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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18
$4,000 MEN IN THE
POTTERY INDUSTRY
AFFECTED BY ORDER

Sn,ciol 70 Th" IntelliEcnCcr.
EASr-AIvERPOOL. OnIo, Ian. IL
rnnrlviny with Fuel Administrator
Carilrld factory closing order. pottery
manufacturers tonight ISSUED orders
and instructions to six thousand cm-
rInv.ns un, to report for work tnmnr-
ro,v morning. Unless n" fuel admins
,r,,,on nodificS its decree not u wheel
rilI turn in thirty plants here for the
next five days.
The order also applies I" thirty pot
,rrin. with eight thousand additional
employees, outside nf III" East Liverpool
district
tories the sole industry h"r". Will
practically 2araIyz" business.
we stand ready I" obey IN" Hdict
said Charles T. Goodwin. secretary OF
tho L. s. Pott"rs' Association. wv"
viii do anything to h"lr tnci" Sam I"
win tho war.
"I, is the proper movn ic II will solve
tho cnol rrohcm." said President Ed
ward Mcngc. of tho National l'r"thrr-
bnod Of Operative P"ttrrs.
Neither the brotherhood nor tho man
ufac,urcr's association will NJ" protest
r,inst the fuel administrators decree
1t was said.
~ the order Is modified to allow tho
uso Of gas for fuel many pottcrics Ir"i"
,,.,,, bn oncratch during n Let M In the
cold wavn. Except In Zero weather gas
ts furnished for industrial purposes.
Theatres. stores and saloons also pre-
pared to obey the order.
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SENATE By VOTE Of 90 To IS
ASKS SUSPENSION Of ORDER

WASHIEGTON. Ian. iI.-'rh" rcEclu-
rion nr Senator lIitrhc"ri. requesting
Fucl Administrator Garfield to suspend
for nvc days his coal conservation orders
closing Industries cast uf tho MISSISSIPPI
nj river WAS adopted by In" Scnat" to-
night, II rloes not require house action.
Tho vote was 10 Ia 10. The resolution
adopted hy Tho senate follows:
"Rcsolvcd. that tho fHol administrator
Of thr United S,ntcs hr md II" is hereby
requested to'drlay for fiv" dnys th" order
suspendinE tho operation "c industrial
plants In portions Of tho United States
in order that protests may hc hoard, IN
vr$ticatior made and Information pre-
s"nrrd
II was stated unnfiicially Al tho fuel
administration that when mo senat"
rl"rk arrived with tho Hitchcock rcsolr'
,ion hr would hc told That the res"iu-
tinn would he Eivon careful considcrn-
tIon. but that thn order already was Is
sued and would 20 into rffcC;.
The vote nn the Hitchcock resolution
follows;
For tho Resolution.
ncmncrnls--Ran nkhcad. R"ckhan,. Cor.
Gerry, Hitchcock. Mrkrilar. Martin.
Owen. romcrcnr. Rood. Salisbury.
Shields. Smith, Georgia., Smith. Mary
land: Smith. South Carolina; Stone.
Swanson. Thomas. Tlllmnn. Underwood,
Vardaman and Wnlcott. Total. %
RcpublIcans-Brandc Calder. Cum
MINIS, Curtis. Fcrnald. Frelnghuvscn.
fcon+tuued On pa1s rwo.)
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WASiiINGTON, ian. lT.--Samucl
Gomp.rs. prrsidrn, OF IN. American Fed
Grafton IF Labor. in statement to-
night. declared that the workers pf the
nation will BE- 'hs greatest sufferers
from the fuel restriction order. but ehat
,hev will maintain their loyal stand de-
x,Iie ,heir suffering and sacrifices which
they NAV Dc called up"a TO bear.
Mr. GonprrS expressed doubt that a
aye-day suspension Of industry WAS the
host way to meet tho situation. and Sug-
,-ested that a wiser and more practical
course" would hav" i"en 10 rlhr: all
Industries OF the country upon an "iEh'-
hour basis work eiay !" last during lh':
war.
