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PRESIDENT FACES | CLIMAX IN STRIKE Leadership Hinges on Out- " | come of Refusal, of Roads to Accede. SOLUTION IN LABOR BOARD Text of Strike Leaders’ Note- Accepting President’s Terms By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 3.—Full accept- ance.of the peace proposals submitted by President Harding was voted last night by leaders of the striking rail- way shopmen, who, however, gave their own interpretation of each of the three suggestions. y Text of Message. A message advising the President of their acceptance read as follows: “The representatives of the em- tion to support every proper effort on the part of the government to bring about or to preserve the un- Executives Can Accept Order to Restore Seniority—Hooper's { Statement Not Binding. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding's dilemma in the rail strike brings a climax in his in- fluence and leadership. Not merely those interested directly in industrial controversies, but all who see in the immediate future a test of Mr. Hard- {ng’s whole administration with re- spect to Congress, are watching the chief executive's every move. Mr. Harding is by nature a peace- maker, patient and tolerant. He s dtsappointed that the spirit of com- promise doesn't pervade disputants as it does his whole philosophy of life. Force and violence may tem- porarily triumph, but in the end they deteat their own objects—so reasons Mr, Harding With all that has happened since 1914 to vindicate principles vital to cf ilization, there is an acknowledged feel- ing of regret that the voice of reason didn't stay the hand of passion and pre- Vent the great war. Somebody has to “ompromise unless a war is fought to A finish, and the staggering burdens of The world today cause very little grati- fication anywhere. Will the iudustrial crisis be @ war to a finish and leave the publio vanquished and both sides injured? Even the victor in the world war—France—has cried out that she suffered more than did the defeated. Mr. Harding’s appeal to the raiiroad executives was based on the idea of “aving the American people from fur- {her damage by a compromise which Imight be distasteful to both parties to Ihe dispute, but would prevent suffering to the greatest number. Further Step Necessary. faced with the step further Now the President necessity of taking a in this same line of reasoning. Threats that he will take over the railroads at this time are mere con- jecture. Mr. Harding remembers the War administration of railroads and the price the country paid in taxes thereaftor. What is the way out? The feeling is growing here that the solution Ii with_the ted States Railroad La hor Board itself, whose authority the s he workmen have at railroads and the it jast pledged themselves to The seniority dispute involves “work- Under the transpor- & conditions.” tion act the Labor Board can take Jurisdiction over such a dispute of its own motion, or it can obtain jurisdic- fion after the men go back to work and the inevitable dispute abeut re- Sforing seniority rights arises. The Tabor Board now has been made su preme. As the “aZency of the ROV- ernment,” both parties respect It ance more. 1t would not be surpris- ing. therefore. if the next move came {hrough the board. The latter could take cognizance of the acceptance by hoth sides of point No. 1, namely. will- ingness to obey all decisions of the hoard. With that as a base the board can ask the men to return to work and the roads to take them back Board Could Restore Seniority. ion eventually of it is not a new As for the dispo the seniority question, > problem. The railroads have again and again in the past restored senior- ity rights after they had taken on new workers, 1f the Labor Board de- cides that the rights should be re- stored, the railroads would have to obey. There is every reason to be- o9y the roads would obey—it would not require a humillating reversal of Ihelr own motion. as might have been he case if they accepted Mr. Hard- ing’s proposal outright. The Labor Board itself has not <ued a decision on senlority Tights. as the railroad executives and their “pokesmen would like to have the public infer. Chairman Hooper gave 2 newspaper interview on the subject but in view of the peculiar composi- Tion of the Labor Board., Mr. Hooper does not speak the views of the board. Certainly he did not speak on the Seniority question for the three labor members of the board, and it is diffi- “ult to say whether he spoke for the other two members of the pub- lic_group on the board. The matter never came to @ vote— it was a personal expression which does mot bind the board. It may Well happen that Mr. Hooper might Vate with the three railroad manage- ment's members on the board. but if the two public members voted with the three labor members. the vote would be five to four in favor of res- Toration of seniority rights. Mr. \fooper may be committed by a public statement but the position of Presi- dent Harding as expressed in his let- ter to the railroads and the employes would have great weight in any de- “imion on_seniority which might be rendered by the whole board of nine members. President May Act Shortly. The question is whether the strik- ars will go to work in the confident expectation that the Labor Board will see that their rights are secured. They, are bound by their ac- ceptance, however, of point one. which puts then on record as willing to obey the Labor Board. Mr. Harding proceeds slowly and he is ‘today ‘pondering the whole sity- ation and particularly this form of solution. Action will come before the and of the week. Few people believe the President will let the situation drag on a week more without an- swering the executives and thus mov- ing matters closer to & peaceful end- ing by affording both sides another way out. too. opyright, 1 _— PRODUCTION ON INCREASE. Pittsburgh District, Working Un- der President’s Plan, Picks Up. