New Britain herald., 1919-12-06
R. R. AND DIRECTORIES
 PINCHED FOR COAL
But First Five on Priority List
 Have Enough

Cl1ica so, Dec. S. Drastic Curtail-
 n1ent oC passenger train service
 throughout tho country the 2ustorn
 and southern regional directors takinS Virtually tho same action as that two
 daNs ago by the central, north and
 souf hWcat"rn directors, today had
 bc"U ordered as a fuel conservation measure. As the strike of coal min CTS entered it's sixth week. optinl ism which some operators were Gaid to feel was not reflected in actual favor able developments reported from the coal fields.
 More Factories Closed.
 Additional Industries today were closed or had given notice that opor- atton would be suspended after to- day, while the coal saving orders that already had put Chicago on a 6 1-2 hour basis day and affected other cities of the central west, north and southwest to a lesser degree we ex- tended to other places. At Chicago a six-hour day beginning Monday was decreed and mem bers of the regional coal committee predicted that few days continuance of the miners walk out would force a 4-hour day.
 Only in isolated instances and in
 small groups were miners reported to
 be reSunlins production. In the great
 central competitive field and in oth-
 CTS of the larger organized areas the
 miners generally maintained their at
 titude of remaining away from work
 until larger wage increase than the
 14 per cent decreed by the federal fuel administration was forthcoming. Production of coal at the Kansas
 c}yn Y,itc hSv in creased, however, and plans were ad-
 vanced for similar work in Missouri Okla homa, and Arkansas.
 Many Trains Taken Off. In the reduction of approximately e-third ill train miles, ordered in passenger traffic, some of the country's palatial trains were affected. They included the Twentieth Century on the New York Central and Broad way Limited on the Pennsylvania be- tween New York and Chicago and the North Coast Limited between Chicago and North Pacific coast points. The reduction in the central, north and southwestern regions is effective 1 Monday; in the southern Tuesday and in the eastern region Wednesday. Mild Weather Favors. With moderation Of the unSeasOn- ably low temperatures that prevailed over most of the country west of the ] Mississippi river for several days ur- gency of pleas for fuel apparently ] had diminished today. Many small 1 cities and towns in Nebraska, Mon ] tana and western Kansas still were 1 virtually without coal and substitutes 1 were at a premium.
 Canadian coal s1lipm ents som ewhat relieved the situa ton in the far north 1 west.
 1 On the eastern side of the conti- 1 nent, New York city's conservation | steps consisted of turning off heat in ] subway, elevated and surface cars during rush hours; eliminating heat l ing of cabins on ferryboats operated ! by the railroad administration, and voluntary darkening of signs by thea | ter managers except for one hour in 1 the evening. Many of the electric ad- ! veltising signs along Broadway re- l nained lighted.
 Conference Is Postponed The conference of governors of ten ! states set for Sunday at St. Louis to- ] day had been postponed indefinitely. 1 Governor Frederick D. Gardner of 1 Missouri, who called it announced the meeting would not be held until the l federal fuel administration acted on l resolutions which the governors 1 adopted a week ago requesting more