New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
Coal Shortage !
Closing Mills
At Pittsburgh
Steel Men Turning to c.. !.
Eme gency; Younes,o,s,.a.
plg1its Better SupnI,.ss
and Announce Incr.s.u
Michigan Faces Fan;n.
Shutdown of All STATS.
Industries Forecast h !
Weeks if Strikes cas,;,...p'

PITTSBURGH, Aug. i2-y,u
furnace operations in the Pits.s. ~
district will be seriously curts,l.s ss .qs
week owing 10 the increasino 80 ''s
Of coal supplies, It became knows =
to-day. Where IL is possible pss . .s..
be used, but as the supply ia rss s ~
to the demand steel men ssis ssaae
considerable number Of plants me. ~ss,s
be shut down. 79ula
The Carnegie Steel Cornnsnr -,
operate only one plant with easI n &
by-product coke industry at clsl,ssssas
Pa. This plant is connected VIII ".
great mills at Daquesns and ~ r. .as
stead by a forty-eight-inch Dina o -.
through it az much gas as CIairte,, sAa
produce will be sent 70 ksep 49,. 81
operation. Natural gas, it was .sa..1 y
would be used By some indesssassNa.
companies in an effort 10 keep sosrs
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. AM 80 =.
dependent steel mills Of III w..
town district to-day unexpsetssiv "
nounced substantial inerssss So
operations for next week, aithoaslsas
to the last twenty-fovr hours
crease had been expected. '6s
Steel making capacity will ss
creased with the Bessemer nlsst
the Youngstown Sheet and Tube ss ~ =
pany resuning. Finishing m.sl Les.
pacity will be increased by the Adj.
ton Of four bar mills Of the Repubi;,
Iron and Steel Company and enc "A,
mill Of the Youngstown Sheet al AZ
Tube Company. Sheet and tin ops,,.
tons will remain unchanged at ejoss
to full capacity.
Iron production, however, viii eo,.
tinue TO decrease. The Sharon stssl
Hoop Company's blast furnace d
Lowellville is being banked, anf Ma Z
stack of the Carnegie Steel Compsry
at Farrell, Pa, will be shut down. ltss.
ing nine out Of twenty-seven ssset,
operating in the Mahoning Valley al
fourteen out Of forty-seven Il, IN
whole district, Of which ten IN
operated by the United States stseI
Corporation. Since the fuel erisis a.
came acute, the iron production Of n
district has been cut in half, fiftssn
furnaces being banked, while thirteen
remain in operation.
DETROIT, Aug. 12.-Yirtuai shr4.
down Of practically all industries ia
Michigan within The next three yssks
unless the coal and railroad strikes q,
settled Immediately was seen hsre u.
day by prominent Detroit manufac&u,.
ers following notice served By the ststs
fuel administration that only essential
industries may be served with pripnr
coal.
William ". Potter, state fusl admin.
istrator, notified all public utility CON.
panies in the state to-day that after
their present stocks Of coal were 81.
hausted they could obtain further feel
oniy to provide power foS essential Ia
dcstrfes. Many utility. companies ia
the state have, reported 8 two Of Tires
week. coal supply on hand, but altar
that time will be unable to give pcwer
to manufacturing establishments.
City officials were warned to-day BIZ
the company disposing Of Detroit's
garbage that it had only five.dsy sup.
ply of coal on hand, that no fnYthsr
supply YVES in sight and that the heath
Of Detroiters would be endangered pn.
less quick action toward obtaining fnsl
for this purpose was taken.