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa. August Slightly increased production of coal in the mines of the Pittsburgh dis- trict, reopened under President Hard- ing’s plan, was reported today, with the added statement that “four or Ave mines” in the Avella region are to be started tomorrow. It was at Avella_that the March on Clifton- ville, W. Va. which resulted in the shooting of eight men, was organized. The statement given out by the pittsburgh Coal Producers’ . Assogia- tion sald that enough men were at work in Montour, No. 4, to bring the tonnage to 100 tons a day, while fAifteen men had been added to the foroe in the Hendersonville mine, and the total force at the Wilson mine wag 100. A number of miners living in the company houses at the Atlas mine were said to have returned to work, while Lincoln Hill was operat- ing with a “good” force, and the Imperfal mine was turning out be- tween 1,500 and 2,000 tons a day. One of the g:.hlle parks in Sacra- mento, Calif., & grove of fourteen trees, all transplanted - from battle- flelds of the civil wan, . ¥ i | interrupted operation of the trans- pdrtation industry. The stubborn re- fusal of the railway executives to establish a board of adjustment, as contemplated by law, in order to set- tle efficlently disputes over rules and working conditions between the c riers and thefr employes, the con- tinned fefusal of railways, represent- ing over' a quarter of the mileage of class 1 rallroads, to comply with the decisioms of the Rallroad Labor Board against the practice of contracting out work and shops; the persistent campaign to deny to the railway em- ployes just and reasonable wages, to impose upon them unfair working cenditions and to disintegrate their organizations: all in cumulative effect rendered serv: ce by railway employes under the terms and conditions to be effective July 1, 1922, intolerable to over 95 per cent of these employes. who, therefore, voted to suspend work. Would Retura to Work. “It is now proposed that they return to work, temporarily accepting wages and working conditions which they feel to be unjust, with reliance upon the following program for redress of grievances: “‘First, railway managers and work- men are to agree to recognize the validity of all decisions of the Rail- road Labor Board and to faithfully carry out such decisions as contem- plated by law.’ “The employes have always taken the position that as long as they continued to rencer service they should abide by the rules and work- ing conditions and accept the wages agreed upon by proper negotiation, or determined by the Labor Board after a hearing of a dispute upon any of these matters. They respectfully point out again that violations of law and refusals to comply with decisions of the Labor Board have been ex- hibited only by the railway manage- ments and that it has been uni- versally admitted that the employes, in exercising their right to suspend work under non-acceptable condi- tions, were neither violating the law nor the decisions of the board.” Cite Pemnsy Case. “We understand that the recogni- tion of the validity of all decisions by the Railroad Labor Board—as con- templated by the law—means, for ex- ample, that in the case of the Penn- sylvania railroad all emploves will return to work under the wages and working conditions established in the declsions of the Labor Board and that ployes feel themselves under nb"ll-l the sole question of ‘validity’ pend- ing is the authority of the lLabor Board to determine. as in decision No. 218, the method of selecting ac- credited representatives of the em- ployes, assuming that the railroad has appealed from the decision of the United States circuit court of appeals, which sustained the action of the Labor Board. ** ‘Second, the carriers will withdraw all law suits growing out of the strike and the Railroad Labor Board decisions which have been involved in the strike may be taken. in the exercise of recognized rights by either party. to the Railroad Labor Board hearing.’ Expect Prompt Rehearing. is our understanding that the representatives of the employes. upon seeking a rehearing of the controverted declsions concerning wages and work- ing _conditions, will be afforded a prompt rehearing and decision by the labor board. We assume also that the practically unanimous action of the em ployes in electing to suspend wol and in continuing this suspension under the sanction of. and in accordance with, laws of their national organizations. has | ended any captious questioning as to who are the properly accredited spokes- | men of the vast majority of railway em- | ployes. We desire to call attention to the orderly and disciplined conduct of these employes under difficult condi- tions, which has demonstrated the in- dispensible value of their national or- ganizations in aid of the effective ad- justment of controversies and the efficient conduct of the industry. “* “Third. all emploves now on strike to be returned to work and to thelr former positions with _seniority and other rights unimpaired. The repre- sentatives of the carriers and of the organizations especially agree that there will be no discrimination by either party against the employes who did or did not strike.’ njustice 1o Emd Senlority. “We are gzlad to observe that the obvious justice of this proposition has been accepted. It would certainly be a wholesale injustice of unparalleled extent If hundreds of thousands of experienced men who have given four to forty vears service. and whose value 1o the transportation industry is proportioned to-the length of their service, should be placed in a position of inferiority to a limited number of it men who have been emploved as sub- stitutes for these experienced raflroad workers. The demand that such a IoE, should bs perpetrated as & pen- alty against men who have exercized & fundamental and admitted right not to render service under non-accept- able conditions was s0 unfair that we could not belleve it would receive the sanction of any impartial judgment. “We understand the language ‘all employes now on strike’ to include all employes who hold seniority rights under the rules agreed upon between the carriers and the organizations of employes, or as promulgated by the United States Railroad Labor Board. mcessions by Strikers. “It should be understood that in acting favorably upon these pro- posals for settlement of the pending controversies, the representatives of the organized employe feel that they are making concessions and sanc- tioning sacrifices on the part of the employes which entitle them to the highest consideration, and to recog- nition as law-abiding American citi- zens, who are ready and willing to do all in_ their power, even beyond that which is strictly reasonable, in order to promote industrial peace and to further the uninterrupted flow of the commerce of the nation. “We see evidence of little sacrifice required on the part of the manage- ments to whom llke proposals have been submitted. They will suffer no loss in abandoning a host of futile law suits, complaining of wrongs which have never been committed. It is understood that the Labor Board must confirm its previously an- nounced position, and that the rail- ways must abandon the condemned practice of contracting out work and shops and restore the employes to their former status. It should be noted that this practice is not only a violation of the transportation act and of the decisions of the board, but, as shown by many decisions of the' courts, is a violation of the charter obligations of the railroads and would have been unlawful with- out the passage of the transportation act or any action by the Labor Board. Ready to Order Mem Back. “We understand that an effort wlil be made to insure the setting up of a board of adjustment, but inasmuch as such a board can function effec- tively only with the full co-operation of both managements and employes, we can look merely with hope and not with certainty for the establish- ment of this ‘essential part of the machinery to decide disputes between the carriers and their employes’ In the meantime, upon advice from you of the expressed acceptance of your terms of agreement contained In your telegram of July 31, by all car- riers, we will take the responsibility of directing the employes to return to work, and upon the confidence that by action of the labor board upon rehearing of the recent contro- verted decision a delayed justice will be rendered to the employes in the matter of wages and working condi- tions. Expect Roads to Accept. “We should certainly assume that the railway executives, in their own obvious interest, eventually will ac- cept the proposals made, unless their counsels are dominated sufficiently by anti-labor forces to resist even the pressure of public opinion exerted through your high office and to carry on to the bitter end a nihilistic policy of uttempting to destroy the self-pro- tecting, demccratic Institutions of organized labor. We can hardly be- lieve that such a counsel of folly will finally prevail within the railroad managements. 1t, therefore, appears that upon the organizations of rail- way executives and employes res the immediate responsibility of ser ing the public interests in bringing about a resumption of efficient opera- tlon_of the railroads. nder pressure of this responsibil- ity we have voted by the requisite constitutional majority to accept the terms of agreement which you have submitted to us. We accept re- luctantly. it is true, but commit our- selves to carry out the terms of set- tlement in utmost good faith and in aid of the general welfare. If these proposals fail to bring about the re- sults which vou desire the respons bility of failure will not rest upon the representatives of the organized employes. s —_— FUEL SHORTAGE ACUTE. Shutdowns May Come in Few Days in Michigan. By the Associated Press. LANSING, Mich., August 3.