Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-17 | Page 1 | Shutdown of Coal Mining is Threatened

SHU I W2 OF GOAL 113 ISWJEi'IO Representatives of Unions and Operators Meet to Give Latt Words to Federal Fed-eral Commission RIGID DEADLOCK . SEEMS APPARENT Proposal to Surpend Hostilities Hos-tilities on September 1 and Continue Negotiations Negotia-tions MeeU Little Favor NIW YORK, Aug. 17 (By A. P -.11!" f"? """cits eoiretors II '". ?a,' a Joint e,t.r.ne. St ths behest of the Unit.d &,..., eeal eomm,..,., a .VIP . ,,p.. lltli. 1 "rm,in September 1. reached en eareament to renew wees contract n-ooti.tione st At-Isnt.o At-Isnt.o City net Mond.y. Formel snnouocement that the sareement bed been reach. H te con-tmue con-tmue the tf.rl.y . v.a(,.s tr. hatt become doad ock.d w., ,.t, h.; ih ""ml".en eouid be I effiolslly notified. , NKW tOTthT'A'uT'lT (Pv A. P orrirlals of the miners' union Sim repreeentatlvee of mine operators in the anthracite r.K..n a.mt,irn today to give their laat worn, to the I nlted Mm,. Po romml-.'on In the indmtntl controversy hn h Is threatening 10 hrlj g sl-out etnp-na etnp-na of enlhrsrce cal prndm-t on utemh.r 1. Prolonged me.i!,,. iurlns the past two dava are to i.e hroiiant to a head at meemr. I tween the feilernt asenry nj tat le.'i-rs of both s ura. I oalrlng In tl, attempt to Iron out ine terhnimt o,nutes concern- ln the -rhecm.ff' at stein f..r col-le. col-le. line union dnee eml rer.. Knit u,n of iiie union, toe rommlea.ori haa ' 'd out both e'ta aa to the r aM iu.ta toward an if-it to ..-I'-tid hoeiii.ura on r -r I, i- the nun-, r e r . - j t.. v r"' ' , ' f, xtir.t- w , . r 1 I ' ' ' ' "' I ' ' i , a. - e u - I t u a w '1 t 'i. f.i.t ; n ! , I !.,. pie . or I e !. : a , hia aa.oriale olfni-n H-e i.nirr-stood i.nirr-stood to be In solid orf-,n. n. At today's meetinra trie r-mm's. slon prepared to di"-t-,d ri-arms of the simosphere. . n prope,-ts for egreement ee, i ifiar ntomen-tarlly, ntomen-tarlly, the commisnn-n was aa d to have no ether recourse than to wind up tfie conference end report their findings to President C004-Idy. C004-Idy. All observers conceded this would Jeeve Imminent the proapect of a complete ehmdown of anthracite lu a atatement Mr. lwla aaM 1 tb tfrntort hd dent rnysxl the ( mlpef ra' hone fr a reeumpttoti of! I nnsotUtiona. l.a chared that tha miners' propoeltlon hai been m.a-repreritd m.a-repreritd to confu the leaue. 'There waa girthing In tha miner min-er a' prnpoaal tioept the chevlcff, and the opera tore know thar fart definitely," ha said. "The mlnei a did not offer to abnndnn damatxj No. 1. Thy only effarad to watte the checkoff feature of that ile-mand. ile-mand. Tha oparatora undertook to read Into the miner a propoeltlon ma ft era that ware not there. ''W eamatly hope that a aua-penaton aua-penaton may be averted. We have offered a plan by which thla mar be ecrompTlahed. But It la evident 1 that the opera tore are not at all analoua- to avoid ft a.iapenelon.