The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18
OBSERVE COAL ORDER
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The Steel and Iron company is cooper
ating fully in tho federal order. Keeping
fires in the blast furnaces only. 10
prevent loss.
Under orders from the management.
| the plants Of the Nhttaker-''iesSiifr
companv we're closed with the coming OF
the midnight hour. Every wheel has
STONED" II was stated at the big plant
in this city. The Whitakcr-Glessncr
company does not use blast furnaces in
It's operations but tll fires that could
not he drawn without great loss we're
banked for the duration Of the live day
period
Raises Important Point.
The plant of the United states
Stamping company at MoundsElllc was
closed promptly according TO orders nj
twelve O'Clock. but Manager j. ~ san
ders has wired 10 Fuel Administrator
Garfield for decision on the point oil
wagon hauled coal by which III" stump
ing company plant is operated. Inc
mines ut Moundsvillc cannot get cars
tn ship all their output and the hauling
I.of part of the output away IN wagons
BY the local plants mas helped 10 keep
! the miners at work. Should this be dis
continued. many Of the miners would
| havo to quit work. Mr.. Sanders took
the matter up with State Fuel Admin
istralor Barnes at Fairmont but Mr..
barnes was not In position To make
any modification In tho federal oracr.
Cant Use Natural Cos.
Early in the night II was stated from
Washington that the use Of natural gus
in Industries would not hc prevented
by tho Garfield order. but later tho In
e. IS ip~
means that even this fuel cannot b"
used BY industries during the five day
period commencing last midnight. ThiS
ruling mulsrs the blow to the Wheeling;
district and to West Virginia hard r
than had been anticipated, as there are
probably ten percent of the industries
in this section Of the Ohio valley nSiHH
natural gas as fuel. II is hoped 1" get
| n different ruling on this phase OF the
fuel question however, as nothing can
| be gained in preventing the use OF al
the natural gas produced The NAM
reason for the fuel order IS tn relieve
tho railroad congestion while shutting
off Of gas from Industries does not
contribute to. that purpose.
Churches arc not mentioned in the
Washington order and It is not believed
that they will be affected.
SchOOlS hemRln Open-
Schools arc exempted from the list ~
non-users of fuel and will continue
! open as usual. both during the hre-dI?
period and on The ten Mondays.
Wheeling newspapers. i'll common win
others NIL over the nation. will be- limit
cd to ono edition on Mondays. as they
use electric power in their plants.
Some Unusual Situations.
Ractnnropta hotels eel
! from tho provisions OF the order and
! WILL be open rs usual. with the single
exception Of hotels that burn coal anu
| have harrooms In connection. These
must close on Mondays.
Tho use Of both natural gas and coal
in this vicinity will produce some un-
| usual situations. probably not countcd
on By the fuel administration. and Will
! operate distinctly in favor of tho gas
consumers.
| All shipments by freight and cypress
| may be rnado as usual during the i've
; day period.
Speaking Of the ruling that street car
/ companies must observe sunday sched'
ules on Monday, General Manager w. B.
! Atwood OF the Wheeling Traction COM
pnny said yesterday that such plan
would save n large amount Of electra
! power. rs this means sewer cars and
shorter schedules.
Some other Plants.
Some of the other important plants
| of the Wheeling district affected by I'll!
| order are as follows: American Sheet
4 Tin Plato plants in this city and on
! the Ohio side. all Of which closed NJ
midnight; Wheeling Steel Castings COM
many, Warwood Tool company. Globe
Sprinkler company and Merchant 4
Evans company at Warwood. Wheeling
! Car company, Moss iron Works. Bloch
Bros. tobacco plant. American Stamping
& Enamcling company, at Bcllairr. to-
| gcthcr with the Carnegie. Rodefer Glass
md Imperial Glass works. also of that
! city: EoStora Glass plant Of Mounds
! Willie Besides these there are scores Of
| smaller ones affected. In nil more than
! 90 900 men will be thrown out of en-
! ployment.
Bellaire Manufacturers Act.
At a meeting of the Bellaire CONNER
cial club. made up Of all Of the manu-
facturerS Of Bellaire. held last evening
observance OF the Garfield order WAL
voted unanimously. after information
had been received that the senatc's nc
ton was only advisory. and that follow
ing IL the fuel administrations order
had been formally and finally issued. One
/ industry had planned TO continue in
operation after midnight, having had
adviccs that the Snnatcs action would
result In revocation Of the order. but
after learning Of the inaccuracy OF this
they Joined with the other manufac-
1urers in ordering the shutdown nt
plants ut midnight Inst night. It is
estimated that between 5000 and 5000
i,, oll M Htya