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Show BIG FOUR CHIEFS TO MEET MINERS Brotherhood Leaders Will Discuss Proposal of One Great Strike B1 WIPLdA.M J. HI Mvl i International News Sen Ii I CLJDVSLAND, Pob. 4. With the announcement hero tonight that the heads ol the four operating railway brotherhoods would meet With President Presi-dent John I lyowbj of the United afine Workers of America, To consider tin-feasibility tin-feasibility of concerted action to pre vent further wage reductions and tire further statement that President E. J. Mai. .on of tho railway telegraphers, i and President D. W liar, of the slg nalmen. had already telegraphed their acceptance of Lewis' invitation, the labor situation tonight vok on Its most portcntlous aspect yince last fall's threatened strike, which was averted only by the summary action of the railway labor board. ATTACKED BY STONE Railway union lenders hero pointed out the vital connection between I h-wage h-wage outs miners are now resisting! and those threatened against. tho rail-, way employes- Not only are manv of tho big rail-1 toads among the largest owners of coalj mines, hut the same selfish financial' interests control both Industries, nnd are scheming for greater profits at i,. . tpense of the workers Warren H S Stone, grand chief of the Brother' hood of Locomotive Engineers, de COMMON l v l I IU 9TS Biirthermhre, prolonged tie uf of the coal mines would paralyze the j transportation systems ol' the count r most of which depend entirely upon ; coal for iu-l. consuming 27 per cent ol the total mine output If the miners stop working many railroad employe will alao faCe unemployment, since coal comprises 30 per cent or nearly one-third of the entire tonnage hauled the railroads." "Those common economic interests cannot bo ignored. leaders of tho rail- way hrotnerhoods say, and tho leader will do their utmost to prevent trouble. "they cannot remain unaffected by the attempts of the coal barons and the idg bankers to crush the United Mine Workers and BlMb lh workers oo |