Show CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND GROW WORSE Factories Prepare to Close s If Big Coal StriKe Is Called LONDON IO DO- DO Feb Felt 21 1 1 Cond Condition throughout throughout through- through out G eat at Britain J In I thus l districts of oC the tiu north of oC oCI I I arc UC rapidly ore w-ore as f ax Ic result of or the tho threatened d coal strike I which JI If IC It occurs curs nt mit the time end of or tho the month will throw S tOO miners be besides 1 workers In other trades out ont of oC employ employ- I ment t. t At l t many of tiC the Iron works won and oth other I I lug 1115 factories the men inert today i rf notices no imo- tices from rom tho the employer rs that lint their th tr services not be required rr r Fob Keh- iwu y 2 29 should I time the co coal l be decided on Most of or the time factories have havo supplies of or coal oal for COL the time most urgent I work on hand In lii London and other cities time the price of oC coal coul alrea already bus Ims r reached ch 11 S a ton and amid the la ea R of oC people are arc paying almost double this this- J rate i tl as al they lucy purchase I only In small quantity The coal oal onI owners own own- ers met mcl In toda today to consider I tho the situation In iii the trAd and lih also o to dl ills cuss cup 8 the time h Invitation of Premier ius It II who has hums requested them therm to meet him and sonic i of oC his colleagues at aL thiu th foreign tomorrow n to endeavor or to a H. of oC r Doth oth th time the oal i-oal owne owners and the miners signified theIr aCC acceptance of oC Premier As- As A Invitation to this conference The committee of r the International Miners Miners' federation also alFo is hi IOP today to tu decide whether time the th continental coal oal miners will support t their British comrades com coni- rades In tho the event ent of or a I strike |