| Show settlement IN blohn con COH I 1 allmers mant rn unit iloth anxious to HII an le 1 lie mine through thair have agreed with tha raino mine owners to attempt altein nt to adjust tho the dif differed feren es ea existing between tile bliem outside tha mhd anthracite coal strike commission the proposition was made on a om promise basis aud and negotiations it C ta in ear avd will at att once be ba entered upon with a reasonable hope of c settlement with the aid of the arbitrators tile the rough proposition which la is to form the basis of Is a 10 per cent increase in wages a nine hour day and trade agreements between the miners and the company by which they are employed the only one of the four demands not touched upon is that of the weighing of coal by the legal ton chile both sides have expressed a w willingness Illin gness to settle fettle their differences difference a among themselves it is not to be construed that it carries with will it the acceptance cep tance of the teram ternin proposed they are mentioned only as a basis it is understood from which a settlement Kettle mentis to to be effected it is possible that the found d ion already laid cati be wrecked by either party holding out loo too strongly against somo some question and thus leave the whole mutter matter in the hands of the commissioners who in the meantime will act as aia sort of board of conciliation rather than a board of arbitration |
