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WEATHER AND STRIKE FEAR
DEPRESSING TO BUSINESS
Try Assnciated Press.l

NEW YORK, March 30.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say: 81
Cross-currents are visible in the bust
ness situation. Unsettled weather. MAX
ing for bad roads, has heen check
to consllmptlve spring demand which also
feels tho Influence of the impending coal
strike The advent of spring-like weather,
accompanying the former development,
is however, favorable to Improvement
later on. There are reports that spring
planting is interfere1 with West and
South, but later adviccs point to plant
Ing actively beginning In tho southwest.
and from the winter wheat belt uniforms
ly favorable dispatches are received. Be
meath the surface happenings Of the week
are to be dscerned the steady advance
of spring trade, the continuance of the
immense activity in building, with col
lateral heavy dealings In all kinds Of
lumber and material and the underlying
confidence In heavy years turn-
over In all lines Money IS strong and
In active demand throughout the coun-
try. Bank clcarlngs show reccding totals.
this being mainly due to curtailed specu-
lntion. Railway earnings continue excel
lent as heretofore.
The strength Of prices in most In
dustrial lines Is marked.
Business failures In the United States
for the week ending March 10Th, number
100 against ITO last week; 227 In the like
week Of 1908, 2l2 in 1901 145 In 1903 and
176 In 1902.
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Massachusetts, and Virginia,

Editor OF The Times Dispatch: &
sir,-As a Massac husetts man It has
been a source of great pleasure 10 me TO
read the recent editorials In your excel
lent paper regarding the jamestown Ex-
position and your desire to have the peo-
OF inc n 9a saS sia
e Wish the Massachusetts papers would
reprint at least ono Of those editorials
for have no doubt 1t would result IN
.rekndllng the patriotism Of tho people
Of nry State and serve to arouse them to
IA sense Of their duty. at this time
In the early days the people Of nc, t =;
associated and whose. sympathies were SO .,
akin as were those Of the people o.
Virginia and Massa chusetts; and trust
The time is not far distant, II u has not
these two CONFERENCE.-The will renew
that old-time friendship and go hand N
hand in advancing the best interests OF
our reunited and glorious co u!i.ry1, l,nen
Generally speaking, the colored voter IN
Massnchusets Is entitled e. h Hnd s eh1 eSn
and and hence it It goes without SAYING that the
able to his enjoying the same rights !, ano
privileges elsewhere. ms Nay h.n,roh
lin # is to be hoped, however, that
the difference In local laws ,a, nnd customs rt ms
thIs matter nsnto and that the two sister Com
in ' his admirable and patriotic enternriTe, I
GOOD Seone Of y'ena o ona u.s.
cannni n fn1a p q be estranred.
c' ~ ma Times Dsnatch voices the hest
sentiment 81 ,Virgnlamand ! h a,ta INC no
p peasnn We'll !" For Cor the future Virginia and
Observation-Disclosures lone may they 1--we,
WA shlngton. y, G. BpsloNfA
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PHILADELPHIA. PA. March @.-Hav-
ing last sect, Lewis 6. Tewksbury III
London, after pursuing him over the
world, Mrs. Mary Mills Greenliut yestcr-
day confronted the plunger III Judge
Davis's court room, and with smiling as
surance he approached her and attempts
cd to sit by her side
Mrs. Grecnhut was for few months
the wife Of Tcwksbury. i was the mil-
lions possessed By. her, she says, that
built the "Dream Palace IN New York.
In an effort to recover from Tewkshury
some portion Of the money lie secured
from her according to Mrs. Greenhut, she
followed 1'cwksbury to Mexico, klnglng
his career there to Il close, and then to
London, from which city she also conf
PEELED him to flee.
Upon learning that Tcwksbtlry had re-
appeared here Mrs. Greenhut ngain took
up the hunt, and 1t WINS at her instance
that his arrest was ordered. She charges
,rewksbury with obtaining 100000 from
her through fraud, and she declares that
nothing will induce her to censc her cf-
forts to get It back. g,
Mrs. Creenllut was accompanied to
philadelphia BY Mr., johnson, OF the Dis
trct Attorneys Office in Now York, ana
Il New York detective, who has been pro-
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PRESIDENT is ASKED
TO LEND HIS HELP
Takes Matter Under Considera-
ton, Discusses it With Cabi-
net, and is Reticent.
INV Associated press }

