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Show COAL PRICES TO BE ADVANCED Washington, Sept. 28. Demands of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio nnd western I Pennsylvania coal minors for wago Increases of about 25 per cent woro In the iands of a Joint scalo subcommittee subcom-mittee of miners and operators to- HHHHflHXHHHHHHHi night with Indications that as a result of tho operators' flat refusal to grant moro pay Dr. H. A. Garfield, tho fuel administrator, would bo called Into tho negotiations. Tho operators contended that tho wane rfemnn Is, presented at a Joint contoronci) today, wero exorbitant in view of tho government fixed prices for bituminous coal and that oven without giving tho miners more pay, many miners would bo forced to bus-pond. bus-pond. They agreed, however, to dla-cusslon dla-cusslon of tho demands by a subcommittee subcom-mittee tomorrow. Most of tho miners leaders agreed with tho operators that an advanco Ib Impossible under tho government prices and admits that their only hopo lay In an oxpected revision of tho prices after Dr. Oarflold and tho federal trado commission completed an Investigation of production costs. In preparation for oxtenslvo dealings deal-ings with tho fuel administration ovor questions of prlco and production, product-ion, operators of tho entire country, mooting horo today, perfected organization organ-ization of tho National Association of Coal Operators and elected W. K. Field president. |