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MINERS DROP TOOLS At END Of
Days LABORSF FOR GREAT STRIKE

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Indicate any willingness to confer
with the union on new wag con.
tracts.
Anthracite operators. already are
conducting wage negotiations with
the union and an earlier settlement
IN those fields IS promised than for
the principals of the coal districts.
Not all of the latter fields. however.
seem able to withstand a long strike,
and in n drawn out struggle the fight
may center in the strongly organized
central competitive fields and the
southwest interstate district.
For the non-union miners Joining
tho shut down. the union does not
plan 10 finance their idleness, officials
declaring their program for winning
the cooperation of these workers call
ID only for a ~"pcaceful appeal" Or
E9niZers however, have been quietly
81 work for some time. and their ef-
fectiveness cannot be forecast, but no
long interruption seems imminent in
tho non-union fields.
Last September, the miners made Il
clear that their policy was opposed
TO any wage eductions, which opera
tors generally were asking. but the
exact stand of the union was made
known a little more than n month ago.
The miners demands are that pres
ent basic wages be retained in the
soft coal cid and that the anthra-
cite tonnage r receive a 20
per cent increase with 81 a day ad-
vance being given to the anthracite
day workers. The basic rates for tho
soft coal workers range from $1.oS to
s1.11 a ton for pick mining. and the
day men receive $40 a day. Exact
tonnage rates in the anthracite fields
arc said by the union to be lower than
IN tho soft coal district and the an
thracite day men receive from $3.50
10 $3.50 a day.
Aside from the wage question. the
tight of the miners in the soft coal
fields is directed toward preserving
tho unions system of bargaining that
has grown up during tho last forty
years. In tho past, wages have been
fixed by an interstate contract apply
ing TO western Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, with contracts
for other soft coal folds being based
on the interstate contract The con-
tract question, however, is not an is
sue in the anthracite districts.
In addition to reduction in wages,
the soft coal operators however. re-
fused to continue the interstate
method Of contract making. Reduc-
tons proposed by the operators gen.
orally amount to 40 per lent of the
prevailing scales, or a return to the
wages established by contracts made
IN 1916. Some operators also insist In
tho abolition OF the unions CHECK
, 1922-03-31

the situation. would not render the
fuel situation in the Pacific northwest
acute. It was pointed out that
iy normal supply OF commercial coal
would be available. and that officers
OF he Northern Pacific railway, n
subsidiary Of which operates most OF
tho Gle Elum and Rosiyn mines. re
centiy announced IL had three months
supply on hand
Mines on Vancouver island. British
Columbia, where a large tonnage l.
produced annually. are not unionized
an dare not affected by tho strike call.
Railroads operating in tho north
west were reported to have hrge
stocks OF coal stored
In event OF any serious shortage II
was stated. coal could be brought
from the fields adjacent to tho Alaska
railroad.
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sEAsIANrs UNION
No wALKOUT.

WASHINGTON. March s1.-Andrew
Furuseth. president OF the Information
al seanAn's union today charaetsrizeG
as a fairy tale reports that seamen
were preparing for a strike in gym.
pathy with union coal miners. lie
denied thta the seamen's union had 90
per cent q the crews on some vessels
nc 100 per cent Of the crews on ship
ping board vessels.
Tho seamen's union has no such
percentage Of membership on ships
At this time" aid Mr.. Furuseth. 81,
may be that the 1. W. w. have. OF
nat cannot speak because the rep.
resentatIves Of the seamen are not per
mitted to come near tho vessels and
the /. w. w. officials are. to the best
Of my information"
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SEATTLE. wash. March s1-Ar

SEATTLE. Wash, March Slap.
proximately 1880 coal miners In
Washington, h majority OF them
Employed In railroad mines in the
Gle Elum and Rosiyn field, will quit
work at midnight tonight In response
to h general strike call OF United
nine Workers Of America. according
to district officials of the crganiza.
ton. The walk out. II was said will
bring the total of unemployed union
miners in the state to more than a..
900. approximately 400 Of the men
who quit work In union commercial
mines In March. 1891. newer having
returned to work.
Most OF tho commercial mines in
the state are unaffected by tho strike
order. They were ploed on n non.
union basis in the summer Of 1921,
Miners officials said that the strike
In union mines would bs 100 per cent
effective.
The stoppags of work in h mines
1t was believed by those in touch with
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tee intimated late yesterday that he
might call the n body to consider
the question
The government Is centering its at
tenticn today on the question OF safe
guarding the public welfare wherever
IL Is menaced." according to Secre-
tary OF Labor payis who said that
while the administration views the
strike now As inevitable. II believes the
situation leaves no excuse for ID
vance In coal prices"
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10000 IN the central Pennsylvania
field will have cleaned I'D their tasks,
taken out their tools and completed
every preparation for the strike which
viii become effective At midnight
The coal production OF the Pitt..
burgh district affected by the strike,
amounts to approximately one million
n a day.
Non-union mines which have never
been operated on a union basis It was
stated. will not be shut down tomor.
row. although the union leaders have
announced their determination TO or
genize them with all possible speed
, 1922-03-31
COAL STOCKS TO
LAST 81 DAYS.

