Show COAL STRIKE PROBABLE o i SITUATION BETWEEN BETE THE TE MINERS and the te coal oper operators I aWls appears anything but reassuring The fact t L 1 resident Mitch Mitchell Mich Michel ell el 11 of ot o the te United Mine Workers of f America Americ has ha i replies to soy sev several eral erl of or o his hl letters etters to presidents of inviting a conference confer Ice In or order order order der to prevent a strike on April 1 1 axt refuses to make ake known or discuss their ther contents makes make it I look as If It the officials had ha refused to make malc any ay effort to avert trouble truble If I this is the case ce there will wi undoubtedly be bei a strike with wih the te usual suffering and perhaps loss los of life The with which the operators treat all aU overtures from rom the men to totra treat tra With IL them tem males makes It nt that the concessions of ot last year Y ar were ere merily mCl ly for political purposes The Th Coal trust and Its I kindred railroads did not to embarrass emb s the prosperity c of the Republicans l ns so io they tey gave miners mines what they wanted wantE This has ha been ben practically con confessed confessed by bJ some som of tho the operators Now they see a chance tp get got back what Se tip Up by forcing another anoter strike The miners are ar perhaps perba s In l a meas measure mea measure ure to blame for fr the hardships that a strike st ke will wi bring upon up n them and the I of the conae cn they gained for it it is more than likely that the the operators and railroads have been busy since the last lat strike putting putt ng them themselves I selves f lv fn in reines readiness to stand another hey ey w uld have hae shown more re wisdom had h d thoy tho ung on to t the te concessions they tey received last lat fall faU rather than have hay placid d themselves 4 s in a position po lUou whee where a strike e could ld be forced on on them the |