The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-01
NINE RS EXPECT
COMPLETE TIEUP
IN COAL FIELDS
Fully 100000 Miners Enrolled in
Walkout Now in Effect
NON-UNION MEN MAY JOIN
First Time in History Anthra.
cite and Bituminous Work
ers Out Together


that the suspension Of work which be-
gan at midnight by union miners
would result today in a complete tie
up of the country's unionized forces,
officials at United Mine Workers
headquarters here await reports from
district leaders showing the effective
ness Of the shutdown.
At east 100000 men, a hundred
thousand of them non-unon miners,
We're expected to be enrolled in the
Walkout which IL is Planned to con
tinue indefinitely In an effort to force
the operators to accept the miners
terms for a new wage schedule.
For the first time in history the
anthracite and bituminous coal fields
are tied up simultaneously.
indianapolis, april Goal produc.
tion was stopped last night by the un-
ion coal miners, who quit work in the
mines Of twenty states with the
ayowed policy OF remaining idle in.
definitely In an EFFORT 10 force the op.
orators to accept the miners terms
for new wage contracts.
officials at the headquarters here
Of the United Mine Workers of Amer.
tca declared the suspension not only
would include half m lion workers
but also that at least 100000 non
union men would JOIN in the walkout
No .ast minute instructions we're
issued from headquarters. and the
only significant conference held dur
ing the day by President John L.
Lewis was with Lonnie Jackson
president Of the Kentucky union d s.
trict, where 1000 union men w.ll con
tinue at work because their contract
with operators has another year Il
run.
Numerous reports from the coal
fields Of the country reached head
quarters, and Mr.. Lewis declared
they indicated complete tieup Of all
union fields These reports also
showed that 1900 union men wou d
be let in the mines to protect the
properties from damage. The only
trouble between operators and m n
ers in this connection was reported
from Washington. where operators
were said to be objecting to paying
the wages provided for In the con
tracts that expired at midnight.
Washington, April l.-Convlnced
that every reasonable effort had
been made to prevent a national coal
strike IN anthracite and bltuminous
coal mines, but believing that al
though these efforts have been with
out avail, existing conditions and sur
plus Goa assure price protection and
current supply for the general public
official Washington settled back last
night to await the event with consid
cradle Calmness.
! In final White House discussion
1t was said the governments long ne
Igotiation with the parties to the con
poyersy and continuous study of tAo
industry's production volume had cor
lyinced the administration that i'm
mediate Intervention in legal or ex
ira legal ways would be futile and
unnecessary and that while the future
might widen the breach between EN-
ployer and employe in the mining
camps for the present acton looking
to the preservation Of peace was un
necessary.
A house committee was told by Ed
ward G. Tryon. coal production stati:
tician for the geological survey. thai
6SO0O,OOO tons of coal, equivalent tt
flfty-one day supply for every con
sumer are now in storage.