Show GREAT STRIKE IN SIGHT ANTHRACITE COAL MINERS MAT QUIT WORK Executive Board of United MineWorkers Mine-Workers of America Will Consider Question = Indianapolis SeptTIe eyes of the commercial world were turned toward Indianapolis today The threatened general strike involving 142000 anthracite anthra-cite coal miners in PennsylvanIa is of international Importance If the strike IK I ordered by thonational board of the United Mine Workers approximately I 1000000 persons will be affected The condition In the anthracite region re-gion of Pennsylvania was not considered consid-ered < at todays meeting of the executive execu-tive board of the United Mine Worker of America said President John Mitchell tonight ° As a 1 matter of fact I have not placed the matter before the board he continued but it has been made a special order for tomorrows session and will be taken up the flrst thing In the morning I said some time ago that In my opinion there would be a big strike uncss the operators agree lo meet us in a wasc conference I have no reason to believe otherwise now This Is my opinion I have not talked with the other members of the board about It Information from the anthracite region re-gion Indicates that the operators will not meet us and from this you can draw your own conclusion ns to what I the outcome will be I |