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Show ELECTRICITY GIVES FUEL SOLUTION, EXPERT THINKS . H MILLIONS OF TONS OF GOAL H SAVED YEARLY. H Anthracite Miners Show Disposition, H Through Their Leaders, to Arbi- H trato Wage Scale With President H Wilson's Commission At National H Capital Around tho Local Camps. H 1'ARADK.VA, Cnln, Mn Itl. 1 lit- H iMlton is looking to the elect ncnl in- B "dustrv to effect economic in (lie tli- H niinlthliig store of coal nod oil, dele- H -gale to the Xntionnl Klcctnc Light orfltin convention wcro told to- H tiny in n reort from Frank M. Kerr -of Unite, Mont., ohninnnn of the com H millet? on electrification of stenm railroad. In the nbsence of Kerr his report wns rend "If nil the stenm 1 railreflds in the country wore clcctn- fled with M)vcr furnished from InrRO stenm conernllriR electric stations, the IoIhI fuel required would he eqnKn- B lent to 53,500,000 tons of conl, ns H ngninsl tho nctunl figure for rmlrund H ml consumed in 1018170,000,000 H tons," the rejiort any. "TIiiih, l.y H olectrificflton of the roads, 122,600,. J '000 tons would hae been Mtcd, een H f thcMiucr ncc(Mnr to run thcrnil- H rosils were furnished from clcvlric.il j Kciierntlni: stntions liniiiR conl for H fuel, and with n Inrjrc port of tho H jwwer supplied from wnlcrMiwr H pistils, tho wains would he consider- fl !ily inorenscd. H "In my icv the experiment slso H of rnlhrHy olcetnficfltinn is wst. The M Chliwffl, Mllwnukec nnd Si Pnnl nnd H the Montana Power rommny hnve H demonstrated in Mnntmin the entire M pmrtiesibliltj nnd ftreot superiority of H leelrie power for the operation of n H hMvy trunk line hv mere llimt four H -veurs of 100 er cent oenition Four H thousand ton trains go up nnd down H "the Ihwv.v inonntnin grades under per- H feat control nt epoeds never heforc m Ttmiwn Mnd wilh ti regularity which is H iihenotnennl. j "The change from stonm to elect rie H iiiwralion mentis moro Ihnn u mere M flmtif-e in txpe of locomotive used. It H imwiM R clinnge in the entire rnnccp- H tion of the nrt of rnilnmd Irnnsnor- H JIIARD COAL MINERS TO ACT B OK WAGE SETTLEMENT PLAN H WILKKSIIAItltK. !., Mn 2-1 H The offer of the, conl opera lorn of n H "wngo Inert-one of more than 1G per eont nnd tho fonnnl recognition of the H United Mine Workers or Americn, B wild the pnRil of President Wilson B for the limiting of n commission of m .three men li. himelf to ndjust the H differences between tho employers H mid the mine worker, will he IhiiI he- H for tb Miithraeite miuent from Din- H triU 1, 7 mid t), who meet here to- M miHY. Should the convention re- H jeet lMth i1mim of Mvttlwiient, a ktnke M -will m ewlltxl. President .lolm k lwis of the United Mine Wm Urn H leelrl touHht tlmt he tlow not look H for n strike. "The men do not HHiit H it mid 'be Hihli tloen not WNiit it," H he nmIcI. Tlie Keral wuliiiieut Hiiion H the mlnen is Hint 'the plsu of settle- H inwit niHpMnl hv President W1Im.ii H will he Heeepted. H Xofotintionit hiue not heen broken H off Ittrtween the mineix nnd operators, m ne(H)rdiii to IWidcut IahvIk. The H Menle committee of the miners refund H to seeept (hi. Ui)fv u(fvr f fj Jm, H eut ineresne mmle llirouKli the of- m new of Swrelnrv of Ibor Wilson, B -tleitidiiHe to mihmit the whole question H to the miners thetiMic. The sesle j -mimittee Mill return to WhsIiiiikIoii m 'on .Msy 27th, follow 11 tlie con ven- H Uom, to inform SeeietHry Wilson m B tbe setkm tskeu. H Each Is Warned. M WASJJIXOTOX, I). C, May 22.- H '0n.tun and Miners were w !