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-Presldent
Roosevelt Is non-committal as to what
action, If any, he will take regarding the
coal strike. 1t is known, however, that
his replies to the telegram received, from
indianapolis will be to the effect thrt
ton and 1t may be some days yet before
he decides what, II anything, can be
DONE Az
The cabinet had the coal situation under
consideration to-day, the telegram from
Indianapolis of John Fl. Winder and John
Mitchell and Francis l.. Robbins were
discussed. At the conclusion Of the
meeting the President ln1ade the an.
nouncenent through Secretary Loeb that
there was nothing to say at this time.
1t was added that he had not as yet
renlied to either of the kilograms.
President Roosevelt authorized the pub
LEGATION OF two kilograms received ny
him last night. One came from John n.
Winder, chairman of the Btuminous Coal
Operators' Association al Indianapolis,
transmitting the resolutions adopted by
the coal operators at Indianapolis pro-
posing that the president appoint Il COM
mission to investigate all matters which
in the Judgment Of such commission had
an important bearing on the scale OF
wages which should be paid all classes
of labor in coal mines OF the territory
Involved.
The other telegram came from John W.
Mitchell and Francis l.. Robbins, and
takes issue with the statement made In
the telegram signed by Mr.. Wlnder Their
telegram follows:
indianapolis, Ind. March 49, 1896
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt:
M Responding to your suggestions, we
have fulfilled our highest duties as
citizens Of our country by advocating
a bituminous coal scale on reasonable
compromise. We understand that
telegram hts; been.sent to you tonight
purportint, 10 speak for eighty per
cent of the bituminous tonnage. That
telegram does not represent the real
facts. At least onc-half of the total
tonnage In Western Pennsylvania.
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Is produced f
by operators who are willing to pay
the compromise scale.
JOHN MITCHELL,
..FRANCIS l.. ROBINS
1t can be said at this time that the
President occupied the same position he
has occupied for several weeks. lie Is
anxious that strike lie averted, and is
ready to do all In his power to prevent
clash between the miners and operators,
but It is known that he does not think
the present moment opportune for gov
eminent interference. What he may do
in the near future Is not disclosed; in
fact, no decision regarding action by the
President has been determined upon. The
subject was discussed at the Cabinet
meeting.
1t is evident that an optimistic view Is
held al the White House regarding the
impending struggle. 1t Is regarded ns
doubtful that a strike, declared at this
time. will prove as serious as that OF
three years ago 1t Is pointed out that
the operators themselves are divided Oh
Tho question. and that there are !ndlch'
lions that the serious aspect of the stu
alton may be received without government
intervention,
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WILL SEND TROOP ETC
@MECKLENBURG CELEBRATION
(By Associated Press.)

wAsHTNGToN, March 2o,-Mayor S. S.
McSinch, of charlotte, n. C.. accom-
panied by Walter G. Coleman, of the
Scaboard Air Line Railway, discussed
with the President to-day the cclebra-
ton Of the Mecklenburg Declaration OF
Independence to be held at Charlotte, N.
c., on May q, % and 2S next. They
asked the President that official recogni-
ton of the celebration be given BY the
national government The President prom
ised to direct the proper authorities TO
send to Charlotte on the oCcasionfof the
celebration Troop ~" Of the Thirteenth
Cavalry, q company of marines md the
Marine Band, from Washington, and two
companies of infantry from Fort McPher-
son, at Atlanta Ga, In addition to the
United States forces State troops from
North Caroline. and other Southern
States will participate In the celebration.
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STATE: Of CHURCH
IS VERY GOOD
Report Made to the Baltimore
Conference is Highly
Gratifying.
Dr. IF! SMITH N. i: MAKES APPEAL!
DR.. SMITH MAKES APPEAL.

