Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-08-18 | Page 8 | Deny Miners won in Strike

DENY MINERS ION IN STRIKE Anthracite Miners and Operators Op-erators in Conferonce for Coal Settlement ST. LOUIS. Aug 18. Denliil of the Statement of John L Lewis, president 1 1 the l nllfd Mine Workers of America, Amer-ica, that the miners have won th coal strike was made m a statement Issued by the i.'oul Operators' asso-cjatlon asso-cjatlon of the i inh and Ninth districts dis-tricts of Illinois "One more victory like that and the United Min-- Workers' Work-ers' organization will be ruined." thft statement declared PHILADELPHIA Aug 18 Members Mem-bers ol the negotiations committees Of the anthracite miners and operators, oper-ators, "each with a sincere, determination determi-nation to effectuate an adjustment If at all possible." to quote the words of tho Joint statement Issued at tho conclusion of Thursday's parleys, were i" meet again today Both miners and operators to.l.r. held optimistic attitudes after the first conference, but both turned deaf art tc questions. "Do you think It t1U be possible to roach an agreement today"" John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, was aski ci "I cannot venture to say what w will do today." he aniw H '1 The main Issue Involved conocms wages ln a preconference snnotim i -ment, tho operators agreed to take back the minors at the old wae. scale, while the miners waived the demand for a 20 per cent Increase. oo . '