WASHINGTON. March Al - Coal
stocks on hand as of today will ho!d
out for 81 days II the rate OF consump-
lion continues on the January and Feb
ruary basis. according to estimates
given the Gus labor committee today
by Tho geological survey.
in making this estimate, F. G. Try,
on coal statistician Of the survey said
best available records showed tho
present stock in tho hands Of consum
ers at $4,000. 900 tons.
Some railroads and public utility
concerns had larger stocks than us
ual, he said which you enable them
10 operate for a longer period. The
figure he gave, however. was the av,
erage.
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protect h American industry from
German competition. Senator Frel.
inghuysen. Republican. New Jersey.
led tho tight for the nve-year en-
largo while Senator Root. Republican,
Utah. opposed it The majority voted
down 4 proposal first for an embargo
for W years and then one provid.
ing a period OF M year and n half.
It also voted down a proposal By
Senator smoot that the present en-
barge system be terminated on jan
uary I. 1874.
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pairing to close down their properties
and keep mines and equipment In con
diton. Further than that they are
taking no steps in connection with the
strike, according TO NJ f. Purcell
secretary Of h Montana Coal oper-
aton association
Railroads and Industries of this
state have sixty TO 30 days a sup
ply II Is said Domestic supplies are
reported to be somewhat less.
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No ACTION TAKEN on
REQUEST.

WASHINGTON. March 7i.-wheth-
er a proposal hat President Harding
be asked to invite representatives Of
the miners n operators TO meet here
in q last minute attempt to aver the
coal strike would die without congress
sional action. OF would be considered
today by the labor committee In the
senate interested officials here today.
Chairman Borah OF the senate commit
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KANSAS ORDER
TO BE IGNORED.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. March 81
The Kansas Industrial court order. X
tending the present wage agreement
between operators and miners in Kan
sas for 20 days will not stop h sus.
pension of work by union miners at
midnight tonight, according to Prest-
dent John L. Lewis, Of tho United
Mine Workers Of America
THE strike in Kansas will become
operative at midnight and will be
thoroughly declared Mr..
Lewis.
, 1922-03-31
ALBERTA MINERS
PREPARE TO QUIT.

LETHBfsIDGE. Alberta, March 81.
Coal miners In the Lethbridge and
Crows Nest Pass fields began rcmov-
ing tools from the mines today In pre-
oaraton for tho strike scheduled to
become effective at Midnight.
About 1000 miners and others de
'endent sn this industry will be AZ.
iected In the Lethbrtdge fad
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MONTANA MINES
TO CLOSE DOWN.

BILLINGS Mont. March sL-Four
thousand five hundred coal miners OF
district 81 covering the bituminous
fields OF Montana and North Dakota,
VIII walk out in accordance with the
general strike called by the United
Mine Workers OF America for mid
night tonight There are 80 locals OF
the union involved in this district.
-Four thousand of the miners are in
Montana
Min operators of this state are pre-.
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At the expiration OF the one year
period. duties proposed by the spe-
rtai dyo subcommittee would come
Into force. Those duties arc I cents
! pound and so per cent ad valorem
On Observation-Disclosures compo-
hents Of dyes-and I cents a pound
and so per cent ad valorem on IN
bhed coal tar products
American dye manufacturers had
asked for a hve-year embargo, son.
tending that this was necessary to
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KANSAS COURT Z
TO STRIKE.

