Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-30
IS MILLION TONS PER
ANNUM IS STATE
OUTPUT
DEALERS SWAMPED
SUPPLY INSUFFICIENT TO MEET
DEMANDS MADE ON RETAILERS
By PEOPLE WHO RUSH IN OR
DERS FOR IMMEDIATE DELlV-
ERY.

Springfield, III. oct. 80 Mining or
soft coal at the rate OF approximately
SJ.Otl.,0 900 tons a year will cease IN
illinois. third largest bituminous coal
producing state In the union, and 9V''
TOO miners will be idle when the min
ers strike order becomes effective al
midnight tomorrow.
These figures were furnished mere
today at miners state headquarters
and at the Illinois department OF
mines aud minerals where develop
ments at Indianapolis. international
headquarters are being watched VITA
feyerish interest.
Reports reaching the capital from
various parts OF the state indicate thht
efforts o, industries particularly
smaller consumers and individuals to
obtain coal before The shutdown nave
reached panic proportions in some 10
calit.es.
Dealers, swampod with orders it Is
said, are refusing to TAX on more nu9-
mess, and drivers who go to the mines
to hau, coal away coal by the load are
forced to wait hours for turn at the
chutes.
At Springfield. where there are
eighteen mines in or near the cl'N,
long lines of wagons can be seen lead
ing up to the shaft, the consequence
being that tearnsters are able to maze
only one or two trips day.
It Is related that at Pana a farmer
Vt a
coal and was required to speld the
best part of two DAYS in getting back
home with his fuel most Of the time
having been consumed waiting at the
mine ~,
State institutions are stocked ny
with a reserve supply Of coal that VIII
last two months according to inform B.,
tion given out at the department (
public work. and buildings today.
Preparations against the strike con
tingency. It was stated were begun
last summer
Operators lay the shortage Of the
coal supply partly to the unauthorzod
strikes which took place in the Belle-
vile. Peoria and Springfield sub-dls
tricts early in the falls This cut dowl
production although reports from the
state department of mines and mlna".
ais show that mining within the past
month went on at "A furious pace al
most reaching the war time rate Whc1
the peak Of production OF 3N,0NOOOU
tens a year was recorded. ThlS was
for the year ending April 80, lpIS.
Counties that will be he hardest hi
by the strike, due to the fact that they
furnish the bulk of h sesea eaoimrI
furnish the bulk OF the states supply
and will feel the inch Of The tlcrr
are Franklin. Williamson and saline
which together with Jefferson, J0hn
son and Gallatin. from The tcn'h, oiev
enth and twelfth mine districts me
sikh district comprising the counties
OF Green, Jersey, Macoupn and Mont
gomery, also is heavy producer
Among other important mining count
les are st. Clair. Christian, Peoria LA
Sale, Bureau, Logan, Sangamon ant
Menard
Governor in indianapolis.
Springfield H., Oct 3o,--Governo
Frank o. Lowden, who has pledged
support to the government in its at
titude against the stoppage of Goa
production. was in Indianapolis toda,
speaking before a teachers conveu
tion, but those in touch with stat
government affairs said nothing ha
been left undone to prepare aeans
any eventuality in Illinois. The go,
ernor will return here Saturday
Three regiments of the state guarC
the ninth. tenth and eleventh infantry
are organized militia units. The otl
er eight regiments are reserve militi
organizations divided into two br
gades with four regiments in Chic;
20 and four downstate. In addito
to these, there are two depot br
gades comprising fifty detached con
panies that might he thrown int
service in case of necessity
Only one regiment. the ninth il
fantry, Is strictly a southern lllno
organization commanded by Col
l.. Taylor. chief clerk in the Office {
the adjutant general. The otht
dOwnstate regiments are the tiftl
Springfield, sixth, Oregon. sevent
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