The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-30
Less Than Dozen Cars All That
chloICasha Dealers See Unles
Production of Coal Continues
After November 1.
NO UNSoLD COAL FOR
LOCAL YARDS TODAY
Probability That chlckasha viii
Face Opening Of Strike With No
Commercial Coal Available;
state Takes Precautions.

Though the unsq'd coal in the yards
Of the Chickasha dealers is repreesnt.
ed by a zero, there is little relief
promised for this week before, II
threats are carried out, tho minors
Of the nation lay down their picks
and shovels and leave the nation
without ccll production.
At no yard in the city is there any
unsold coal today One dealer stat
ed Yesterday afternoon that five cars
were expected This week. Another
Gealer expects shipment to arrve
today with the volume CT orders
pouring in to every dealer IN tic city
who will book them, however, these
few cars are not expected TO last
more than long enough for the wag-
ons Of the dealers to haul the coal
to the customers. With these cars
distributed, no more is in sight, the
dealers say, unless production con.
tinucs at the mines after November
1st.
One dealer stated yesterday that
Oklahoma City dealers had promised
to help Chickasha in case the local
coal situation beeomes daaeerous.
However the coal demand in okla
homa city may be Increased by the
washing out Of the gas mains over
the Canadian river newspaper re-
port aver.
Coal prices here now range from
$3.50 to $1l, IL was stated yesterday
afternoon The dcme tic lump tops
ihe market while the commercial
lump IS CHEAPER
State Protect It's Shipments.
Extraordinary precautions were ta-
ken yesterday by the state board of
affairs to protect coal in transit to
state ssttutions from being confis-
Gated by railroads in the event the
nationwide ccal strike, called for No
vember /, becomes effective.
Mines from which coal has been
purchased were instructed by the
board to give notice when cars are
shipped giving the number Of the
car and the routing SO that the board
can keep track of it until It reaches
its destination
The corporation commission also
was instructed to advise carriers ID
refrain from selling coal hilled for
state institutions,
An cf the various state institutions
il was said. with one exception, are
wei supplied with coal and no hard
ships are expected The exception
is at l.augston where the supply is
low. but there is coal enroute thero
now, and the situation Is expected 10
be relieved soon.
Will Hit MeAlester Hard.
II the strike order goes through,
about $500 miners and Others. with
dependents numbering approximately
10000 win be thrown out Of employ
ment in the McAlcster district alone,
according to the figures furnished by
j. B. Wilson, coal commissioner.
Great suffering will result IL is as
serted By the operators, If the strike
threat is carried out. principally
among the many persons over tho
s;lte. in Texas and Colorado, who
place great dependence on the pro
duc.ion in the McAlester field. Right
now there is only enough coal al
ready out of the mines to last week
in case production ceases.
Tie less to the country at large in
production can easily be understood
when it is shown that approximately
1000 GOO tons Of coal are mined IN
nually in the McAlester field. Tho
economic loss is enormous. for both
operator aud miners, since there is
distributed in the district each month
pay rcll of Sl,5O0,OOO when tho
mines were operating full time.