Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-30

held III Mat city. Miners representa-
made every eqort 10 Negotiate
refusal of. coal operators %
consider inertia OF our postton.
that .ttrnA no tttakN order Wae
ia ieff1et And mono would have bean
Issued hAe been any constructive tNGe
gestlons Ok compliant nAtufAd AMER.
cd byfltheS coal operators Miners left
Philaaelphia conference Will. deepest
rssa rs x as s eliza h isss sso assss 81
BY yourself ut Washington. day by
day We reiterated va were anxioue
ana willing to 10 into Joint negottA.
tions without re~betvAtion.
Puslaon AeahlAins the AA1ao.
Our position remains the same TO-
day. We shall hold ourselves In readi-
ness to attend any Joint conferences
which MAY, b arranged ~ you upon
permit me to sAy to you, sir. the
unprecedented And unwArtAhted No.
ton Of cabinet and prettd1ht Or the
United States, In issuing statement Of
Saturday last has done moro Is pre-.
vent satisfactory settlement OF In.
pending strike ana working out OF
ment which has entered into the III.
'.fhe PRESIDENTS statement ID 81
1aerc4ly partisan document because Il
attacks the Intention OF the miners
without evan suggesting the lnihe OPP
orators may have brought about this
unhappy situation, and further be-
cause threAts arr made Is exercise
full force Of s~overhfhent TO prevent
stoppaee Of work without any CORE.
spending threat to exert full fofce Or
government to. enforce fair working
conditions and q living Waee.S
1T II indeed 4 sad commentary up.
on principles Of square dealing when
president Of United States and his
cabinet by unanimods vote Ally Them
selves With sinister financial interests
and precipitate our country into In
"Tha president 81 the United States
is servant and not the master Of the
constitution.
''The prssideht's statement Of oeto.
ber twenty NTH, nineteen nineteen,
ana inaii.nan1e rights u American
citizens. It u the climax OF long series
Of Attempted uhufhAtions Of executive
tine presidential statement an
nounced as its extuhe tor threatening
invasion Of constitutional rights That
the war itAelf II still q fast Two days
Later, however, in I veto meesa4e to
prove>o enforcement OF an act which
he said was passed by reason OF the
emergency of war ana whose objects
have been satisfied in the demobiliaa-
ten Of the army and navy ~.
III the president wab right on Mon.
day,>I submit, sir, that he was wrong
on Saturday"
"Er *. .Aa.
Survey Made.
Washington, Oct. so.-Reeibnal al
s wssRs IL as : sa asss s 81 rs eo sGF - ses;fe.
mehts Of. preferred consumers In their
territory, which has given the rail-
road administration . complete idea.
OF how much coal will be needed to
supply them, All above this amount
will be taken by the railroads, which
II is believed will have .suificlent fuel
to y them for 2 e~onsidsraSle period.
without sufficient fuel Win Be able to
make acquisitions through the regions
al directors or roads. which have .
surplus. Similar public utilities and
other preferred consumers Will be
able to. obtain fuel imperatsvely need,
ed by applying to these directors.
Ordered Uonhscat4an.
washington, Oct. so.-The raliraAd
eon~fscation 81, ali coal in transit
where necessary to obtain a reserve
supply. to keep the roads In operation.
In taking over s1ch, coal, exemp-
tions will be made as far Is possible
Of coal destined to certain elassss st
consisnees based OF the ptierity list
established by the fuel administra-
ton.
Hfnes Isetes st~itefneant.
Director General Hines issued the
following statement:
I'm order to interfere rs little Dc
possible with the normal course st
coal traffic, the railroad A~dtniutstra.
tiuh up to the present time has per-
mitted coal to 80 to the designated
consignees. For the last two. weeks
open top equipment has been devoted
to coal loading to the exclusion OF
other classes Of traffic and the move
pedited 30 as to facilitate the maxi
mum production. OF coal. The result
has, been an exceptionally heavy coal
"It having become, necessary, how
ever, to be prepared to insure against
all temporary contingencies, that the
transportation service be protected,
Ec81Oudl utItCt0Id .IAf0 y USSH IN"
strueted to see that each. railroad
shall accumulate, d necessary reserve
of coal when it Is not already on
hand, purchasing such coal II pos.
sible, and otherwise holding coal II
transit The practice thus resefted to
is q practice which railroads have al-
ways employed in emergeneies
whether under private or PUBLIC con-
troll and has been recognized as In
dispensable to the maintenance Of an
essential public service.
Exelanie1aS 10 Be Made.
TN holding such coal exemptions
will be made % far az .possihle Of coal
destined to certain classes Of ,cen-
signees In the following. order OF
priority adopted during the var by
the fuel adfinistf4tinn:.
""~one-steatn railroads; inland
eoastvVise Veseels.
.ATwe-Domestic, including hotels,
and asylhiaa.
'aThfekNNavy and army.
''Fear-Public utilities, ineludine
plants and such portions of plants AZ
supply Hight. heat ana water Tor pub.
"FlvA-pfodueers and n,anufacctut.
ers OF feed. including refrigeration.
''SiK-National, state, county and
municipal government elnsFgeAcv re-
quifeihehH.
.Sevsn-AABunkers and other MARINE
ein6f8enGy rAdUifennSht8 not 6boeifeS