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WASHINGTON NOW HOPEFUL; Secretary Wilson Confers with Government Strike Conciliators.PALMER WARNS UNION MENDeclares Law Infractian "Cannot Be Tolerated "--Goes toVote, Believing End Near.WEST VIRGINIA MINES OPENUnion Workers Receive NoticeThat Their Strike FundsCannot Be Used. Report Break Among Strikers. Conditions in the Fields. Palmer Warns Miners' Union. To Name Commission if Strike Ends. Operators Reply to Gompers. Record Production in Recent Week. Palmer Hopeful of Early End. DEALERS REPLY TO PALMER. Contend Country Has a 60-Day Supply of Coal on Hand at Present. SUGGESTS COMPROMISE PLAN Federal Conciliation Commissioner Would Give Miners 15% Increase. NONUNION OUTPUT INCREASES. 400 Coal Mines Are Reported in Operation in West Virginia. MARYLAND IS SHORT OF COAL. Railroads Cut Train Service and Cumberland Plants May Shut Down. MORE ALABAMA MINES OPEN. Companies Claim Gain, Although Union Denies Men Are Returning. NO BREAK IN OHIO RANKS. Operators, However, Believe a Compromise Offer Will Come Soon. COAL STRIKE FELT IN IOWA. Ne