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Show Coal Stiorlafe Is Threafeftinfj Food Supply of Nation 1 Daily Decreasing Amount Menace to Country and Sweeping Curtailment of Passenger Service Expected Within Next Twenty-four Hours 425,000 Bituminous Coal Miners Round Out Three Weeks of Idleness. f'i .kii j CHICAGO, Nov 21 The dally in j creasing coal shortage today had be-' be-' gun to menace additional Industries pr.d threaten the nation's food supply with the further prospect of a sweep ing curtailment of passenger traffic within twenty-four hours. As the approximately 426,000 bituminous bitum-inous coal miner? rounded cut three weeks of idleness it became known, through a statement here by the regional reg-ional coal committee that the big Chicago Chi-cago packing plants have "abovt two W iks supply of coal left and Mint when they used that the committee will not be able to release any coal to them. The immediate fu'ure of the steel industry today was causing concern, and in the Chicago district Hie Corn Products plan; at ArgO, 111., announced suspension, its other plant ai Pekin, III., already haing been closed. In the general BltuatjOD as regards the mines themselves, but slight changes were apparent today. They did not point to increased production Action of the operators at Washington Wash-ington in offering the miners an in crease of 15 cents a ton for coal min-d and 2ri per cent increase for day work-trs. work-trs. while being regarded by the miners' min-ers' leaders as of no consequence as ,a forward step in the negotiations was looked on by Washington authorities with optimism. More practical negotiation nego-tiation was expected to follow that i oncrete offer. The week's supplv ration for Chicago Chi-cago and the northwestern region, which extends to the Pacific coast, was in effect today, putting it into effect following an order putting the southern south-ern states, east of the Mississippi river, an a ration basis which limited purchases for home use to one ton. MILLS MAY CLOSE. YOUNGSTOWN. O.. Nov 21. Mills of the Mahoning and Shenango valleys, val-leys, forming the second largest stee! producing region in the country to day faced possibility of closing on account ac-count of coal shortage, following orders ord-ers by L T Murray, local fuel director, di-rector, cutting off supplies to all factories. fac-tories. Some of the smaller steel mills will 'be forced to close in two or three days, it was said by company officials. The larger plants have supplies for periods varying from ten to tbirtv 111 COAL SUPPLY EXHAUSTED. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Nev. 21. The available coal supply on the Kansas City market will be exhausted by tonight, to-night, it was announced todpy by the local coal committee As a result, drastic rectrlction3 will bo necessary, it was stated. y, f RESTRICTING COAL DISTRIBUTION PITTSBURG. Pa.. Nov. 21. The Pittsburg district fuel distributing committee of the United States railroad rail-road administration proceeded on government gov-ernment orders today to supply coal to "essential" consumers only. Officials of industrial concerns not classed as essential expressed the belief that ; their fuel supplies would be cut Off entirely. I ir ' ' CHARLESTON, V,'. Ya. Nov. 21 I Officials of district No IT. United -Mine Workers of America, announced j early todav that reports from the New river coal fields where many miners .quit work during the past two days, j indicated that 'he situation in that iicgion was "serious" and it was de- 1 ' ;clared thai a further spread of the ! strike was probable. I News from the Parrs Run mines near jMoundsville was to the effect Icat 40" miners who had voted to return to I work, refused to do so when, accord-.111 accord-.111 to the men, company superintendents superintend-ents told tuem they must renounce I union membership before re entering the mines. Petition to Court BISMARCK. N D . Nov. 21. A petition peti-tion asking the state supreme court to over rule the order of District Judge Nuessle, which directed the state to return mining properties to their owners, own-ers, is expected to be filed in the supreme su-preme court today by counsel for Governor Gov-ernor Lynn J. Frazler. The petition charges that Judge Nuessle acted un-lawfullv un-lawfullv when he ordered the return of the Washburn Coal company's property prop-erty at Wilton, N. D.. to its owners by next Monday. A writ to prohibit enforcement en-forcement of the order is sougui from the supreme court. 1 |