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Show 1 wm COAL PRICES ! TO BE ADVANCED 'Washington, Sept. 2C. Demands nf Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and wostern 1 Pennsylvania coal minors for wago Increases of about 25 per cent wero in tho hands of a Joint scalo subcom- l mlttco of minora and operators to- night with Indications that as a result of tho operators' flat refusal to grant more, pay Dr. II. A. Garfield, the fuol administrator, would bo calted Into tho negotiations. Tho operators contended that the warro demanls, presented at a Joint conference 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 sua-pond. sua-pond. They agroed, however, to discussion dis-cussion of tho demands by a subcommittee subcom-mittee tomorrow. Most of tho miners leaders agreed with tho operators that an advanco Is Impossible, under tho government prices and ndmlts that tholr only hopo lay in an oxpected rovislon of tho prices after Dr. Gnrflold nnd tho federal trade commission completed an Investigation of production costs. In preparation for extcnslvo doal-IngH doal-IngH with tho fuol administration over questions of prlco and product-Ion, product-Ion, operators of tho entiro country, meeting hero today, perfected organization organ-ization of tho National Association of Coal Operators and olected W. K. Field president. |
