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Show IKS SIGNS OFSTRiKE, Miners and Operators Now in Conciliatory Spirits Uew York, March 19. Thero was a subsidence .of the anthracite strike, scarp today, and In consequence there, 'was a falling off In the pressing do-" mi,r"' fr- hard coal from frightened consumers. j..t- utiiict is gaining ground that both sides will reach an agrcoment, and that, it there is a suspension of work April 1, it will not last long. The operators say they aro ready to confer with the men on any reasonable reason-able proposition and consider tho situation sit-uation from all angles. There aro also 'reports from tho hard coal region that the miners officials are ready to meet tue operators uau way. The report from the west that President Pres-ident Taft may be asked to take hand in the situatlo'n to avert a strike was read with interest, but there wns no comment made by tho operators. Meanwhile the operators are said to bo doing nothing toward preparing for a 6trike. Local hotels, hospitals and transit lines are well stocked with coal in preparation for a long strike. 3 Another Strike in, Sight. Chicago, March 19. Announcement was made from the Illinois Coal Operators' Op-erators' association today that it would be practically Impossible for miners and operators in the bituminous field to reach a new agreement by April 1 and that a suspension on that date was certain co |