The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-20
COAL USERS ON
WARTIME BASIS
Railroad Directors Exercising
Free Hand in ConServa-
tion Effort.
CAR SERVICE CURTAILEDj \
Entire South Feels Effect Of
Fuel Crisis-Troops
Protect Mines.

Chicago, Nov. 20.--RegionaI direc.
tors Of railroads today had free
hand In dealing with ourtaiIment OF
nonessential industries and unneces-
ssry passenger traffic and extradordi-
nary efforts to conserve and dis
tribute the nations steadily diminish
ing coal supply were being made.
Under that authority, granted BY
Walker D. Hines, federal directof-
general Of railroads, after two-day
conference with the seven regional
directors, tho entire south, east OF the
Mississippi and south Of the Ohio RVS
ers, except for small area IN the
Pocahontas region, today had been
placed on a wartime ration basis and
the 146 already taken of, was under
consideration. S
Other drastic action looking toward
conserving the available supply for
essential industries, public utilities
and domestic consumers. included
stopping deliveries to all nonessential
industries In Cleveland and deliveries
in Omaha, Neb,, only on written ap-
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committee.
May Restore Mines.
The United States court at Fargo,
N. D., had issued a. decree that ap~
parently would lead to restoration a.
the mines to their private owners. No
state court has yet acted to change
the situation brought about by the
governors action in seizing the Ignite
,,,i,,ac opI pr1ariper tho m oY,arof
| by the state. Application for an in
| junction in the state courts to restrain
| the governor LIS scheduled to be heard
at Bismarck. N. d., today. The fed
eral court order to show cause ID re-f
turnable Nov. "a.
The first troop movement into q
coal field since the first days of the
strike was reported from Wyoming.
| Thirty soldiers were sent to Winton.
Wyo., where a small group OF alleged
alien miners armed with rifles stopped
American and naturalized workers.
/ from returning IN thu ltts. - 5ss.x.
IntSfurban 4ervI Icst |( IS "a.
I Indianapolis, Nov. 20.- Ailrls
OF interurban service as another nxAD
In the efforts to conserve the coal
1 supply Of the state, became effective
on several electric traction lines IN
Indiana today. The action, in com.
pliance with an order of the state
public service commission, follows by
a few days the institution through
out the state Of lightless nights.
Pittsburgh Eeonomizing.
Pittsburgh. Nov. 20.-Economy IN
the use of fuel by Pittsburgh con-
sumers was urged today by the coal
distribution committee Of the United
States railway administration here,
While the committee had announced
that there Is no evidence of, q coal
shortage in Pittsburgh at the present
time, it was declared consumers az
whole would have to adopt strict
measures of economy II possible
fuel famine was to lie averted.
Restrict House Deliveries.
Nashville, Nov. 20.-James 3. Hill
chief clerk to w. L. Mapother, fed,
erai railroad manager, and in charge
Of fuel distribution in this section
has received telegram from the ~
gionaI coal committee restricting DE-
Iiveries by retail Iealers of donssti.
coal for household use, until furthSi
notice, to one. ton per household, thu
penalty for violating the order being
ply.
Shutdown in Clveelan
Cleveland, O.. Nov. 20.-Many oi
Cleveland's factories today faced
shut down on the heels of drastic
order from the Cleveland fuel COM
mittee decreeing that no more Goa
would be allotted for industrial pur'
poses. The ban is so complete tina,
not even coal for heating purpose:
will be furnished. This means tina,
the plants must close down in time
to leave a sufficient supply for heat.
ing their plants during the shut dowr
or risk serious damage to their ma
!. chinery.
Illinois Plants Close.
Springfield, ILL.,, Nov 20.-Report.
today give pessimistic view of thu
coal situation in Illinois. At Peoria
a mining center, coal has been at {
premium for more than week.
Bloomington, Decatur, Streator
Rockford, Danville, Rock Island ant
Quincy all report scarcity Of fuel
Conservation has been on in these
cities for several days.
, Springfield, the heart of centra
Illinois coal mining, has a thirty.
, days supply of coal on hand. At Pana
a paper mill has been compelled tt
close throwing out Of employment
800 men. In Petersburg and territor,
adjacent thereto { he Petersburg
utility plant has curtailed its heating
and lighting supply to conform Il
:. wartime conservation. At Litchfielt
laundry has been forced to clos
3 and at Jacksonville a condition o
near famine Is reported. The COM
, munities in southern Illinois, wher,
, the peak Of the coal in the state Il
produced, report grave shortages ant
I conservation in vogue.
In the meantime the 10000 idle Goa
miners in the state are apathetic
e That thev display but little conceri
r to the conditions is seen in the typi
fed reports at state union headquar
ters that the men are content I
= freeze with the public until an agree
Kansas City Short Coal.
Kansas City. Mo-. Nov. 20.-Kan
sas Citys coal crisis is ION the job
today.
With approximately weeks sup
I: ply on hand here, Federal Regiona
i. Director Holden, of Chicago. las
night, it became known today. vir
tually cut off the coal supply of al
j; Kansas City's industries in an orde
! to William NJ. Corbett, general man
' ager of the Kansas City Termina
= Railways company and sub-regions
o fuel director.
I Unless the miners consent to re
7 turn to work within three or fou
days, thousands OF workers will b
4 forced into idleness through gen