Mr.. Gompcrs saI! that everything
r,,vF 10 done 70 See tha: ri" workers
Ar. not mad" 10 suffer hnnec'Ss'lr'':'
and he expressed tha hope that the en-
Movers would hced Fu"l Administrator
I;arGeId.s appeal TO coInply with tn" pr
der without shifting the burden ["
labor
The shuttin. down nt all industries
for FIVE continuous days is only var
rartcd II based upon Immediate rrnnr-
Sency. and hav" some doubt II nv.
continuous days is the best MEASURE.
said Mr. (;ornperS. 1t certainly SnHms
very radical measure 70 meet the PROD
lens of transportation
y am In receipt OF large number Of
telegraphic protests from workers In
several parts Of the country. declaring
that the effect Of the orders Will throw
their men out of employment: that. due
to the high cost of living. they have
been unable to lay anything aside, and
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Two Hours GriNing for
Fuel Administrator

WASilINGT0N. jan. l1.-Fuel Ad-
mlnistrntor Garfield underwent two
hours Erilling today at the hands OF
tn" senate committee Investigating the
coal shortage. which called him before
II 20 explain his reasons for Issuing
the order shutting down Industries by
denying them tho use Of coal.
at IN" termination of tho hearing. the
cnmmtt"" decided to make no formal
report. hut rha irman Reed made n
speech In tho Scnntc. declaring DR.. Car
field had not satisfied him nf the ne
ccSSity for such drastic action.
Tho limo NJ questions asked by other
members Of the committee indicated
that they, too. took tho same view.
Or. Garfield declared tho order was
mndn imperative because of III" fuel
and transportation crisis. II r6al were
not Gu; off 10 AL Industries for period
many Of ;hrm. he snld. would be- forced
Ia clos. anyhow nnd thu government.
In closing down everything. Intended to
treat all alike.
Members of the committee criticized
severely the closing down OF Industries
which havo coal stores on hand and de-.
clarcd that the order. If made effectlv/
would cost tho country Il billion dollars
In wages and production.
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LOCAL FUEL ADMINISTRATORS :
To RECEIVE EXEMPTION PLEAS.
Ketchum Believes Congestion
Can Be Cleared Up in
Five Days.

Chairman Charles NJ. kctchum Of the
OHIO County committee Of the state fuel
administrators announced last night
that h..E ginning this morning the COM
miltcr would recciY" written statements
from local manufacturers or others or
conditions thought 10 exempt the petit
tuners from the operations OF the fcd-
cral fuel order. These will he c0nsld-
cred hy the committee. composed OF Mt.
Krtchum. Judge j. ". Ewing and Il. Is.
Savlnr and ANY oral hearings believed
desirable will bc held this afternoon At
. o'clock.
The committee held II busy session
Yesterday af'tcrnnuu and considered
about twenty eases. In the absence ~
specific instructions the cummitte" was
still In doubt last night "n a few points
which will probably he cleared up soon.
The committee holds the view that the
fundamental purpose Of the order Is 10
curtaiI production rather than To con-
serve fuel. as the production of almost
all commodities AS we'll as war supplies
has reached n point nj which the rail-
roudS arr unable In handle ii and
surplus has accumulated. This. Mr..
K-tchum believes. can BE- cleared up In
fIrt: days after which eth" roads VIII bo
able TO maintain normal conditions.
Natural Gas.
The comn,ittc. took the view he
fore the official notification WAS re-
ccived. that natural gas should be en-
emit from tn" fuel order. as gas pro-
Guction has reached its maximum AMI
the amount on hand would mot hc in
creased by Il suSp"nsiun and gnS trans
rortntInn docs not require the use OF
thr railroads.
1t is requested thH, those desiring
opinions shall not appeal 10 individual
members ur thc committee. rs MI cases
must nc considered hy the committee
rs whole. and the individual numbers
arr not prepared to give Intelligent
"Curhstonr" decisions.
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But If is IGNORED and the Order Issued Now Effective
TEXT OF CARFIELD'S ORDER.

