Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-01
FURTHER ORDERS II
FOR SAVING FUEL I n,
PUT INTO FORCE

3a 5 u 49,, d
Schools Being Clos Y
Hours For Operatiia
Stores are Shortened s
Chicago, Dec. Further stringent
regulations for conservation Of fuel
supplies, made necessary hy the strike
Of bituminous coal miners Mo hsv1S
been idle month, were Ii NtEect to-
day over virtually the entire country
between Ohio and the Rocky Noun
tains and from Canada to the Gulf of \
Mexico. $ q Nj -,,.ssf
Regional fuel committees took con-
troll of coal stocks In many states ana I
non-essential industries continued ~,
close down because Of LACK Of coal.
while the hours for operating stores.
theaters and once buildings wsrs
curtailed. 3asI1 s3
In Kansas City. Mo-. omaha ana
Lincoln. Neb.. all schools were closed
today, and officials OF many other
cities discussed the advisability 81
shutting the schools until the fual
shortage is relieved. 81 ~ 1y'.l
Reports today from tho largo btu.
minous fields Of Illinois, Indiana
Ohio and Pennsylvania gave no a.
surance that the union miners In
tended to accept tho offer OF an In
crease OF IA per cent in wages made
by the federal fuel administration.
Neither was there any indication
tnat local settlements would be ef-
fected between miners and operators
Many Increase Output.
In West Virginia union miners as
serted that most organised mines In
District II. which includes the Kan
awha field. would be idle today. The
operators. however, claimed that the
output in the New River district
would be increased during the week.
Iowa. Missouri and Tennessee. and
q representative Of the governor OF
Kansas, who met hero yesterdav IA
response to a caM issued by Governor
Gardner OF Missouri to discuss means
Tor ending the threatened coal faIu-
Inc, recommended to the federal gov-
ernment that fuel administrator Be
appointed in each state to have fun.
charge Of distribution Of coal ayail-
able for his state. It was also recon-
mended that all coal mined ana n
stock be distributed Sequitably amonr
the forty-eight stateS on the basis cr
their needs developed during the war.
regardless sof the state where mined 4
me governors left for their homeGl
today altar agreeing to convene nenfn
at st. Louis next Sunday. 8 MiJea C.:
wss directed to 60 ia WashiasfSx ~
lay the situation before The tederai
striks Is on. s.S
The calling or today OF the rilra
OF railway switchmen which began
aI Kansas City Saturday II was stat
ed, would greatly relieve the situation
confronting the city and some other
parts Of the southwest because OF
the fuel famine.
After meeting lasting most OF the
night the switchmen voted to declare
on the strike and notified the r:hn-
eral manager Of the Kansaa az syr Gity
terminal company that they would
return. thus enabling the distribution
OF the limited supply Of coal avail
able. ;. ~.
Plans for operating the coal mine.
OF Kansas under a receiverstlip OF
the state supreme court went forward
today and Governor Allen announced
mat actual digging by volunteers
dred Kansas National Guardsmen ana
60o federal troops were in the Pitts
ourgh mining district today, and it
was announced that all volunteers
workers would be protected.
Say 1t VIII Fan.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. Ii.-For the
first Stime In more than q generation
an attempt was made today to oper-
ate as non-union the union coal mines
in the Pittsburgh district where a.
900 miners have been idle The at
tempt to resume operations was
based on the fourteen per cent In
crease in wages order granted the
miners by the government.
{ Officials of District No. S, United
Mine Workers of America, are conf
dent the experiment will fail.
Miners Remain Out,
Charleston, W. Va. Dec. 1.-Oper-.
alton in the New River coal fields
continued today while the mines in
the Kansas district remained closed.
Operators said the miners in the lat
ter district apparently had no inten-
ton of returning to work. ss
T. L. Lewis, secretary of the New
River Coal Operators association,
mines in his field achieving a greater
tonnage record this week than that
Of last week, which averaged eighty
per cent. /.
business Hours Reduced.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 1.Reductton
Of business hourA curtailment Of
street car service and the closing Of
schools were among fuel conservation
were adopted yesterday by the citys
fuel committee, members OF which
will meet late today with the regents
Of the University OF Nebraska, to de-