South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-24
SAYSLOWC0A
OUTPUTDUETO
SLIGHT DEMAND
Strike Conditions Not Holding
Bituminous Production to
Minimum. Report Says.
Strike Leaders Claim Many
Mont niOn Fields Have
Been UniOnized.

NASHINGTON. April 23.-Lack
~ demand rather than strike condi-
tons. continues % hold down bitumi-
nous coal production according TO
latest figures assembled By the
United States geological survey. ON
Tuesday and Wednesday, OF last
week. however. the output mounted
to 1900 carloads per day against
-gl1 cars or Monday. the low point
clustered hy the effect Of Easter
holidays. For the week ended on
april Is. the bituminOus output Of
the country was placed at 3.675. 600
tons. and the survey report observed
that more coal could be produced
~ the demand increased" since the
full capacity OF non-union fields has
not yet been brought out.
From the union standpoint "the
strike IS running along in a normal
fashion" the United Mine Workers
declared I'm statement Sunday. Ef-
forts to get the nOn-union miners
to join their organized craft fellows
were asserted 90 be progressing most
satisfactorily. with approximately
10000 or them now out "and good
reason for tho prediction that the
coming week viii add - 600 more"
The advance or the union into I'M
organized fields was declared 10 be
most effective iu Westmorland Fay
.te and Greene counties. Pennsyl-
vania. which are sources Of steel
Industry coke
Mention Proceedings.
Mention Of the various legal pro-
,eedings resulting from the strike
vas made JIM the unions side OF the
discussion and reference TO the ap-
proach Of the trials in West Virginia,
where leaders Of the alleged miners
army" which advanced TO close
non-union mines a year ago. viii
face the court Tactics OF non
union coal operators. whose lawyers
ere leadine the cases. rather than
The state OF West Virginia the mine
workers said, disclose the real rur-
pose behind these indictments was
90 break up the miners union and
drive 10 ont Of West Virginia" The
ereat bulk Of non-commercial soft
coal the survey report shows is not
coming from this state
The government agencies indicat-
ed some activity last week ion con-
recton with tho price situation.
Following tho inquiry Of Sol Davis
and Atty Gen. Dausherty into local
and so far only slight advances Of
coal prices several operators Of
large uou-uuiou coal properties came
to Washington Yesterday and were
e'oseted On various conferences with
high government officials Silence
vls maintained hv an parties TO the
q .srn= ION. but ir is understood that
leaders in the coal industry have
been told that any development or
runaway market would alter over
r'Eht Tine "haud- OFF, policy main
ra.ucI hy tho administration since
April after MI It's efforts 20 in
ducr operators and miners TO confer
r advance of the walkOut had
proved futile
Geological Report.
TIe geological surveys report on
SUNDAY dealt largely with the ex-
-'nr soft coal surplus which is
re'j hv industrial observers TO nc
'H' price controlling element at
present About 1000 600 tons "a
week. he.u- taken from this sur
H.u~ which amounted 10 $1,000 600
sons when the strike began the
survey said cars Of coal ON the
tracks, r1t without buyers on AprfI
numbered ->.T45. decline from
April "a WHOM Che total was aI.3-G.
'ar supply no mines formerly
cause ~ lowered production. the
survey said was "weI nigh nerfect q"