The Arvada enterprise., 1922-08-10

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shopmen. Roads unable to do 10. par.
ticulariy carriers reaching into the
producing bItuminous fields. may be
taken over and operated by the fed
eral government.
DREsIDENT LEWIS Of tho mine
workers made definite move for
settlement Of the coal strike by calling
. Joint wage conference Of operators
and miners Of tive central competitive
bituminOus held. to be held In C!eve-
land August Z. Unfortunately. the op-
erators. or most Of them. refused to
attend.
Meanwhile Henry B. Spencer. who
WAS appointed federal fuel distributor.
and bis committee and aubcOmmIttees
began functioning actively. According
to Mr. Spencer.s plan, the federal or
eanixatiOu will cover the distribution
Of available supplies among the rail-
ways, federal institutions and states,
and the governors of tlIe states will
handle local supplies. State fuel com
mittees were called on to report at
once the consumption Of coal In their
territories by utilities, industries and
households and TO submit q list Of
those who should receive prioritles.
Thess state committees are also made
entirely responsible for the prevepsion
Of profteering and ext0rtion In the
sale and distribution Of coal within
thnlp n~au>cHNvA aHatan
Governor McCray Of Indiana took
the most vigorous action yet reported
In the matter Of geatlng out coal. The
miners Of the state refused to issue
permits to suascient men 10 operate
the mines for emergency purpoees, 10
the governor opened two strip mines In
Clay county under the protection Of
0O state troops - preliminary
measure and declared . state Of mar.
tlal law to exist In that pARt Of the
county. These mines are ID he hands
Of receiver appointed by the federal
court, and the governor called Atten-
tiOn to the fact that this places the
United States government behind
them. Mr.. McCray also called a con-
ference OF the governors Of Pennsylva-
MIA. Ohio, Michigan, IllinOia, Kentucky
and Wisconsin. Governor Preua Of
Minnesota says the coal situation In
the Northwest 10 more threstening
than ever. and he has asked the gov.
ernors OF Iowa. Wisconsin and North
and 6Outh Dakota 10 meet with him
Ia -. Paul August 10. In Wisconsin
the bottom Of the coal bin II In sight
aud, at the request Of tive state fuel
commissiou. all ornamental and dis
play electric lighting has beea discon-
tiuued.
|CHICAGO's street car strike came
~ along according to schedule. Some
$1,000 employees VI the surface and
elevated liAs quilt early Tuesday
morning and no attempt WAS made 10
take thu cars out Of the yards. Motor
vehicles u aIl descriptions we're called
Into service and On the nr~t day there
was u terrific congestion NJ trafsic. By
Wednesday the police. motor clubs and
individual motorists had worked out
system that brought the situation
almost to normal. and many = ChicH-
xOan began to wonder n the city
couldn't get almg without the noisy
street and elevated cars. AlsO they
learned the worth II one-wRy street
regulations In the business center.
Toward tho end Of the week peace
negotiations were resumed. but the 10.
cal president of the employees said he
saw NO prospect for an early settle
ment. The men are fighting not oniy
n proposed wage reduction, but a nine
hour day. Chances Of an order by the
state public utilities bonrd reducing
fares and politics enter Into the Chi.
caEo situation. and II WAS frequently
and openly assertei that the strike
Was q put up Job" to prevent the fare
reduction and 10 deal blow to Mayor
Thompson and his organization. The
mayor hns long promised 5.ccnt fnre
and last week tried 10 take rtep~ to.
ward the establishing of 4 municipal
bus line To suppiant the street cars.
A T THIS writing II APPEARS prob.
"a Ahle that United states Senator
james A. Reed has bscn rcnOlninntrd
BY the Democrats ~ Missouri. defeat.
Ink breckinridge Long In n f,ght that
was hot and even bitter. Sir. Long had
the support Of former President VII.
son. during whose adn,inis,ratio hc
wns assistant secretary II state. The
dislike that Mr. Wilson and many 9th.
trs have for Rsrd datss from the years
~ tie World wnr. rhs Republicans
Of Missouri nominated Il. X. Brewster
Of Kansas CITY for the senate.