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Show HAS PLAN TO j AVERT STRIKE Government Warns Owners and Miners to Set New Wage Scale I interriRtioiuil News Service WASHINGTON'. Dec 16. Hard upon the heels of an official warning warn-ing that the government would take drastic steps to prevent a coal strike in April If operators and miners do not execute a new scale. Harry Taylor. Kansas coal operator, tonight offered to Secretari rf Labor Davis, a proposal propos-al .lesl,-nei to avert another tleup In the bituminous fields. The warning came from John Hays Hammond, chairman of tho United Slates coal commission, which is now S( i ting every possible Influence upon the operators and miners to arrange B satisfactory wage scale at their meeting meet-ing In Chicago, on January 20 The plan outlined to Sefretary Davis Da-vis by Taylor provides for tho Inauguration Inaug-uration of a system under which all miner disputes would be presented to a central governing body and appealed to a higher authority if no agreement I could be reached In the event no ruling could he made by the higher authority, the dispute would be re- ferred to a representative of the government gov-ernment for final action Federal arbitration Is the keynote of the Tavlor plan, and It ls said to have met with Davis' approval. |