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Show federal officials stand pat and await outcome WASHIXi PC i . 1 .-. 2.- P.vrnmeTd ;i Kencjes ti id a y a watt d d..' .'in prn e n t s in the coal stT'ilte situation, tlmuuli acfmn vas taiven in .id-!v sej, arat-d communities communi-ties to mah'e .ffectj,. , oal latieaiii- or-I or-I d.ered by the fuel aI min ..-! ra t mm ! So far ; report-; w. r avadaPP-. pia.-J pia.-J duction in the hi r uminoas firbls droppi-d i ytrnl .v and today to a little bep.w the fhidy totals of tiie pr.-vioii we-k, but this was e.pe-t'-d. I iperators and otln-is watcbinw r..-uPs were tuid that the government gov-ernment inte:aiel i . sr ami pat for lb- rer-t of the week, takimr no other sreny than thus., mniineti by the ratioainc r,r- i der. until it was fully de;e. mined whetlo rf I public demam.i would induce mme Work- j ers to reMime work. I In carrying out ! 'r. ("arfi. Id's program for the maximum use of local diseret u ei ' in r;i t ionim,' coal to meet emerea ncn-s I and cons: a nt ly cha n -j. i hit condit ion. t he j St. Louis renhmal coal eummittce oi'dered late opening and early closing for r'hail I stores. In Nw York the Tidewater Coall exchange crdei.a! the cessation of bunker I coal supply fi.r foreign vessels. I-ilsr-- 1 where munieinai a u " fmri t i -s tm.k si mi lar st-'ps t. conserve the diminishing coal I supidy. In congress tlie situation was piven (,'em-ra I attention. Senator- Johnson, b- m-irnil, Soutli P;iki't,i, introduced a resolution on Mim upon the seta'etary cf the treasury to report t ,- -.,u ua t pr-.n'it -made by coal operators hetwe.-n 1:''. and li'P.i. a subject nmch mooted .since the find administration unbred miners" waes increased 14 per cent without allowing any increase in the price of coal. Its immediate consideration was o p posed liy Senator Smnut, I'tah. who snu.u'e.st ed that it kii over for a day or t wo, as lie be-1 be-1 h-ved concurrent a e tion hy (lie house would bp necessary to justify publication of the figures. Senator Thomas. Vhonoera t , ( "(dorado, put into the record an open letter sent by him to 1'residen t ( Pmipers of the labor fed era t ion, criticising tlie miners in iitron teims for their walkout. "If t his st ri ke is not a conspiracy in restraint of trade," the letter said. ; '"words have no meaning. It is a strike in name only. 1 1 is a wist upheaval, threatening alike the people and their institutions." in-stitutions." 'Die letter was intended by the Colorado senator as a response to speeches of Mr. Compel s defending the si rike. Senator l'hipps, Republican, Colorado, added a statement by Colorado operators to tlie effect that if'l!' coal production had resulted re-sulted in a m't ,.ss for the 'first six mom hy of the year ot four cents per ton. Idrector General Hines today authorized autho-rized regional directors, after careful re-View re-View of the coal situation, to ehmina t e 1 passenger trains that may be spared with ; the least inconvenience to the traveling public. |