Show Jol oal i ers erne ad n O Operators era tor Open Conference er nc I I WA WAGE I PA PARLEY lf A AT lArIT l- l CAPOTAL ArIT Al Secretary of Labor La or Wilson Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son Acting as Mediator Mediator Mediator Medi Medi- ator Has Ha Hopes for fora a Lasting Settlement WASHINGTON Nov Nav 14 14 14 Demands s of union miners for a thirty thirty hour hour weak week and a GO CO per percent cent increase in wages wages fare Iare are impossibilities s a and d' d o ought to to be be beI eliminated at the very beginning Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- I Wilson declared to today Yi in opening opening open opening open open- ing th the conference between union of officials of of- and operators called by him to settle the differences existing in inthe inthe inthe the coal industry Mr Wilson said he had called the conference not simply because there is a labor dispute in the mining fields I but because the world is still passing passing pass pass- ing through a great crisis isis I I Nov 14 At At At I WASHINGTON W the conference of coal i miners and operators from the bituminous coal fields this afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon Secretary of Labor Wilson Vilson acting as mediator hoped a lasting settlement settlement settlement set set- would be he reached of ot the difficulties difficulties dif dif dif- which led to the recent soft sott coal strike Fuel Administrator Garfield Garfield Gar- Gar field field- has accepted an Invitation from Secretary Wilson to attend and likely will act in Inan an an advisory capacity Both Roth the miners and operators have hav indicated their willingness to accept a reasonable adjustment ment of their differences differences differ differ- and bring about harmony within their ranks Success of ot the conference depends on all parties coming into the parley without commitments Fuel Administrator Administrator Administrator Admin Admin- Garfield said ald today AFTER AGITATORS CHARLESTON W. W Va Nov 14 The first step toward a roundup of radical l agitators in the northern West Vest Virginia coal fields was taken today when the department of ot justice agents assisted by state authorities Invaded the districts In which according to I state officials Industrial Workers of ot otI I the World and Russian and Austrian a agitators have been spreading lawless propaganda Three unauthorized strikes were preventing miners from returning to work in ten coal mines in the Kanawha Kanawha Kan- Kan coal coat field today More than GOO COO miners in the Little Coal Coat river district were said to be in wen open rebellion against their leaders closing six mines and according to the report preventing other miners from working Milburn and miners voted to stay away from the mines until a a. anew anew new wage agreement had been signed From other districts reports reached the Kanawha association that men were slowly returning to work and approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately 50 per cent of ot the union mines were in operation INCREASED PRODUCTION CHICAGO Nov 14 Slight H.-Slight Slight Increases es in the amount of ot bituminous coal produced throughout the country was in prospect today The miners generally showed s disposItion disposition disposition dis dis- position to await developments of ot the meeting tod today y at Washington of ot miners and operators called by Secretary Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- of Labor Wilson to negotiate a anew anew anew new wage scale In some states notably Illinois and West Vest Virginia H It was said that threatened threatened threat threat- ened trouble by radicals or insurgents insurgents gents among the miners had complicated the tho situation I In the general summary of or the the situation sit sit- optimistic statements regardIng regarding regarding regard regard- ing resumption of ot fuel tuel production were received over night from Colorado A number of ot independent mines there were reported to have started operations operations operations opera opera- yesterday esterday for tor the first time since the strike was called two weeks week's ago I |