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OFFICIAL PAPER OF i
KLAMATH COUNTY AND
OF KLAMATH FALLS
WEATHER FORECAST
tonight ai wi:ivi:hia,
SMOWIIIH, MIOI.CIt
I'irit'fllltl true. Nil. IIU.VI
PUS DRAFTED
FOR NEW LINES .'
B II. P. SYSTEM
Construction ProRrnm Out
lined to Link Central
Oregon Cities
PORTLAND, Jiiiin 20 - Kmtrnail '
minimi linn plan In link iii I iiko
view. Klimnth Fulls, Crane, llenil
mill Oili. II uiili I.'iii'iiik for I In. il i
lelnpiuuil of Him Iiiiii: iliirinaiil Vn ,
1 1 nl Oii'ciin inuntiy. luivo In ni iinifi
til liv tii,. I'iiIiiii I'urlflr n)hIi.ii iiml i j
Ih liiillrali'il Hull hiii II u iun will In
iiiiilc.l through following m-tiii nii'iii
nf tin' I'i-iiImI Pacific r.illiiiiul run
triuoriy
Thin iiiiniiiiiii'i'iiii'ilt iiinii.i from nf
flrlal channel nnd follow liitlmn
t limit In tin h.iiiio I'ffi.rt inailii In ud
Irosiiei liy (I W. Morrow, r.i'iii'ral
right nf way ngoiit for tin- t'nlnii I'm
dfle. In Ceiiti.il Oregon last week.
ih cording In lliii Ori'iimi Journal
I'm rt Iiit rnrriilinrulliin Ik gheii In n
tiliili'ini'iit f Dim A ' Spencer, gen
i.ral iciiiimiI fur tint h y I 1 1 i . Hi uhlili
In. miiI, that ln wn n n;i u I linrlz t to
niiikn n hlaiiMiirfit on nny tnuNirnc
Hun program hut tlmt u public or.
in iiikI anil rnllnfnrlor) mttli'lin lit (if
Ih" Central 1'nclflr ran doubtless
would result In faiorable nlil'ra
I lull (if lliesn nltnnslnn, which wore
planned ).nrx into
."(Ml .Mlln. of llixiil
To llnli up i:.ttrrn. Central ami
Southern Ori-Kim with lb,. Willam
ette willoy would lieresnltnto the
litillilliiK ( -'l111 mile, nf trm Waco nml
tin. Union Pacific Iium ouiti u tun
(.traction program cullliuil
Till program Include u lino from
Crane. In llnini') r(iiint). where tlio
(lllKOII kIKIII lllIK intension fllllll
Vale ends. In O.ti-ll .lunc linn In
NortlnTii Klnmnth romit)
Aniitlior prodnlnn , iniiilo fur n
lino from lloml In Oilill Jiinrllnn ami
llii'ii to Kin nml ft Kall Tlio O'loll
KlamAtlt lalU part of till' lino, of
Minrno. would ho rontliiKottt upon
oprrutloli of tlio Contr.il I'adtlr In
loroittit l tint riilon I'.nUlo mid
iiiimoiini'iit c iiiinlt iiolliin of tlio Nat
ron cutoff from Kluiniitli r."ll lo
Aidll Jlllirllnn mt'l llion oor tlio
fiiMiulo iiiuiititotnx to Kiittono
AmhIi I. f. Hot Moii
HI III ii (tit Hot itli'iili.n U plan
nod from tlio Crano-OiloU Juurllnii
link. In mirlliorn lliirnoy iotiiit. li
Liikovlow wln-r,, (nnorlloii n.iild In.
mad.- lllt tin- .Vuvii.Im. Ciillfnrrtlii
OroKon railroad, a nariiiw kiiiii;o
lino lapplMK tin. (Vlllrnl I'lirlflc
TIiIh mi mo coimtriicclcm pioKram
wan IioIiik punned !) Iliirrlinan wlifrn'
I he (Vnlrnl I'nrlilr controerny ninrt-
od llurrlnuiii'ii Plan wnn to open up
thin miamoly m'tllod louniry nml
punli ii lino over I lie Ciufnili-H I"
Hut licurl of III ii Willamette allry
Tlio C)'nlr.il I'ni'Ulc wm iilnunoil In
hocome ii pnrt of llio I'nlon I'.ullle
hut when the Hnulliern I'aclflr ah
iiorhed II llio pliltiH nf the I'nlon I'nd
fie worn iihiuulonoil. Thin rnino lit
the time when the Khennnli nrt ill
Mined llio I'ulim I'nclflc nml .South'
em r.iclfle KyHtcniH.
