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Abilene Weekly Reflector
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas
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President Harding summons coal operators and United Mine Workers representatives to the White House on Saturday to discuss wage scales and end the coal strike, following a conference with Secretaries Davis and Hoover.
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MEET HARDING
TO END STRIKE
Operators and Union
Leaders Are Called
to White House
[Associated Press]
Washington, June 28.—President
Harding has decided to summon to
Washington Saturday a group
of
representative coal operators
from
all parts of the United States to dis-
cuss with miner union representa-
tives the possibility of a conference
to fix wage scales and settling the
coal strike.
Arrangements were
completed after a conference at the
White House today, participated in
by Secretaries Davis and Hoover.
John L. Lewis, president of the
U. M. W. A., who saw the president
Monday, said 24 district presidents
and three executive officers, includ-
ing himself, will attend the Satur-
day conference.
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Washington
Event Date
June 28
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President Harding decides to summon representative coal operators from all parts of the United States to Washington Saturday to discuss with miner union representatives the possibility of a conference to fix wage scales and settle the coal strike. Arrangements completed after a White House conference today with Secretaries Davis and Hoover. John L. Lewis, president of the U. M. W. A., who saw the president Monday, said 24 district presidents and three executive officers, including himself, will attend the Saturday conference.