The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-12-19
Goal Shortage Becoming Acute
and People Demand That
the Strike Be Ended.
MIDDLE WEST IN DISTRESS
('iners' Officials Cited for Contempt Of
Court-Dipiomatie Relations With
Mexico Likely to Be Severed
Soon - Supreme Council
Calls German Bluff.
BY EDWARD W. PlckARD.

Give US COAL and quickly" was the
operative demand of great part of
lhe American public last week. SO
,IeriOus had the fuel situation become
hat it seemed settlement of the dis
'"' ute between the operators and min
RS must be forced by dire necessity
IN the northwestern and middle West
1tates the condition was aggravated
severe cold wave. and the people
y that part of the country especially
ia cually became alarmed by the pros
beet of freezing to death. Plans for
knding the strike at least temporarily
ere as numerous as the planners,
mt almost the only steps really TAX
n were for the conservation of the
N;sting supplies of fuel. 1t is true
hat In some Of the western states the
= Operation Of the mines was taken over
-. ~ the state government and volun-
eer miners were put at work under
Protection of the state troops. This
as most commendable In principle.
Put naturally the concrete results In
be way of coal to burn were not ex-
enSive. Chicago. and Illinois general
-, felt the pinch more acuteIy than
nthered and devised regulations to
kurtail the use of coal. The state
~ public utilities issued these regua-
Eons formally. and Governor Lowden
LII, proclaimed them. and also planned to
SIX the federal government to adopt
be- same rules for the entire country.
They cut the working day of stores
:, ~. tnd factories to six and half hours.
- Ind materially reduced the heating
,a. 4nd lighting service everywhere. Al
~ akady the regional coal committee had
Eli oil all new supplies from nones-
FOliai industries. These rules prom
seal, within a very short time, to
.,,rt brew out of employment many thou
80 andS of men and women.
- New York city was not suffering
fom the soft coal strike because the
permits II to burn only anthracite.
pr Il was worried by rumors that the
ard coal miners also might strike
a. "n, In general the Atlantic coast
!, ~ ate> had enough fuel. and Director
-. enefa Hines was shipping hundreds
. a, carloads from there 10 the dis
EeSNed middle West
order ~.
,, me federal government got into
=. IN again by filing In the district
,rd "H at Indianapolis, Information
- King criminal contempt of court
HpSi - International and district
arrrs Of the miners union. These
Ta"rs. who include Acting President
S> and Secretary Green we're sum
F"'d To appear in court Tuesday and
NNW the charges. OF course such
- "'tedings may result in the punish
r. uf The accused men. hut will
get coal for the would-be con
iett That is what the latter Is in
'@ttt IN Just now. and that only.
thoroughly Disguised with the
''t Wrnngle and Is no more in sym
Nt with greedy operators than with
miners. In his view. both sides
ffiminatiy inconSiderate Of the
needs and he demands that
- forced Into compromise The
7tt and financial loss To the peo-
lady have been immense and
now he checked entirely even
mining 10 resumed AZ once. But
=. p- ee5le do insist that they be kept
rom now on.
ri the end af the week hope
las the warning operators ard
night reach an agreement.
II the largest operators form
new wage scale offering