The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-09
GOAL STRIKE
NOT SETTLED
Government Does Not Expect
Early Settlement and Re-
sumption of Work.
Conference on Tuesday

While there is to be a conference
on the coal strike this Tuesday at
Cleveland, Ohio, the government Off
Gals do not expect much to come out
of the parley that will result in great
benefit to the situation at this time.
The administration, therefore, is 60
ing ahead day and night with it's plans
to meet the fuel emergency, with no
anticipation of early resumption Of
actual coal mining.
The refusal of Illinois, Indiana and
the major portion of Pennsylvania
operators to join the Lewis Confer
ence leaves only the Ohio group and
a handful of Pennsylvania miners for
the meeting.
Present non-union production OF coal
is just about sufficient to provide for
Glass No. 2 priority established by the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
service order No. %, and the supple
mental order issued Friday. These
priorities cover fuel for railroads and
other common carriers and for bunk
ering ships; for public utilities, includ-
ing street and intra-urban railways,
electric light and power plants, water
and sewer works and ice and refriger-
alton plants serving the public; for
Federal, State, county and municipal
! governments, hospitals, schools, etc,
and for household use.
Governor Edwards has appointed the
following men to be members of the
Central State Organization to co-ope-
rate with the Federal Government in
the distribution OF coal supplies: Jas.
w. West, of Trenton; Richard c.. Jen-
kinson, of Newark; Senate President
William B. Mackay, Jr., of Hacken~
sack; William p. Greer, of Plainfield;
former Senator William E. Florence,
of New Brunswick; Raymond Dpnges,
of Merchantville, and Charles E. An
nett, of Bayonne.
In addition to this central organiza-
ton, the Governor will name a general
advisory board, consisting of repre-
s~entatives of the Labor Department,
Purchasing Department, Board of
Health, Motor Vehicle Department,
State Police and representatives of
neutrality-suspicious., glass, iron, rub
Der, textiles; also representatives of
the Manufacturers Association and
the Coal Exchange. The Highway De-
partment and the Board of Public
| Utility commissioners is not included
in the advisory board because they
will have enough work OF their own in
looking after proper transportation.
The mayor or other chief executive
officer of each municipality will be re
quested to see to it that in his W
district the wants and needs OF every
one are properly cared for, keeping in
touch with the central body or the
advisory board. I
Renewing a suggestion urged by the
State Department of Conservation OF
luel uuI1HB Tie Wal, OtdtC roiColci
Charles P. WILDER advocates the use
| of wood for fuel, wherever feasible, to
combat the coal shortage due to the
miners strike.
The double advantage claimed by
the state forester is that
will not only save money on fuel bills
by burning wood, but will have coal
for regions where wood can not be OBJ
tanned. Associate State Forester w.
NJ. Baker says there are 1000, 600 acres
of forest land in the state capable of
producing at least 100000 cords of
wood without using any timber which
would be more valuable for other pUr-
poses. In fact, the removal of this
wood, it is said, actually would benefit
the forests.
A cord OF heavy wood, such as oak,
hickory, beech, birch or sugar maple,
has the heating value of a ton of coal.
A core of lighter wood. such as chest
nut, pine or red maple, equals two
thirds of a ton of coal. Wood fuel is
regarded by the forester as p~articu-
larly desirable where a quick hot fire
is needed, as in cooking, while the
ashes provide valuable potash ferti-
lizer.