I PEACE IN COAL GOAL IS ISI ISIl l P PLEDGED BY f OPERATORS Miners and Producers Get Together at Convention of R R. R. R Fuel Association By Associated Press CHICAGO May Ia 21 24 In th the S e American coal fields was naS pledged to for or r both miners and operators at at the tenth tent h 1 annual convention of or tho International I Railway n. Fuel association a which closed close d I hero here t today da Eugene McAuliffe manager cr of or the fuel fue 1 conservation conser section of or the United States State s i fuel administration Intimated ted that f fmay It itma L ma may become necessary for tho the government govern overn- government ment to take talo over the coal mines fa for forthe r lj the tho period of or the war P P. P B B. Noyes director of ot the conservation conserva t tion n division of ot the tho fuel administration declared It will be Impossible for the railroads railroads rail rall roads lo to haul tho extra tons ton s of or coal that will bo needed along alons wl with their war traffic burden and ho hn emphasized emphasized sized tho fact that coal users must save sav e coal to prevent a serious stoppage 0 of ot f Industry Industry- John P. P White labor Jabor adviser ad to th the federal fuel administrator and anti former forme ormer r president of at the United Mine 1 Workers Yorkers a of f America was applauded when he lie told the audience of ot about 1200 lOO operators miners and railroad men mcm that the 0 American n coal miners aro arc eager eaber to wor work k every Cr da day Including Sundays Sunda's and holidays holiday s to keep business going and win the war Harry N. N Taylor Talor vice pr president of th the e Central Coal R Coke company compan of or I Kansas ansas s City CiU was similarly applauded when he agreed with White that it will wilt not b bo 1 e due to a n. wage wago war if there thero Is a coat coa t shortage next winter That thousands of at coal miners are ro being be being be- be ing kept Idle hUo nearly rl half tho time In the western and southwestern Ids fit be because be- be cause use c of ot a shortage of cars both White and Taylor agreed Mr 1 White said that tha t the 87 0 miners of or Illinois alone who worked only days das and mined s f 00 tons last year eal could get out If the they able ablo to work full time this year ear Let lAt the tho railroads ds quit haggling lIn over overprice a for forrice price rice and bu buy their coal said Mr Ir White White Then everybody else will follow tollow g suit The one mistake that has been t made has been In talking price instead of or production The railroads must haul an additional barrels of ot oil on dally daily from the southwestern south south- t western fields to tho Atlantic seaboard according to a paper on fuel tuel oil and b the war s sent nt to the convention by I M. M L. L I R Requa Qua director of the oil divisions of ot j Ithe I l the fuel administration Mr Ir Requa nequa advises advises ad- ad adI I 1 vises fuel oil users to increase their p storage capacity c. Pipe line deliveries o 0 are to be increased increaser OOOO barrels dally W according to his paper n m L L. R. R Pyle of Minneapolis fuel supervisor supervisor super- super II in visor of the Soo Line Unc was elected pres- pres ll tl ident Other officers are the following n m rC C M. M L Butler Wilmington N. N C C. C fuel tl supervisor Atlantic Coast Line first vice tl president J J. J B Hurley D Decatur c Ill general road foreman o of en engines Wabash a railroad second vice president H. H B. B McFarland Mc- Mc McFarland Ic- Ic Farland Chicago engineer of ot tc tests tents ts Santa lie Ire third vice vlee president John G. G Crawford Crawford Craw Craw- ford Chicago fuel engineer Chicago Burlington and Quincy railway secretary w and nd treasurer j