Show MINERS TO GO 00 GOBACK BACK TO VORK Coal Fields to fo Begin Op- Op 01 crating After Long Suspension CHICAGO Oct 1 By 1 By The Asso Asso- Associated elated clate Press Illinois bituminous coal operators and miners today today reached an agreement whereby hereby the tho mines will resume operations after aftel being Idle six months The agree agree- agreement agreement agreement ment ended the longest suspension in inthe Inthe inthe the history of Illinois and one of ot the longest In the history of the coal in In- In The settlement in Illinois will be followed by a resumption of ot relations In be other states which suspended on April 1 1 after the failure to 10 renew a contract which expired on March 31 John L. L Lewis WIS international president pr president l- l dent of 0 the miners predicted Lewis mentioned Indiana In lana Iowa and Mis Mis- Missouri sotiri regarding d but Ohio would and not western express Pennsyl Pennsylvania p himself 1 cans vania where many mines heave have been operating under open shop conditions Although the operators accepted the proposal for negotiations offered by the miners' miners representatives Many of them expressed d their tion uon with the terms turns The Thee settlement was forced through by the larger pro pro- producing producing companies of Illinois lives tives 01 ol smaller companies declared All Allot of oX them however approved the settlement when it was apparent a majority wanted It It an official said Under the thee agreement the mines will resume r ume operations as soon as pos poe possible possible sible paying the old and disputed Jacksonville wage scale while a com coin mission n of four studies the Illinois mine situation This TOILS commission composed of or two executives from the th operators and two from the miners will report to a Joint scale committee of or both factions of or February 7 1928 Its landings will eill be taken m a beats basis of or permanent wage and working con con- contracts next spring OBSTACLES CLES REMOVE U Since the Illinois shut-down shut two t unsuccessful efforts were made to ad adust ad- ad adJust adjust Just the differences both terminal terminal- termInatIng Ing ng alter atter the operators o asserted the miners' miners committee was not free to negotiate Inc issue The mine min owners O contended the international committee of ot the United Mine Workers of America could nullify any action taken In this state Lewis removed this obstacle ob when he declared the Illinois miners Were free tree to make any settlement they saw fit Approximately miners will be back at work ork next week Harry airy president of ot the tise Illinois miners said |