TOPEKA. Kan March al As tho
country approaches the impending
Goa strike. further Developments
were awaited hero today following Is
suance of an anti-strike order yestcr-
day by the Kansas industrial court
The court ordered tho present v1ge
contract in tho Kansas coal field in
effect thirty days following April L.
, 1922-03-31
MICHIGAN hit
BY SN0WST0RM

DETROIT, Mich, March Slower
Michigan today was under n blanket
OF NOV and ice. communication lines
were crippled. many highways yere
impossible. with telephone poles and
wires blocking traffic and intorbur-
ban railway service were greatly am
percd by ~ioe-covered rails and inter-
ruption OF power transmission lines.
1t was the third storm within six
- Suhscrfha for The Tribune -.
, 1922-03-31
DYE EMBARGO TO
BE EXTENDED In
TARIFF MEASURE
Licensing System Included in Provision
for Continuation of Present Rate by
Government for Another Year

WASHINGTON, March 31.-A provision of the perma-
nent tariff bill under which the present dye embargo with a
licensing system would be continued for one year from the
date of the signing of the measure was agreed upon today
Hnfa Was 6 To 4
, 1922-03-31
PENNSYLVANIA
MINERS READY.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. March 81. -
Before nightfan some 5000 miners
and other workers IN and around the
mines Of the western Pennsylvania
bitumfnous district and approximately
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-27

If YOU think that the problems Of city life are new and pc
cuEar TO orr generation, ponder this In New York City, III
years ago this month, the retail price OF stove-wood scared 10
$21 a cord. :
A great howl went up. Public and newspapers denounced
the ~profteers and demanded a return to the normal price Q
those times-$l1.5O a cord. Inlnk ol ths y"u sio""
over the coal bill.
Prices during the Napoleonic wars, and later during the
Civil War, scared to almost exactly the same average level
as we Americans hadin 1920 on the eve of the big crash.
Then, as now, many wise-heads insisted that prices can
never 90 back as low as they were.
Those generations back yonder at least dldnt have to
dodge autosi Worse still, judging from old accounts, were
tho gallopinp horses and wagons of bakers boys and hucksters.
The drivers were mostly wild young men, anxious to speed
things up. And they were accustomed to clmp down ana peat
m anv pedestrians who objected to traffic hazards.
The Evening Post in 1905 called these dare-devel drivers
tsflying Mercuries,' and recorded that-to strike terror INTO
the hearts of people on foot-they delighted to crash around
the corners of narrow streets, at a breakneck ganop, areenins
on two wheels and splashing mud.
Difficult to dodge your way across city streets now. but
If is not much more than 100 years since hogs IN great groves
ran at large in New York City, upsettlng pedestrians Il
swsbinp muddy water against fashionable ladies' skirts.
This state of affairs went unmolested until the SWINE TOOK
q fancy to living around in Wall Street. linen the lrate nnan-
ciers rose up in their wrath and got action IN the form OF an
ord;nance against using the public highways for pastures.
Won don't have to 90 back much further to ma cltles
without sewage systems, all garbage and retuse dumpea IN
tha streets until rain swept it away. That's now the terrlDie
nlaoues started. There was also a tax on WINDOWS, 8 . nen
that the moor had to live in dark homes. mugs nao pretty
mnch their own way with few police. FIRE was d usual
nerl, only a bucket brigade to fight it. -,
Since people first congregated in cities, they have howled
ond sonirmed at the lawful conditions These conditions
r the penalty Of city life. And conditions In every city are
aIwavs at least five years ahead OF what is being done 10
cope with them.
The solution of the city is to get out OF the city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-27
MOSQUITO DIFFERENTIATION MUST GO ON