coke plants supplying gas for house.
hold use, telephone and telegraph
plants, shipping for bunker purpos-
es, the United Stntss for strictly
governmental purposes mot tnolud-
Ing factories or plants workin4 on
contracts Cor the United 8tatSs)
manufacturers Of psrishable food
or Of food for necessary immediate
consumption, and municipal, county
or state governments for necessary.
immediate consumption, and munic.z:
ipal, county or state governments :.
for necessary public uses. Any ton.
mage remaining after the forsHotn6f:
preferred shipm eits have been made :
may be applied in filling any othsr
contracts or orders. (,
namely, January 1a 10, 20 ~ Aad
22. 1913, the state fuel adnaiuiStta-l
tors and their accredited rsprsSeA.I
tatlves In the various commuLitIaS,c :
IN The territory In which this rs1u-t
ulation appies ace hereby empower.
ed and directed to divert such fuel
as arrives In such communities In
carload lots to meet tho cufrapt
requirements and to provide IN ado,
quate and normal Elpply for such
consumers Of fuel as are spacdaed
In section l thereof.
Section Iu.-on tho following
days, namely, January ID, 10, 20,
2l and %, 1918, and also on each :
and every Monday beginning janu.s
ary as, 1918, no manufacturer or
manufacturing plant shall burA fuel:
or use power derived from fuel for :
any purpose with tho following ex-'
ceptions: &
(a) Plants which nseessarily must
be continuously operated seven dsyu
each week 10 avoid serious injury
to the plant itself or its contents.
may use only such quantitisss of:
fuel - Is necessary to prevent such
injury to the plant or it, contsntE.
(b) Manufacturers or plants
manufacturing perishable foods or:
foods necessary for immediate con-.
sumption: -:
(c) Manufacturers Of food NOT
perishable and not uece1sary for:
immediate consumption may bufN
fuel to the extent authorized ~ the /
fuel administrator Of the state iA;:
which such plant is located or :byE:
his duly authorised rsprssentSttva:
(Continusd on Page Nias.) So;
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Steel Corporation
Won't Pay Wages TO
Men During layoff

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE Unit
ed States Steel corporation Is prepar-
ting to close down some plants in
conformity with the fuel admins
traitors order, but during the period
Of closure Will not pay the wages OF
employees, Chairman Elaert II. Gary,
Of the corporation announced today.
Mr.. Garfield added that he was In
Communication with Administrator
Garfield In an effort to clarity some
points in the fuel saving order and
that notifications OF the regulations
might result in altering the steel
corporations plans.
Chairman Gary's statement read:
"we shall probably not pay tho
wages Of our men when they are
not actually employed. TO do 80
would be contrary TO the custom OF
tho trade and would establish pre-
cedeps that would eventually DO IN
fair to the employer and tho en-
ploye,'
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Let the Lid Come Off
|ALL PLANTS IN THE WHEELING DISTRICT USING
COAL OBSERVE ORDER; SHUT DOWN At MIDNIGHT
Must Clear the Decks .-.Carfield

WASHINGTON. Ian. 1I.-Turl Nd
minstrator Garfeld'S statement III "x-
PLANTATION of MS order follows:
"Thr most urgent thing 10 hc done Is
10 send to the American forces abroad
and "a the allies The food and war sup
plies which they vitality reed. War
munit ions food. manufactured articles
Of every description. lying. In Atlantic
ports In tens Of thousands q! tons.
where literally hundreds of ships loaded
with war goods for our men aud tho Al
lies. caunot tax" the seas hcCiuus" their
bunli"rs arc empty of coal Th" coal I"
send them on their way is waiting h"-
hind til" conEcStrd freight that has
jnmmcd all terminals.
1T is worse than useless 10 bend our
energies 10 more manufacturing when
what We have already manufactured lies
at tidrwatrr congr$iinr terminal iarlli
tics. Jamm!ng the railroad yards and
side tracks for long distances back into
the country. No power TN Garth can
move this freight into the war zone
whore it is ur"dcd until wa supply the
ships with fuel e.
Added Efficiency.
Once III" docks are cleared nf Ihn
valuable freight for which our men and
then again our energies and power may
he turned To manufacturing. more rfIi-
rl"nt than ever. so that II steady and I'm.
