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Show SI SHORTAGE HERE HAS NOT REACHED ' ACUTE STAGE While some communities of the ltate are running extremely low in their coal supply. Ogden is I among the fortunate in having a small -upply for tho present, at least, ac cording to word from the Lion Coal company offices. Jas T. Hill, sales asent for the Lion, rated yesterday that the situation in1 i'':ih and other western states Is not I as serious as further east. Utah mines have been operating during practical ly the entire time of the strike and Wyoming mines are now Troponins While considerable coal is being pro dure, in Wyoming mines, this con is beinc taken over by the Union Pacific j railroad, which practically has no re-I re-I servo fuel at presont Mr. Hill stater that th nirita voo Ivorl itself to a fight between the' strikers, who represent one sldr, and tho operators and the gmrral public on j the other side Ho said that the demands de-mands of the striking miners, if agreed upon by the operators, would ol necessity, boost the price of coal. In addition to this, freight rates on rail ; roads would be raised, because of thr additional cost of fuel. In regard to prospects of a coai shortage In Ogden, Mr. Hill said, that his was not likely to occur unless the strike continued and severe cold weather set in. |