Evening star., 1943-11-03
Miners
Continued From First Page.

amounts of coal. A Logan County
union spokesman said 10 county To-
calls had sent kilograms to Mr.
Roosevelt, Mr. Lewis and the War
Labor Board stating they would not
work until contract is signed.
Similarly, survey of mines en-
ploying three-fourths of Alabama's S
q, 900 miners showed no signs of re-
sumption.
The reports generally reflected a
lack of any sort of demonstration
in the fields. Typical was the word
from Maryland that "the miners
just didn't show up"
Indiana and Ohio Idle.
Indiana still had 1000 idle, with
no evidence OF any action pending
word from UWM's Policy Com
mittee.
No major mine was opened In
Ohio as the day started. A few men
showed up at some shafts, but the
ma jority stayed away. awaiting de-
velopments. Workings in Kentucky
i
There were three new work stop
pages in Southern Illinois. involving
members of the Progressive Mine
Workers of America. AFL That
State, with a total of 10000 organ
lied miners, had no reports of any
returning to work.
War Industries Crippled.
For the second time this year Mr..
Roosevelt ordered the mines seized
Monday night. He gave Mr.. Ickes
authority to work out a contract
with the union, provided the terms
follow the War Labor Boards rules.
The UNIV asked wage increases of
at least $3.50 day Most of the
operators consented to only 88 cents.
The WLB suggested $1.l2l2.
The fourth strike in the soft coal
fields this year, meanwhile, crippled
war industries and prompted Mr..
Ickes to forbid dealers to deliver
coal to any home which has more
than Today supply.
Mr.. Ickes also diverted 1000 900
tons of soft coal on trains toward In
dustrial plants The Secretary urged
home owners to share their extra
supply with neighbors who need
coal.
Steel Operations Cut.
Meanwhile, the United States
Steel Corp. announced it had ordered
nine blast furnaces in the Pittsburgh
and Youngstown districts banked
within the next "a hours because of
a shortage Of coal.
In addition. another furnace. down
for repairs and due to be blown back
into production this week, will re-
main closed.
The company also announced it
was cutting operations at it's huge
Clarion by-product coke plant
which supplies fuel to open hearth
furnaces to so per cent today.
These curtailments will reduce
iron production Of the company's
plants by approximately Is per cent,
company statement said.
In the Birmingham district. steel
and iron production was cut third.
At Youngstown, Ohio, the Repub-
lie Steel Corp. suspended four OPEN
hearths, reduced blast furnace pro-
duction the equivalent of one fur
mace, the Bessemer, to 30 per cent
and cut coke oven operations8 The
action was taken. the firm said, to
conserve the coal supply in an ef-
fort to make it last 10 days or two
weeks.
Union miners in the field were
outspoken in continuing the strike
until instructed by UNIV headquar-
tiers to do otherwise. John j. Han
ratty, union of1icial at Birmingham.
asserted that Mr.. Ickes and Mr..
Lewis can reach an agreement" If
the WLB would quit playing poll
tics" He said he hoped for a solu-
ton within the next 48 hours"
Not Going Back"
Said Jim Eubank, president Of the
local in Fayette County, w. Va:
Il am not going back to work"
Meanwhile, Representative Luce,