Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-07-30
COAL MEN APPEAL
To GOV. LOWDEN
illinois Executive Asked to Halt
the Strike.
INDUSTRIES IN GREAT PERIL
Operators Urge Him to Use All His
Power to Open the Mines-Many
Chicago Plants Practically
Without Fuel.
INDUSTRIES IN GREAT PERIL

Chicago, H., July 26.-Realizing the
Illinois coal strike, if continued, proba-
bly, will force the shutdown of two
thirds of the factories of the state
within a few days, a dozen leading
coal operators held a conference with
| Governor sLowden here.
For two hours they pleaded with
the executive to use his power to re-
lieve conditions.
At the end of the conference they
refused to disclose what had been
their recommendations Their spokes-
man, e. G. Searles, said: "Ask the
governor what we talked about"
Governor Is Reticent.
Governor Lowden, who seemed Inn
pressed by the facts that had been
revealed also refused to comment.
MATTERS are still too indefinite for.
me to make a statement" the COVER;
nor said.
"Two-thirds of the factories in Chi
cago and Illinois must shut down
within three or four days unless they
get COAL" John NJ Glenn, secretary
of the Illinois Manufacturers associa-
tion said.
"The same situation prevails
throughout the middle west" he con-
tinued. "Some factories are supplied
for a couple of weeks, some for a
month and some for just, day or
two.
Nobody has stored any coal for
next winter Usually at this time of
year plants have supplies laid in for
a year.
''The Illinois Manufacturers assO-
citation has been predicting this situ-
alton for long time. The public dis
regards all warnings.
"Then suddenly it wakes up to find
the town is tied up by street car
strike or the whole country by a
coal strike.
Must Get Protection.
There's only one thing to do-that
is, to dig coal. Let some big opera
tor announce he's going to make
real attempt to dig coal; he's going
to run an open shop. He'll have no
difficulty finding men.
''Then it will be up to the sheriff
and the governor to provide protec-
ton. Let them get Gen. Wood there.
He'll open them up
"The truth is the unions are disin-
tegrating; but, while they're crum-
bling, they're still bossing the opera
tors and the government"
Crroad of +hA o0ol ctT.iIyo fhrnJ1 oh.
out the central competitive field, as
predicted by President John L. Lewis
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, probably will render the railroads
as helpless as they were during the
strike last fall
The railroads consume one-third of
all the coal yield.
Railroads Endangered.
Before the Illinois strikes, the IN
Reproduction in the central competi-
tive field had caused coal operators
to issue forecasts of a grave coal
shortage next winter
The peril that faces the railroads
may be recognized by glance at the
figures of the recent output of ILL
nois mines, whose volume of produc-
ton has not been as good as have the
average fields in other parts of the
country.
From 2,250O0O to 100000 tons
have been the average monthly output
of the Illinois mines recently. In
normal times the oatput is more than
twice as much. Right now the output
is almost nothing.
There is a demand for immediate
settlement of the strike. But coal
operators assert it is dangerous for
them to deal directly with striking
miners.