—A num- ber of industries in Michigan face a fuel shortage that may compel shut- downs within the next few days, ac- cording to reports to the state public utilities commission. ' The Ford Motor Company at Detroit reported it had a fourteen-day supply of coal and that unless fresh supplies come from unlooked for quarters it might be forced to cease operations. Other automobile companies through- out the state reported they were in a critical condition. According to indirect advices from ‘Washington, it appears problematical whether enough coal can be sent to Michigan to keep even'vital utilities in_operation. State geologists today continued their Investigations of the feasibility of the state taking options on coal in Saginaw district mines and operat- ing the mines under state direction. Such a step has been sanctioned by the state administrative: board. A . I'sTonels Wonderful First your are impressed with the exquisite workmanship and finish— then when you hear it play—you marvel at the clear, bell-like notes so like the original. Come in and let us demonstrate the Sonora for you. . Arthur Jordan Piano Co. G Street at 13th 'Homer L. Kitt, Sec.-Treas. e S e T e OPERATORS IN OHIO REFUSE T0 GONFER Southern Coal Exchange Will Meet Men of Own District Only. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 3.—The Southern Ohio Coal Exchange will not Answer: Bituminous (soft coal)... . be represented at the conference of operators and executives of the United Mine Workers in Cleveland Monday, when an effort will be made to termi- nate the coal strike, according to an announcement by W. D. McKinney, secretary of the exchangg, who said members took formal action against acceptance of President Lewis' invita- tion yesterday. In notifying Mr: Lewis that the or- ganization would not be represented, the stand of the exchange that they do not believe in interstate action to negotiate a basic wage scale was re- iterated. Willingness of the or- ganization to meet with miners of the southern Ohio district for the purpose of drawing a new wage scale was expressed by Mr. McKinney in his let- ter to Mr. Lewis. President Lee Hall of the Ohio miners announced today that he will present the request of Gov. Davis that two mines, one in eastern and the other in southern Ohio, be per- mitted to operate to supply coal for state instrutions to the executive board of the Ohlo miners’ organiza- tion for final decision at a conference at Cleveland Sunday. He also said that international officers would be asked to pass on the governor's re- quest PREPARE FOR PARLEY, Interstate Conference to Repre- sent Much Tonnage. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 3.—The Pittsburgh Vein Operators’ Associa- tion will meet here today to formu- late plans for the interstate joint wage conference of miners and op- eraors to be held here next Mon- day, it was announced. Coal operators with headquarters here are prepared to resist the de- mands of the United Mine Workers of America for a renewal of the old wage scale, it has become known A wage scale that will permit them to compete with non-union operators of southern West Virginia and Penn- sylvania will be demanded, it was said. Two-thirds of Ohio's coal tonnage is expected to attend the conference. U. S. Fuel Distribution Plan Given Out After Spencer-Hoover Parley Plans of the government for distri- bution of coal during the present emergency were announced last night by Fuel Distributor Spencer, after a conference with Secretary Hoover and the central committee appointed by President Harding, according to the Associated Press. The federal organ- ization in Washington, Mr. Spencer said, will cover distribution of avail- able’ supplies among railways, federal institutions and states, while the gov- ernors of the states will handle the local supplies. Pending completion of the federal organization, Mr. Spencer said. three intermediate stages will ensuc—first, the continuation of their normal business by the operators: then prior- ity buyers under the Interstate Com merce Commission service order N 23 will gradually encroach upon operator’s business, and finally, coal orders placed through the federal fuel distributor will absorb the en- tire output of the mines. Provision has been made for estab- lishment of district committees to represent the federal distribution ad- ministration in the producing fields, with special arrangements for sup- plying the great lakes Section. De- tailed instructions were drawn up to- day for the states, which included the fixing of responsibiliy for the pay- ment of all coal shipped into a state upon the governor's committee. District Committee. District committees set up in the coal fields are to consist of a naval officer, representing the federal fuel distributor, a representative of the Interstate Commerce Commission, a representgtive of the railroads and representatives of the coal operators. District headquarters have been es- tablished as follows: Norton, Va., for all Virginia mines except the Poca- hontas