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Show ! saflcanraa bb LEWIS WARNS OF CALAMITY I Coal Famine Impending, ; Miners' Leader Says in Strike Review INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. May 25. A domestic calamity faces the American1 public as a result of the continued sus- pension of work In the "o.il mining Industry In-dustry of the countyr, John L Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America Bald in a statement sent out to officers and members of the union, reviewing the coal strike to date. The industrial and commercial Interests, who, ho said, had deliberately deliberate-ly forced a shutdown In the mining industry' were held by the miners' fhiff to he responsible for the situation situa-tion RT ; B EH IV I S DIMINISHED "The full realization of the Import of th- suspension hn not vet dawned ' on the American public" said Mr. Lewis, "The accumulated coal re-servos re-servos of the OOUntry are being rapid- ly diminished and the much heralded, non-union production is totally Inadequate In-adequate to enro for the nation's needs. Prices of eoal at the mine in the non-union fields have Increased more than a hundred per cent and will continue to ascend despite the efforts of governmental agencies to control tho situation by vol un tar) effort. A national coal famlm i Impending and the coal consuming public will be corn-polled corn-polled to l"-:ir the toirden of further priee extortions Tor tho benefit of operating op-erating Interests who pose as public benefactors. "The United Mine Workers dls.lalm responsibility for this situation. Wb hnvo frequently pointed out the industrial in-dustrial and commercial responsibilities responsibil-ities which accrue to those who have deliberately forced a shutdown In the) mining Industry The countrv will awaken to the fact that Its fuel needs for the coming wintor and Its industrial indus-trial requirements are In Jeopardy, In the meantime non-union coal operators opera-tors are marketing their coal it mj enqrmoufl price and the statesmen of! the country aro Imitating the action of the well-known fiddler of Rome. The American people should rlghtfulh demand de-mand a naeeountirig for this situation situa-tion " Mr Lewis commended the striking miners for presenting 8 solid front in tho conflict, terming tho fight they are nutting up as "magnificent " "With the eiarhth week of the strike now In effect. " he said, "many coal operators and a lar:e part of tho thinking public aro beginning to recognize rec-ognize that tho mine workers cannot and will not be beaten in such a contest con-test More than 600 000 anthracite and bituminous mine workers arc on strike. The morale of our people Is I high, their loyalty and determination are manifest. The strike can and 1 will be continued to a successful con-I con-I elusion." nn |