Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-11
COAL FOR LOCAL HOMES
FAILED TO ARRIVE
HERE TODAY
NO MINES RUNNING
IA SALLE COUNTY u NJ o N S
AWAIT RESULTS OF MEETING
BEFORE BEGINNING WORK.
MANY FAMILIES ON FUEL
BOARDS WAITING LIST.

Up to late this afternoon no Efforts
business men to have the state utli-
ties commits sion reSCind their action
limiting the hours OF practically all
business. In many cities petitions
have been prepared and sent TO the
state board asking them Ia ailo"
business % continlIe
This afternoon Mayor Weeks re
ceiyed an order from he state Htilities
commissio nsetting iorih the latest
clCsing rules and urging the local luci
board TO see that these orders We're
carried oui
No Coal Received Today.
No cCai OF any kind was received
in Ottawa today Al the ume the I q
per went to press this afternoon ne
folir car loads which had arrived here
yesterday were exhausted, while ioity
families were on the waiting list IN
The fuel board office i'll the Noloney
Building Most OF these people We're
practically without fuel The beard
will make a special effort TO cotair
the cars promised Tor today by lat"
tonight or tomorrow
The cars which arrived ye-'cr19t =
were given to -four local coal com.
panies. the Ottawa umber and Coat
Company. John Kenny, Henry J. ftuck-
rigel and Edward nwyer but as eacA
order was taken the person giving 1t
to the fuel committee was ASKED what
dealer they traded with and that dea'-
er was allowed To borrow enough iGel
tn pl l.Ai n !
dealers will be allotted cars OF coal,
Only half ton lots were handed out
to each family by Secretary John
O'kane. VINO is taxing the orders 1or
the board.
The Hamilton 4 Vincent Company
has opened q rp mlnc on ltN lanh
at Buffalo Rock, and by tomorrow VIII
nave ii car of this coal in town reaf
for sale.
County Mines Still Closed
BY Monday all mines oi la Sale
County. which emp!Oy 5,o0o union
men. will be in full operation. FoddN
Lne mines We're still closed, while the
local unions We're waiting to hold meet
ings to rdtify the wage scale oiirre
by President Wilson to the con}er"nc"
in indianapolis. Some of these meet
ines will be held tonight, while others
will net be called unll pIdhA, -.
goon as these ratilications have been
made the men will return to work.
The Peru mines. which supply co2i
for local consumption there, will open
tomorrow morning. as Well as several
Of the LA Sale mines,
The La Sale. Oglesbv ana Spring
Valley miners will held tneir ratiiic1-
tiOn meetings Friday night ana prob
ably will return to work Saturday.
With the opening mp Of the mines
In the neiehboring cities the coal sit
natiOn in the towns around Ottawa
will be greatly relieved
The telegram announcing the en- !.
ing OF the strike came to the La sail"
County unions from Mike Peter o.
who represented the miners from TINS
district at the indianapolis conference
Peterson Is u resident OF OgleSby ani
was sent to Indianapolis to represent
the unions OF GruEdy Livingston
VIII, La Sale and Bureau counties
Messages were sent by him 10 every
mine in this district.
All Mines Operate Friday.
Peoria Dec. l1.-'Frank Harrington.
president of the Illinois coal miners
uniOn, who was in Peoria today, an
nounced that resumption Of mining
would be begun in practically all the
shafts OF the state tomorrow.