conference teday-f or diuuaa in-of in-of breaking the four-months-old atnke by the resumption of work at'mlnee acattered throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Indiana and Illinois The plan for a settlement on tha lanter basis stent Into the dlecaj-a when the Indiana operators' acale committee com-mittee refused to attend the conference confer-ence here and tha nonappearance of operators from other states. The unlon'a teetlca In tba negotta-tlona negotta-tlona were considered today by Ita general gen-eral policy committee of 111 members, headed by President John L Lewie. Optimism waa expressed, however, by both union men and operators that a. settlement waa poeelble. i , Tba agreement on a baa la ware scale not only would end the strike for the operators represented here, but aleo was regards by tha oonfereea as a-. I tux the possibility ef forcing aaloa operators In many parte ef the eewatrr to open their salnea ander tha aw aeala. Tha speratars la the tmse states not parUelpatlng la tha ssafee-ones ssafee-ones would be permit led seder sarej a plan. If adopted, ta auja tas gsasral agreetneat anade at the afires ca. Operators In fields euteWte taa foor states would ae permitted ts la ha agreementa with the snloa under sea ' tracts baaed am lM2 ait hzr laa lw -states. Settlement Seen In 48 Hours HARRI8BURO. lit, Aug. t Fires have been started In every eoei mine In this section and mules ars Ssng lowered Into shafts today. Preparations ars being mads by . practically all operators In Williamson county to resume mining and It la tha belief of both miners and operators la , this region that tha coal atrike will be 1 ssttled within forty-eight hours. j First Casualty , -,' In Indiana Field ' STAUNTON, Ind.. Aug;, t (By U. P. Ths first casualty In ths stats'a sew fort to mine coal under martial law occurred today. Sergeant Charlea ' H. Hoekins ef Gary, a member of the signal corps, was shot through Us wrist whlls asleep In his lent. Skirmish between national guards- j men and snipers, presumably striking ! miners, waa going on at tba time. I McCrayMay . I j Use Convict Labor ' j INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Aug. B I T7. P.) Convict labor will be rushed f Into southern Indiana eoal fields to dig . ', cool under martial law If all other .' atate plana for breaking tha fuel font- 1 tne fall. Governor MeCray intimated j today. t McRae Believed j Arkansas Winner ! LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Aug By A. j P.) Governor T. C McRos, esndidsls 5 for ths Democratic gubernatorial nomU j nation, held a lead of mors than two to ons over Judge E. P. Toney, his opponent, op-ponent, when tabulation was resumed, ' to day of the delayed returna tram yesterday's state-wide primary. Newspaper tabulation today accounting ac-counting for MO precincts gave Mr Has 1C.2&7 votes and Toney 4.(1. Representative W. A. Old field. Democratic Demo-cratic "whip." In congress, ths only member of the Arkansas congressional delegation offered for ronomlnaiwsa Cufiilauajd on ' however, waa underatood to hava been endoraed by klan eupportere. In Little Bock and fulaakl county where tha klan and antl-klan flcbt waa made an laaue, the tleket sanctioned sanc-tioned by the klanamen held a lead on the faca of partial returna. Governor McRae, In addition to tha aupport he la aald to hava had from th Kg Klux Klan, waa endoreed by a number of union labor leadera aa a reault. it la believed of hla "handa off" policy In the coal atrike and hla recent declaration that ha would ezerclao hla veto power should It ba neceeaary to prevent the repeal of any labor Ire-la-la tlon now on tha atatuta book,. Women took an active part In tha pre-prlmary campaign, but tha vote caat by women yeatwrday waa aald to be much lighter than anticipated. ALMA. Iowa. Aug. t. Iowa miner, will abide by any aettlement made at the Cleveland conference and will ba ready to go to work within 24 hour a after an agreement haa been reached. It waa announced today by K. J. Morgan, acting prealdent of tha Iowa dlatrict of tha United Mine Workera of America. Ameri-ca. Acting Prealdent Morgan aald that he haa received a telegram from Prealdent Preal-dent Joe Morrla, wha la attending thai Cleveland conference, stating that "proepecta were for an early aettlement aettle-ment at tha old wage scala." ST. PAl'U Minn.. Aug. . The flrat Induatry In Minnesota, to cloee r'own becauee of ehorlage of coal was reported re-ported to Iran Bowea. stats fuel ad-mlnlatrator. ad-mlnlatrator. today. Tha Fowler A Pay company, lima and brick manufacturer,, manu-facturer,, with large planta at Auatln : and Mankato. reported that they hava ceased operating and will not resume i until coal la received. p COAL OPERATORS; (CootlnueO from pare 1.) havlns; opposition, had a lead of approximately ap-proximately two and one-half to one over W. A. Hodaree of Bald Knob. Neither of the trubematortal candidates candi-dates took sides on the Ku Klux Klan and antl-klan as, tat ion, avhtrl. in some Mictions of the state, fitrured larrely In several contests. Oovernor aicKae, |