Tim reason I'nlon I'iii'IiIi offlclnln
liavn Iiomi wllhhnlilliH: nnnounco
mont of Hie'o ronntrucllon prnJel
Ih herailHo Hm couUiany doeH not
Know until rcHlrlollmw will ho mnilo
liy llm Inlemlnto rumniorro commix
hIiiii nn llio Central I'nrlflo ullunllon.
Sook WoiIkh Into Vnlloy
Thin IntorlitfliiB of rallroiulK In llio
KnHlorn nml Conlral scrtlniiH nf the
tnlo would hn u l.rt of llio koiktiiI
liroKrnm for on try Into llm Houtliorn
nml wentern RortloiiR.
If thn Hiipronto court nml llio In
InrHtnlo coiutnerro roinniUNlnii would
permit, llm Union I'nclflc would lib
Hiirli llm Conlral I'lidflo, nnd IhrmiKh
Hh IIiioh ami llm roiwli notion of llm
Nulroii out'iiff would plan !'"
roino a rninpotltiir In thn W'lllniuolte
Valluy.
Thin Willamette Milloynunpotumn
would bo oiiHlly lUTompllHhcd nlnce
tho Central Pacific owns u lino to,
1-VoHiin from th0 Oregon line. Hide
pomlent Kouthern Paelfle line
would oxlotid iih fur north "h Tehutna,
whom Jolpt operation would hxIhI lo
Wood. Kkiiii Wood llm Union I'ucl
fin would roino north through Klam
ath Knllx lo lmgniio nml l oxohiingo
for permlmilon to llio Houthnin I'ucl
flo lo beioino Joint unit of tho Him
botwuon Tehumil unit Wood would In
I urn uuk for u reclptoeul iigieomonl
(Continued to Toro )
Reprieved
ino repiitve or CAfluIn ItunaM
True, tonvlctfil lojr f-f n London
miulcliull ulrl, hat mtriiU JJtltUU
K'lllUnl flitlrn. Tito action In nl.
Itd to due (o tho Inllurnia of
hl mother, n noUi-woman who wai
not known iccnually u hh mother
until the reprieve was ki anted.
OSCAR SHIVE MADE
MEMBER OF SCHOOL
BOARD; REPORT READ
Vein- of I'Higio,, lH Hliuttn: Tiilnl
Viillliillnii nf l'rnH-it N
I'liimi in rj:r,iHHi
Oaiar Sliho w.ih oloitod a moiulii'i
of tlio oil) nrliiml Imard nt tin. mi
tin ti I I'li'itlini In ih.. Conttul hilionl
liiilldlnr. )onli'rdny uflorniiiin. Hliho
wim nppnlnti'd iIiiiIiik llio 5 car In
fill tlio .iratiry can mil by tint rolK
natlon of r It i: U'atlniiliurK to
nrropt n position nn ItiHtrurtnr. Of
tlio H otoN iiml n tl Iirtlnn. -II
won- for Hliho. otto for Mr W.itti-n
ImrK and otto 'or l.om I. (IiirIiukoii
Tlio ropurt for tlio Mural ciir hiiIi-
ml t tt'il at llif miiiii.il Hiik Ml
Ida II Meno it. rloik of tlio lio.trd.
IndUiiiod a )uir of uillvlt) .iikI pro-KM-hk
II h.i,, hIiohii lli.it .".",tlOll Iiml
In on oipi'tidcd for miIiooI Minttrm
t Imi. Inrliidliit: .1n (ton for tlio Whip
pltiKlon hi (tool nml lor nddltloiiK to
tlio Mllln nml hVlrilon ki-IioiiIk TIiu
proiint Milui' of rliool pioporl) .i
i-Hlltnalod nt JsaS.nun
Total rnllirtliiiiH iT(. I.'il ". oil
tnltiid from i.ihoh mid oilier Howe
Total oxpelidltlHOH Woro !.'. HUH
Tlio oiitiiliiiidliiK ImiiiiIh of tilt noil
are IioIiik ietlrd rapldl). It .M
dIkiwii I'rotn tlio ColiKer enluto Irre
diirllilo (nml $1.1 no in Intoront .
n.ilUnl
MAN LOSES MEMORY
Joliii Silni of i: i III.- U IViiml
In Half Maiil Coinlilloii
A ( I( wl(( u lt,i,.,., l,y tlio
,,, , ,,, N,.,ru (lf i:,ory-
(, (.1ir W1 ,,, Wl,.r,;
u lliIr.,uai,t toinllt Icit i I'.ilrolm.in
.,..,.,...,,., t-.-tpnliiv mid wan lodif
( )( ( ,mIIK ,, w.tlKatlon.
