Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-06
Hundreds Thrown Out of En-
pIoyment and More Concerns
Are Expected to Be Closed
Today-CoaI Refused.
MORE STREET CARS
ORDERED TAKEN OFF
Theater Managers Will Make
Another Appeal to Open, As
serting People Are Morbid
From Lack of Amusement.

Gradual closing down of industries
ruled nonessential by the terminal
fuel committee. with resultant non
employment of hundreds of people,
and the further curtailment of street
car service, were the most concrete
evidences of the existing coal short
ag yesterday.
Thirty more street cars were
taken off last night, cutting the serv-
ice more than so per cent. The last
cars left the downtown district at
II. Lights in cars were also reduced
about 50 per cent.
More Industries Close.
Several industries, including the
Woodward Candy company, Coun-
Gil Bluffs, and the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass company. closed down yester-
day. when their coal supply was ex-
hausted and applications for more
were refused. 1t is estimated that
more than 50 other applications for
coal were refused by the committee
yesterday, under the nonessential or
der, and a general closing down OF
industries S anticipated.
Railroad officials were busy yes
terday preparing new schedules to
be used whei. train service is cur
tailed Monday. The Chicago, Mil
waukee 81 ST. Paul railroad an
nounced that, in addition to. service
already suspended during the war.
trains No. II east bound and No. 5
west bound, running between Man
ila, and Omaha. would be discon-
ii ued Monday. This will leave only
one p senger train east from
Omaha and one west to Omaha on
this line.
Theaters May Open.
Theatcr managers will make an
ether attempt to secure permission
from the terminal committee tomor-
row to open, it was decided at a
meeting of the Allied Amusement
association yesterday. Chairman
Stevens of the association declared
that permission from Washington,
D. C., to open had been secured.
Managers asserted that the people
were becoming morbid" from lack
Of amusement, that more than 1000
employees of theaters were actually
suffering from lack of employment
and that theaters in other cities
were open all, or at least part time.
If permission is not granted by the
committee it is probable that thea
ters will attempt to open Sunday,
managers said. :.
Large shipments of anthracite coal
are expected to arrive here from
western Pennsylvania some time
time next week.
Fifteen hundred applications for
coal were received by the commit
tee { ON various sources Thursday,
including homes, hospitals, stores
and industries.
we have cut off two of Our ten
boilers at the power plant" K. A.
Leuss1er, general manager OF the
street car company explained. lars
making the last runs of the day will
leave the downtown district at IL
p. m. Lighting in street cars is be-
ing reduced. Heating plants in our
FIVE car barns have been closed and
stoves have been installed for warm
ing the offices. Old ties are being
used to heat the company's car
shops. Our coal supply is running
low low and fuel oil which we had
ordered seems to have been seld up
at Kansas City. 1t As essential that
street car patrons distribute the aft
ernoon rush hours as much as posi-
bic, beginning with the workers who
are off at 2 o'clock. We are expect
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