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Show FUEL CONSERVING MEASURES BROADENED 'FINiSHFiGHT' PBOPOSEDBJ Policy in Dealing Withj i Coal Strike Unaltered; t 'I : Growing Shortage in Supplies Is General. Steps Taken to Prose-i Prose-i cute Probe of Opera- t i tors and Miners Ac- i , cused of Violating Law. j SIOUX CITY. I.i.. Dec. M.iy- ! cr Wallace M. Short, ol Sioux City I lir.s .ifd t! fo'.lowin'; tcli-raui ,' to John L. Lcwii, hrad of the ' 'a.infrv' crjsiu;. t.ar. r.t t.ap-olis, t.ap-olis, Ind.: ' "If yMi ,-ro ri, -lit. :.t:itid liat. 1 r.:sl:t Vhl lvcva-.l. " ' : T.-.: , ..!-,. v. v ;'-.. p.'.-. .-.--Tv :' ' t:.,. -;,..'r::.i.-. i : Wi.il.- ra..r- .vv,r..! .. j j - V t. r fur- I I th-r a: 1 i:, ,-..! -ii i L ::.:, ; :,:i-l fT r,-- i ! fl-i.ii..: el" i.v -t:a;i..n ii:.- s-tii-i ii.. m: t.. i-. i:'... ;'.- .lUj.utv 1 t,-.-n i j-;.-raur :. n .1 ir.iii.-r-. ili-r" i n.i in.ii-I in.ii-I ';':i'" 15 a I'fii' v r.f "i"il.; ji- o-.it" i, t, 1... ,lt,r..l. 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Meanwhile the government will press conservation measures and urge further action by state and municipal officials to limit coal consumption. Officials Of-ficials said tonight that production had now reached -13 per cent of normal and thev looked for an increase next 'week after the department of justice )iad demonstrated its determination to .prosecute mine officials charged with Violation of the federal injunction. i If there is to be any change in the government's policy it can only be brought about through stirring appeals from communities which are suffering worse than the east is suffering for lack of coal. Thus far there is no appreciable ap-preciable inconvenience due to the .eoal strike in this section of the country, coun-try, where officials of the government have opportunity to observe conditions. It was reported here tonight that Governor Gov-ernor Lowden is sending an emissary ;lo Washington to plead for further action ac-tion to settle the strike. Officials -hove said they had not heard of it yet. J-iut such appeals may bring results. .WILL NOT RECEDE FROM FIRM STAND. "When the cabinet reached its dcei-siou dcei-siou last week to fight the miners' union un-ion to a finish, it believed that the country could stand it and that enough coal would 13 produced despite the strike to meet all essential needs. Before Be-fore it will recede from that policy it probably will be necessary for the president pres-ident 's advi.rs to be convinced that thpir conclusion is a mistaken one. Operators of the central competi-"tivo competi-"tivo field also remain obdurate, and TV ill not countenance any compromise with the strikers. Persistent reports that they would propose an increase to the miners above the 14 per cent decreed by Fuel Administrator Garfield wre a era in emphatically denied. They reiterated re-iterated that the final word to the miners had been said and indicated that they were prepared, as the covern-ment covern-ment also is prepared, to fight the coal rifco to a finish. . "Tliere i considerable nlarm now Jbrmmhout the country as the weather ,.'t: ' older." sail one of tlie operators to-.ninht. to-.ninht. "but production is now increasinc it wii! continue to increase. And as prmhn-t ion increases tlie miners '"'ill resize re-size titat tlie government means business busi-ness and will return to work. LOOKS FOR INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY. ' "We look for gradual inerense in coal production every day now and within a short time, many of tlie miners will be coming back to work, satisfied that the ntrike cannot prevail. We have always t.een convinced that there was somcthincr behind this strike movement besides a mere, demand for more wages, and the absolute ab-solute refusal of the union officials to a'-cept any of the reasonable offers made lias but strengthened that conviction. But v. hatever the object may have been, we are certain now that it will not be attained." at-tained." . The statement issued by the executive committee of the bituminous operators was as follows: ' "Published reports today from Chicago to the effe.-t that the bituminous coal operators of the central competitive field arc considering a twenty-five per cent advance ad-vance to the miners and an advance in pri.-o of coal about thirty cents a ton to consumers are absolutely' without foundation. founda-tion. Reports of such "a misleading, vi- cious nature will not change the attitude of the coal operators who have announced their acceptance of the suggestion of the fuel administrator for Increasing wages to a fair basis, namely by fourteen per cent, and have already made such a definite offer to their employees "-Ml of these rumors have been put out by the miners' officials for the purpose of encouraging their men to continue the strike. The. circulation of such rumors only tends to embarrass, the government and the coal operators In their efforts to solve a difficult problem. The coal miners min-ers should not be deceived by such false rumors, the effect of which can only mean to them a further period of Idleness and further loss of earnings without any possibility pos-sibility of obtaining any further wage increase in-crease than that already offered. "Tlie operators' attitude in the matter lias been clearly and emphatically set forth there will be no further offer to the miners. The final word has been said." Reports were received here today that miners in the Fairmont and Kairport fields in West Virginia had agreed to accept the fourteen per cent increase lately suggested by Dr. Oarficld. and would return to work. These reports gratified federal officials, who hoped that these breaks in the hitherto solid front presented by tlie miners would lead to a further crumbling of their defiant ranks. Ir. Garfield conferred tonight with Attorney At-torney General Palmer, but declared he had nothing to say, and that it was merely mere-ly for the purpose of going over the general gen-eral situation. No new move was contemplated con-templated tonight, he said. mum to ! FIGHTTQ FINISH o Moderation of Pl.ins to Combat Coul Strike Is ContempUted. (IVuUmuvi irom Vjso Two.) v, ).v ...... r. -f ;.-. -,-' t,.-u !'.-.-. -.' " r .; IrUutuivl.. io...v from "Cm-.in n.l IV.-..- H.ut !-..- .-.-.t.-r , :.:. Kl l:ni..i:-..i. 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