A nolo hook and letter ronlnlnod th0
naiuoH John Nelrn and Mr J Nelrn
with mi i:iner)Nlll nildren
When iiuohtlonoil by tlio police thl.i
innriiliiK, llm man mild lie remember
od IioIiik In H.tcminonto but lould not
row 1 1 roiuliiK In KLunnlli I'.ill. llo
mild 1m HUppnxod he had ll wife
hut could not remember whom
lie lled. Ail old near oil lilt bead ln
dlniled hU IiioIiik rorolvliiK u heavy
blow.
The pifllco linvo wired iiiillinrltlo
ut i:inerlllo.
NEW PLEA ENTERED
.link NhhnN riomN (liillty (( Li
quor I'iHnOssIoii Clmi ko
Jack NIcholH. Indicted In January
on ii rhnrgo of lllejul poHiU'sslon of
liquor, appeared li court nt 8:30
yeslordny evening nnd changed bin
plea of not guilty to ouo of guilty.
DlHtrld Attorney Ilrower recom
mended that In lov of tho fact
that tho defendant hud pleaded
guilty, tlnid saving tho county llio
expound of ii trial, that a flun of
s;t() bo Imposed without hall Hcnt-j
once. Judgo l.e.tvitl mint no wouiu
Itakii tho matter under ndvlsomont H
mnl iiiih kontoiii'ii mi Friday. Juno
( l()
- '' lLfc
ELKS WILL INITIATE
III CiiiiiIIiIiiIi'n In Uo Admitted ut1
Likedew nml AHiihn
MombeiH of lho KIliR lodgo will
leave hoio Kilday morning for l.uko
luw mid Altuiu-s wheio 13 eniidi'
ilntoH will bo Initiated, The coreiuou
lo will bo hold in l.ukuvlow on Kil
day and in AUuiiih on Baturdiiy, Hal
lotlng for tho annual election will bo
held at u upeclul nicotine tonight.
KLAMATH
1
I
IN BIG RATTLE
i All is Ready for Baseball
For Aid of Playground;
Referee is Named
A lionteil liatllo ooi a r foioo fir
Hie lidM'Imll Kiimo lietueeii tin. Ilml-
C.oih mid (iolfom for Thursday nfler-
noon, finally romillod in tin- relic.
Hon of JiiiIkc (' I' .Stone, lio Imi
roiimnteil lo ritlompt to pudfy ),olli
failloiiR mnl lo call nil iIccIhIihih In
llio affair
A iloliKiitlmi of lonil hi hoi 1 1 ijlrla
will till.,, tlio fii'M tomorrnu' inorii
ItiK to noil iiilintiro tlrkotM at r.Oi
earh. mnl It Ih otportoil Hint Hiiffl
ileiil ftnidK will ho rnls-d to clear up
tlio Imleliii iIiiom iicaltmt the tla -r.ronnil
,.iiilpmoiit mnl loaxo n Htnnll
Niirplu
It wan roporled today Hint tlio en.
tiro imt of the onuipinoiit nml In
Ktiillalloii i hart;, n miii.uiiii'il to near
ly I'.T.o. nml tlnt only nil reiniiliK
lo In. nilrn-d lo dear up nil Mil
All IpihIiiihh men will ho Miliclti d
ami rciucntoi to hny tun HrkolB
Chun. I KohortR. ihalrman of llio
inerdiiintK liiireau, Iiuh roiiuentod
that nil rlori'H du-.' (iroundly nt I -ltd
o'clock Tliurmlii) and that llio mer
diantn join the p.iradi' from the piny
croiiml to tlio hall KrHinil
COUNCIL ADJOURNS
'leelltiK lo llo Hi lit Tunlulil; Somoi
nml I'adnu .Mallei s Cp
I u ii lo tlio ltntar riuli lumiiii't
lant iiIkIiI, the il louudl iidjourued
tlio ri'KUlar moeliiiK Monday nlKlit
until tnulcht llunliii-nK hefor,. the
rouurll IuiiIkIii will ho oponliiK of
IiIiIh oil tlio ninth newer unit mid pan.
