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Show LABOR PLEDGES AIDTOIH HEAD OF MINING FEDERATION SAYS WORKERS WILL STAND BEHIND THE STRIKERS Union Men Consider Present Situation In Mine Fields One of the Most Important Industrial Battles in Many Years Washington. Warning that the federal fed-eral government would tolerate no use of violence to prevent coal production during the threatened coal strike was issued Thursday by Attorney General Daugherty. Washington. Labor will drain its treasuries and fight to the last ditch to protect and provide relief for the 600,000 ooal miners scheduled to walk out April 1, if that is found necessary, James Lord, head of the American Federation of Labor mining department, depart-ment, predicted here Thursday. Union labor considers the present coal situation one of the most important im-portant industrial battles in its history. his-tory. Lord, in an exclusive Interview with the United Press, charged : Wall street is financing the strike and wants It. The uncompromising attitude of the opera tors reveals their decision to florce a suspension of work. Tne whole matter Is an operators' conspiracy to raise coal prices and hoodwink the public. Cleveland A possible serious break in the ranks of the United Mine Work-era Work-era threatened to disrupt the organization organ-ization as the members of the mine policy committee gathered here for their opening sessions. The committee commit-tee of 116 members was called to formulate plans for conducting the mine tleup, scheduled to start at midnight mid-night March 81. Possibility of a split was seen by union leaders in the threat of Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois district, that he and his followers would insist upon single state wage negotiations with operators, strongly opposed by international officers of the miners. Privately it was stated in some quarters that Farrington's demands, are based largely on questions of Internal In-ternal union policy. The Illinois lead er assailed Lewis personally for what was termed "premature" calling of the strike. Farrington believed this order should have been withheld. Nevertheless, Farrington's proposed stand is not regarded lightly because of the large following he controls, the Illinois district being the largest in the union. |