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Show f MINERS 10 MEET OWNERS: I Accept Secretary Wil- son s Invitation for I Friday Next. j I TO FORM AGREEMENT; New Wage Schedule to Be Decided on by Representatives. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Thomas T Brewster, chairman of the coal operators' penle committor, announced 1 tday that the mine owners hivd ac- cepted Secretary Wilson's invitation I to meet represeniath es of the miners here Frida) to negotiate a new wage E agreement "We will be there, said he. ! John L Lewis, acting president of tfu I'nitiil Mine Work, is of America, already had notified Secretary YVII-I YVII-I fon of his aceeptam i Mi l ewis' telegram accepting Sec retary Wilson's invitation was made ' public today by the secretary II fol lows a "Your telegram, eveji dale, inviting fpcale committee cential competitive Held, and representatives of all bitum inous dlstrits involved in strike to f meet with you next Friday at Wash ' ington. is received Your message ths submitted u our conference now Jin session in Indianapolis ami I am I' authorized to s.i repi . nt.itlves rif I niine workers will be present on thai I date." Outstanding Points in Dispute. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind , Nov. J2- 1 he Utatanding points of interest in the Tela! mining situation today were the I action by the members of the 1 nlted Hlifie Workers of America of the order I calling off the sirlke. and the probable I outcome of the conference of miners' fcpresentaiies and operators with I Secretary of Labor Wilson in Wash I itifton Frida v. Reports on the number of men re turnins to woi k wm -low in 'each ing International h- nkpiaiters ol th mine workers here rhieih berauseiln P. order rescinding ihe -uike call ol 0( H)ler 1916 had not yet been received I in many districts and because man; I local unions will hold meetings before deciding whether io return to h-I h-I mines It was pointed out by miners' I Officials that sexual days would be I required to determine to what extent I their order had been obeyed Invitation Promptly Accepted I The miners' executhe needed but aj I few minutes to reach a decision to ac ept a telegraphic invilution by Secretary Sec-retary of Labor Wilson to meet the operators in Wash in -ton Frida and resume wage negotiations The mes- ge reached the miners during a I meeting held simultaneously with a tlecrara sent to Acting President John iL Lewis by Thomas T. Brewster, rhalrman or ih- opera l.u sr.ali com mittee, requesting; ibai ih-- Hlr ,-oni-mittee of thp miners' mee the oper I a'ors in Washington Mondav to 'ne I gniatP a contract to be ,n force upon I expiration of the contract now in ef-I ef-I feet. ' I The union 1.-;m1: v. .qualh Prompt in their ,e, ,s1(n ,,, r.-.rari' the offer of the operators and im- mediately eni a reply ,0 Mr. Brwester ' Stating that the had aer, ,,),,) ,h,. in ltt ' station of the secretary of labor f'J Attempt to Trap Miners. ' According to union officials today ibflv h"' !h. op. rat, ol . i is a d- iberate attempt to . ntrap the miners nto tacit acknowledgment of the ex l istence of a wage agreement which the f Sf1 workers contend ha- e.pred. , iOy also said ihey saw ,n the Lic-ws-Wr messagp an effort lo dictate the terms under which negotiations would d !L,e-,Ume(5' ,n ,ho Proposal that th iSMLu comrMtive field scale com- A iife nly mPPt ,br' Pprators jm The controversy is now. where it imlA When 'bf conf,-rence of miners i si t0 was hr-M wi,h I Iif. ,0n just n"r lo ,llf' walkout 1 oi tfie miners except that there will " - . - 1 'he country as an argument for the I miners. Fw Men Return to Work TERRA HAFTL. Ind.. Nov 12 -Though the coal mine tn the Indiana fields were ready for operation todnv and miners' trnlnH ran on regular schedule, few men reported for work and neither miners nor operator look fo, anything like normal production for several days Daputie Seize Armi. 'HARLESTON. W. Va . Nor 12 Deputy sheriff, acting on an execu live warrant Issued by Governor Cornwall today, seized a quantity of aims Hnd ammunition In the express office at Dawes, a mining village in the Cabin creek district, today. The arms were consigned to a miner min-er living In Daws and were received at the express office esterdav Nine rifles and 1,000 rounds of ammunition made up the shipment, it was announced an-nounced at Govornor Cornwall's office. of-fice. Miners Refute to Obey. HARLESTON, W. Va.. Nov 18. Kanawha field coal miners did not obey the orders of their leaders and return to work early todav. Onlv four oi the 200 mines In the district began work and these with comparatively small forces. Miners to Remain Idle. DBS MOINES, la. Nov. 12 Not a union mine was in operation in Iowa today, reports to the hoadquaiters hero of the state operators' associa tlon said Operators reported none of the union men had gone to the mines ind what information was aailable to the owners was to the effect the m d intended to remain idle for the lime being, at least. Harry N. Taylor. resident of the National Coal association, also ac-epted ac-epted Secretary Wilson 's nitatlon. Release of coal io meet emergencv needs was begun today by the railroad rail-road administration.! central committee commit-tee as a result of "he agreement of the miners and opeiators to meet Secretary Sec-retary Wilson for n conference on their differences. Director-General Hlnes has instructed regional coal committees to increase the quantity re-lensed re-lensed as rapldh as p'oduetion is cor respondlngly restored. There Is some shortage of roal in ihe southwest, Mr. Hlnes said, but with coal now moving in that di ec tion, the emergency will soon be mei. Orders also have ,one out from the railroad administration to ail federal managers which wil' turn thousai.ds of empty coal cars again towards the mines so that there will be ample cars on hand wh-n th: miners return to work. oo |