The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-01-19

| can manufacturing enterprises with
but few exceptions, in all States east
of the Mi ssippi river, we're ordered
by the Government tonight to sus
pend operations for five days begin
ming Friday morning a a drastic
measure for relieving the fuel famine
At the same time as a further
means of relief it was diSactesf> o'cld
industry and business 81 and At .
GLIDING all normal activfa nosr -. :,
quire heated buildings, Of
holiday every Monday fl. SMITH, @. c.
ten weeks. This will cldK. of K. q $.
Mondays not only factorie-
looms. stores except for tAo Nntin
drugs and food, places of afS "ooio
and nearly all Office buildings srsons
While the order does not mention
shipyards. it is known that they will
be permitted to continue operations
as usual, although munitions plants
will be closed.
100000 Employees VIII Suffer
Upward of 1000. 900 employees will
suffer by the drastic action of the
fuel administration. In 1914 the Of
fetal census showed 6.296. SAB wage
earners In the section affected by the
order. Since then the workers have
largely increased in number.
The five-day closing period will af-
feet over $50. 900 establishments.
representing over $40. 600. OOO, 900 of
capital.
About rs, OOO, 900 people. the esti-
mated population of the twenty-eight
States within the area, will be more
or less affected.
Fuel Administrators Makes Statement
Washington. Jan. 17.-Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield in a long statement
in explanation of his order said in
part that 1.-THE most urgent thing to
be done is to send to the American
forces abroad and to the Allies the
food and var supplies which they
virtually need. War munitions, food.
manufactured articles of every de-
scription. are lying in Atlantic ports
in tens of thousands of tons, while
literally hundreds of ships, loaded
with war goods for our men and the
| allies cannot take the seas because
their bunkers are empty of coal. The
coal to take them on their way is
waiting behind the congested freight
that has jammed all terminals.
Manufacturing Useless
1T is worse than useless to bend
our energies to more manufacturing
when what we have already manu-
featured lies at tidewater congesting
terminal facilities. jamming the rail-
road yards and sidetracks for long
distances back into the country. No
/ power on earth can move this freight
into the war zone where it is needed
until we supply the ships with fuel"
Order D~ispleases Part of Congress
Washington. Jan. ia wave OF
indignant protest against the Gov
ernment's drastic fuel restriction
order which swept over Congress to-
day eliminated In the adoption by
the Senate tonight, so to 10, Of q
resolution requesting a five-day sus.
pension of the orders. Effort to get
a vote on a similar resolution in the
House was blocked by objection.
Order Bitterly Assaulted
Hours were spent in stormy debate
in both Senate and House. members
vehemently characterizing the fuel
administrations step as entailing
National calamity" and industrial
paralysis" Partisan lines were large
ly disregarded. particularly in the
Senate. and when it became apparent
that the order was going into effect
In spite of the Senate request. plans
we're laid for submitting an appeal
directly to President Wilson to-
morrow.