miKo of p.alliK ordlliuuron The runt
of tlio uwcr wiih ntlinati il li tlio
fit) oiiKliieer at Jr. I. mm llliln for
ImpriiMuni'tit houdn In mnnunt of
ll23.TUil...T will In. nilerllnoil nturt
IllK totuoriou nml hldn will ho open
od nl tlio next rcKiilar ini'illiiK
KIHNACI'l.'IS '.n I'ltlMI
ciii:vi:nni:. v. . .inn,, -jo -
I'red llrowti. noiiKht through three
Htillcx flllie bin alleKt'd KldnapplliK
of two women In Omahu, wan cap
tured lat iiIkIh In .i wild (ountr
tun th of Medliliio How. V)o . after
he had hem hIioi .iho,. the lieait hy
ii moinbor of the tumne an he made a
l:mt dniili for liberty.
MAiiKi.v nccoitr
l'()ltTIANI, Juno 20 -Cattle nnd
Iior nteady, nhccp, weak, vhk and
butter firm. Wheat ll.on to ll.l.'i.
AS THE RURAL GENT
T I
aJ il . ""bSbIVvWA lgJ
Member of the Aflfiociated Press.
PALLS, OREGON,
'H'i:hi.iv, .11
SHELLS STRIKE U. S.
BUILDINGS DURING I
i' CHINESE 'FIGHTING
I nullum MiiiNfei .lis (-iii
inliiil ,Stinus in ltu-.li
(iiililioaK I,i Kieiio
Ad-
I'l M.Vtl Jiiiin 2u Thno Amor
linn IhiIIiIIiiijk In Ciiiilon were ntriuk
hv i-IhIIh ilurliiK tlio Hiiudny horn
li.irilmoiit of llio dty hy tlio Kiinliont"
on Hun Vat Hon, nun Hi China luidor,
who Iiiin hi en tryltiR fullly to roinp
Miro the HlroiiKliold laroli Could
Kcliiiiuiau Amerliuii mlnlHter, hax
untied Hoar Admiral Htramot to runli
protedlou to Cmitou and American
r.unhoatM nr,) expected to proreed
tlli'te
FIVE SEEM ELECTED
(Iff li lul rlgurcs Not Atnllalilo I
County HcIiimiI lllortlon
llallotn from the county bcIioiiI
hoard I'lorllon yontenliiy had not heeit
opeiioil thin afternoon, according to
.Mr Tw)in iVrKiinon, county nchool
nuiorliiloudoiit Mrn. KerKuron ald
nIio had h en told tlio nnilltn In five
or nl r:uii't, hut tliono nhi. rofitiied
lo il hill no to tlio Ilor.ild, kIvIiik mi
her reanou that thuy wore not million
tie Sh" did not nny vhen the Infor
mation would ho rcW'alf'd.
It wan lenrncit, however, that the
follow Inn raiiilldntos were alioad In
llio count and hooiiiimI certain of ejec
tion K. J llowno, oantern lone; C.
It How man, northern xono; Charlcii
Mack, central xono! Hoy Nelnon.
weitern xono and (5 Offldd.
Kouthern zone
SAM HEAD IS FREED
.Inrj ItetoniH Venllct of Not (iullly
After 1.1 .Mlnulo
Avordlct of not cullty w.i re
turned lit ! o'i'lork bnt tilcht In
the cue of State uK-ilunt Sam Head.
churKed with tlio po'iennlnu of two
liiurt bottle of muotmhlno dilc
key. aliened to have been celled
b) tlio officer in tlio baaement of
tlio Crater c.ifu on the afternoon of
December f, 1921. The taking of
tlio testimony In the enno w.m con
cluded at fUe o'cluck. court re
convening at Tau lant nlRllt, when
argument of counnrl for the state
mid defense wn bad. after which
the (ourt Instructed the Jury on
point of law In tlio cine. After
1T minute deliberation tlio Jury
returned with tlio tordlit of not
Kiillty.
IIOM'S ATTiailT TAILS
WASIIINUTO: . I). C. June 20.
An effert: to get tho sold lorn' bonus
bill beforo tho in'iiato today failed,
atho setuito ndoptlug hy M to 22 a
motion hy Wlitnon, republlcnn, In
diana, to lay on tho table a motion
by Walsh, democrat, Massachusetts,
to dinplaie tatlff with the bonus.
