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Show COAL CRISIS NEAR II fflli FIELDS John Mitchell at Denver to Participate Par-ticipate in Conference With Operators. Special to The Tribune. DENVER, Colo., July 1-i. That the coal operators of Wyoming aro facing a situation situa-tion which may soon turn Into a crisis Is helioved sure from the fact that John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, Is hero to fake pnrt in e conference between tho operators and the miner: An Increase of wages amounting practically prac-tically to 15 per cent will be demanded. This, however, tho operators will not grant, n3 they fay that It Is altogether exorbitant and warranted neither by the conditions of work nor by the market. Backed by the L'nlon Pacific, which, though a subsidiary company, owns most of tho Wvoming coal mines, the operators sav they will not yield. The men are equally firm. |