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Show 00 FUEL SITUATION CRITICAL. CHICAGO. Nov. 28. Cold weather, vith now and sleet storms, today had 'spread over the central and southwest and rendered more critical the fuel I situation brought about by the 28 days' strike of bituminous coal miners. In many small cities and towns coal ?hortag was acute with actual Buffering Buffer-ing in prospect. Moderation of the I cold wave by tomorrow, however, was forecast. W ith no prospect of an immediate 're-production in sight, efforts of the governor ol Kansas to obtain volun-teera volun-teera to mine coal, and the announcement announce-ment by Frederick D. Garner, gover-Inor gover-Inor of .Missouri, that he would call a conference of governors of coal producing produc-ing stat. s unless the government acted toda, attracted chief interest. Train Schedules Curtailed. In i bicago there were renewed re-i re-i ports that train schedules were to be curtailed further, but there was no confirmation from Walker D Hines, director-general of railroads at Wash-, Wash-, ington. Virtually all the mines that had remained re-mained in operation or where work I had been resumed were idle yesterday, it I. ait. is -i nanal hnIlifA.il but those mines generally were expected to continue con-tinue production today despite breaking break-ing up of the Washington conference Should the federal government fall to act today to end the strike, the con-erence con-erence ot governors Mr. Gardner said, would probably be held at St. Louis. Chicago or Indianapolis. He declined to say what the probable action of the proposed conference would be but indicated in-dicated that the states iniKht take over the coal mines and operate them Must Avoid Unspeakable Suffering. "Every department of human Life iM bound UP in this issue," said a statement state-ment by Henry J. Allen, governor ol Kansas, concerning his appeal for volunteers vol-unteers to dig coal to protect tbe people peo-ple of Kansas, "whor.e suffering will be unspeakable unless relief is afforded." af-forded." .Messages were received from men all over Kansas, .Missouri, Illinois Mid Texas offering to work In the mines. Miners' leaders said the volunteer workers would be retarded as strike breakers. Lewis Talks With Secretary. number (,i opersiprs am' union officials of-ficials remained iu Washington today, bul all expected to leave for Iheir homes tonight. John L Lewis, acting 'president of the United Mine oWrkers , of America, was closeted a large part of the morning with Secretary Wilson, j but refused to discuss what had trans pired. He also arranged an interview with President Gompers of the American Ameri-can Federation of Labor for later in ' the day Lewis maintained the same attitude toward the situation that he had demonstrated dem-onstrated during the weeks of discus slon. "Officially I don't know I hat there a coal strike on," he said, "but the I 'government could get coal production: resumed In this country' If Secretary Wilson's proposal to give the men a 31.66 per cent increase had been en- lorced. r i Conference of Governor KANSAS CITY. Mo, Nov Governor Gov-ernor Frederick r. Gardner of Missouri. ! 0 1 ehalrmfin of thc committee nnmed at ;t recent conference of Kovemors to In- ! vestlgcite profiteering; today waa consiil- i crlng calling a conference of tho trovern-on trovern-on of coul producing slates to diSCUM plans for tho rc-openlng of coal mln-ju mad idle by the minors' strike. Issiinnce of thc call it was said, wn continfrent upon Whether tho fcdor-M government look prompt stepa to re open the mines. If deemed necessary. Governor Gnrdnrr .x.iid. thc governors of all the state would be summoned to thc meeting. ' Tho situation has reached a point where I believe It ia necessary that ih States step In and do something that 1 will relieve presen condition- which are j rapldl) becoming worst." he declared "The federal Kovernmrnt now seems to ; i lvi thrown up Us hands and exhaust-I exhaust-I ed all means to settle the strike ' The pnhllc must be saved from suffering suf-fering at all costs, and If those at Washington Wash-ington appear today to be unable to reach in agreement I shall take- It upon myself us chairman of the high cost of living committee, to call the governors together to sec what tho states can do to protect pro-tect the people. Miners Refuse to Work PITTSBURG. Pa., Nov 2S The 42.00f union miners of district number five. United Mine Workers, who have been ' Idle since the bituminous strike went Into effect November 1. last, will not return to work until thc questions of wages nd hours have been settled, according Lo union leaders here. Miners of tho d -trict, the leaders said stand behind the union scale committee. Plants Close Down INDIANAPOLIS. Ind , Nov 2S All . manufacturing plants In Inuianapoils clashed u "non-essential.' closed yestor- I day because of the holiday, will remain j closed today and tomorrow as a coal con serration measure. Today representa- 1 Civets oi plants which use coal or electric ) power in their operation, ate considering measures for further curtailment next week. There has been na change in the situation situa-tion in thc Indiana coal fields. 00 |