SAYS UPO N VIEWING
vk a, mix:
Hi TO
I
Committee is Appointed to
Confer With S. P. on
Future Policies
Precipitate acllon In any direction
houlil bo avoided In tho present
railway nltuatlon, wn the connd-nmn
of oidnlon of lumbermen and local
limine men who met today In tho
chamber of commerce rooms to dbv
eim Ihe bent policy for thin county
In d "all iik with tlio Mttiatlon.
It wa agreed thai tho quontlon
hould bo stndldi carefully for nil
llu. time afforded, anj that thn pro
crnni that promises tlio .moat for
local development Hhoulil bo hacked.
A committee consisting of H. D.
Mortensen, (!. A. Krauiie, and E. S.
(irant wa appointed to confer with
the Southern Pacific company on
their plans and policies. Tho WeRtcrn
I'nclflc hax not been heard from nnd
It Interests will be inquired Into.
The Croat Northern will also be com
municated with. The Union Taclflc
has laid Its plan before the local
chamber of commerce.
With morR data at Us disposal the
conference felt that It could arrive
at a more Intelligent decision, and
no definite action was taken, nor was
any proposed until further Informa
tion i obtained
MURRAY TRIAL IS ON
Cliai-gog Again! l-'ornirr OHner of
llorutl to m. Alrrtl
Selection of a Jury wur commenc
ed thl morning In the circuit court
In the rase of State of Oregon against
1 K. J. Murray, former editor nnd own
er nf the Kvenlng Herald, on the In
dictment roturned by tho grand Jury
charging Murray with assault with a
deadly weapon, which wa a sequence
to tho recent newspaper litigation
during December of last year. The
111 ON
litigation was ended by Judge Stonef'"" ," "-"" "
In u recent declnlon in favor of Mur- cl,e r.'vcr .,.,la ",r " the l-agean
ruy. o
It I charged that Murray prcent
ed n deputy sheriff from execution of
certain alleged orders of the court
relative to removal of property from
the Herald plan on December 20,
1921, nnd that Murray held a small
revolver In his hand nt the time.
The entire morning session1 was
taken up to the examination of Jur
ors, noiio of which had been finally
accepted up to noon.
HIS FIRST GIRAFFE
Daredeviltress
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Many men have, tried to wlm th
English Channel and have failed.
Doris lllnc, mi English girl. Is only
IC, but she nay hc' going; to swim
tha channel this summer.
PRESIDENT WINTON
OF STATE SENATE
AT FORUM MEETING
Will llo Principal Hpeakcr; County
Acrnt Will Iteport I'niRirs
Of CinisMioppor Wnr
Senator C Wlnton, president of
tho stato Renato, will bo present at
tho chamber of commerce forum to
morrow noon a tho principal speak
er and guest of tho chamber.
C. A. Henderson, county agent, has
been Invited to the meeting to glvo n
report on tho progress" of tho fight
against tbo grasshopper plague. Hen
derson recently Huccccded E. H.
Thomas.
A report on tho results of tho
meeting of tho board of director
with tho lumbermen of the county on
the railroad situation will bo given,
a much Intorest lias been shown
since the meeting waa announced.!.
S. West, president of the chamber,
will glvo this report.
TRAGEDY AT FESTIVAL
Sailor of llnttlr-nlilp ( 'on nor t lout
Drowned in Willamette
PORTLAND, June 20. P. 11. Con-
iroy. 35, boatswain's mate of the bat
tleship Connecticut, hero for tho Hose
vi f-t.. ,. .u.t,, n U- Vt'IM,
fauenning me arrival oi ino lesuvui
queen. He fell from u high position
on a barge decorated as n sailing ves
sel. A ohalr which fell with him was
,bcllcvt-d to have hit hint on the head.
rendering him unconscious, for he
sank immediately and patrol boats
arriving quickly on tho spot failed tq
find any trace of him.
Conroy had been In tho navy 16
years, was a good swimmer, and had
rescued several from drowning.
TAX TIME CHANGED
Delinquent IVrlod Motcd Ahead
From April 5 lo Jul)' 3
Th0 delinquent period for payment
of taxes for tho first one-halt of
1921 hai been changed from April IS
to July 5, after which a ono per cent
penalty will bo charged, according to
Sheriff Low. Changing tho delinquent
period thre0 months was duo to tho
delay. In entering tho tax roll, caused
by tho controversy over tho $15,000
Item for completion of a Jail In tho
Hot Spring court house.
s
Kiu.r.n iiv TitAi.v
nUOKNK. Jun0 20. W. A. Ilras
field was killed and two men were
Injured this morning when a freight
car lu backing crashed Into an auto
mobile In which tho men wero riding
tfom tho Hooth Kelly mill, coming
off night shift.
