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GOVERNOR ISSUES
COAL ULTIMATUM
Indiana Executive VIII Se:za
Mines After Five Days.
FUEL MUST Be SUPPLIED
Maintains Welfare Of People at Large
is More Vital Than Dispute in IN
dustry.

is more vital man dispute III 'i-
dustry.
Indianapolis, July 2S.-Governor
Warren T. McCray, in statement ad-
dressed ITO the Public, announced,
If the strike is not determined within
i've days from this date, l will take
Jver one or more mines and supply the
people Of Indiana with fuel.
The governor said he believed he
had the authority, as governor 10 fur
uish coal, but if it becomes necessary
10 have additional legislation 10 sup
port my determination III this matter,
Wills not hesitate to assemble the
legislature for the purpose OF prepar-
ing the WtE, 80 that full legal author
ity may i.e given by which the emer-
gency may be met and suffering ana
disaster aVerred.
The governor added that he was not
seeking 10 resist organized labor, but
that Il an determined that the people
IF Indiana shall not suffer from cold
or hunger while the tine points # the
differences between the opposing fac
tions are ueing adjusted"
The gu,Cinor's statement was issued
after dis, -G.;Siun of the strike situation
with operators representatives After
meeting Ike operators the governor
sent the message TO John HeSSlef,
president Of District No. II, United
Mine Workers of America. expressing
the belief that the Indiana operators
would enter a fOur-state conference.
A statement from Phil H, Penna,
secretary of thre Indiana Bitumlnous
coal Operators AssociatiD III, indicated,
however. that ut least d part of the
Indiana operators We're not ready 10
abandon their stand against negetia-
ton of d four-state agreement.
One of the operators with whom the
governor conferred was NJ. L. Gould,
Il member of the operators scale COIN
mittee. The message to Hessler read :
Il think the Indiana operators, rep
reSenting Indiana'S total tonnage, Will
meet in interstate conference, provid
ing majority of tonnage OF each OF
the four-state movement is repre- sent
! I'd in the meeting. The situation Is
becoming more acute daily. l am go
rg ahead with my plans for furnish
.ng coal to Indiana institutions in or
der to avoid delay III case the proposed
conference does not reach basis OF
settlement of present difficulties"
After reviewing at length his efforts
| to bring Indiana operators and miners
! together in Il conference outlining theil
differences. as he found them, between
| the TWO factions, and asserting tha
| the situation in Indiana lis extremely
grave if not actually alarming" the
governors. statement continued:
| believing as | do that the rights
of the many should not be overthrow
| by the actions of limited number, :
/ feel that my duty to the people Of In
| diana as Il whole demands that Goa
| be furnished without regard TO the
| points al issue between the coal pro
| ducing agencies.
! Il therefore have concluded that L
! the strike is not determined within
| five days from date, l will take oyel
one or more mines and supply the PEG
| PIE VI with luSI, IL L.
most essential for the comfort and
happiness of our people as we'll as fol
the operation of our business enter
prises. which insures the employment
| of labor.
Il believe coal can be Furnished
through the application of authority
now invested in me as governor, bul
if it becomes necessary TO have addi
tional legislation to support my deter
mination in this matter. l will not hest
tate to assemble the Legislature for the
purpose of preparing the way so thai
full legal authority may be given b!
which the emergency may be met anc
! suffering and disaster averted.
LAS | view it my duty to the pub ID
is perfectly plain. am not seeking
to resist organized labor in its stanC
for what it believes to be its Lawful
rights. | am only determined that the
people of Indiana shall not suffer from
cold or hunger while the fine point:
of the differences by the opposing fac
tions are being adjusted.