INTERRUPTED stream of vital supplies may
hc this nations answer 10 tho allies
cry for hclU.
1T has hcnn "Xc"ss of production. In
cur wartime speeding up. that has done
80 much to cause congestion III Uur
railroads.: that has itll"d the freight
yards to ovcrflnwInG: that has Clult"rcd
the docks nf our Atlantic ports with
goods waiting to x" abroad. Al tide
water tho flood Of freight hts stopped.
The ships were unable "a complete the
Journey from our fartcrirS In the war
dcpnts behind tho firing line.
added to this has hr"n difficulty Of
transporting coal for our own domestic
needs. On top Of these difficulties mas
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18
WILSON SIGNS
AS THE SENATE
VOTESPR0TE5T
NEVER so STIRRING A
DAY AT WASHINGTON
Appeal to Be Made to Presi;-
dent Wilson 10 Rescind
the Order.

WASHINGTON, Jan 17-whils
. storm Of protest ragged at tho capt.
tol and among business interests
throughout the nation, Fuel Admin
1strator Garfield tonight signed the
order in preparation since yester-
day closing down manufacturing
plants east of the mississippi RIVER
for five days beginning at midnight
tonight. and stopping Of all nusi-
ness activity on every Monday Tor
period Of ten weeks beginning Janu-
ary 81.
with the full support Of Pres1-
dent Wilson the fuel administrator
attached his signature to tho man
date ns the senate was preparing TO
vote on resolution, which It pass
cd twenty minutes later. requesting
him to postpone action for five days
Or. Garf1sld would not comment on
the senate action, but It WAS stat
ID at the fuel administration that
the resolution would have no effect
upon the order. ~.
8&ldoxn has Washington Soon . day
Of ,norS stirring activity. An aston-
1shsd congress paid little attention
to any other subject during tho day,
and officials generally, few Of whom
had known the order was tnaIni-
neut, talked Of little else. DR.. Gar
1teld was the storm center during
the morning vhsu his office wa.
sunmpsd> with telephone calls, In the
afternoon when he was hailed be-
fore a senate committee and tonight
whom he finally issued tho order.
The Order Signed
Tho order as signed and sent out
tonight to state fuel administrators
for enforcement contained but few
(Continued or Page Ten.)
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WASTIINGTON. inn. iI.--D"livert"s
OF coal during the mex; i"w days VIII
he small through tho entire storm
swept section ~ the country ant
probably elsewhere. railroad Officials
declared today after receiving reports
of continuing cold weather and snow
Despite lhr fuel administrations r"-
strIction order and the extraordinary
efforts of railways 70 move coal. 1t
Will he physically Impossible I" haul e
normal daily winter supply for prob
ably three or four da%s even II the
weather moderatcs rapidly.
Lines to tho larger coal mines have
been opened up by snow plows. hut tho
way Is still blocked 10 scores OF small
ones. Freezing weather and snow mol
only havo prevented loaded cars being
hauled away as fast as usual. but na'
hlndcrad the return Of empty cars. This
reduced loading will become the most
apparent tho first part of next week.
1t Is understood that the fuel restric-
tIon order was prompted partly by an
tlcipation Of this curtailcd coal del!v-
cry. However. tho railroad administra-
tlon Is said not TO have suggested such
an order, officials OF tho department
taking the attitude that the railways
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WASHINGTON, Jan. l7.-Fuel
Administrator Garfeld's drastic or
der, restricting the use OF fuel,
effective ct midnight tonight, was
promulgated shortly before six
O'Clock, within a few minutes after
tho senate had adopted resolution
asking that the order be postponed
for five days.
Although the order WAS made
public almost simultaneously with
the announcement of the vote In tho
senate, 1t had been signed and pre-
pared for publication twenty min
utes before,
Virtually no substantial changes
were made In the order, though some
war Industries specially Designated
will be exempted from the provision
closing manufacturing plants for
FIVE days beginning tomorrow and
from the Monday holidays during
the next ten weeks.
The Text Of the Order.
United States Fuel Administration
Washington, d. c., Jan. II, 1918.