VirrKltAN HANS SELF
HOOD RIVER, Juno 20. D. E.
Stanton, a. Civil war veteran, hanged
himself hero last night.
WKATHKU I'HOIiAlllLITiKS
Ohungos In barometric pressure.
linvo neon smuu
during tho period
slueo tho report of
yesterday, altho
tho OclO'Storma
graph nt Under
wood's rhalrinacy
roglstcrs slightly
higher.
Korocust for noxt
24 heur:
Generally fair
-w 1 1 h variable
winds.
Tho 'lycos lerordlng thermometer
registered maximum and minimum
temperatures, today, as follews:
"" l"aBBBBlB
High 85
Low , F0
PIUCB FIVK CHKTB
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'JOINT APPEAL
TO END STRIKE
Harding Urged to Take Ac
tion; Creeds Join Hands
for First Time v
WASHINGTON, Juno 20. Pronl-
dent lln.'dlng wa asked todny to tnkn
step to end the coal strlko In a Joint
appeal presented to him by tho com
mission on tho church nnd social
Rorvlco of thn federal council nf
churcliPR with which nro affiliated
30 great protoHtant communions, thn
department of social action of llm
National Catholic Wy-lfaro council
and tho social Justlco commission nf
tho Central Confcrenco of American
Rabbis. This Is th0 first tlmo, an far
as I known, thatahMn representa
tive, organization of Protestants, Ro
man Catholics and Jews bavo taken
Joint action In nn Indutsflal matter.
Tho churche In their appeal asked
tho prelsdent:
"To call a national coal confer
ence: Not to wait until tho ssfforln
of women nnd children of tho mlnlnc
camps has become a national calam
ity and; To end the coat strike now.
Tho statement expresses gratifica
tion that tho press, as a whole, hat
been successful In recording the facts
In tho srtlko. Tho appeal of tho
churches In full Is as follews:
"To tho president of tho United
States:
"Wo desire to oxpress to you. on
behalf of tho three great religious or
ganizations that wo represent, our
conviction that tho time has arrived
when our government should act to
bring about a conferenco In the bi
tuminous coal Industry to end thn
present strlko. Wo bello'vo that tho
majority of tho people of this country
aro unwilling to have Its vitally Im
portant Industries subject to econo
mic combat a a means of settling
disputes.
"Whenever either disputant In n
controversy declines to employ tho
methods of confcrenco and arbitra
tion, It Becomes proper for the gov
ernment to Intervene. It Is Incon
celvable that public action should
await until the sufferings of women'
and children In mining towns should
havo reached tho proportions of a
national calamlt.
"On March 31, 1922, representa
tives of tho commission on tho
church and social service of tho Fed
eral Council of' the Churches of Christ
In America, and tho department of so
cial action of tbo National Catholic
Welfare council, put beforo you n
resolution adopted by their respec
tive bodies, urging government action
looking toward the settlement of tho
coal controversy. At that tlmo It
was pointed out that the operators In
tho central competitive field, com
prising Illinois, Indiana, Ohio t ami
Western PennsylvanU, had pledged
themselves two years previously to
confer with tbo union In order to no
gotlato a new contract. Wo wish to
express our approval of tho action
of th0 administration In publicly fix
ing responsibility for the failure of
such a conferenco upon certain of
tho coal operators who wero unwill
ing to bo governed by tho terms of
their ugreoment. Our resolution fur
ther called tho attention to tho lack
of accurnte Information concerning
tho facts necessary to adjust settle
ment of tho controversy and urged
that a thorough Investigation of tho
industry should be mado by federal
authority.
"Tho administration at that (Into
did not feel warranted In taking ac
tion, beyond tho Issuance of tho
statement to which we have referred.
No conferenco was held, strike en
sued, und It has now continued
through ten weoks, Exclusive of tho
anthracite flolds, where conferences
aro still in progress, there are not
far from halt u million men Idle I
tho Industry.
Tho strlko has been moro oxtenslvs
than was anticipated slnco the miners
In soveral non-union fields made com
mon cause with tho United Mine
Workers. Following a period of In
tense business depression, the strike
hus caused much suffering to tho
minors' families, and this suffering
Is rapidly Increasing,
"It I ix inattor or profound satis
faction thut tho strlko has been re
markably orderly. We have also been
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