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Show DIFFERENCES ARE SLIGHT. Prospect of Settlement" in Northern Colorado Fields. Denver. Colo.. Nov. 19. Again there is a prospect that the miner? in the northern field, from which the supply cf coal for domestic use in Denver is principally derived, will soon return to work. Joseph F. Ream, representing President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers, went north today for the purpose pur-pose of advising with the various local unions with a view to securing another referendum vote next Saturday night, j "I am hopeful of a settlement this jtime," said Mr. Ream. "The chief cause of the rejection of the proposition proposi-tion of the operators in the northern field was the belief among the men that a settlement of their strike would work i to the detriment of the tight in the ' southern field. President Mitchell and myself do not coincide with this view. The differences' now existing betweer the men and the operators are very-slight, very-slight, and I am in hopes of getting the miners to resume work by Monday-morning. Monday-morning. "The situation in the south, from our point of view." said Mr. Ream, "is entirely- satisfactorily. While the operators op-erators are making large claims the fact is that their total production at this lime is not more than 5 per cent of the capacity of the mines." i |