French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-09-27
COAL SITUATION BEFCOMES
A SERIOUS PROPOSITION.
IT Has Greatly Damaged the Tourists
season in HendersOnTille, no
Relief in Sight.

} 1t Has Greatly Damaged the Tourists
! season i'm HendersOnYille. and nt
Relief in Sight.
The coal situation is q very serious
proposition to this entire section Oh
Western North Caro1lnaEand from all
~inulcatlons grows worse. In $
uuence OF the shortage OF coal, and
the southern railway taking u same
at it's discretion. anu the 1mposs1Dlllty
OF getting this fuel here, the noteI ana
! boarding houses of HendefSonVIlle
have felt the bloW-and this blow a
the effect of cutting abruptly SNORT
the tourists season in our town, to the
financial loss of the aforesaid public
servers, in not being able to furnish
heat and hot water. 1t is a serious
loss to Hendersonville, in that scores
of tourists have left long before they
intended on account of the trouble
mentioned.
A delegation has been to Washing
ton, and on last Thursday made an
appeal to Coal Administrator Garfield
for relief from the coal situation in
Western North Carolina. Those at
tending this conference were Mark
Erwin and Robert S. Jones, represent /
ing the city of Asheville; L. B. Rogers
and Harmon Miller, of the Board of
Trade of Asheville; w. E. Breese, vi
Brevard; and Mr.. Robert Latham, rep
resenting Hendersonville.
Pertinent to the Situation.
The following special from Wash
to the Greensboro News will be
of interest, as it bears on the present
condition of affairs:
Washington, Sept. 2O.-Little hope
was given Senator Overman at the
office of Fuel Administrator Garfield
today for relief from the coal short
age in western North Carolina until
The Tennessee coal strike is settled. i
DR.. Garfield is out of the city and will
not return until Monday. Senator
0verman took a delegation from Ashe- {
Tille, Hendersonville and Waynesville Z
see DR.. Garfield with regard to the
serious conditions in the western part l
If the state as a result of the South /
I'm railway c~onfiscating coal consign- i
I'd to manufacturing plants.
Pending the settlement of the strike n
here seems little hope for North Car a
'lina except those cotton mills or 9
'ther manufacturers who have gov v
rnment contracts. Wherever a cot r
on or hosiery mill or any other bus a
less has government contracts the Il
government will see to it that coal isl
in sufficient quantity to keep f,
hese particular manufacturers going. t:
Appeal From Hosiery Mill. Il
Representative Weaver received an e.
rgent appeal for help from the Sky P
and Hosiery mills at East Flat Rock O.
0day. The Skyland company is al il
lost. entirely out of coal for the fac
Dry and the employees are suffering
ecause they cannot get fuel for do W
leStic purposes. The mill is now Fl
lnning on half time and will be COM m
eIled to shut down unless the gov tt
tax sa hand to prevent the tr
outhern from conf1scating its coal. ia
The Skyland appeal for help is sim al
ar to many others which Senator &C
and Representative Weaver CT
receiving from various kinds Of al
Ianufacturing industries in the west. til
shev1lle seems to be in desperate cir
instances n the telegraph wires m
the mail are kept busy handling Al
communications from Don Elias and b1
theirs who are trying to get the gov =
to take a stand against the :
outhern's confiscating policy.
With the exception of North Carroll
Public Service corporations, and
lose industries having government
ontracts. there appears to be no re-
EFF in sight until the Tennessee coal
trike is settled. DR.. Garfield has
allied for a conference to be held here
ext week at which time he hopes to
the miners troubles settled and
hen there will be plenty of coal for
veryone.