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Show I Coal Strike Dispute j In Deadlock and i Production Stops! ! All Hope of Immediate Settlement Swept Away by Blunt' j j' Refusal of Department of Justice to Withdraw Injunction I Proceedings Against Officers of United Mine Workers of America Further Steps Taken 4 to Prevent Shortage. 1 ' Hit AGO, Nov 6 -- The dispute ft wtween ihe nations bituminous coal '7e, operators and union ralnoi (. nch has resulted in virtual cessation J' production throughout the country. of T rPmalnprl deadlocked. Leaders lit ! IrL . pr0lJu and miners agree 'nat b' blunt refusal of the depart-1 depart-1 " 1 JuSlk e ,0 v i'hrlra the n-r n-r I, ,c.Uo" Pteedings against otficers L v n"ed MlDp Workers of Amer-I Amer-I tot swept awa' a11 hne of ira-JSJ? ira-JSJ? settln of the strike. liK. MepR uru1 b(len ,ken to reduce a ciac f a lbrpat1nt-d coal short H rm'ov passengor tralns had been iR5d lnm 8ervlce on fh Chicago M iMilwrthw'e8tern' and e Chicago. ; nnd St- p?ul 'inroads and lhA el dwnistrator Garfield lever I n clo,hed ',,h fu'l authority I wIll M8' di8lrlbuUon nd shipment Itoirn1?6 pleaB of several Nebraska ft,eJ,J i0Wa and California added ro-t ro-t lwrUrIrTru Hef from the threatened - : rt hod t ?7n "f Top,;'n Kan'- lotl rti, 1 Rowe, middle west i ISSSS M CbJca8. that city K iTT 10X1 of coal in kU ma nmwhl hundr'ds of families are In uiaie need." ilnM f0r "openlns -he iKV men rCu,rtalD. Okla. todav with 1 moS.v formera, promised toi A b- an interfsting development. Should the mines be worker, it would be the firt break in the coal strike in the southwest. General conditions surrounding thej I strike todn remained virtually un changed No disorder or vandalism; Was reported From West Virginia and Colorado1 oarue the onl repons of increased production since the walkout became (effective. Thirty-one union mines' were said to be in operation in West Virginia and the Colorado Fuel and Iron company reported 64 per cent of its normal force at work. Operation at full capacity at the Madrid. N. M.. mines continued, with three at. Gallup running at reduced capacity Transfer of another squadron of cavalry and two companies of Infantry from El Paso, Tex., to Colfax county, New Mexico, yesterday was the only movement of troops in connection vith the strike during the past twen-1 ty our hours. Awittant Attorney General, INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Nov. 6. The' arrival of C. B. Ames, assistant attor ney general in charge of the government's govern-ment's injunction proceedings against the striking coal miners of the coun-ry, coun-ry, 1 1 exported to usher in the next developments In the strike situation' here Attorneys for the United Mine Workers of America ho- practically completed their plans for defense against the government's action, and it is understood, will enter a motion when the ease is rr -opened in federal1 court Saturday askinp thai the entire proceedings be dismissed Temporary Injunction Issjed The government Saturday uiil ask; that a temporary injunction to taki the place of the present restraining order be Issued P1 ndln? final hearing Of the petition and thai a mandatory order thai the strike be called off be! Issued by the court It has been pointed out that although the povern-rami's povern-rami's petition aked that a temporary tempor-ary injunction be issued Saturday cdnce the court may, if it so desires, make the Injunction permanent at j that time Instead of at a later hear Ing. CHICAGO. Nov. 6 Railroads of the northwest region hae a supply of 2,282,286 tons of coal adequate for ?." days, L. S. Carroll, chairman of 1 ihe purchasing committee for rail i roads of that region announced today Mr. Carroll added that no coal taken over in the northwest region would be used by the railroads but would go I to commercial users. Chicago's reserve supph of fuel also is greater than estimated at first, it ' became known there being on hand, enough for thirty days Instead of i t v. enl y. oo |