Freebooter Beloff did not add anything to his reputation with
the public the other day when he displayed such gross ignorance
N regard to mosquito determination. The freeholder attacked the
appropriation for the continuation of the work of the Mosquito
determination Commission in Middlesex county claiming that the
money was wasted, that mosquitoes were worse than they ever
have been and that the pest could never be done away with.
As q matter Of fact, mosquitoes are not nearly as bad any
where in New Jersey as they were ten or fifteen years ago. The
Improvement has been most marked. 1t has been only in recent
4sars that sitting on the porch in summer time without screens has
bean possible. It is true that early last summer the mosquitoes
syere worse than they had been for several years, but the reason
Is easily explained. 1t was an exceptionally rainy spring and it
<ontInued to rain nearly every day well into the summer. The
result was that everything and anything that would hold water
was filed and stagnant water, even to a tin can full, will breed
mosquitoes.
- been completed. In this county, particularly, there are many
1n1es Of salt marshes that for centuries have been the breeding
places for the pest. In the first place, all of these marshes will
have to be drained. Had the state gone about the matter in the
&aRht way and appropriated enough money in the beginning to
nlean up the situation all at once, the results would have been diff
fsrent. but by doing the money out a little at a time each year
slow progress has been made. And the upland, or fresh water
mosquito, has hardly been attacked as yet.
If the freeholders will give the Mosquito determination Com
mission the same amount Of money that it had last year to work
NTH, the work Of ditching the meadows in the county, we are in
EARNED, can be completed and after that attention can be given
almost entirely to the uplands where the breeding is in the pools
and swamps. But to cut down the appropriation at this time
means that only those bitches that have already Been dug on the
meadows can be kept open and no new work can be done. The
longer it takes to complete this task the longer will we be bothered
with mosquitoes.
It is foolish to try to argue that mosquitoes cannot be abol-
lshed. This has been proven at Panama where one Of the most un-
healthy districts in the world has been made fit for habitahon.
Right here in New Jersey thousands of acres of land have been
iedeemed and made disable because of the elimination of the mo-
nmuito. 1t is shortsighted to cut down the mosquito appropriation
nav. Let's see the work through. The increase in ratables in the
hounty ~ mose than make up for the cost Of the work.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-27

@. Can egg %production be IN.
creased by the use OF
in the winter time? s. s.,
"A The Department of Agricui-
two saws that experiments tend 10
nrova that this can be done Turh-
INC ar electric light at 4.30 In the
morning is the usual method OF ADD
ing light hours to the day. rms ~
done from November LIST to Marcn
list. An average length OF day OF IL
to Is hours gives the best result
O.. What trees do we have In TINS
country that are not FOUND IN Eo-
rope? ]. w. c.
a. The hickories, sequolas, mag
nolias and sassafras, SO l III
America, are found only IN FOSSIL
form in the Old World. i,
o.. What are the coal OF
the United States? A. L..
A, Coal fields of continental Uni
fed States underlie an estimated area
Of 310.296 square miles with a coal
content of about 100000 million
tons.
@. Who invented the Kewpie?
l.. l.. D.
A, 1t was originated by Rose
O'Neill, who is Mrs. Harry Leon Will
son.
Q. What is meant by underwrit-
ing? D. A. -
| method of floating the bonds and
| securities Of corporations by means
of fiscal agents Or syndicates. "A
| railroad wishes to issue. say, hfty
| millions of bonds. A banking house
| or syndicate agrees to take the en-
| tire issue at a fixed price, perhaps >
| per cent under par, If it is paid a
| commission of 8 per cent. The un-
| derwriters then mustsell the bonds
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-27
Uric Acid?
TRY THE WILLIAMS TREATMENT
IS Cent Bottle (32 Doses
FREE

Just because you start the day worried
and tired. stiff legs and arms and muscles,
an aching head. burning and bearing down
pains in the back-wOrn out before the
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sore muscles, rheumati pains, aching
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If you suffer from bladder weakness
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fort and strength this treatment should
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We want to prove The Williams Treat
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irritation. Bladder and all all.
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matter how chronic or stubborn.
II you send this notice with your name
and address we will give you an So ce It
bottle tss doses) free. Please send 10
cents to help pay postage, packing etc. to
the The DR.. b. A. williams Co. Dept
Y-251a, P. o. Building. East Hampton,
Conn.,. Send at once and we will mail you
by parcel post one regular SIS cent bottle
all charges prepaid. Only one free bottle
will be sent to the same person, address
or famliy.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-27
BANKS AS PUBLISHERS
TOLD OF BY HASKIN
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

