Strike of Coal Miners Will Not Affect. Supply of the University

The strike of 500,000 bituminous coal miners set for November 1 holds no serious menace for the University, it was stated recently by Mr. Burke, superintendent of buildings and grounds. Although at present a considerable amount of the coal used by the University is semi-bituminous, the grates in most cases are devised in such a way that anthracite coal, the production of which will be unaffected by the strike, can be used as well as soft coal.

The buildings which are now using oil as fuel, such as the Medical School, the Stillman Infirmary, Memorial Hall, the Union and Pierce Hall, will of course be in no way affected. Randolph Hall, Apthorp House and the Freshman dormitories get their heat from the Boston Elevated plant, which in turn gets its coal from the Nova Scotia fields, a district not affected by the strike. The outlying buildings of the University, such as the Observatory, which uses soft coal entirely, fortunately have their full supply in the bins now.

It is only in the event of a strike by the miners of the anthracite coal in support of the bituminous coal miners that the University will be crippled. Such a strike would, however, have no effect here until the first of January.