TIIE MORNING OREG ONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVDIBER 7, 1919.
BB TRAINS
CANCELED
BY TWO RAILROADS
Drastic Service Cut Ordered
to Save Coal.
NEW RESTRICTIONS MADE
Sightless Streets Decreed in Indi
ana Towns, Where Only Two
Weeks' Fuel Supply Exists.
ority list, said Mr. Hines, established
by the fuel administrator where sue
coal is absolutely needed. Therefore.
where there in real need for coal, the
! problem should be taken up im
mediately with the railroad ordi
narily supplying: the coal and every
effort will.be made to meet the de
mand. "It is essential, both because of the
present bituminous coal - strike and
in order that the needs of the coming-
winter may be looked after, that
fuel be used as economically as pos
sible. It should be remembered that
the railroads did not interfere with
the delivery of coal until the strike
began.
"In order to conserve coal as much
as possible, regional directors of rail
roads have been given authority
wherever it seems absolutely neces
sary to eliminate for the time being
rain service, but in order to provide
for the essential business needs of the
country, no general curtailment of
train service is contemplated."
1 JAPAN CEWSURED BY
LADDF!
GOHFEREHC
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Violation of Peace Treaty
Seen in Election of Delegate.
CHICAGO. Nov. 6. New restrictions
on the. use of soft coal were an
nounced today, the sixth day of the
miners' strike. In some localities or
ders were even more drastic than dur
ing the war, but the general situation
showed little change.
While production in West Virginia
and Colorado was reported increased
since yesterday, there was no notice
able change in the ranks of the 425,
000 striking miners.
Appeals for coal to prevent distress
in many towns of Kansas and Ala
bama were sent to state and railroad
officials.
Bunkering of foreign-owned ships
at American porta was ordered
stopped by the central coal committee
of the railroad administration.
Train Service Cut Pown.
Sixty-six trains were annulled by
the Chicago & Northwestern and the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
roads. India-na's public service commission
took the most drastic action in the
domestic field. It decreed lightless
streets, discontinuance of electric sign
service, coal gas for heating and other
restrictions o service by public utili
ties with the less than two weeks'
supply of coal.
One independent steel mill in Pitts
burg was handicapped for coal.
Counsel for the miners filed a peti
tion in the Indianapolis federal court
for the dissolution of the govern
merit's temporary injunction against
the strike.
Distribution System Golns;.
The railroad administration's coal
distribution system under fuel ad
ministration regulations was an
nounced to be in full operation today,
In Chicago the coal committees of the
northwestern and central-western
railroad regions announced removal
of ail restrictions on coal shipments
for federal, state, county and munici
pal, public utilities, daily newspapers
and a few similar classifications
throughout the country. The order
applied to coal already taken charge
of in transit and that to be nined,
and was designed to meet pressing
necessities, such as freeing coal cars
lor mines still in operation.
The suspension of trains, the ma
jority of them suburban and local
passenger runs, made an idle train
crew for each train annulled. Of the
S6 runs eliminated, 14 directly affect
Chicago. The two principal trains
eliminated by the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul were trains 29 and 30. Chi
cago to Cedar Rapids, la., and Cedar
Kapids to Chicago. A total of 52
trains were ordered suspended on va
rious divisions of the Chicago, Mil
waufyee & St. Paul.
Other Roads to Kollovr.
Other railroads were expected to
cut' their 'schedules within 24 hours.
Small cities and towns of Kansas
. reported nearly empty coal bins, with
the prospect of closing light and
water plants. A nearly similar situ
ation prevailed in Nebraska, where
some schools were on the point of
closing.
West Virginia operators reported
44 mines in union districts In opera
tion at the rate of 60,000,000 tons i
year, or about two-thirds of normal.
A slight increase in production also
was reported by Colorado operators.
while those in New Mexico said but
half of the miners were on strike.
FOREIGN VESSELS MCST WAIT
Bunkering of Ships Not Flying
V. S. Flag Halted.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. Instituting
the first general curtailment In trans-
ortation as a coal conservation meas
ure, the railroad administration's cen
tral coal committee tonight ordered
iscontinued the bunkering of for-
ign-owned ships in American ports.
