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Show OHIO OPERATORS REAOYTOACT I Coal Men Willing to Talk Terms for Ending Strike BRIDGEPORT. O . July 26. Announcement An-nouncement was made here today by Charles J Albasin. secretary of the Pittsburg Vein Operators association that the association now stands ready to enter conferences with officers of i the L'nlted Mine Workers either for the Ktate of Ohio or for the central competitive field with a view to ter- jmlnatlng the strike. j This Is the first definite announcement announce-ment bv this association of operators which produce more than one-third o Ithe entire coal output in Ohio that It lis willing to nter conferences with the miners on this basis: The asso-I asso-I elation employs 20.000 of the 50,000 engaged in the Industry of this state. William Roy, vice president of the eastern Ohio district of the miners' i union, stated that the unnQuncehieni by operators association might b.-? of greaj Importance when viewed In connection con-nection with the conference today in Philadelphia between President Lewis 'and district president! representing the anthracite and bituminous fields of Pensylvanla. MINE REOPENED, ALTO ON A, Pa July 26 The first mine to resume operations in Central Pennsylvania under President Harding Hard-ing s plan Is that of tho Consolidated Coal company it Jerome, Somerset county, the Central Coal association announced here today. The production produc-tion will be about 10 cars daily, It was said State troops are guarding the operations, |