Show I UTAH TA H WYOMING W MINERS MINERS' I I i JOIN V 10 I NU U. U S. S COAL CO A L STRIKE S TR K E L Walk Out In 26 States St tes as asPay as asPay Pay Accord Fails Fail's Assistant Secretary of Labor Appe Appeals I to 9 Operators and Union Uni n Heads He da to Try TrY Again gain t to Reach Compromise The soft coal strike called by y the United Mine MineWorkers l nc I Workers of of- America reached out Monday l into 26 states t including Utah tah Officers of the U. U M M. V. W. estimated that men men quit work on orders of President John L L. Lewis because the contracts under which they had been working expired ex expired ex- ex x at midnight President Roosevelt was keep keeping ng close watch of developments de developments de- de v and Edward F. F McGrady l assi assistant ta t secretary of labor made a new appeal for conciliation Because negotiations with mine owners have not been broken off union officials were making no particular particular partie ular lIar effort to rally enthusiastic s support p ort They reg regard d the situation not as a strike but merely as a cessation of work pending contract renewal A total of employed miners in Utah and Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming are arc arc affected Price reported 2200 men out and all lr miners in Wyoming were idle |