Show OF MIN E LOOMS OPERATION OF WALKOUT ON APRIL 1st ast PROBABLY TO BE DECIDED THIS WEEK half million miners are affected operators decline to meet union men railway workers discuss alliance All lanco indianapolis ind whether Illi ether the COO 00 VW union coal miners of the country will all walk out on strike april 1 next probably will be deci decider det hero here wiehl within n if the e conting coming week the miners national organization the united mine workers of Atu america erica incepts here with delegates irom boiu every union field la in the country present to frame its wage demands on the eve of tile meeting regarded regarded as the most momentous tous ever faced by tile largest labor union of the country the situation shapes up as follows I 1 tho miners will vote ote unanimously against accepting the wage cuts cuta proposed by operators opera tora 2 A counter demand of a 20 per cent wage In cerase portably por bably will be ba mado made 3 secretary Secre tao hoover lias has made a preliminary Ili move looking to the prevention of a nationwide nation wide coat coal strike and tills moe probably will bo be placed before tile the convention contention for artion action 4 john L lewis president of the miners Ful ners organization has received replica from virtually all the railroad union presidents to whom choin lie he proposed nn an offensive and defensive allinice all Inace of rall end and cohl coal employees 5 the railroad lall road workers are willing to meet with the miners to discuss such tin alliance as lewis proposes but have not committed to the alliance 6 thero probably will be 60 an offensive alliance of the two classes of workers lit in time to bring about a joint coal and railroad workers wor kera strike among the possibilities Is one that the miners will mill make no wage demands whatever but vest the alie scale committee with full power to act in negotiating with the operators such action if taken would be a complete reversal of form for more than twenty years would upset to greater or less degree some of the operators plans and would shift from labor to capital the responsibility lity for making the first advance the miners scale committee consisting of tile presidents of all the district organizations and tile three national officers huh has been in session here alace last tuesday formulating its pro to the convention these proposals which are the only business scheduled to conie before the convention probably will be ready tor for pre pie sen tation the first day of tile the meeting the advance of 20 per cent in wages proposed by members of the committee if adopted would place the bituminous minors miners on oil an equal footing with the workers who recently voted to make such a demand in their field roth both anthracite and wage agreements expire simultaneously tills this year for the first time in many years and negotiations therefore will find the miners presenting a united front |