The Lake County times., 1922-03-22

ALL FIXED
FOR STRIKE.
Never Has Calumet Region
Been so Well Prepared
For A Coal Strike

Lake county's coal pile on the
eve Of the miners strike is ap-
proximately 1920. 900 tons. accord
ing to a survey of the region made
yesterday and today by Times re-
porters.
The coal on hand IS sufficient %
operate the mills. factories and
utilities of the region at sixty per
cent capacity for ninety days.
The normal consumption OF coal
in the Calumet region OF Indiana IS
10000 tons a day. The consump-
tion OF coal az present Is 1900
tons a day which means that the
pinch OF the strike will not be felt
for three months locally.
NEVER so WELL PREPARED.
The region has never been so well
prepared for coal strike There
are mountains of coal in all OF the
steel mills. car building plants.
railroad yards and utilities of the
district. The retail coal dealers
have their bins piled high in an
ticipatIon OF the strike and there
viii be plenty of coal available for
domestic use until mid-summer II
none is shipped in.
The steel mills OF Gary. East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor are
doubly prepared for an emergency
in the coal situation. having in
stalled oil burners in many OF the
furnaces. Many departments cf|
the steel mills are now operated byl
fuel oil and with the Standard Oil
CO.. and Sinclair Oil Co, refineries|
within trucking distance they are
not worrying about the coal strik c.
There is less apprehension in the|
region about the impending coal
strike than has ever heen shown inl
an industrial crisis OF the kind.
NONE BELOW go DAYS.
The forty industries of East Chi!
cago and Indiana Harbor, havingl
anticipated the strike. have a nine-|
ty days supply of ccsl. The traly y
steel mills and the allied plsnts|
the American Bridge have the same
mergin. other basic industries|
and utilities follow who rangeI
from so to 90 days supply follow-|
Standard Oil Co.. whiting. 7s|
days
Sinclair Oil Co, whiting. 90 days
Standard steel Car Co.. Ham
mond. 90 days.
American steel Foundries. Isl
days.
Malieabie Iron Co.. Hammond. sol
days
rr.a rr,~;~s-ry r-s4.~
Works pumping station, SO days.
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. so|
days.
Coal in shipment or held in rail-
road yards will increase the supply
of all these industries the next few
days so that it is safe to say they
will average a 80 days' supply.
GARY MILLS STOCKED.
"The Gary mills are well stock
ed" said an official OF the Illinois
Steel Company. "Oil burners have
been installed in the open hearth
furnaces and the consumption OF
coal in the mills has been consider
ably lowered the past two years.
There is a sufficient supply Of coal
on hand to operate the big mills
and the subsidiaries at sixty per-
cent for three months"
"The forty industries of East Chi
cago and Indiana Harbor have pre-
pared for an emergency" declared
an official OF tho Manufacturers'
Association of that city. Our as
sociation has warned them from
time to time during the past six
months to prepare for coal strike
and as result they are all well
supplied and can operate at their
present rate for three months.
Henry Conkey. secretary OF the
Manufacturers Associa-
ton. said that all members OF he
association have prepared for the
strike and havo from sixty to nine
ty days supply OF coal on hand
The Republican Iron &c Steel Co.
is probably the best prepared OF
any industry.
I'VE have sufficient coal on hand
FOR the summer" said an official Of
that plant.