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Show More Coal Mined Garfield Says I PACKING PLANTS I SERVED Fuel To Be Supplied To Nation's Meat Industry WASHINGTON'. Dec. S Fuel Administrator Admin-istrator Garfield returned to Washington Washing-ton today from Wllllnmstow n. Mass.. io lake personal charge of the coal situation. situa-tion. After a conference with Assistant Attorney General Ames he went to the White House to attend a cabinet me-'-lng. Director General Hlnes also met with the president's official family. Dr. Garfield appeared to be optimistic, lie said that coal production was getting closer to normal although the stringency in the middle west was acute. Members of a general committee representing repre-senting the coal operators who remain d j In Washington after the adournmcnt of I tho general conference of operators yesterday, yes-terday, denied in a statement today published reports; that they had considered consid-ered offering any amount to the miners-considerably miners-considerably greater than the It per cent wage advance suggested by Dr. Garfield. President Seniles, of the Illinois Coal Operators' association, r.peaklng for the committee, said the operators nevii had considered action In opposition to Dr. Garfield's proposal and that they were acting entirely within the limits eugsested by the government. Fight lor Coal CHICAGO. Dec 6. Efforts of governor of at least ten states to have sufficient coal mined to provide for domestic consumers con-sumers and absolutely essential indi.y-tries indi.y-tries marked the progress today of the strike of bituminous coal miners Restrictions had been placed on tho consumption of fuel throughout the j country from New York City to the Siena Nevada mountains as the general situr.-' situr.-' tion at the mines showed no Improvement and the miners maintained their attitude i of hostility toward the preferred 11 per I cent Increase. Effective at 11:01 Monday morning tho ii ost sweeping redaction of railroad service serv-ice in history reduction In pa SO Ml jot service and one-third In "train miles" 1 on all Railroads diverging west, south-w. south-w. st and northwest from Chicago has been ordered. I Regional directors of the central waal-I waal-I em. southwestern and northwestern regions re-gions estimated that that step alone would save 11.000 tons of coal dal'y. Other curtailments of railroad serv'cc were being considered today. Coal for Packers Following receipt of instructions from T'nlted Stales Fuel Administrator Garfield Gar-field at Washington. T. W. Proctor, regional re-gional coal director, today announced that fuel will continue1 to be furnished meal packers In Chicago and the west and northwest to operate slaughtering;, refrigerating re-frigerating and packing plants. TM order virtually Classifies meat packing as an essential industry, The- instructions prohibit the use of coal by the packers for the manufacturing manufactur-ing of any by-products and as a result all their soap, leather, glue. hair, dr.ig and other by-product plants were clos'd. The big Chicago packers reported today that tluy have no surplus supply of coal on hand and are depending upon dally deliveries One- firm has been using oil for fuel in several of its plants for h month. I'hicago needs uiiMcais of coal daily ro continue its present S 1-2 hour business day basis. A message to this effect haa been sent to the fuel administrator st Washington Unless this amount of coal Is forthcoming, forth-coming, each day Chicago may have to be put on a four-hour day nasi The coal situation was reported to be more serious here today than at any time since-j since-j the beginning of the strike. |