Show I I i I I I I I I j I I I SUPPLY f Of COAl UIN Railroad Directors Take Steps Step to Conserve and Dole pole Doler Out Fuel r 1 j CHICAGO Nov 20 Regional Regional di directors directors dl- dl rectors recto o of or railroads today ha had haa a free freehand freehand freehand hand In dealing with curtailment of nonessential industries and unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary I sary passenger traffic and extraordInary extraordinary extraordinary nary efforts to conserve and nd distribute the nations nation's steadily diminishing coal supply suPply were being made Except In the West Virginia fields upon which It was announced the rest of the country would draw for absolutely necessary requirements there was little hope today f for r In Increased Increased In- In n- n creased production The majority of the bituminous miners who went on strike nearly three weeks ago maintained their disposition to disregard the the- strike recall order Issued by their acting president under direction direction direction tion of the federal court and to await developments from the opera miners tors conference In Ira Colorado a strike of the miners who had returned to work was set for Friday following failure of the for Friday because of alleged dis- dis crimination against union men There was hope however that the workers would disregard the call Sho Should ld the apparently deadlocked I conference at at at W Washington i 1 r reach 1 h han an agreement within a week martial law and state operation of mines wasI was planned In Iowa I Governor W. W L. L Harding said he I was considering taking over the I mines offering the miners an In Increased inI increased in- in creased wage and compensating the I operators until a. a a settlement was wasI reached The United States court at Fargo I N. N D. D has issued a decree that apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap would lead to restoration of the mines to their private owners No I state c co court urt has yet acted to change the situation brought about by the governors governor's action in hi seizing the lignite mines and ordering them operated by bythe bythe bythe the state Application for an Injunction Injunction injunctIon tion In hi the state courts to restrain the government is scheduled to be heard at Bismarck N N. D. D today |