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Show Reduction In Illinois. SPRINGFIELD, ill.. Oct 30. Mining Min-ing of soft coal at the rate of approxi-lately approxi-lately 85.000.00u ions a year will ( ease m Illinois, third largest bitumin- 1 OU8 coal producing state in the union, j and . 90.000 miners will be idle when j the "miners' strike order becomes ef- i fective at midnight tomorrow. These fipures were furnished here today ai miners' state headquarters and at the Illinois department of mines and minerals. Reports from various parts of Ihe state indicate that efforts of industries, particularly smaller consumers, and individuals, to obtain coal before the shutdown have reach panic proportions propor-tions in some localities. Dealers, swamped with ordeis, it is said, are refusing to take on more business, aud drivers who go to the mines to haul away coal by the load Jorced to wait for hours at the chutes oo |