Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1927, Page 28

SOFT COAL CRISIS SEEN IN MIDWEST Ohio, Indiana and lllinois Min- ing Declines—Rival Forces Dispute Cause. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 5.-Across the| great soft coal fields of the Middle| West economlic forces again ay ently are moving to a ¢ The tippies that r bhills and protrude bl plains of Illinois and more may be the center of an Indue | trlal struggle which has been waged | since the central competitive fieid| mines lost their lustiness or world war and Immediate post-war days. The Jacksonville wage scale for the fleld expires March 31. The only| thing to prevent another tie-up is for | operators and miners to reach an agreement, which they fafled to doj at Miami Industry Near Poverty. Each side has its own idea what has brought lmpu\enblz ment to the coal indus in_many mections of the field, and cold figures indite the story as the controversy goes on. The owners contend they cannot continue the Jacksonville wage base rates and successfully compete with the non-union flelds of West Vir ginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. They seek an adjustable wage which can | be changed to meet the production costs of thein rivals south of the broad Ohlo River. The miners hold that actual over- head i lowered by the employment of union miners, and that the remedy lies in an adjustment of freight rates and the application of more scientific management and marketing. Ohio Mining Withering. Western Pennsylvania is the fourth unit of the central fleld, which sets the standard for bituminous mine wages for the rest of the country. Ohto’s coal mining industry is with- ering. In 1918 there was a peak pro- duction of 48,000,000 tons of fuel. But in 1925, the last year for which com plete figures are available, the pro- duction was 27,500,000 tons. Ohio operators, whose holdings lie tomparatively close to the Lake Erie yorts, from which the coal supply of the Northwest is dispatched in lake freighters, may figuratively stand on their doorsteps and see coalladen trains from West Virginla and Ken tucky puffing toward these ports, while their own mines are idle. Would Cut Rates. The Ohio government has entered the fight from time to time. The Jegislature now has_before it a bill intended to bring about a reduction of freight rates within the State. The coal Consumption of the State s estimated at 70,000,000 tons an- nually, of which the Ohio mines are figured as capable of producing 55, ©00.000 tons. In Illinois a generat strike would #top the operation of more than 200 mines, throw more than 72,000 men out of work and mean an estimated daily loss in miners’ wages of $500,000. The mine payroll in Indiana has shrunk to almost half since 1921. A fotal of 80,415 miners were employed in that year and received $43,835,627 in wages. Last year the number of mine workers in the State was 17,807, and their wages approximated $28, £60,000. Production in 1921, was 22,771,568 tons; in 1925, 17,693,409 tons. Time Held Opportune. The miners consider themselves in & better tactical position to wage a successful strike than at any time during. the last decade. They figure the demand for coal is such that a shutdown of a large majority of the bituminous mines will throw a pro- duction burden on the non-union minés and the union shafts outside the central field which they cannot earry. Operators are said to view this as an opportune time to force a show- down on wages, pointing to the last report of the United States Bureau of Mines, which declared more than 65 per cent of the bituminous coal is mined in non-union flelds. Some take the opposite view of miners and believe the unorganized sections of the West Virginia, Kentucky, Ten- nesses and Pennsylvania fields would be able to supply the demand. ‘With funds from a special levy set for December and January, the emer- gency fund of the union will con- taln more than $1,600,000. Further- more, under a constitutional change affected at the Indianapolis conven- tion, executives of the union are | empowered to levy special assess- ments as long as they deem neces- sary. GERMAN PALACE GUI\RDS WORRY OVER NEW ORDER | § Difficult to “Present Arms” When Foreign Diplomats Not in Uniform Make Calls. B the Asgociated Pre: BERLIN, March 5.—The custom i Mugurated under the administratic ©f President von Hindenbur; {ng the guards in front of the ¢ %ive palace present arms e i a forelgn diplomat calls has worried the soldiers beyond measure, sinc diplomats not in uniform are hardly distinguished from ordinary mortal o guide the guards in their judgment of ambassadorial quallfications : ®f the veteran lackeys who knows all the men of the diplomatic set been stationed just inside the outer doors of the palace entrance with in-| structions to hiss whenever a foreign envoy comes or leaves. hai even this factotum is mot in fallible, howover, is shown by an ex-| perlence of Dr. Hans Frohwein, for- smer German consul in New York and Seattle and now a counselor in the Jegal division of the foreign ofiic As Dr. Fronwein was leaving tl mce after a tea given by Hindenburg, the president’s daughter- | capped h) impaired hunnf isthenew | inlaw, he heard a loud hiss, the pur. pose of which he did not understand wuntil he passed the guards. These yepresentatives of the defensive forces. obedient to the tip, mistaken UOUL)“ based on interviews with more than it was this time rigidiy stood at at-| two hundred of the country’s foremost tention and presented arms. Dr. Frohweln sald he was embarrass { Sor & moment, but with the adaptive | will of an experienced official he sol-| to the hard of hearing, it is a frank | emnly tipped his topper and bowed { | | | | % | 1 | | i { | thesound and impartial viewpoint of Upper: Viscomte de Landscheer, the newly arrived secretary of the Bel- gian embassy. Lower: Baron Eugeae Hauenschield, who has just arrived to take up his duties as counselor of the Austrian leg‘.llion PARISIAN AUTHORS SIGN i BOOKS FUR PURCHASERS Dedications bAve Revived iasiBuy. | ing Proposition py Tickling Vanity of Buyers. By the Ascociated Press. 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