American-owned ships and vessels
flying the American flag will continue
to receive fuel supplies, but "for the
time being, it was said, all other
vessels will be compelled to await
the end of the bituminous coal miners'
strike."
There are 210 ships in the port of
New York affected by the order of
the ' railroad administration central
coal committee regarding discontin
uance of foreign tonnage bunkering.
Many of these, however, are British
vessels, which, it ie believed, will be
able to proceed to Halifax for coal.
Washington Coal Mines Open.
SEATTLE, Nov. 6. Washington
coal mines are open and ready for
work, a statement issued here today
by the Washington Coal Operators
association said. The statement was
issued to end reports that the
operators and strikers had agreed to
keep the mines closed until a settle
ment of the national strike is reached
in the east.
COAL ECONOMY ORDERED
(Continued t rorn First Page.)
FRANCE WILL BURN OIL
GOVERNMENT URGES USE OF
SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL.
Necessary Changes in Boilers Prob
lem Until American Engineers
Come to Rescue.
PARIS, Nov. 6. A government ap
peal to large users of fuel, such as
public utility plants, to use "maiut,
the heavy oil residue remaining after
gasoline and kerosene have been dis
tilled from crude petroleum, as a sub
stitute fuel during the increasing coal
shortage, is published prominently in
the newspapers. The government
pledges itself to deliver for a certain
period this heavy oil to big concerns
which will convert their boilers to
burn oil in place of coal.
Experiments are said to have dem
onstrateed that the higher price of
the mazut will be balanced by its
greater fuel value and the economy
of Us use.
Representatives of the metropolitan
subway and other extensive users of
coal declared that it would take
months to adapt the boilers to the
new fuel, but a group of American
engineers, it is reported, guaranteed
to make the complete change in six
weeks.
The supply of electricity has of late
frequently failed temporarily, owing
to the coal shortage, and the subway
has had several breakdowns.
SHORTER DAY IS WANTED
Proposal Is Introduced to Apply
Eight-Hour Day to Commerce
and Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. With the
declaration that the Japanese govern
ment "has tried to prevent workers
from forming organizations," Cor
neille Mertens, Belgian labor delegate.
read into the record of the Interna
tional Labor Conference today a
statement "reproaching" Japan for
the methods used in selecting its
labor representative to the confer
ence.
While asserting that the labor
group in the conference did not op
pose Uhei Masmoto, the Japanese la.
bor delegate, Mr. Mertens said the
method used by the Japanese govern
ment in selecting its representative
violated the provisions of the treaty
of peace and the right of free aesocla
tion."
The conference adopted unanimous
ly the report of its credentials com
mittee recommending that no action
be taken on protests which had been
lodged against Mr. Masmoto on the
ground that he did not truly repre
sent Japanese labor.
Delegates Criticise Press.
In consenting to the seating of Mr.
Masmoto, J. Oudefeest, Dutch labor
delegate, insisted that in future con
ferences the Japanese labor delegate
be chosen in agreemnt with the
wishes of the trades unions of that
nation.
Mr. Masmoto. it was learned, agreed
with other labor delegates on the
question of the eight-hour day and
objected to the position of the Japan
ese government representatives who
are asking reservations for Japan on
account of her backward industrial
development.
The attitude of the press toward
the conference was criticised by the
delegates as "imperiling" its work.
Declaring that Washington newspa
pers had Interpreted yesterday's vot
ing as a setback to the eight-hour
day, Leon Jouhaux, French labor del
egate, said the press was spreading an
unfavorable impression of the con
ference among American workers.
Eight-Hour Day for Farm -Aim.
Baron Des Planches, representing
the Italian government, wanted the
conference to issue an official com
munique, but Secretary of Labor Wil
son, conference chairman, pointed out
that in a country without censorship
only newspaper owners and editors
are responsible for what is printed.