district; Bluefield, W. Va., for SMOKED Hams 25¢ uw. Finest Grade £ to 10 Ibs. Round Steak; Ib. Sirloin Steak; 1Ib.. Portérhouse Steak; Ib. Pl::e Beef, for boilin Fancy Chuck Bargains in -Genuine Spring Lamb Legs of Spring Lamb; Ib. 28¢c Breast Lamb, stewing; 10ec 18¢ Rout;.lb Shoulder IR ol rsie siarerelaterns 306 THURSDAY, AUGUST - Fuel Requirements For Immediate Attention of Heads of Mercantile Houses, Manufacturers, Hotels, Restaurants, Laundries, Hos- pitals, Apartment Houses and Other Institutions. ‘What are your fuel requirements fasom October 1 to April 1, 19232 Anthracite (hard €Oal)...cotoes commmmassoessssrnssummenmenssses FREIGHT LOADINGS JUMP DESPITE RAIL WALKOUT Trafic Increases Shown for All Commodities With Exception of Coal. Car loadings of all commodities other than coal for the week ended July 22 ‘were the heaviest for this season of the year of any in the history of the car- riers and were within nine-tenths of 1 per cent of the peak reached October 15, 1920, according to statistics compiled by the car service division of the Amer- ican Railway Association and made public by the Association of Railway ecutives. Despite the rail strike, the announce- COAL PRODUCTION STARTS ININDIANA With Martial Law Proclaim- ed Cleaning of Mines Gets Under Way. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 3. - Gov. McCray, having taken his first ment said, 861,124 cars were loaded with revenue freight, an increase of 217 cars steps to produce coal for Indiana state institutions and essential industries, How much coal have you on hand? FRANK KIDWELL Name of firm Address The Pocahontas, Winding Gulf, New River, Tug River and Virginian dis- tricts; Huntington, W. Va., Kanawha, Logan, Williamson and Big Sandy districts; Knoxville, Tenn., fields In southeastern Kentucky outside of Harlan and Hazard, and all mines in Tennessee; Louisville, Ky., Harlan, Hazard and fields on the Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central railroads, and Birmingham, Ala., for all mines in Alabama. Distribution of fuel for the rail- roads is to be gradually concentrated in the hands of a railway coal com- mittee composed of coal buyers from the different railway groups as fol- lows: B. P. Phillippe of the Pennsylvania railroad, representing the eastern group, chairman; E. A. Clifford of the Santa’ Fe railroad. for the western group; F. H. Fechtig of the Atlantic Coast 'Line, for the southern group. and W. G. O'Fallon of the Terminal Raiiroad Association of St. Louis, for the southwestern group. Reports on Ci umption. State fuel committees are to re- port at once the consumption of coal in their territories by utilities, house- hold users and industries, together with a list of those who should re- ceive priorities. “To sbt up a single consignee in each state,” a statement issued after the conference said. “on bebalf of all coal shipped into that state on orders from the governor's committee, through the federal fuel distributor, the governor's committee will become responsible for payment of all coal shipped into that state and will put up in advance bank deposits to cover same which depository will honor, consisting of a sight draft wi certificate, car number, etc, being practically an fo.b. sale” ernor's commiitees were made entirely responsible for the preven- tion of profiteering and extortion in the sale and distribution of coal with- in their states, and will distribute coal made available to them accord- ing to their judgment. “Shipments of coal by the lakes.” the statement continued, ‘“to the states of Minnesota, North Dakota. South Dakota, northern Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Canada, shall operate through the Ore and Coal Ex- change of Cleveland. Orders for such coal on contracts in existence will come through, or be approved of by the federal fuel distributor, to the district committees. It is the purpose to inaugurate a regular weekly movement of coal to this trade. The division of such coal between states or receiving points must be indicated from the federal fuel distributor.” Not a Drop Left. From Life Passenger (hurrving into car)— There’s a man in the next car just fallen in a fit. Another Passenger—Too late, old fellow: last drop’'s gone; man just had a fit here. MARKET NEWS SMOKED Shoulders 17c v | Ne. 1 Grade 4 to 6 lbs. Average HOME DRESSED BEEF fresh .. .12%e Ib. 23e j Hamburg Steak, I ound; 1b. . Prime Rib Roast Shoulder Clod Roast Bouillon Roast..... Three-Cornered Roast Fresh Liver; 1b. Fancy Young Milk-Fed Veal Veal Cutlets; .38¢ Leg of Veal; cive...30c Bhlol:ldn Veal, roasting; Breast "Veal, bone out Shoulder ‘Veal 'Chops; -18¢c 28¢c VALUES IN PORK Lean Pork Chops; Ib. Loin Pork Chops; Ib. Frlz;h Hams; 8 to 10 lbs. Fresh Shoulders. fancy, small; 1b. ... i Fresh Killed Sprin, Chickens; 1 to 2% l‘b each; 1b. . . Fresh Killed Haking and . Stewing Fowls; 1b. Machine Sliced Bacon; i 1s e .38¢c Genuine Fat Back -16e Bean Pqrk or Fat Butts; 1b. craeeees <. 