Show I COAl TRIBUNAL Will GET T DA DATA 1 A AA A AT J HEARINGS Commissioners Will ViII Begin Sessions at Capitol January 12 2 I a WASHINGTON Dec 31 31 Informs tion for establishing establishing a a. a basis of or wages wages 1 and prices in the bituminous coal 1 in industry industry will be obtained by the three I commissioners appointed by President Wilson to represent the public miners and operators at hearings to be helaIn held hela in In Washington beginning January 12 Representatives of or miners and operators operators operators oper oper- in the central compo comp J e e fields have been invited to present their I I cases casu on that date data In In the meantime I I J I the commission will will collect available data from the government departments departments departments depart depart- ments ments which have Investigated In the soft coal industry The he delay in th the theo of ot the hearings hearings hear hear- I ings the commission said was due to toa toa I Ia a desire to permit the miners to complete com com- com I the work of ot their special co conven conven- e n I i tion called to meet in Columbus 0 O January 5 6 5 I I RAISE UNJUSTIFIED I Ch CHICAGO Dec 31 31 Committees api appointed appointed ap ap- pointed by the coal operators o of the I central bituminous i U I O field today began e formulation of plans pans to put the entire I soft coal industry on a stable basis j They will report early in the new year I Operators Operator agreed that any raise in inthe I 1 j Ithe the price of ot coal used for domestic purposes purposes purposes pur- pur purI i I poses would be unjustified and would Ibe i ibe be due solely to the retailer One oper operator tor stated il that the tho prices I on on a few grades of steam coal only had been raised 14 per cent I I There is absolutely no justification I I for a raise in e of coal to householders house house- holders and others at this time he j I said I i |