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Show Hines and Directors I Discuss Menace of I the Coal Situation I J Further Reduction in Passenger Service and Shutting Of? Coal From Non-Essential Industries Again Being Discussed Reports From Nearly All Points Show Vanishing Supply of Bituminous Coal 425,000 Miners Remain Firm. CHICAGO, Nov 19. The WTOWlng menace of the coal situation. was the subject today of further discussion bv I Walker I. Hine, federal director-gen eral of railroads, and seven regional directors. Possible action talked about included la further reduction in passenger train service and shutting off coal from nor.-i nor.-i ssential industries. Mi Hines Indicated Indi-cated he would issue a statement after aft-er the meeting, "What we will consider is what means can be employed by elimination of consumption except where it is indispensable in-dispensable to conserve our coal re-Berve," re-Berve," said Mr. Hines Meanwhile reports from virtually ail sources were of a vanishing supply of bituminous coal ,is approximately 425,-000 425,-000 miners remained firm in their disposition dis-position to await announcement of un agreement by the apparently dead locked miners-operators' conference at Washington. Of the great union fields only West Virginia reported an appreciable ap-preciable amount of fuel brought, out, seventy five per cent of the mines being be-ing operated. The regional directors generally informed in-formed Mr Hines that the railroads had sufficient fuel for several days, 'he statement of the central west di rector being an exception. No general freight embargo will be considered. Mr Hines said, addin? ; Splj that restricting the fuel supply of non essential Industries in itself would sharply curtail freight shipments. PITTSBURG. Kan.. Nov. 19.-The next move in the state's program to operate Kansas' coal mines under a re-celvershlp re-celvershlp created by the supreme court at Topeka, was unknown here early today. The receivership plan apparenth has received something of a setback through the inclination of the miner? to await outcome of the coal confer ence In Washington before returning to work and to the fact that not all of the three receivers are willing tc servo. Governor Allen is expected to con fer with members of the supreme court, probably tomorrow, in regard tc the appointment of another receiver tc represent the men, Willard Titus ol Gerard, having declined to servo. Tltu? explained that he had not been authorized au-thorized to perform the duties by the mine workers' union, of which he is a member. |