New Britain herald., 1919-12-05
|RANTIC EFFORTS | 10 GE7 MORE COAL
ailroadS to Be Curtailed- Ships
 Also Affected

@Chicago, Dec. 5.-Efforts of gov #nors of at least ten states to have
 Efficient coal mined to provide for M mestic consumers and absolutely MsentiaI industries marked the pro &ess today of the strike of soft S@al miners.
 M MRestrictions had been placed on of fuel throughout the #untry from New York city to the Hsrra Nevada mountains, as the gen. #al situation at the mines showed Htually no improvement and miners HAintained their attitude of hos Nity toward the proffercd If per Mnt wage increase.
 Central Railroad Trains. NilffectiNe at 12:l0 Monday morning Se most sweeping reduction of rail Mad service in history-~reductio in Assenger service of one-third in M.ain miles on all railroads diverg- Mg west, southwest and northwest Mbm Chicago-~~had been ordered Ngional directors of the central Astern, southwestern and northwest Ml regions estimated that that step &bne would save II ,OOO tons of coal @ly. Other curtailments of rall- Nad service were being considered Hay.
 Additional industries faced shut Mwns and more drastic conservation H es for cities that would bring them a parity with Chicago and Kan Mb City, were in prospect The strict of the use of fuel ana Nwer first ordered at Kansas City, #lay was surpa ssed at Chicago, which Mnt on a 1-2 hour business sched-
 Full force of the new restric- Mns here was expected to be felt to- My after much confusion yesterday # on they were only partly observed. H No Change at Mines. the mines the situation gener-
 Nv was unchanged. A small addition N the net production was looked TOT MweVor, when Oklahoma put 1nto ei- Net the Kansas idea that daily IS Mbducing several car loads of coal--
 9nteer operation of mines under
 Mons' projections.
 &8oreparatory to state operation 10 N ssouri mines had been seized under M gubernatorial proclamation. &Fn Arkansas volunteer operation of
 @UluS pIOpEl Ly N~'9 piN''''1~~' ~ O MEernor by Monday.
 @Tooktng toward possible settlement & the coal strike on d state basis, the Mvernor of Ohio has called q confer Hce of representatives of the oper- 8brs and the approximately 42,ooo Bbio miners. Ten days furthe pro N Mction of the strike would throw out N employment 7S0,O00 men in Ohio, hn Dls & irnated.
 \ Manufacturers Busy. MMichigan manufacturers anNously Edited the outcome of the governors Forts to bring about temporary set #ment of the strike in that state. A Moly from the miners to the govern N proposal that mines be opened lna- #bdiately on Fuel Administrators Gar #ld's terms, terms of the final settle Msnt to be retroactive to the date the M chigan miners resumed work, was &pected today The operators ac- Moted the condition yesterday. Rim Tennessee, Governor Roberts had Mlled a meeting for tomorrow ot op- Mators and miners to consider steps @ end the strike without state seizure M the mines.
 MRelief for domestic consumers Tn @lntana, where possibly the most ac~ Aal suffering from the coal shortage @s been reported, today was In s1ght the announcement that coal was K route from Canada. State opera N n of some Montana mines was plan N q as soon as sufficient volunteers H@ d enrolled.
 MShipments from the Kansas surface Nnes also were expected to relieve tho K uation in the western part of that Mlte. where many localities were re- @ rted out of fuel
 MPortions of Wyoming and Nebraska XII were without promise of immedi- Ma relief, however.
 E Ships Also Affected. K Except for the order cutting off N mixer coal from ships flying foreign M gs. the first conserVat ton measures M 4ng the eastern seaboard were In eff @et today with the curtailing of the Me of electricity at New York. SerV M Commissioner Nixon directed that We heating in subway, elevated and @rface cars be reduced for two weeks, @ ring rush hours. He permitted nor- XII heat to be maintained during Nlack" time New York theatrical Mlnagers also requested all theaters to N rken electric signs except for one E UT after 7:30 D. m.
 x No trains in the eastern region will M taken off unless absolutely neces- Mry," A. T. Hardin, regional direC- M', announced.
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