14e .16¢c Blue Ridge Fresh Cream- ery Butter; Ib. ...., .S8e Strictly Fresh Eggs; dos. 30c Myrtle Leaf Oleoj Ib,..20c Coffee; Ib. “Orienta” Coffee; Ib. This questionnaire must be filled out at once and reply thereto received not later than Wednesday, August 9, so that the special committee of the association can afford you the fullest measure of protection in the pending situation. R. P. ANDREWS, Chairman, JOHN S, DUNN, M. E. HORTON, JOHN H. WILKINS. CHAS. J. COLUMBLS, Special Committee of the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association. | MRS. MOSS MAY WIN. Missouri Woman Leads Count in Congress Contest. ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 3.—Mrs. St. Clair Moss of Christian College, Co- lumbia, Mo., apparently has won the democratic nomination for Congress from the eighth Missouri district from two men and will oppose repub- iican Representative Sid E. Roach at the November election. over the preceding week and an in- crease of 73,080 cars over the corre- sponding week last year. Com| with the same period in 1920, however, total loadings for the week of July 22 tnis year showed a de- crease of 67,204 cars, the statement said. Omitting coal loadings, however, the reports showed that the loading of all other commodities duri. the week of July 22 this year totaled 785,064 care, which was an increase over the total for the same commodities during the same week two years ago of 68,236 cars. MEN ASKED TO RETURN. Southern Railway Ready to Dicker on President’s Terms. The Southern railway system, through Vice President Henry W. Mil- ler, yesterday afternoon invited its striking shopmen to confer with the management on a proposition to set- tle the walkout on the basis of President Harding's proposals which the railway executives refused to con- cur in fully at 2 meeting in New York Tuesday. Mr. Miller, in announcing the invitation, declared there is no obstacle of the company’s creation to prevent its men returning to work under the President’s proposals as of their former seniority. “The policy of the management of the Southern railway system,” Mr. Miller said, “has been to create no conditio! pending a termination of the strike that would embarrass the company, its employes, or the public, and with this end in view no ultima- tum has been issued to the men; no promises have been made; no new men have been employed and no writs of injunctions have been invoked. There is, therefore, now no obstacle of the company's creation to prevent its men returning to work under the President's proposals as of their former seniority. The shop crafts committes on the Southern has been invited to confer on this basi today turned his attention to the con- ference of governors from a number of coal-producing states called 1o meet at his office at 10 o'clock this morning. The governor, who extend- ed Invitations to six other governors to meet with him to discuss plans for the production of coal, has received word that Gov. Davis of Ohio. Gov Groesheck of Michigan, and the brother of Gov. Morrow of Kentucks. as his representative, will attend the conference. The governors of Wis- consin, West Virginia and Pennsyl- vania, who were invited to the con- ference, will be unable to attend on account of urgent duties arising from the strike situation. Gov. Groesbeck Has Plan. Gov. Groesbeck of Michigan is un- derstood to have a plan for settle- ment of the strike, which will ba presented (o the conference for con- sideration. Gov. McCray, in beginning the pro« duction of coal under state authority, with the protection of state troops, is jleading the way in the matter of pro« Ivmlnx coal for emergency purposes. It is possible that some of the exec- utives attending the meetings will adopt the Indiana plan of dealing with the strike situation. Meanwhile preparations for mining coal in Indiana under state supervi- sion got under way today. The work of cleaning up the mines preparatory to the digging of coal was expected to take up several hours this morn= ing, following which the actnal mine ing was expected to start at the shafts taken over by the governor. Gov. McCray took the first step in promised effort to prcvide coal for Indiana’s public institutions and as- sential industries by sending 750 Na- tional Guardsmen into the coal fields in the southwestern part of the state The governor prepared for possible interference by issuing a proclama tion of martial law in the district in which it is proposed to mine coal under protection of the troops. It's All Right to Wait for a Profit But Grab It When It Comes It’s All Right to Wait for Bargains But It’s All Wrong to Think T hat Bargains Will Wait for Our August Clearance Sale of Woolen, Worsted and Feather-Weight Clothing You Is the Biggest Clear-Away, and nearer to a Give-Away than . any sale we have staged i many a day. But its davs are numbered—so get Busy. Every Fancy 3-piece Sui Every Black. Suit REDUCED TO Every Small Lot of Blue Serge Suits EBvery Priestley Mohair Suit Every Priestley Mohair Suit Every Tropical FEvery Shantung Silk Suit Every Palm Beach Suit Every Mohair Suit Every Tropical Worsted Suit Checks Stripes Figures Plain Blacks Plain Blues Worsted Suit Suits that sold as high as $45 Reduced to Suits sold as high as $19.75 Conservative Models Young Fellers' Models Sport Models Smgle Breasted Double Breasted Limited Selections, But Good Choosing. Whatever You Want, I’s Probably Here. If You’re Not Sure You Want Some of These—Come inand You Will Be MONEY'S WORTH OR MONEY BACK