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Show NEARLY ALL OF COALMINES IN nam rUlCAGO. Nov. A1 th nd 01 lhe fourih day of I he soft coal strlk. L, hi rlos.-d ii-.nl. ajl union minr !" .he country and largelv stopped pro Action with abou. 420.onr, miners Idle h.re had been no brTk or weakt-n i Jj on the part of cither the miner. rr the opirutorF. ' There were indication that each ..He ; willing :o negotiate bul I ch clemoci determined ihat the otbei ould surrender noine point Mfore rimlomatic relations ehould be re-uraeJ re-uraeJ The chiefs of organized labor. nUrticuUrly mut-1 Gompert, suggest l tha' the government should rtia olve Its Injunction against the min worker' officials and that mil h a rJ0ve would indicate that the way vraa oD?n to peae Th 'nine operut-.rs maintained thtlr uutud.- tha" ,he ftrike must be aiiod of berore negotiations ne-gotiations could be opened John i rjwli acting head of the miners' or i eanlzation said the negotialoos could I piart an time While operators and miners re malned idle and the mines stood deserted, de-serted, eicept for such mm as the on Ions allowed to remain In Ihe -halts and u;iper works to care lor niachin PT the public in tome sections nad begun 'o feel the effeel ol thi strike jn a serious measure Montana was especially disiresscd. ,he strike having losed BChOOla in njlHngs while descriptions of the jit-oation jit-oation In the slate indicated that mnnj householders veer on the vergo nf .-.lifting, coal binds if nany hornets were empty, dispatches :'a;d. and many farmers In the dry farming regions I were without fuel Threi branches of ! tbe state university and the btate nor ma at Dillon may have to close sh irt- Officials were considering the question of taking .- i-ral h indli d prisoners fiom tl3 penitentiarj at Peer Lodge to the mountains to cu-wood cu-wood for the prison In the BOUtlrwest, many consumers bad no coal but the tegional coal com I mittee announced todpy those victims ot tne sn w b" " " " ' supply St. Louis dealers declared they I were 'almost out of coal and petitioned the government to return to authority the former state fuel administrator of Missouri. Railroad operation continued -wish out Interruption The railroad admin I istrttlon has outlined its program fori conserving coal storks and will hai - a j f antral committee -i t ting i onstantly at Washington to recn' reports and to " instruct the regional committees. There was little change in tbe situ Li , anon today. Among the announce-j si raents tonight vas 'n- hum rhomasj Brewster, chairman of Hie coal opera-) 4. iors' scale committee, at St. Louis r that the mapority of operators may tile s; damage suit3 again?t the United Mine j Workers of America, alleging brench ir , , of contract While the mine workers' body decided that ih war was o ei I and their contract with the mine own ers expired, tb- op -ra tors havp main J talned that the war never has been officially of-ficially terminated and the strike w;is a contract violation. Such Miits would be filed by operators individually and not by the operators' association, Mr. Brewster said John L Lewis .icting head of 'he mine workers, who today stated that the collective baig. lining machinery ol miners and operntors was still intact and all that was necessary was for ;he government and operators to put. ii in moijon. tonight said Immediate resumption of negotiations could ol-low ol-low dismissal of the government's in junction suit. The government, how ever, ih rough thr attorney general's office today had !et t be known that i he injunction proceedings would stand and that there was no thought of dls- j I missal. Labor leaders who had taken a hope-ful hope-ful icw of the situation were plainly disturbed by news thai the depart-1 ment of justice would let the Injunction Injunc-tion stand In view of the intention ol the ?.tlorne general not to ask for va-1 cation "i the Injunction, labor leaders said there was no Likelihood of any im-1 poriant move before the injunction case came up for hearing at Indianapolis Indian-apolis Saturday. Confidential -sports today to ihe department of jus'ice said that 50 per cent more men worked in the coal mines in Colorado yesterday than the day before. A num ber of mines were .:aid to be running full force. |