Regulations making provision for
q more adequate supply of fuel for
railroads, domestic consumers, ,ub-
nc utilities and other uses neces-
sary to the national security:
Tho United States Fuel Admins
traitor, acting under the authority OF
an executive order of the president
OF the United States, dated "a Aug
ust, 1917, appointing said admins
traitor, in furtherance Of the pur-
poses Of said order and Of the lrlr-
poses of the act Of congregs there
IN referred to, approved 10 Aug ust,
1el7 and finding it essential erect
lively to carry out tho provisions or
this act, to make provision for a
more adequate supply Of fuel for
railroads, domestic consumers, pub
lie utilities. and for other uses nee
essary to the national security In
certain parts Of the United States,
hereby makes and prescrihos tho
following regulation:
Section 1.--Untu further order Of
the United States fuel administrator
all persons selling fuel In whatever
capacity shall, In filling their con-
tracts or orders now on hand, give
preference to necessary current re-
qu3rements Of railroads, domestic
consumers, hospitals, charitable tnSet-
tutions, army md navy canton
ments, public utilities, bi-product
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18
INDIGNATION IN
CONGRESS OVER
GARF|ELD'S ACT
STORMY DEBATES IN
SENATE AND HOUSE
Senate Passes Resolution of
Protest, But House
Action Blocked.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA wave
OF indignant protest against the gov
e-rment's drastic fuel restriction
order which swept over congress to-
day eliminated in the adoption by
tho senate tonight, fifty to nine
teon, Of a resolution requesting
ftve-day suspension OF the orders.
Efforts to get vote on similar
resolution in the house was blocked
BY objection
Hours were spent IN stormy do
bate in both senate and house
members vehemently charactertZ-
ing tho fuel administrators step as
entai1tng national calamity" and
industrial paralysis" Partisan lines
were largely dtsrcgarded, particular
" IL the senate, and when It be-
came apparent that the order was
going Into effect In spite of tho SEN
ate request plans were laid for sub
rnitting an appeal directly to Presi-
dent Wilson tomorrow.
Act OF Discourtesy.
Issuance Of the orders tonight
was a great dtscourtesy to tho SEN
ate" said Senator Hitchcock, au-
thcr OF the resolution, "but do not
soc how congress can now act to
suspend their operation; hardly
see what further stop can be taken
by congress, except by appeal to tho
president, In time to stay their exc
cution.
Suspension or repeal Of that part
Of the Lever good control law un-
der which Fuel Administrator Gar-
field acted. was one Of tho proposals
considered by members Of congress
today, Senator Hitchcock said, and
might be brought up tomorrow, al
though the necessary bill or resolu-
tior> hardly could be passed by both
houses in time to have any effect.
Congress, flooded by kilograms OF
protest from business interests,
gave over practically the entire day
to tho subject Resolutions re-
questing postpouemeut were intro
(Cont1uued on Page Ten.)
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THE WEATHER.
RAILROADS YET UNABLE To HAUL /
NORMAL SUPPLY Of COAL CARS

are doing all in their power to deliver
coal. and that they arc concerned only
sccondarIy in distribution and conser-s
yation.
Director General McAdoo said tonight
tha: the railrCa1l" would cooperate In
carrying out Fuel Administrator Gar.
fields order. by moving coal to locali.
ties needing il most. V;
AS n step toward pooling OF motive
power facilities In the coal emergency
the director general toda% ordered loco
motive builders 10 deliver all omoleted4
to y. II. Smith, assistant director In
charge of transportation in the east, fe.*
gnrdlcss Of the roads by which they
were ordered. Tho locomotives will he
put into service to clear up congestion
in The cast. :,
In New York harJor today IL steam :;
rrs still await bunker coal. Mr.. Smith
reported. Fifteen new vessels had ar
rived and eleven had hecn coaled. Ice
ir the harhor still interfcred seriously;
with barge transportation. and e1ooen3
coal in cars was handicap in duApfn
One effect of government operat1oH
seen in the gradual reductio
Ing Of freight through u
terminal.
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com" IN" o.. the most terrible ScEern
winters vi hive known in Years.
