| Show MINERS TOLD TOLO THEY MUST BEGIN WORK GARFIELD DIRECTS UNION MEN AND OPERATORS TO GET TOGETHER TOGETHER TOGETHER TO TO- GETHER AT ONCE Intimated That Government InterventIon Intervention tion Has Become Imperative to Prevent Coal Famine Unless Differences Are Settled Washington The The rapidly vanishing coal supply Is causing much uneasiness uneas uneas- In mess iness ss and the lack of speed displayed in the matter of the settlement of the differences between the operators and the striking coal miners with a n ret return return re re- t turn rn to normal production has brought forth a statement from the fuel administration administration ad ad- ministration that something must be bedone bedone bedone done and at once to supply the people peo peo- pIe with a proper amount of fuel The government slipped to the front fronton on Tuesday to force the miners and operators to negotiate a new wage agreement and resume work In the time bituminous fields before the time country is in the grip of a coal oal famine Clothed with all of his war time powers as fuel administrator and actIng actIng act- act Ing lag by direct authority of the time presIdents presIdent's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's cabinet Dr II A. A Garfield called called called call call- ed a joint meeting of scale committees at which he lie was expected to 10 give gl formal formal formal for for- mal notice that the time had come to resume mining operations on a a. normal nor nor- mat mal sc scale lle Meanwhile word was passed that the situation had reached that point where action was l' l regarded by federal authorities as absolutely Imperative There was no evidence as presented to the cabinet that the scale committees committees commit commit- tees called here last wee week to negotiate negotiate ate a new wage agreement had made the least headway Reports from the central competitive fields embracing I Ithe the states of Illinois Indiana Ohio and i Western Pennsylvania strongholds of the United ed Mine Workers W of America showed all mines shut down and not enough coal coming from from- union non-union p plants In other states to meet the normal normal normal nor nor- mal demand demand by several severa mI million lon tons Other reports from widely separated sections brought the same story of a rapidly vanishing coal supply with Indications In in- that hundreds ds of Industrial plants would be forced to close shortly unless coal production yas was put ba back k at al In the view of many officials the situation was critical enough to demana de demand de- de mand mantl dr drastic action It Is understood understood the the miners and operators operators operators op op- op- op will be told that the time mines must be opened again agahi at capacity even if the government has has' to take charge |
