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Show 1 t HRS BEGIN i mm coal IN 7JTATES Early Resumption in All Soft Coal Fields Looked j for Soon CONFERENCES CALLED Agreement Recalls Settlement Settle-ment Effected in 1906 By-Late By-Late John Mitchell flam ior Mi.- rc-o)cning oi mo' mhiiIii' i oal mlui -. iiWii nw been j el gin Mar !i ., I . lie I'cirniu-i I latcd iu a meeting d representatives I die I. inn i oal company. SurH-rJor-K i h Springs . oal company and the I Diironr Oosd cKinipany and the union' to in held itoi k Springs daring tnc'i latter part t the week. This an-nt an-nt net in, nl a- oi. ulc- luil.iv h 11. ( . I Marcb.ini. rnerd niiiiingT of (be1 suiit i idi -itiK h Sfarius oal nomptiiv The meeting lias boon In id up pond-l in- iii- itrrlvaj of Martin CalilU, prcsl-d. prcsl-d. oi and .in iin - Morgan Secretary of I Wyoming locul nui iber 2t, from I lei e-1 land, it k announced. Manager Marchanl of the Superior-1 Rocs Springs, '. . President Marrlner Brownln f lie Lion -..ii bompan 1 and S R i i :. k-tm, general manager or the Premier oal ompony, an-1 an-1 ount i .i u daj dial tin p wen ready to anbi reaumc Hm rations, I.KVEI.AXD, Ohio. Aug. 16. (Bv! The Associated Press). For th.- first! time in 20 weeks, striking coal miners at scattered points in seven states were' today under orders to begin cbal pro-' du ti n Th s result ( the part set-! Dement of the strike, however, ef-1 fected onh a small minority of thoj 4'-" '" " '-oft ".il diggers, but officials were on their way back home to seok 1 to make peace with other employers. Operators and miners alike see in the agreement concluded the path to capacity production or bituminous coal within a fortnight. Illinois and Indiana operators: are BXDi atari bv those best informed on coal mattert 'to conclude their supplementary agreements within s week and to have their pits in operation a few days thereafter, in this fashion other dit.- tri t.-, will resume as fast as negotiations negotia-tions can be concluded so that within two Weeks, In the belief of operators Weekly soft conl production will again be running In ihe nlghlorhood of te.j million or twelve million tons. I P To RALLRO ds Operators say today that with capacity ca-pacity production continuing until Jar. liary 1. the present shortage of unHis-Iriai, unHis-Iriai, domestic and railroad fuel should be completely overcome pro-Vldlng pro-Vldlng the railroads do not fail In their allotted task Of moving th production pro-duction from mine to consuming centers. cen-ters. The heavy domestic demand will be upon dealers before their depleted .-to I s cJin te r, ph nulled even undo the mo,: favorable clrcumsian res, II In pointe, ou. b'j' after November 1 th;; situation should begin to ea- Soniewbai The tidal iosi of production produc-tion of soft coal due io the twentv 'weeks' tlfiii in the industry is estimated esti-mated ai between tin.- hundred million and one hundred twenty-five million Tons. Ue.ause the bituminou- producing pro-ducing capacity Is approximately one 'and one-half times the maximum con IsumlnK demand under normal condi tion, the present shortage can be made' up In three or four months. HIGHER PRICE LOOMS Dealers look for higher markets for possibly two full months after the general resumption of production.! Sott mini run from Illinois, which In March sold for $2 a ton F. O. U. cars at the mlnc8 is expected to sell at between S.' and $6 a ton during Sep-I Lembor 'nd October, Kfforts of the fe.b rai government to effect compiil-Isory compiil-Isory price finding are expected to have little result In checking the up-1 i ward trend li'Cauc of the unlvertal I clamor for fuel, Whii h will grow more Intense as the colder weather draws near. In higher prices, ihe , onsum-, onsum-, i will pny for the 8trlki. PEARS ARE PBIT. An unknown factor in the calcula-itlons calcula-itlons of those who are endeavoring to plan for 'ho curving of the cuuntiy through the winter Is the railroad situation, sit-uation, for every plan Of coal distribution distri-bution Is predicated upon the ability j of the road'i to move all the coul that lean be mined Whether the lines will bo able to do this is tho center of grave lpjo ehensmn in somo quarters The priority system of the commerce com-merce secretary Is expected to help In this situs .on until freight oars and locomotive aciulpmfcnt cad be returned to normal on all the roads. President John L. lcwls, of the min-!er min-!er who remained here for a day's rest before entering the peace negotiations negotia-tions with anthracite operators at 1 (Continued "u Pago Two.) J oo ' MINERS BEGIN DIGGING COAL IN 7 STATES (Continued from Page One) Philadelphia tomorrow predicted that aoft coal operators generally wouln accept the agreement made here ire also said he was hopeful of the result of the conference yvith the anthracite operators, who employ 000 men. District union officials bcan leaving leav-ing here for homo sont invitations for flvo meetings with operators with a . . -v. of concluding peaca Two Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania associations of operators, wen asked to meet the chief.i In separate sep-arate meetings on Friday. Tho general agreement continues tl Id wages and working conditions. Including the check off of union dues, t" April 1 and provides for ma- hinery for negotiating but not arbitrating arbi-trating next year's scale The agreement agree-ment aio colls for R national convention conven-tion of operators and miners of ihe bituminous territory October 2, for selecting se-lecting a fact-finding commission t. Investigate the coal Industry. Under the policy laid down by the union, the district officials may conclude con-clude peaec with any soft coal operators, oper-ators, either as individuals or n.s association.. as-sociation.. IIISY IRICAX REPETITION In a way, union officials regarded Tuesday's settlement as a historical repetition. In lUOB, John Mitchell.' as president of the united Mine work-ers work-ers was confronted with the breakdown break-down of the eentral competitive field, the same situation that arose hero. Mitchell won the fight as far as getting the miners' wag" demands met by operators by separate agreements Mr. Lewis' plan, adopted by the union policy committee, is similar, cm spl that It regards the general settlement as a basic one for all soft coal fields, with separate contracts to sjpplemen: the general agreement entered Into hero. The agreement signed here Is regarded re-garded as a victory for the union When tho strike was called on April 1, the union's demands were outlined as 1). no reduction In wages; - a central fbld agre ment; (3), retention of the check off system of collecting i nlon dues Al! three of these demands de-mands aro met In the settlement covenant. cove-nant. "The miners von hands down ," ono big operator sa.il In discussing the settlement The view Is generally shared shar-ed by operators here. oo |