The sun., 1919-11-02

vdthtn| thes jar.saAuR,yn Tor emsrHeney
consumption N the United States
and CensdA. - Railroads. to) Army
and navy, togernsr with other depart
,nsniy OF ths F.Sorsl 3ovcrnsnt (e)
ststs and cyunty depsrtmsnn and IN
stitu.ions tc) Pub &c utilities. te) Re
tail .dealerA g.. Manufacturing plants
on was yneusttics Boards preference
list. tgl Manufacturing plants not on
Var Industries Boards preference list
(h) Jobbers. ~ Lake. % Tidewater.
''rhres--whenvcom coal is d.
vcrted TO other than original consignee
promptly notify shipper and original
consignee of each car and keep ade-
quate record for later settlement
Some 10 he Held Near Mines.
"Four-originating coal roads should
hold a considerable portion of the COM
fneroinl coal near coal way billing points,
available for prompt distribution
& "Five-Intermediate and terminal
carriers should, as far as practicable,
move commercial coal to and hold II in
the vicinity of points most convenient
for prompt rehandling and distribution.
"Six-Coal must not be delivered TO
commercial consumers either In accord
ance with the priority list established
in rule two or otherwise, except with
mittee having jurisdiction.
"Seven-Regional directors will Inn
: mediateiy notify each railroad under
Federal control of the regional coal COM
mttee with which 1t shall deal.
"Eight-Each railroad shall report at
once to the central coal committee ana
to the regional coal committee the name
title, location and telephone address or
the representative in whom this whole
2 x.,ot will no
, road.
s'Nine-In order that the central coal
committee may be informed of the re-
auirements for coal in each region and
OF the necessity Tor transferring coal
from one region to another, each
regional coal committee will make such
daily reports to the. central coal COM
mittee as are provided for herein and
may be called for from time to time.
"Ten-Each railroad Cor each grand
. division of railroad) shall report
daily by wire to the regional coai COM
mittee, to be received not later than
3 A. NJ, information as to itc coal situa-
{ tion for the twenty-four hours ending
at 1 A. NJ. that day.
"Eleven--Each regional coal COM
mittce will report daily by wire to the
central coal committee as promptly as
information is available summary of
5 IHe coal SITUATION IOT lne
hours ending at 1 A. NJ. that day.
TNelve-Application to regional
COAL committees for delivery of coal to
commercial consumers must be made
through the railroad which will make
deivexy of the coal: such applications
; must Show complete and accurate in
formation with respect to the preferred
nature of the requirements the amount
Of coal which the applicant has on
hand and the amount which the appli-
, cant requires for the preferred use, to-
gether with the rate of consumption
and the kind and size of the coal de
sired all as set forth in form q at
tached hereto.
''Thirteen-Each regional coal COM
niittee will apply a consecutive number
to all orders authorizing the delivery
of coal and compliance with such orders
must be reported promptly by the rail-
road to the regional coal committee.
''Fourteen-Coal diverted sor com
mercial uses shall be paid for in ac-
cordance with the Fuel Administrator
order dated January IA, 1918. In order
to insure payments coal shall be di.
verted for commercial use to such APP
i plicarts only who shall satisfy the Fed.
eral or general manager of their 1nan-
cial responsibility or who shall deposit
certified check or other satisfactory
. security in such sum that will insure
full payment for any coal furnished
The applicant shall make definite writ
ten obligation to pay the shipper for the
coal promptly upon presentation of bill
The legal transportation charges, in
Guiding war taxes. from minee to poin
of delivery to the applicant will bt
collecte on delivery in the usual way
Regional Coat Committees.
The regional coal committees men
tioned are situated at Boston, New York
Philadelphia. Roanoke, Pittsburg, Ceve
land, Chicago st. Louis and Atlanta.
Two resolutions looking toward rele
from the coal strike were introduced il
the House of Representatives.
Representative Baer North Dakota)
: Non Partisan League representative, in
troduced a resolution authorizing thi
President to take over the coal mines
a power which he now possesses unde
: the Lever act. Although Mr.. Baer'
resolution provides for the operation o
the mines only until an agreement cal
be- reached between the miners and tn
operators he advocates the Non-Par
tisan theory of naturalization of tn
mines, and asserts the coal strike woul,
never have come If that plan had beel
adopted ten years ago.
Representative Upshaw Georgia
proposed that the House undertake t
end the strike by placing before tn
country the causes leading up to tn
strike. His resolution asks that
House committee of five members con
duct the investigation.
Attorney General Palmer received to
day several messages from State official
commending his attitude and promising
full cooperation of State authorities.
Gov. Roberts of Tennessee wired tha
confidential advices to him indicate
a ~alkout in most of the mines OF tn
State and he asked for Instructions an
guidance for State action so that
would coordinate with Federal authority
Similar messages were received froI
Gov. Shoup of Colorado and from Attor
ney-General c, NJ. Cureton Of Texas