In voting to take no action on the
protests against the Japanese dele
gate, the conference also voted unan
imously to accept the report of its
credentials committee recommending
that no action be taken on the pro-
ests against the labor delegates from
France and South Africa.
Debate which began Tuesday on
limitation of hours of work was re
newed today. Two new proposals
were put forth, one by R. Tayerle,
Czecho-Slovak worker delegate, to
apply the eight-hour day to commerce
and agriculture as well as to industry;
and the second by Swedish and Nor
wegian governmental representatives
to compromise the differences be
tween the eight-hour day and the
48-hour week principles by agree
ing to a 48-hour week with a daily
limit of eight and one-half hours.
Womri Postpone Organisation-
The International Working Wo
men a congress at its closing ses
slon here today decided to postpone
the whole question of permanent
organization until next year. Ef
forts of the British delegation to ef
fect affiliation with labor parties
were defeated and the temporary or
ganization, with headquarters in the
United States under a provisional
committee composed of a president
and four vice-presidents will be con
tinued. The next meeting will be in
conjunction with the next session of
the International Labor conference.
organized under the treaty of Versailles.
In urging affiliation with labor
parties Miss Mary MacArthur of the
British delegation declared it was
idle to claim non-political status for
the organization, since every subject
discussed would require enactment of
legislation in each country, making
co-operation with labor, parties es
sentiaL
Tentona to Be Represented.
Mrs. Raymond Robbins of Chicago
was elected temporary president of
tbe congress and Mrs. Mary SchwartJ
of New York, secretary.
Provision was made for representa
tion in the new organization of the
central powers. -
Special provision for the represen
tation of the central powers In the
new organization of the congress was
made at the suggestion of Margaret
Bondfleld of the British delegation.
It had been agreed that one of th
vice-presidents should represent both
the Slavic and the Teutonic peoples,
but the British delegate insisted that
the position of the women of the cen
tral powers was too important for
such divided represenation. and
was agreed to hold open one vice-
presidency to be filled by a womaa
chosen by German, Austrian and Rus
sian representatives.
Motion to Dissolve Govern
ment Order Filed.
INDECENT DRESS SCORED
Seattle Pastor Hits at Styles Worn
by Some Church Women.
ATLANTIC CITT, N. J.. Nov. 6.
Present day styles of clothes worn
by church women were censured to
day at the national training con
ference of the Inter-Church World
Movement of North America.
. "The indecent dress of some women
In our churches makes it tremen
dously hard for a young man to kee
his thoughts clean and pure." de
clared the Rev. J. R. Crowther of Se
attle. "In public these days you can
scarcely tell the difference between
a street woman and a church woman."
MINERS BEGIN FIGHT
T
AGIST
1
HEARING DUE TOMORROW
hearing on a temporary injunction,
petitioned by the government, will be
next Saturday.
The motion first sets out that the
petition for the restraining order does
not disclose that the government, the
plaintiff in the case, has any interest
in the subject matter, nor in the relief
sought, nor in any injunctive relief.
It is set forth that the plaintiff is
without "equity and without clean
hands."
Conspiracy Is Disclaimed.
It, is alleged that the government
knew all along of the efforts of col
lective bargaining and it is set forth
that Secretary of Labor Wilson, rep
resenting the government, called rep
resentatives of the miners and opera
tors to Washington in an effort to
reopen negotiations for a new wage
agreement.
It is further contended in the mo
tion that the fuel administration was
dissolved by proclamation of the pres
ident and that the fuel administration
cannot be restored legally by the
president. This is designed to meet
the contention of the government that
there was a conspiracy under the
Lever act to reduce the output of coal.
The motion says the exigencies of
the war have ''ceased progressively."
and points out that the complaint does
not allege that the corrrmon lot of the
miners will not be improved by a new
wage agreement.
Strike Is Meld Unful.
It alleges that it is not unlawful to
strike and cites the acts of 1914 as
providing that no restraining orde
shall be issued in any United State
court in any case between employer
and employes "growing out of a dis
pute concerning terms or conditon I
of employment, unless necessary t
prevent irreparable injury to prop
erty or to a property right for whlcl
there is no adequate remedy in law.'
