Show FRANK FRAN P. P PREDICTS STRIKE OF ALL COAL MINERS IN THE COUNTRY ST. ST LOUIS May 28 Frank Frank P. P Sargent Sargent Sar Sar- gent he head hedd d of ot the of ot Locomotive Locomotive Locomotive Lo Lo- Lo- Lo Firemen member of oC the National National Na Na- Labor Arbitration committee of ot which Senator Hanna is chairman stated today the Post-Dispatch Post says that a general sympathetic strike of ot all the soft sott coal miners in the United States probably would be ordered He declared that the miners of oC the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania coal region had refused absolutely absolutely absolutely to treat with the regularly-con- regularly tr tf v v. v v v v tf tf tf v. v tf tf St There Thera are bet en and andSt 6 III St soft-coal soft miners through- through t V P. P out the country not one oneSt tf so V St union In my jud Judgment ment would V. V hesitate a moment Jo io o r respond spond fa- fa aSt a- a v. v 81 tf St to a call lor iora or a general St V St FRANK P. P SARGENT tf St If St If St If P. V. V ft St tf St tf St V. V DI V. V SSt tf St V. V t St tf St tf St t arbitration board and a sympathetic sympathetic sympathetic sym sym- pathetic strike of ot the soft coal men was the only I The anthracite miners continued I Mr Sargent asked very little and were willing to make concessions but the attitude of the operators from the start was such that I did not hesitate I to suggest the strike to John Mitchell I do not see at this time any hope of a compromise The coal barons believe they are are masters of oC the situation while the working men are equally confident of ot their strength and their chances of suc sue cess There are c men idle as a result of ot the strike |