If, on Sept. 1, the anthracite coal fields of Northeastern Pennsylvania become the scene of a brief coal-strike and last week no one expected more than the briefest of curtain-raisers—statistics will show:
(1) 148,000 miners idle, leaving only 10,000 ''maintenance men" to prevent flooding and caving.
(2) 828 mines operated by 135 companies (chiefly by dozen big companies connected with railroads) closed down.
(3) Loss to the miners of more than $1,000,000 per day in pay. Loss to operators oi perhaps $100,000 per day profit.
(4) 250,000 tons per...
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