New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
NJ INCREASE SEEN IN GOAL SUPPLY
Measures in Effect
 All Over Country

M oday over virtually Inc entire couu- M ry as athe dwindlins coal reserves # ,aused shCidental discomfort and dis Eruption of industry.
 No immediate relief through a re- M urn to work of bituminous coal W miners who went on strike 34 days @ go was in sight, although the larger Mtoal operators were ready today to
 Fubmit new wage scale which it M~as said would contain more liberal concessions to the miners than the # Der cent increase proposed hy S Fuel Administration Gal1ield Large Cities Hit IYurd. Some of the larger cities today Tor he first time since the wulkout was M'aused felt the stress of the situation. #Fron additional cities and towns of N he west and southwest, some of them * Entirely without fuel, came reports ot M' 'ctual suffering. Tn three Nebraska owns fence-posts and ear corn were Nbeing burned.
 State executives continued to bend heir energies toward immediate ob- aiming enough coal to prevent or re- uce suffering, leaving solution of the Ngreater question, ending of the strike, Flo Washington officials. Crovernots #1f three states. Carey of Wyoming: NNIckelvie of Nebraska and Shoup of # Colorado. had as the purpose of a Nt Conference today at Denver working @aut some plan for a satisfactory dis ribution of coaI.'
 Hearing Next Tuesday. There was no official comment on At he action of the federal court at Ni Nindianapclis in citing S4 general and Miistrjct officials of the United Mine 8aWorkers of America, for contempt of # he order calling off the strike appG Ncation for that step was made by #l opa rtment of justice agents. The 8lnine workers officials will be given @l hearing Tuesday.
 @ Despite labor trouble in the New MRiver fields, West Virginia today con- Minued to be the nations chief pro- #lucer of soft coal. Miners in the MT'aircaont sub district were expected @to return to work immediately opera X tors saying they had accepted the fl #per cent increase.
 # Workers Well Guarded. Tn Kansas an aDpreciable amount #of fuel was being brought from the #surface mines bN volunteers working @under protection of state and federal #troops. Similar mines in Missouri
  Abatement by the governor said un- Bless the miners returned to work Nunder the terms offered them, One 8 8oompany of state military already was < on duty in the vicinity of the Missouri #surface mines and three additional Accompanies were ordered there. To Knight was the time limit extended 8the miners to return to work. Volunteers for work in the mines Of nearby states still were registering \ in Nebraska today. It also was said that Wyoming faced possibility Of Volunteer mining under protection of troops Calls were issued for eX Service men to mobilize to work in 8 the mines and additional troops were sent from Cheyenne to protect miners who wished to work.
 VIII Not Hold Jobs. Iowa mine operators served notice on union workers that unless they returned 10 work on December the mines would be opened to any com potent labor.
 .s Some operators maintained their attitude, however, of not desiring their .propcrtics worked by Inexperienced men, They claimed it was a hazard = ous occupation and pointed to the y of three others yesterday at Bosle Anine No ,. Jacksonville, Ind. The S killed and injured were either mine officials or office employees. They set off badly prepared blast while at tempting to get out sufficient coal for the boilers.
 Profiteers Are .Arraigned. As the coal shortage grows there have been numerous complaints of rof7teering on substitutes. The southwest regional coal committee to- day had requested Fuel Administra = tor Garfield to order prices prevalent
 at tho hcginning of the strike be maHimuu charges for fuel oil. At other places il was alleged dealers
 were charginG exorbitant prices for wood.
 From Iowa. Montana. Western Kan
 Sas and Nebraska came chief com
 plaints of suffering from the fuel shortage.
 At Butte Mont, scores Of old buildings were to be torn down to provide fuel for needy families, the .wood 70 be provided without cost. Working Day Cut Down. In Chicago a l-2 hour WorkmS day in virtually all industries, eff fecjiye tomorrow had been decTeed Dy the state public utilities commits
 sion The order also carried drastic
 provisions for reducing transportation,
 curtaiIment of amusen ontS, climinat-
 ing display lights, lowering of tenn pcratures in surface and eleEatcd cars
 and cutting off of elevators. Only
 enc Chicago church today had an
 rounccd closing to save fuel. Thcatcrs
 vc?,o ordered to conduct only six
 perCo3inanccs , week, five nights and
 one natinec. Motion picture houses were cxern ptcd because they were
 c,assed as using little DoWer.