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Show OLD HARD COAL SCALE WED Anthracite Operators Say Only Public Opinion Would Impel Payment PHILADELPHIA, Sept. L Only a "public mandate" would impeii the anthracite operators to pay the miners min-ers the old waas scale beyond next April, said a statement Issued Thursday Thurs-day by the Koneral policies committee of the mine owuerH after an all-day conference In this city They will conform th-lr action to such a mandate, man-date, said the statement but no other reason would Irnpe! them to enter into nn aen-ement which would "continue "con-tinue for longer than the present emergency coal prices to which emphatic em-phatic objection has already hOn made." 'I he operators met to consider tho suggestions made to miners and operators op-erators b I'nited States Senators i Pepper and Reed, ol Pennsylvania, in WaflhlnK'on last Tuesday The suggestions sug-gestions have not been made public by rlther side. The miners also met here an J It was r M,rt a from trustworthy sources thai they WOtiTd favorably consider I modifications -in their last demand I If the operators also made conces- i sions. When the miners adjourned 1 1 t heir conference it was said they would I await tho action of the employers. The operators announced that they . will hold another meeting on Satur- nd that in the meantime thev ' will be enabled to canvas the sltua-!-Men to obtain, i possible, the views' I of others as to conditions which would ' he fair to nil parties concerned No official statement came from i the miners as result of the operators il announcement but leaders informall 1 said that they were Inclined to see j In the statement a ray of hope for an early ending of the hard coal mining I BU8P nsion which has now run five full : months j |