Show MINE MULES TO FORECAST STRIKE NEWS I Public Can Get Insight From What Is Done I i With Animals I 0 i LAYING OFF BEGINS Railways and Supply I Firms Prepare for Dull Times Ahead PHILADELPHIA Aug Au 29 tiP 29 P Tite The mine mule mute in the next 48 41 I hours Is expected to forecast i whether the anthracite suspension I which goes Into I O effect t Monday Od tlc rl I at midnight ld t Is lo to be long hong 1 or short If It mules are arc brought to the sur sur- surface face lac for Cor the shutdown It will vili nCy belief belle that tho mines will wilt willbe willbe be closed a considerable time If Ie mules remain belo belos' beloIt it will Indicate the operators operators' expectation 1 of o a brief suspension I Mules are arc to lo be brought to o the he surface however In parts parIs of o dis dis- district district No 1 1 the largest of oC the three union principalities say ad ad- advices advices vices Ices from Crom Wilkes D Operators and miners have havenS havenS' agreed nS' nS ced after aCter 21 1 hours' hours deadlock on terms ot 01 employment for Cor the ten thousand thou nd maintenance men who will remain In the mines to pre pre- prevent prevent prevent vent flooding ca case and oration They The will be bo secured against replacement by monthly men on company pay rolls roils and will receive any pay Increases that may be subsequently negotiated nes retroactive e from September 1 OPPOSITION A statement of o future policy Is Issued Is- Is Issued issued sued by b the tle mine owners aroused considerable opposition on among the I miners V. w. W. W w Inglis chairman in re reporting re- re reporting porting for the operators' operators scale re-I re committee to a n. meeting of o the thel lie industry on the conduct of o tho recent cent u lie ile scale negotiations made the following recommendations lions In view of the the present situa situation lion tion your committee strongly recommends that Jhc c operators PP tors maintain ln firm stand for Sor arbitration tra- tra lion tion for the present differences to lo prevent pre a of oC interruption tion lion such euch as the one about to start star It believes that hat t any settlement affected should be of o a t permanent nature providing pro for Cor a readjust readjust- readjustment readjustment readjustment ment of or the wage scale front from tine time timeto to time to allow pi prices Ices for Cor our product that will enable It to 10 move freely Creely In competition with other fuels Miners Miners' sentiment judged Mr Inglis' Inglis proposal to call for a I contract in perpetuity and for Cor a a. sliding slid InS InS' scale of wages Either Bither was held hell anathema Miners lIners In the anthracite re region re- re region region gion are already removing their tools toots from Crom the pits Mine lIne supply firms trots arc are shutting shutting- down forces In anticipation of ot a falling failing off In business The Tue Lehigh Valley Vailey rail rail- railroad railI railroad road an un anthracite carrier at I Hazelton Is preparing to lay la off ott ottI I crews handling coal shipments and to close down shops and engine houses I Central Pennsylvania soft coal i I producers meeting In n Philadel Philadelphia phia have laid plans pians to rush Into the breach to be caused by b an- an suspensions with an out out- output output output put of or tons of highly volatile bituminous coal coat monthly month I 00 |