by Associated Press

M CUNIBERLAND, MD, March 80
ansI11p ean az nprcsded At the
South. Rev..! w. Caltiter D., D., Mar
tinsburs, w. ", led in the devotional ex-
crcises. ". Fishburne. of Roanoke, Va,
appeared before the board and asked for
q special order to- hear educational re.
ports. The examination and admission of
witnesses were then taken UP. Rev. Ed
ward ". Bru er.sW. ID, Eye and
and admitted to the third class, Rev.
w. S. Neighbors, d.. D., Of the Holston
Crenn.) Conferences was admitted to the
conference. Albert Vandcventer and g.
Lewisburg district, were elected deacons
DIR. w. Nv. Smith, clantellor&of Ran
rpastee q f KaadophsMaeoh 'Ss Somans
College, Lynchhurg. said that in, the last
creased from $4,000 to over 81 900 GOO in
value, The Randolph Macon system. had
Increased In income from $lL000ito $lS0,f6o
$50. lie had an appeal for funds to%as-
sist the Woman's College. saying that
Andrew Carnegie had promised S20.0G0 If
an equal amount was raised. BIZ Business
President e. r. Rowe, Of theeassonthern
Seminary, Buena Vista, VasSspoke briefly
in behalf OF his colleges. IN, }s3@ n
State of the Church. ,s ,.E
( Rev. John j. ,rigert. y. D., OF Nash
willie, Tenn, reporting on the standing
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
general conference, gave the following
STATISTICS:
Total travelling preachers, G,6a5, a. gain
over last year of 1872; total local preachers,
Ais, II loss of 90; total members, l,l645?7.
a gain OF 322Il total preachers and mem
bers, ,G2G1S7, a gain of 32,35l;s Infants
Baptized, 27,363, a decrease of G,l25:s adults
Baptized, 62G97, Il gain OF 4,13; tmembers
OF societies. 1S,50S, a gain of 400; Epworth
Leagues, 3,5l1 a gain Of SO; charges,
5423, a gain Of 10; Sunday schools, 14S0S,
II gain of .; membership Hof AZ Epworth
Leagues, 12o,4S7 loss Of 1000; teachers.
$3.50, a gain of 2,22s; pulpits, 1,041,7iS, a
gain of 3o,91S: houses of worship, 15,II35, a
gain Of 500 value of house of worship
s30344, ISL, a gain Of $2,23525S: parsonnges,
1877, a gain of 3d.; value, $5,0i7,593, In
dcbtedness, S3O2,3lS; number of districts.
ESQ; number Of churches damaged, 81;
Insurance carried, sl0,N5,496; losses sus-
tanned, sS1 1876 ! extent of damages to
churches, s7G443. 3ss,.
Dr. j. r. Stuart, Of Nashville, Tenn.
spoke on the s,lperannuated endowment
fund OF which he is. chairman, after
which tho business session was adjourned
until tomorrow morning.
Various committees held meetings In the
afternoons. At night tho anniversary Of
the Epworth League was celcbra ted. DR..
H, NJ Dei,ost, or Nashville, Tenn, de-
livering the principal address.
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NEARLY A million
{. SAVED AZ 1 IN [. 0. ONE BILL |.
(By Associated Press. J

10Y E<ASoOCIhNC(ll DlCSS.J
4 yVASIT1NCirON,f March Gothic House
to-day passed the Legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, carrying
thirty, millions Of dollars, after consider
Ing tho measure two weeks. The bill ,as
passed. carries nearly 100000 less than
the last appropriation bill for similar
purposes. &
An effort to discontinue the services
ofsEspecial agents to investigate trade
conditions abroad, the bill carrying an
appropriation Of $4,000 to pay salaries
and actual travelling expenses, failed.
During tho consideration Of the bill,
tho bureau Of standards was severely
criticised by Mr.. Slayden tTexas) and
Mr.. Gaines Crenncssce). They contend-
cd that for a bureau. which was but
live years old, 1t had grown to giant
proportions 1t started with twelve OH
GERS and the present bill carried an APP
preparation for 81 officers and employees.
4 Criticism of the Standard Oil Company
for Participationiin politics. was made
by Mr. Mann Nlinois). TIe rected the
fact that he had made reports and had
had charge OF several bills in tho past
aimed al this company and that now
the company was endeavoring to re-
taliate by activity against himSin his
district.
55At#6 O'clock the House adjourned,
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HAZEL OF HEATHERLAND. BY Mabel
i Barnes Grundy. Baker g. Taylor
l Company, New York; Hunter & Co.,

