Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-09
COAL BINS EMPTY
AS ZERO WEATHER
GRIPS FAR WEST
People, Beyond Mississippi, Suf
fering for Want Of Fuel, Look
Hopefully 10 Miners.
MERCURY 80 BELOW ZERO
AT POINTS IN MONTANA
No Immediate Relaxation of Coal
Rationing Were Miners 20
Resume Work Now.
by Associated proes 20 Every Evening

by Associated Press to Every Evening
Chicago. Dec. q Hope of paving the
way for final settlement n ahc bif1rniaous
coal miners strike to-day turned ri
indianapolis, Ind, ss an extension 81
stringent fuel administration ratlon,na
orders reduced the nation's lndugfr m
virtually to one-hah time basis D
most severe weather of the winter, viii
glb-1ero temperatures and further dcple
ton of the diminished coal reserve uippeG
nearly All 0f the country west 1f the MiH
sisslppi rlver, with spread s0uthwaTr
and eastward forecast for ton1oT0w ARD
Thursday
Officials wern optimistic that tbe mir
ers' wage scale committee you'd vote
favorabiv on the recommendation of shr
union leaders that the goyerumeDt's pr1
posal for settlement n the 39-day-olr
strike be accepted IN that gvent ~
relaxation ~ the rationing orders nigh
be expected Immediately however 0f
ficials pointed ont, n would BE- severr
DAYS before sufficient coal could he nine,
n permit any change 10 business srhe1
llies, they said and widely scattered coa
car equipment also world initiate agains'
quick relief
Districts where the fuel reserve already
fcrers-t today from the swoop of low tenn
perat,Ires. At Butte, Mont, with 81
degrees below zero, hundreds were re-
ported il distress suffering from hunger
ard cold
Zero tamperaturrs suread over Colo
RADIO. Wyoming. Nebraska. Kansas Mis-
s0uri Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dak0tas
northern Iowa and parts of other western
States.
Severe interference With the movement
II coal from the Colorado mines was caus-
"a BY the cold, temperatures IN that state
ranging from eleven 20 IL degrees below
zero.
n Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas ana
Oklahoma. where mining bv volunteers
from surface deposits either was going on
or IN prospect, it was reported that sucn
work probably would be impossible 0n
the face Of the adverse weather oonGl-
tlcHs-
In Kansas. where K was hoped soon III
see 100 carloads 0f fuel q day taken otit
mines for several DAYS have been worked
under circumstances that heretofore had
caused a cessation Of labor
Should the cold snap be prouacred in
those states, reports said. much suffering
might be expected.
Driving snow accompanied the failing
temperatures N some places and il Mon
tana q tram stalled Sunday at Sheridan
still was fast III a six-iOot DRIFT The pas
sengers were taken into the town, how
ever
At Lander, Wyo.. il was 81 degrees
below zero. 26 below at Livingston Mont.
with - below reported from various
places IN eastern Oregon. Great Fails
Montana vas believed 10 be the co.desr
place il the country. however. With
thermometer reading Of 80 degrees below
zero.
Pastures lu me western country were
reported buried under ice and much sur
fering By range cattle and other EXPOSED
animals was feared
At the coal mines throughout the oOm-
try the last p hours recorded virtually
no change in the general situation. tn
miners looked with interest toward In
dianapohs for direction as 70 the next srsf
In their wakout.