The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-11
AT ENDING OF COAL STRIKE IS GENERAL IN EVERY
 OFFICIAL QUARTER
Dislocation Created By the Strike Cannot Be Rem- edied Instantly, Says
 Hines, and Restric-
 tiOns Will Continue
By Associated Pres,

Washington, December 10. Expressions by government off, ficials of satisfaction and relief at the settlement of the nation wide strike of bituminous' coal miners were coupled U light with warnings to the An Y'iNan people that early relaxs ioa of the drastic restrictions on thA consumption of coal niase nes be expected.
 Fuel Administrator Carrie unea diately upon receipt of we fss tas miners in Indianapolis had : fas ss cept the Presidents propc eei&red that immediate removal of lkeiqas pn soft coal consumption w uN considered.
 Director General Hines eMl statement, asserted that soa&e ! j. ated by the strike could # sgs sd Instantly, The public, MT. Hines said, win be expected to continue conserving fuel until normal conditions arc restored. but just as soon as practicable restric- tians will be rescinded or modified. H'As a preliminary to bringing back nor nal conditions. said the director gem eral, ,coal mined will be allowed to run as billed except the Tidewarer and ex- | rort emoargo wig continue; orders, bfaeed for coal to Western regions frptn i'oeohontas and sAlleghSuv regions will be cancaed. but coal billed on these Qs>s- ders prior to cancellation will be perut- ted to go and be expedited so that tFese cars can be promptly released for miHes,
 TO CUT SUPPLY
 The railroad administration. Director General Hines announced, would aid in meeting the needs of other consumers by reducing it's supply to a 10 days mar gin. The administration has been main taining ID days supply,
 While these two government agencies directly concerned with distribution with the available supply of bituminous coal-- which it is estimated has been cut 36.00o,- GOO tons " .he 40 days strilSe-were issu- ing their warnings. White House officials
 indicated that stens would be taken inn mediatey to carry out the provisions Of the Presidents proposal relating to in- vestigation of wages and working condi- tions in the bituminous fields by conn mission Ol three. Tn fdcf, IL was 1nti- plated that the President already had practically decided on the appointments to the commission and was awaiting only the return of Attorney General Palmer from Indianapolis before announcing the names of the three members,
 Operators from all of the, larger bitu- minous fields of the country who have been gathered here awaiting develop ments from the miners meeting in Tn- dianapolis issued a statement tonight in which they said:
 We are pleased that the miners have voted to return to work ane that the public cang be promptly supplied. Re- alizing the imperative need of coal in large quantities. the operators stand ready now. as in the past. to bend all their energies toward a maximum pro- duction. beginning at once.'
 There was some speculation as to when ard how the operators would be informed of the settlement and of the provisions
 of the settlement. Individual operators lintimated that they expected Attorney General Palmer or some other govern ment representative to inform them soon as to what they were expected to do under the settlement. It was pointed out ] that the only agreement in which oper- ators actually are concerned was that which the central scale committee of the | competitive field made with Dr. Garfield 1 President Wilson, it was said at the White House tonight, will appoint three members of the commission to investi- conditions as soon as Attorney General Palmer returns from Indianapolis There tContinued on Page Two)