HAZEL OF HIIATHERLAND. BY Mabel
,. IA Barnes Grundy. Baker g. Taylor
VIA Company, New York; Hunter e. Co.,
\ Richmond.
Hazel was twenty-onc. rather poor IN
this worlds goods, but pleasing to the
eye. ashe hud her troubles, for all that.
and the chief OF them was her sister
Angela. Angela was Il firm character,
with a passion for experimenting other
peoples affairs and for Keeping the
cleanest house In England. She kept a
look, we believe. wherein one could not see
at q glance the season for preserving
plums and the exact dates for scrubblng
tic parlors chandeliers. Angela rubbed
terribly on Hazel Once the latter gave
way to her irritation and knocked off
tho elder lady's fringe with well-aimed
sofa pillow. But Angela easily dominated
Hazel She had n majestic eye before
which lesser spirits could not but quail.
She is considerably overdrawn, but none
the less makes amusing reading. f6
Iazels life had been I'm onotonous IN
tho extreme, until the day when Mr..
Inderwick came homo. 1nderwlck was
about thirty-seven and there was gray
In his hair. Hazel smiled broadly at him
that first day In church and got#nn Icy
stare for her pains. That, however, was
satisfactorily explained away Few
chapters further on, and the pair became
fast friends, Another man crosses
1lazcs path for a time, Cutlery fnscl-
nator rather deficient In some 1.-THE
qualities that women prize highly, and
Hazel Is engaged to him. But she comes
back 10 Inderwck in the end. The story
is told in the first person w the heroine,
and is informal and natural. There is
plenty of humor Of an agreeable sort.
good Characterization and enough plot
to sustain ones interest. a sprishtiy and
engaging romance that most readers VIII
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Magazine Notes.

I.ipplncotts novelette, for April Is This
Eattle OF Fools by Samuel Merwin, and
tells the story OF struggle between a
big railroad and q man. There is ~ good
array or stories and poems by Alice r.
Allen, Ella Middleton lHbout, Nina
Irving, Adele Marie Shaw, Waiter Barr,
Edith Morgan 1Villet, Elsie Barker and
others.
In the Outing Magazine, Stewart Ed
ward Whites serial, "rhe Pass Ralph
.. Painc's THE Builders" and Gouvcr-
neur Morrls's short story series. Winkler
Ashore; ali continue. This Is Il good
issue, excellently printed and illustrated.
as this magazine commonly5is. Some OF
s the more important contributions arc by
c. NJ Richards G'Dillon{ Wallace In
SLabrador'J, MACMILLAN Foster, Clifton
Johnson, r. r. Elwell. Clarence Edward
Milford. James 3. Connolly and Captain
"A. j. Kenenly. e;
David Graham Phillips contributes to
the April Reader the opening chapters
Of his new novel "1hc Fortune Hunter.
James Whitcomb Riley furnishes spring
poem, prettiy lcttercd and decorated by
Ralph Fletcher Seymour, and Mayor
Dunno of Chicago. writes In defense Of
municipal ownership. Francis IInckett'si
Close range view OF the young men In
shirt-sleeves who toll In a great city,,
shirt-sleeves who toll In n great city,
under the title of 1.-The Foot Of the Lad
der, continues. Other men and women
who to round out full and inter-
csting number are Louise Closer, Henry
Kitchell Webster, JOHN r. Mcintyre.
Emerson Hough, Emery Pottle. 8. w.
GILLIAN and Wallace Irwin.
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EEEf(I

