Show I 1 ay FOR rhin IN Z NE workmen idle heavy damage to crops and fierce forest fires due to lack of water many small Str streams earris dried up and practically obliterated in western pennsylvania and eastern ohio and west virginia pittsburg with losses aggregating several million dollars from for est ires flies and heavy damage to crops and live stock tho the reported loss loea ot of a number of lives duo due to fighting tim bor fires the enforced idleness 01 0 thousands of workmen owing to sus BUS pensions because of lack of water the health authorities anticipating serious epidemics of contagious diseases and many small streamer amix dried up and practically obliterated the tha drouth of 1908 which lias hold held west orn ern pennsylvania eastern ohio and west virginia in its grasp for more mor than two months remains unbroken broken each day gradually increasing the so rious piousness ness of the unprecedented situation while in the pittsburg PUts burg district the tha water supply la is lelent to carry on till all business tho the low stage or oc the rivers has caused a congestion oi 01 much coal in this vicinity every available barge and goat float has been loaded with coal and at present with almost twenty million bushels in the pittsburg harbor the river coal miner mine havo been compelled to shut down for lack of shipping facilities there ther tire aro about miners employed tv in tho the river mines along tho the hela valley this great fleet of coal coa Is for the supply of points in the west and south and the probabilities are that there will be a coal famine especially in the northwest should conditions prevent the shipment ol 01 coal before the cold weather sets in in west virginia lumber plants glass factories and iron and stee mills located along the rivers jare apfl closed on account of insufficient water in pastern eastern ohio the samo same con prevail and it is feared th great iron and steel mills at youngs tawni ohio employing over 2000 men bien will havo have to suspend operation unless the drouth Is speedily broken 1 in all sections 0 of the dry zone prayers are offered up dally daily and those thee prayers will continue until they are arc answered with rain |