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vania alone. They give up their lives
in order that others may be warm anc
comfortable"
The efficiency of the American
miner as compared with his English
co-laborer is attributed at the con-
florence here to his superior pay and
his better living conditions. 1t is also
due to the introduction into America
colliertes OF all sorts Of improved ma
chinery and labor saving devices.
The British miners object to these
devices; the American miner wei
comes them. The English miner sees
In the improvements Il lay-on of sur
plus miners; the Americans see only
Increased production.
England Cannot Help.
The comparative ineflciency Of the
British miner also Is being stressed
here to emphasize the fact that In
the event of an anthracite strike
this winter the United States and
Canada can expect but little relief
from coal imported from the United
Kingdom.
During the thirteen months the an
thracite miners recently were on
strike England sent something like
100000 tons of coal to this coun-
try
''If we had wished to nulIify that
great Importation of coal" said MIR.
Lewis. "it would only have been
necessary for US TO prolong the strike
by one day and three-quarters. The
United States is dependent upon the
maximum output OF the anthracite
mines. and talk OF the industry being
threatened by the introduction of gas
ranges and oil-burning furnaces is all
moonshine.".
Revere Old Customs.
The English mines. 1t was said to.
day, are being worked with old equip.
ment. Old methods and old custom.
are revered by the British. America
has no such reverence. In the United
states nothing is thought of wreckins
a comparatively new twelye-stor,
building to make place for a thirty.
story skyscrapper. But the British
preserve buildings virtually until they
crumble to pieces. often because som,
ancient tradition is attached to them
The whole question of peace OF
strike in the anthracite coad Held.
VIII rest during the next six weeks
almost wholly in the hands of two mer
two veterans OF the eternal industria
struggle. One is John l. Lewis, tn,
miners president. The other i,
Samuel d. Warriner. chairman Of tn.
anthracite operators. They are tn,
generalfssimos of the contendins
forces
The two men are distinctly bret
to type. Lewis. rugged, dogeed
earnest. feeling the weight of his re
sponsibility full upon him. A mas.
or hair. fully two inches thick, sit,
upon the Lewis head. 1t is brown
bronzed. tinged and wavy. The Levi,
face is clean shaven and full, III,
hgure a bit rotund. When Levi.
speaks his whole attitude Is one O,
defiance. Lewis speaks bluntly. bu
with some of the emphasis of the ora
tor. 1t is easy to see that Lewis ros,
from the mines.
True Business Type.
"arriner is distinctly Of the bust
ness type. one might almost call him
a tired business man, for when h,
speaks he drawls his words and sug
gests at least mental, if not physical
fatigue He Is tall. thin and bald
with small patches of iron-gray hal,
ABOVE MS ears. The small iron-graJ
mustache is rather scrubby. Waru.
ner is Suave and polite in all he save
he speaks or the miners as his col
leagues and his friends. 1t seems te
give him the greatest pain that tn.
operators cannot grant all of tn,
eleven demands of the miners. He 1,
proud. however, that the industry /.
able to pay the miners so handsome
ly as it is doing. The miners surely
ought to feel the same way about IL
Mr.. Warmer thinks.
Looking at some forty of fifty miner.
ranged on one side and a simila,
number of operators seated on III,
other, 1t would be difficult, however
for the uninitiated to distinguish be
tween them. Perhaps there are NOR,
soft collars on the miners. side ant
fewer horn-rimmed glasses, but tn,
black cigars were about equally di
vided and SO were the silk shirts. L
! remained for one of the operators K
be first to shed his coat.