FOLLY. BY Edith Rickert. The Baker
& Taylor Company, New York; Hun
ter & Co., Richmond.
It Is quite possible not to care greatly
for work like this, and yet he fully
sensible of it's cleverness For "Folly'
is clever, subtly and skllfully 50, as peo-
pie who have themselves tried hands at
writing will probably perceive with es-
pecial readiness. Here Is a whole book
and rather n long one built simply about
n single hypothesis, which Is never dull
and never drags The plot will boil to
two words. A woman leaves her hus-
band for another man, who dies, and the
woman finally comes back to her hus-
band. Tho theme is not pleasant or
wholesome, but 1t must he said that there
is nothing at all objectionable In authors
treatment of It,
"Folly,' which strikes us as rather an
arrestIng title. cuts two ways. One Of
them is easily apparent. The other
springs from the fact that the herone's
name is Florence, which is commonly
,ourtailed to the more Informal cognomen,
Folly is described MS bewitchlng looking,
hut we have not felt especially cnnjured
by the picture upon the frontispece. Peo-
pie made lot of her. however. II she
were not heroine, we should not mind
describing her as a badly spoiled little
baggage. She was married to a fine,
bluff country gentleman, who deserved,
II he had never fully won her love, An
other man loved her, and hobs UP again
at the beginning of the look, after an
absence of year VI so Ills name IS
IIodane Cove; she Is a poet and Is con-
sumptive, He WAS cleverer than Andrew
and not bad fellow by any means
For example, he will not have Folly when
she first offers to come to him.. Later
too, when he is near 10 death, he. does
a hard thing into order TO make mat
lters little easier to bear But me
sympathy of most readers, we believe,
will remain lnalterably with Andrew,
tho wrongcd husband. The background
Is English and European, It is q very
well-written book, and most people VIII
be interested by it,
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E81X197H

= A Motor Car Divorce" (Dodd Mead
& Co., New York; is evidently the like
.ly child Of THE Lightning Conductor"
and "The Princess Passes. In every way
~ bears a strong resemblance to the hu-
morous automobile romances of the VIII
llamsOns However. the bubble" may
be expected to figure increasingly in cons
temporary fiction, and those who wero
earliest In the field can hardly hope to
have pre-empted It. Louise Closer
Halo writes entcrtalningly. Here Is an
other rirst-person novel by a woman
writer, with the same qualities OF humor
and naturalncss which one would expect
10 find accompanying this style. a young
wifc's desire to lie n leader In advanced
thought decides her TO get divorce. The
husband Is ostensibly willing, and they
hit upon an automobile trip across France
as affording her a suitable opportunity for
the collection OF evidence. The pretext
is trfle thin, but almost any -pretext
will do. They have n fine trip with
plenty OF mild adventure. and amusing
happening and comment In the course of
it, $it gradually dawns on Peggy that
she doesn't care so muc hnbout being n
leader OF the new thought after all, But
meantime, John seems to have fallen
horribly In love with another lady How
ever, we don't mind saying right out
that that divorce didn't come off. Never
mind why. There are some excellent
pictures In color and black and white
Ey Walter Hale. Not mt all heavy book,
but Il readable and brightyone. Bell Book
and Stationery Company sell IT here.
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TO PREPARE AMENDMENTS
TO QUARANTINE BILL
(By Associated Press.

WASH NOTION, D. O.. March Gothic
House Committee on Interstate and For
eign Commerce to-day instructed It's sub
committee on the quarantine bill to pre-
pare certain amendments to the measure
and report to the full committee to-
mor.3w. The bill has been made spe-
cial order in the House for Tuesday, and
has previously been ordered reported by
ttin c,ornnli tee.
pThan amendments relate principally to
traffic and provide that II shall
be lawful for#common carriers to trans
Fort passengers and freight through a
State under quarantine complying with
certain regulations, but prohfh1ts the de-
barkation OF such passengers or unload
ing Of freight from a quarantined State
IN another State contrary to the regnla-
lions thereof. ~.
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ANTHRACITE OWNERS
WILL MEET MINERS.
President Baer Consents to a Con-
ference to be Held OH
Tuesday Next.
INV Associated Press.