Marshfield School Attendance Big
MARSHFIELD. Or., Nov. . (Spe
rial.) The Marshfield school attend
ance is considerably larger than it
11S. being 866, against 830 for 118
Marshfield has 1165 children of schoo
age. Coquille 542. Bandon S42. wit?
North Bend. Powers and Myrtle Point
not reported. Superintendent Mulkev
declares the county needs nine more
t earners.
Allegation of Conspiracy to Reduce
Output of Coal Denied In
Petition of Workers.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 6. A motion
to dissolve the order restraining offi
cials of the United Mine Workers of
America encouraging or directing the
strike of the 425.000 members of the
union was filed in the United States
district court here today by attorneys
for the miners. The restraining or
der was issued last Friday and tbe
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HURT TRIES TO GET COAL
OPERATORS GIVE NO PROMISE
AT CONFERENCE.
make it possible, labor leaders said,
for the two sides, through their full
. scale committees, to negotiate a new
. wage agreement at one sitting. Re
fusal, and issuance of more drasti
orders directing heads of the miners'
organization to resume operations,
would mean, these officials said,
long-drawn-out struggle.
Government officials took anothe
look at stock reports, and while thes
Indicated coal enough to meet immedi
ate needs, the fact stared them in th
face that the daily consumption was
around 10.000,000 tons, while the dail
'output had been reduced by the strike
to about 3.500.000 tons.
It was easy to And, they said, how
long present stocks would last, as
suming the bins were filled for an
'.average run of 30 days.
A full report of the strike situation
will be presented to the cabinet at its
meeting tomorrow. While it has been
announced that the cabinet stood sol
idly together in formulating the gov
ernment's strike policy, it has been
common talk in labcr and official
circles that Secretary Wilson, a for
' mer officer of the United Mine Work-
ers of America, strongly opposed in
junction proceedings.
NEBRASKA'S PLIGHT SERIOUS
Many Schools, Short of Coal, May
Have to Close Soon.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 6. Complaints
' of fuel shortage in Nebraska towns
continued to come to the offices of
the governor and state railway com
mission today.
A letter from Crete, Neb., said
Doane college there would have to
close unless fuel was received within
a short time. Another report said a
Catholic school, church, convent and
parsonage at Stuart were suffering
a fuel famine. The coal supply at
York was reported to be low, while
schools at Superior were said to be
badly in need of fuel.
At the railway commission it was
said that efforts to find any railway
official in the state with authority
' to issue orders for coal distribution
to meet emergency cases had been
fruitless and that the commission
. would send requests for fuel direct
to R. H. Aishton, regional railroad
director at Chicago. .
Governor Takes Action in Attempt
to Avert Serious Shortage,
but Meets No Success.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 6. (Spe
cial.) Following up his declaration
that the people of this state would
not be permitted to suffer privation
and cold on the verge of winter
through the disagreement of coal
operators and miners in the middle
west and not affecting this state.
Governor Hart is understood to have
begun a personal inquiry to ascertain
the sentiment of operators and union
miners.
It was stated today in well-informed
circles that the governor
asked the operators yesterday at a
Tacoma conference what they pro
posed to do to protect the public and
guarantee a supply of fuel for home
consumption and to keep Washington
industries active.
The reply of the operators was sub
stantially the same as that made in
the official statement today a vir
tual admission that for the moment,
at least, the operators were unable
to resume the production of coal, but
were willing and eager to do so at
any time.
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. The coal
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full operation, Director-General Hines
announced tonight. Officials in every
part of the country, who have been
detailed to handle the difficulties at
tendant upon the coal strike, have be
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For Friday!
In Our Domestic Section
WE ANNOUNCE AN EXTRAORDINARY
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A Great Pre-Holiday Showing and
Sale of Embroideries
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Embroidery Baby Sets at 10c a Yard
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Pre-Holiday Sale of
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A Sale of Women's
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A Sale of Women's
House Dresses at
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