Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-10-30 | Page 8 | Coal Miners are Anxious to Get Supply of Fuel

COAL MINERS ARE ANXIOUS TO GET SUPPLY OF FUEL ' 1 (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) SPRINGFTELD, 111., Oct. 29. The 200 miners employed at the Woodslde1 mine threatened to strike this morning because their winter's supply of coal had not been delivered yet. They expect a big strike Friday night, and it is highly Important that they themselves be warm while the mines are closed. Michael White, division superintendent of the Peabody Coal company, telephoned the mine this morning a trifle before 8 o'clock to ascertain whether everything had started all right. He got the mine superintendent, Robert Wilson, on the wire. "We haven't started yet," replied Wilson. Wil-son. "What's up?' asked White. "Tho union committee has Just waited upon me and wanted to know why coal was not delivered yesterday to ten miners who haven't got their winter supply I told them there was nothing to discuss until every man was in the mine and at work. They are now deciding whether they will go below." A few minutes later Wilson telephoned that the men had taken the cage downward. down-ward. "These men have waited until the last minute to get their coal." explained White. "They had ordered their coal and apparently wanted the mine to discriminate discrim-inate in their favor by delivering coal to them ahead of others who had ordered before them. If they had not gone to work the mine could not have operated and they probably would have had trouble getting their coal by the time they expect ex-pect the strike to begin."