WASHINGTON. Dec. rs. - The
ranks of book publishers in the
United States have been greatly aug
mented in the last few years by the
banks. A bank may not appear to
be a logical book publisher, but the
managers of such institutions have
come to the conclusion that they
can keep themselves and their BUSH
ness facilities in the minds OF the
public by the publication of books
and so have not let the seeming in
congruity of the practice stand in the
way.
To be sure, banks do not publish
novels and books of that character,
but sometimes they do not fall much
short of such popular publications.
For instance, the Old Colony Trust
Company of Boston recently publish
ed an interesting history of the land
ing of the Pilgrims and the early
| settlements of Massachusetts,. A
| hundred thousand copies Of this
book were distributed. The Mer-
| camille Trust Company Of San Fran
cisco is publishing serially In its
monthly magazine, a history of trade
and commerce and development of
the Pacific Coast from h earliest
times I o the present. Doubtless this
will be issued in book form when the
serial publication is completed, as
in the case of novels published in in
stallments. To cite an even more I'M
usual case, the Continental and Com
| mercial Bank of Chicago not long
| ago published a book of nursery
rhymes. p%rofusely illustrated in COL
or.
As a rule the books published by
banks relate more especially to sub
| jects allied with banking or with
| business activities having to do d.
rectly or indirectly with banking.
MANY banks publish books in the
form of manuals on Federal taxa
ton. Such books interpret the in
| come tax laws in a manner which
will make the filing of returns and
the paying of taxes easier for per-
sons not expert in such work. These
| books, in the hands of the deposttors
and customers of the bank, assist
| materially IN the difficult task OF
| making tax returns and the intend
ed result is that the person recetv-
ing such assistance will have a good
word to say for the bank from which
he obtained his book.
Books Are Given Away
Books published by banks invar-
iably are given away. Many banks
give their books away broadcast
others are more particular and give
them only to favored customers. II
practically no case does a banl
make any charge for a book, despite
the fact that the volume would cos
the customers from 81 to IS If pur
chased at a bookstore.
The First National Bank of Bos
ton this winter is distributing a booi
on the markets of the world to 1t
favored customers which would, Il
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-27

to the investing public at a prics
higher than 80 in order to make =
profit in addition to their commits
sion.
O.. Has any one person been con-
sidered the greatest linguist In the
world? M. o.
A. Cardinal MeZzofanti (1774-
1S49) according to his b~iographer,
r. russell, learned 20 SPEAK ~ lam
guages and was the greatest OF I'M
GUSTS, Others of importance were
Sir John Bowring, an Englishman.
and Elihu Burritt, an American.
@. How did nicotine come to be
given that name? L. f.
A. This word is derived from the
name of John Moot, who introduce
ed tobacco into France in 1850.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-27

Mrs. Santa Claus does most of Mr..
Santa Claus work.
Warsaw is under martial law be-
cause Warsaw saw war.
Swearing on New Year not to
wear your Christmas tie doesn't
count.
A golfer tells us the tea at the
nineteenth hole is all moonshine.
Moore's poem, THE Night Before
Christmas" has been filmed. Bet
they call the picture Nothing Stir
ring"
If every day was Sunday there
would be no insomnia.
The S.. s.. before a ships name
may soon stand for Ship Subsidy.
Did you know that straw hats
for spring are being made now?
Father always learns what his
Christmas presents cost.
Near West Rumney, N. H., a man
caught oil Ch6ic III d Shuilh tAdPJ
much to the eagles disgust.
The sewing machine was patented
in 1890 and neighbors have dropped
in to use 1t ever since.
A Washington mar has paid $500
for 20 eggs that haven't been laid,
so this must make the hen nervous.
Have the movie reformers consid-
cred barring all films in which any
movie actors take parts?
Seattle auto driver ran into a new
building going up and may claim it
was on the wrong side of the street.
Reader asks IL q clause in a will
in your favor is a Santa Claus. Yes.
A bird sang over the Detroit News
radio. Why not broadcast chicken
frying in some country kitchen?
Ordinary travel may broaden one
but Christmas travel f1attens one.
Skirts are longer, so they car
be shortened again.
A COW has four stomachs ant
that is what q boy wishes he a
Speaking of full measure, many
pint bottle holds a barrel of talk.
Marriages are made in heavsl
and delivered under mistletoe.
Weep and the world wseps wit,
you, laugh and they think you hav
coal in your cellar.
Ali people acting foolish are nc
acting.
All work and no play shows JAG
a blame fool.
i The incest part about going HON
Christmas Is you can tell all kind
OF crazy things about where 70
have been.
J, Flats are too small. Notice b
i changing q little space built-in cor
!, veniences become built inconven
ences.
Carpenter will fight Sikh
March, so one will come in like
lion and go out like a lamb.
: profits from selling books.
: The authors of the books publish
ed by banks are. of course, paid on
right by the banks. The books b,
I ing given away there is no questio
of royalties. A lump sum is pal
down. In some cases officials of ii
: banks, experts in certain lines, writ
books published by the banks.
The Guaranty Trust Company &,
New York, the Irving Nation,
Bank, the National Shawmut Ban
: of Boston, and the Mellon Nation,
: Bank of Pittsburgh are other i'm
portant book publisher.
Apparently the increased appetit
: of America for reading matter al
serbs what is printed because tn
5 business of the commercial boo