Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-30
INDUSTRIES
OF CITY ALSO
RESTRICTED
Rail Strike, Which Started in
Kansas City Yesterday, Is
Most Serious Complication
From a Fuel Standpoint.
DRASTIC ACTION TAKEN
IN COAL Crisis HERE

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Scope and Takes in PraC-
ticaIIy All Public Places.
The yardmen's and trainmen's
strike which started in Kansas City.
Mo, at { p. III. yesterday, is the most
serious complication from fuel
standpoint that has yet been experi-
cnced by Omaha. according to mem
bers of the terminal fuel committee.
If the strike continues it will result
in cutting off 25 per cent of the
ineager amount of coal Omaha has
been receiving since the miners
struck, and will cut off the entire
supply of oil fuel, Fl. L. Snyder,
acting chairman of the terminal com
mittee, said.
Order Effective Tomorrow.
As result of the strike and the
existing shortage of coal every
amusement in the city, including
theaters, moving picture houses,
dance halls, pool halls, bowling al
leys and other public places, were
ordered closed last night The order
will take effect tomorrow morning.
The Municipal Auditorium, lodge
rooms. public library and branches
and all the clubs of the city were also
placed on the long list OF places or
dered closed.
Packers Only Excepted.
With the exception of the packers.
every industry in the city was re-
stricted to shorter hours by the fl
nal order issued last night BY the
terminal committee. An attempt
will be made to furnish packers
with sufficient coal to run eight
hours day, Acting Chairman Sny-
der said.
The original order issued by the
coal committee permitted packers
only sufficient coal to run their cold
storage plants.
The final order for conservation
of coal as issued last night by w. M.
Jeffers, chairman of the committee,
is as follows:
Committees Final Order.
"The fuel supply in greater Oma-
ha and Council Bluffs is being de-
| pleted daily and the necessity for.
| taking care of homes. hospitals, ho-
tells and public institutions is so
pressing that the sub coal committee
of the United States fuel admins
tration hereby notifies all manufac-
| turers. jobbers, wholesalers, retail
ers. brokers, commission merchants,
and all others. that effective Mon
day, December !, and continuing un-
til further notice the following linii-
tations on the use of fuel are necesa
sary and shall be effective:
81. All retail stores, including
I groceries and meat markets, open
from 10 a. m. to p. m.
y. All manufacturers. jobbers,
wholesalers, brokers and commits
sion merchants open from 8 a. m.
to 2 pm.
"3. All laundries open from 9
a. m. to 4 o. m.
"a. All Office buildings and Of
fices open from $50 a. m. to $3.50
p. m.
as. All theaters, moving picture
shows, dance halls, pool halls,
bowling alleys and all other public
places of amusement shall be
closed.
e. All public schools, colleges,
and other institutions of education,
shall close, except that proper pro-
vision may be made for housing and
boarding students and faculty.
! ". All churches shall be closed
except for a three-hour period on.
Sunday morning only. All mid-week
services shall be dispensed with.
/ IS. All other public meeting
places shall be closed, including the
municipal Auditorium, lodge rooms,
public libraries, clubs, except for
furnishing regular meals and lodging
accommodations, meeting places Of
all fraternal associations, and all
other meeting places where people
congregate in numbers.
wv. M. JEFFERS,
Chairman Sub Coal Committee"
Coal Supply Very Low.
In commenting on the drastic ma
ture of the order, Acting Chairman
Snyder explained that the matter
had been brought to a head by the
yardmen's and trainmen's strike in
Kansas City, the severe weather
which prevails not only in Omaha.
but throughout the entire state, and
the fact that the coal supply is lower
than at any previous time in the his1
tory of the city.
Theater managers were in session
with the committee for more than
an hour yesterday afternoon, pre-
senting arguments to show that fuel
was actually saved by allowing their
houses TO remain open. They
called attention to the fact that
many had installed kerosene heat.
ers, and one even offered to provide
his own lighting power.
Their chief argument was that
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