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The Severe Cy:j Ids 10 The
FUa. Fell.
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Streams and Reservoirs Vital to Oper.
alton of Ant1raci Mines Freeze
Up. Slspendina Ia WORKINGS.

Streams and Reservoirs Vital to Oper.
alton of Anthracite Mines Freeze
Up. suspending Zig Workings.
PotJsyille Pa, J-n. 24-Oye. shad-
oEing the inability Of the railroads to
move trains quickly from nine TO
market Il water l,,minp has ted u
several big "C'l;o.ias in Penn wa
MAS anthracite field.
AbCu1 dozen 0tICr c0,liaries are
on the verge Of a shut-d wn for the
same reason. The eCa~ci o. VIE
has crippled the production o. col
seriously since the severe cold set
in.
# all the mines are compelled to
suspend, an appalling coal famine is
in prospect. with corresponding suffer.
ing Of consumers.
Thousands Of loaded coal cars still
remain in railroad cFassifca ton yard
and On sidings. TIE c-ngastiOn, how
ever, is being graI12!'y cleared. There
is not sV&cient coat in storage or in
cars to cover the needs c. any lengthy
r.
however
W2ter is 4 vital factor III the cper1-
ton of a mine It is used for f1usA,
ing the breakers. where foreign sub
stances are removed from coal. and to
generate steam. In the latter c"p9-
city, it operates pumps. hosting en-
gines and fans.
,bn
tains and valleys Of thu anth~oc c. r.
belt in ice and snow, has frozen resor,
r"frs and also streams from which
water is drawn fC" steam purposes
Report" received in P0ttsvAle, the
tew3y to the an-h?2c cite fie' ds,''
1"rrly emphasize the gravity Of the
si'uation.
T'H "uck Mountain and Pax Pace
collie"iNs. % the ehigh Valley Goa
company, near Delaro, have been tie'
MP since Monday b. lack of w'ter.
Galleries about Shenandoah havo
closed for the same reason. Shen~n
doah also faces having its drink ne
watec cut off. as the reservoir ana
pipes feeding it to Shenandoah are
frozen
Nearly every col'iery in Schuyl-
Kill county has been Obliged to shu'
down day or two at a time ow:no
to the inability to obtain water" said
a mining authority
The government made its first bic
strike in the conservation Of mine
labor to increase the production of
coal. Incidentally, in acting to pre-
vent depletion of labor at the mines,
it stopped a plan to recruit miners
and others living in the mining d.
trirt for shipbuilding industries, prin-
cipa1'y those along the Delaware river,
including the government plant at
Hog Island
F. Pierce Mortimer, mayor of
POttsville and chairman of the 'f ur-
minute men," received instruct ms
from Washington TO abandon cam
naign> to enlist recruits for the shio,
building plants. The message -caHaac
from William Mccormick Blair. of TIE
speakers bureau of the committee on
public information. The message fol
lows:
Account of critical coal situation
it is most important that men in an
thracte coal fields be not disturbed
Or unsettled, but on the contrary that,
in connection with our ShiDbuild'np
bulletin, they be shown that their
work is actually a very importan
part of shipping program Without
coal all the ships in the world would
be of little use, unless built for other
fuel. Therefore, try to bring out and
emphasize in all talks the Important
position coal miners hold in war pro,
gram and opportunity for service un-
equaled by almost any other civilian
work in the country
please instruct all chairmen and
speakers in your county to bring out
above points, and not to ask for any
enroNments of men for shipbuilding
work In their county"