"a NEW YORK, March 3O.--rhe anthrn-
cite mine operators decided to-day to meet
the miners committee in this city at 10
a. NJ. on Tuesday as requested by John
Mitchell, Of the miners, for n further
conference on the wage scale In the an
thracite coal field.
between President George Il, Baer. and
chairman of the operators committee,
and President John Mitchell:
philadelphia, March 80, 1906
John Mitchell. indianapolis
although your order to Quit work s
pending negotiations Is most extra
ordinary, the delay In meeting having
been yours. and not ours, nevcrthe-
less We will meet your committee as
requested.
(siEncd) GEORGE r. ,BA15R." Il
This message was In reply to the fol-
lowing message which Mr. Bacr received
from President Mitchell earlier In the
day:
"Indianapolis, Ind, March 80. 1905.
George i. Baer, Philadelphia, Pa:
IF agreeable to you. n meeting OF
the Joint subcommittee will be held In
New York ut 10 o'clock Tuesday. April a
Sd, for the purpose of further con-
siderng the wage scale In the anthra-
cite field.
(sgned) JOHN MITCHELL"
After receiving that message. Mr. Baer
inquired of Mr. Mitchell whether the
miners would quit work on Monday, and
after he received word from Mr.. Mitchell
that It was true agreed to meet the
miners committee on Tuesday
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MRS. RO0SEVEL-TS PARTY
WELCOMED AT FERNANDINA
(Rv Ssnojnte,l pra.u

(RN NSsOclateU TreSSO
FIIRNANDlNA, Fla, March 30.--Nlrs.
Roosevelt and party arrived here on the
train from Jacksonville this afternoon
and We're met Mt tho station by nearly
the entire town The ladies' of the Epls-
copal Guild sent Mrs. Roosevelt n mag
nificent tray OF flowers, The party i'm
medately went aboard the yacht May
flower, which left the docks Mt O'Clock
preparatory for sailing, but did not so
to sea, owing to the high wli}ls that
pvcyailed
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Federal Affairs.

F'rom Ou, Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, p. c., March 30
Postmasters appointed:
virginia Otter River. Campbell county,
sallie w. Tardy, vice $, J. Wilkinson.
resigned
h North Observation-Disclosures Cherokee
county, Roy a, Cline, vice N, A, Rey-
tnolds, resigned; Waugh, Iredel county,
signed.
Tho Commercial and Farmers National
Bank, OF Baltimore, approved as reserve
agent for First National Bank, Of
Waynesboro, Va
Rural routes, ! and .. ordered estab-
llshed May 18th at Old Fort, Mcdowell
County N. c., serving LOS people ana
200 houses S :
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COAL TOADVANGE
IN CLINCH VALLEY
Owing 10 Impending Strike,
Prices Are to Soar
Immediately.
lsnecial ltd The Tlmes. Dlspateh.l

BRISTOL. TENN, March ao,r-lnforma-
tion given out here Tonight by repre-
aentaIivcs Of the Ryan and Mcfiarg IN
terests, respectively, indicate that there
is TO be a sudden and marked advance
in the price of coal IN the Pocahontas"
and Clnch Valley coal fields. owing to
the impeiNing rtrNe. except where year
~ contracts exist
1t Is stated as a fact that orders were
received to-day from the West for large
shipments of coal from the mines OF H.
X. McIIarg and associates, doing business
here and IN the Clincll Valley coal fields
under the me OF the Virginia Iron, Coal
and Coke Company, The parties wanting
This coal voluntarily offer q substantial
advance IN price. This Is taken TO signify
that the price Of coal VIII 20 up immo-
diately. although the operators IN the
Southwest Virginia coal fields do not an
ticipate that the strike WI be effective
among the miners Of this region. since
they do not appear TO be organized,
X It IL asserted. too. that the strike Is not.