Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-05
Governors Take Action
To Increase the Output
OF Coal in Ten States.
RESTRICTIONS ARE !.
EFFECTIVE IN ALL III
PARTS OF COUNTRY
Additional Industries Are
Facing Shutdown as Re
suit Of Shortage

suit OF 0aO1td&e.
New York, Dec 5.-PaasenGer r
service on railroads I'm the east.
ern region extending ~ far west -,.
as st. Louis and Chicago was re-
duced to q war basis today By
drastic orders effective Decem-
ber 10, issued by A. T.. Hardin,
regional director.
In some aspects the order was
even more sweeping than those
issued during the war. For the
first time since the famous
Twentieth Century Limited was 6,
put in operation between New N.
York and Chicago by the New
York Central about twenty years
ago it was cut from the schedule
to save fuel.
Chicago, Dec. 5.-Enorts Of gover-
nors Of at least ten states to have
sufficient coal mined to provide for
domestic consumers and absolutely
essential industries, marked the prog
ress today Of the strike Of bttuminous
coal miners. q
Restrictions had been placed on.
consumption of fuel throughout the
country from New York city to the
Sierra Nevada mountains Is the stt-
uation at the mines showed, virtually
no improvement and the miners main
! tanned their, attitude Of hostility to-
ward the profered fourteen per cent
wage increase. a>'.-,-t. ....s Y 4!
Effective at 1901 Monday morning
the most sweeping reduction Of raft
, road service in history-reduction-
in passenger service OF one-third In
train miles on all railroads diverg-s
| Ing west, southwest and northwest
from Chicago-had been ordered
Regional directors OF the central, west
, ern. southwestern and northwestern
regions estimated that the step alone
would save II, 900 tons Of coal, daily.
! Other curtailments of railroad serv-s
i.ice were being considered today. "a, -
More Plants Face shutdown.
Additional industries today faeeda
shntsdoWns and more drastic conSAr--
vat2oM Niles for cities that would bring
them on q parity with Chicago and
! Kansas City were In prospect The.
strict supervision Of the use OF fuel,
and power first ordered at. Kansas
City today was surpassed at Chicago,
which went on six and q half hour
business schedule. Full force Of the
new restriction was expected to be felt
today after much confusion yester-.
day, when they were only partly OBJ
served.
| At the mines today the situation;
generally was unchanged. A small ad-
! dition to the net production was looked
1 for, however, when Oklahoma put
Is producing several carloads OF coal
volunteer operation of mines under
troops protection.
Looking toward possible settlement
of the strike on state basis. the gov
ernor Of Ohio today called a confer
ence of representatives Of the opera
tors and the approximately $4,000
Ohio miners. Ten days further pro-
traction of the strike would throw
out of employment 10000 men in
Ohio. persons In touch with the gov
ernor estimated.
Relief for domestic consumers in
Montana. where possibly the most ac-
| tual suffering from the coal shortage
has been reported, today was in sight
with the announcement that coal was
en- route from Canada State opera
ton of the Montana mines was plan
ned as soon as sufficient volunteers
had enrolled.
! The confusion prevalent yesterday
in Chtcago's downtown district due to
misunderstanding of the s 1-2 hour
business day rule was expected to be
missing today. when virtually all
business houses were due to open at
IL q. III. anu Close 8L oSU p. "a.
To Cancel Services.
Duluth, Mimi. Dec. 5.-Coincident
with a statement by w. H. Grover
man. fuel administrator Of the sub
regional coal committee. that the re-
turn of Illinois miners to work Is
vital to the solution of the coal prob
lem of the northwest, the executive
committee Of the Mems Inter-Church
council of Duluth today pledged the
churches represented in the council
to reduce church services to mini
mum and to adopt any plan that will
definitely conserve coal. 81
:, As to the return Of the miners III
Illinois to work, Mr.. Groverman said:
If the coal miners Of illinois aa-
cept the proposals Of the operators
coal problem Of the northwest The
mines operated by those workers sup-
4 ply northern Iowa, South Dakota,
southern Minnesota and southern
4 Wisconsin. to which coal is now being
shipped from Duluth and Superior,
and once they are In operation, the
drain on supplies here will be quickly
4 He pointed out that coal mined IN
Pennsylvania or other eastern states
would be used in that territory ana II
Illinois miners do not 90 to work
Duluth Superior stocks would have I'd
supply territory ordinarily fed 81
Illinois mines. :. S
!! Winnua In Serious Posiflon.~
winona, Mimi, Dec. 5.-Wfths buj
one days soft coal supply In; the
hands OF local retailers, Winona toda5
q Il confronted with the most ser1Osi1
fuel shortage In many years Thu
y supply Of some $50 tons on hanll