THE wheels w"r" rh"k"i AMI stopped:
zero weather anl SNOW bound trains.
terminals: rnngrs;"-. hnrh"r" ""nG"Si"d
with shipping frozen lM, r:E"rS and
canals unuHSs:. hl.--.;; Wa useless 10
roniin,i" mlnufar;IIYc and pill. confusion
on top ri confusion.
The Objection
~ clear lin. from In" manufacturing
establishments IL N" S'iiuHr1 nu; b."
you'd: that was {h" Irni" rH'iyc need. l.
WIS lil.r S"lli"rS In:"r!iin,: I" iir" front
Th" r,rn in :hr f..r"nuSt ranks must
hay" rmnn! Ia muv".'
"Mnr.. than 4 SnnCk was nr"h"1 To
max" way through i!Ili congestion at
'lre terminals; anh I'll Ia. docks :" that
III" all 81 vitality needed hy the alIi"s
could get 'hr"Iril.
'"rI1r incidental effect If this trans
portnii"n situation on coal production
il;t; been disastrous. rh"r" is and always
has ln'rn p'cnty "f iu"i. !ut 4 cannot
bc mnvnd - th"S,. places wh"r" il Is 81
badly needed whil" railroad lines and
terminals ere ch"kvl. rhr"urh"ut III"
r"nl Ii"Gs. scores. even hundreds Of
mines arr lying id" h'.tIs" Of railroad
inar:Iily "a supply tn, cars ~ carry
away iinir I,r"tIurt. coal mines cannot
nlr, rat without cars. cars cannot bG
supplied whih, th" railroads arr crippled
by t." present freight c"nGrSt:un. that
kr"lS idle cars lying useless oil ihc
freight yards.
In tn" ;ast week III" product ion a T
coal has h''rn dISaStr"uSly reduced Re-
ports in som" "H:'.S have shown ninety
prrCi.nt Of tn" min"s in certain fields are
clus"i completely for lack Of cars.
This l. war: Whatever the cost. we
mu": pay SO that In The tac" " the
enemy th"r" ran never b. tho reprhach
that W. held back from doing our full
share Thos" Si.irs I;rl"n with our sup
plies Of food f"r urn and fond for guns
muSthavr cnllanlrmlto IL $50 1886
must have coal and put 10 sea"
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10000 MEN IN THE.
DISTRICT AFFECTED
Plants Using Natural Gas As
Fuel Cannot Continue
Operations.

Pursuant. to the final order OF Fuel
Administrator Garfield. Issued shortly
before six o'clock last evening al! Oh
the big Industrial plants Of the Nheci-
Ing district closed promptly at midnight
Involving 10000 men. SkcpticM OF the
success or the efforts OF congress 10 oo-
tain a revocation Of the plans OF the
fuel administration. most OF the eNscu-
tiyes had issued closing orders DclorE
leaving their offices late in the alter
noon. 4 Few waited untll word OIL tue
final order was received.
When the closing nOur came. all was
In readiness for the greatest Industrial
shutdown the Wheeling district mas
eyer known and IN" men of the night
shift filed out quietly and went to thclr
hor,es for their enforced five day vaca-
ton. Under tho provisions Of th" order
Of Dr.. Garfield. fires will nc maintained
in blast furnaces and coke plants. as
these could not hr drawn without great
damage.
To Tho Letter.
Rv order Of General Manager Thomas
4 Beatti.. the Riverside plant "f tho
National Tube company 1T Bcnw"od sus-
pendrd operations promptly on inc
stroke Of twelve The Riverside man
urcment will follow the government ;
order to the letter and the Only luei
used will hn that required to MAINTAIN
fires in the blast furnaces ana coke
plant and one fire in the blacksmith
shor, all Of these being absolutely nec-
cssary TO prevent injury.
The plants Of the Lal3elle iron works
In this city and Stcuhenville closed AT
midnight fires heing maintained IN inc
blast furnaces and coke plants TO pre-
vent irreparablo damage.
All plants Of Tho Wheeling S'ce'
and Iron company were closed al mlo
night by order Of President |. NJ. Scott