The sun., 1919-11-02
PRODUCTION IS
CUT PROBABLY
rs PER CENT.
Federal Authorities Believe
No Pinch Will Be Felt
for Two Weeks.
RESERVE STOCKS HEAVY
Conservation Expected to Keep
Essential Industries Going
for Long Period.
RESERVE STOCKS HEAVY


, WASHINGTON. Nov. with the coal
mine strike sunder way officials in
Washington, anxious to determine the
ccaI production that may be depended
on through efforts of non-union men
and union men remaining at work, are
completely at sea. The strike call fell
on a Saturday and a church holyday.
Consequently it is not known whether
all the men who quit are striking.
Fragmentary reports have come to
the Government departments, the De-
partment of Justice, the Railroad Ad-
ministration and the Bureau of Mines
and Geological Survey, all day, but it
has been impossible to work out gen.
eral result from them.
An average of these reports with
those received by representatives of
the coal operators indicates that the
| original Government estimate of 200,-
900 men remaining at work in the
bituminous mines approximately will
he correct. As many of the non-union
mines are open cut mines, with poor
loading facilities, this would not indi-
cate production of much more than
quarter of normal.
Some Union Men at Work.
In the fields in Pennsylvania, Ken
! lucky and West Virginia. where con-
tracts remained in force. non-union
| miners continued at work with the
| production at approximately normal.
In some scattered districts union min
ers also continued at work.
A Government authority estimated to-
| day that on the face of this situation no
pinch will be felt by consumers OF the
country on the whole for two weeks. Pro-
duction for the last few weeks has been
heavier than ever before in history. due
to the efforts OF the Railroad Admins
with cars and the inclination of the
miners to work hard for a stake to tide
| them over the strike.
| The Geological Survey reports indi-
cate production for the present week OF
! 100000 tons of coal. which is a record.
! Reserve stocks. according to an expert,
will carry forward all consumers approx
/ imately for two weeks. In the third
week supplies, he says, will shorten II
! the strike is maintained on the indicated
basis and industries will begin to suffer
! as there Will be no supply. The stopping
of deliveries for general Industrial and
manufacturing uses will keep the rail
roads, the Government, public utilities
and retail dealers going over a long pc
! Rod with proper conservation They may
possibly go through the winter on this
short supply.
: Cars for All Working Mines.
Almost all the non-union miners are
expected to remain at work in view of
the assurance of fun protection by the
Government. They will haye opportu-
! nifty for overtime work to increase pro-
duction, and officials are hopeful they
; will accept the opportunity. Every coal
mine that is working will get all the
coal cars it can load, so there will not
be an hours loss of time from this
cause.
Government officials familiar with
other similar strikes are of the opinion
that many men who go out on strike In
union mines closing them down in
course OF time will go over to non-union
mines that are operating to work. Just
! how extensive the movement will be they
are not willing to predict.
Reports from practically all major pro-
ducing districts of the country were re-
ceived here by representatives of the
operators to-day. These reports would
seem to indicate more men at work and
n much brighter outlook than the Gov
nr rnFfnnT ngtif onta
ALTOONA, Pa.-Of the 65, 900 men
employed in this field 10000 are union
! men. The union men are out. The non
/ union men are working and producing
an estimate of 10000 tons a day The
lost production is estimated at 10000
tons
GREENSBURG, Pain the Green's
burg. Irwin, Westmoreland and Con-
nelsville fields, all of which are nom
union, the>men are working. 1t is esti-
mated that 10 900 men are at work
! Only 700 of $4,000 out.
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa.-Only 700
men out of 10000 employed in this dis
trict are out on twelve operations.
PTTTSBUR RG-The union mines here
closed Friday. All union mines are
down The non-union mines are run
ming.
| MARYLAND, GEORGES CREEK
FIELD-Fifty mines are idle one Is
working, There are 3,S34 men idle and
17O at work, Only 675 tons out of a
normal average of $4,000 tons VIII be
produced to-day.
WHEELING, w. Va.-Pan Handle
Fleld-Sixteen mines employing S20G
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