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Show OPERATORS AND I MINERS CONFER I Future Wage Scales In Line With Agreement to Be Discussed. CLEVELAND, Ohio. Oct 'By th. Associated 1'rcf.H.) Ultummous 'operators nn.l officials of the I nit,. Mi&fl Wprkwa Of America gathciod nerf In a Joint conference this alter-nuuii alter-nuuii to arranpe for future waro scales In accordance ith an agreement Blrned hero August IB, which ultl-mately ultl-mately brought to an end the soft coal strike. , Approximately 100 operators from the bituminous field acc-Hpt.nl th. invitation in-vitation ru out 1 days ago by John L Lewie, president of the miners union, and T. K. Maherdocal operator, who whs chairman Of the Joint conference con-ference last August, The miners representation rep-resentation includes their policy com-mitte com-mitte . numbering 128. In addition to opening negotiations i for a wage scale to supplement that which expires Man h 31. 1923. the con-ference con-ference Is expected to take up the .iu.-tl..n of collective bargaining. The Cleveland agreement provides '. for the appointment of two commlt-' commlt-' tees at today's conference, one to investigate in-vestigate the Industry and th" other to formulate methad to be followed in n.-KoliatinL ii- wag" ontracts at aiiothnr meetins next January. I At least one group of operators the Illinois Coal Operators' assocla tlon. has announced that it will seek I to prevent any arrangement which WOUld conflict with the recommendations recommenda-tions of the f;..-t-fin.iinR commission I which President Harding is about to appoint to Investigate the Industry. |