-1 B 44y by President Wils.ni thai there H mui be no strike in the snlhrseile B a fields durinic this eritienl Mriwl W I1m readjustment of the eountry. H Writing to the meuiliers of tlie joint mM)e eonuuittee ninth m Ihmu eon- 4bHiting negutiHtion tor two months, 41m pnsudenl said that if the eommit- 1 should he unable to reach an H stgreetttetii he Mould insist that the 1 sitHSition in dispute lie submitted to tlH detenninatiuu of a commission to 1 tie Hjipoiiitwl by him and that work H b niHtinued in tho mines pending tho H ileeisioii of the commission He ml- H lel that the nwurd to he mnde would 1 9 retroaetive to April 1st, Inst, the H tlate of tlie expiration of the old H MKreement between the operators mid H nunert. Tho jireideut snid lie would H IhiIiI himself in readme to npiioint H eowniUMon "similarly constituted H .to tlie one which I rteentl) nppointed H am Mtnneetion with the bituminous H sululng indiisli.v, im goon ns I'lcnm H wheir willingnoss to continue nt wntk H nd abide by its decisions " XAOK OF WORK IS DUE TO H THE SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE H I.aek of work in tho Carbon tounty H mines is phicod nt the door of the H 43vvituhmen's slnko lij John Ciavvfonl, Hl -stntu eonl iniuo iusjitctor, Vho wns in H stlio district most of Inst wcik. Crnw- H tfiyd wyfi that ns n rosult of tho strike, the senrcil) of ears is so great Hint tho previous several davs in the Spring Cflnjon mines miners worked but (wo nnd one-half days, while nt Kemlworth thev put in the some num. tier or days l?ven the Wnttls mine, situated where it enn receive n very large number of enrs, ran but four davs. There nre many coal orders nhend, piled up nvvnlting the freeing of cars, but the sudden stoppage of traffic in the Host has sidetracked innny loaded ears of coal nnd the cmp. ties nre not ot reluming. He snvs conl miners have received the same increnses that were nwnrded the miners min-ers in tho Knsteru Rtntes recently, nnd there nre no complaints heard nhont conditions, except the scarcity of ears. Tho prospect nre, however, Hint the worst is over, ns it was rcortcd that this would bo n full week in tho mines. COLORADO COAL OUTPUT IS SHOWING AN INCREASE Conl production for the first four months of 1020 in Colorado shows n gnln of 701,101 tons over the corros-landing corros-landing iienod Inst ,cnr, according to tho April rewrt of .(nines Dnlnmple, stnte pohI mine inspector Production so far this jeer has eached 1,127,720 tons In April the production wns 1)02,073 tons. Altogether 13,322 men were employed in and nlmut the mines during the mouth. With but four ex-roptinns ex-roptinns all coal producing counties of the stnte show nu increase in pro-dilution pro-dilution since .Jnnusr.v 1st, and tliwc four eoiiutiM have a combined d. reao of only n little over 13,000 tons. Delia count . where nre loeated the properties of I'lnli Fuel eonimiiv, hnd n total tonnage of 11,827, nu increase in-crease for the four months of 11,453 April production wns 10,113 tons. MAP OF COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES OUT Tho United Stntes geological sur-e.v, sur-e.v, department of the interior, is now distributing a largo mnii showing the coal fields of the Fiiited StnteH. This map, wluih measures four and 11 half 0 "pen feet, shows the conl fields b a series of colom indicating the seven different kinds or grades of eoal as it is classified hv the iteoWi- eal urvc anthracite, semi-hitumin-ous, higligrade bituminous, low grade bituminous, lignite ami coking eoal. The map is sold by the seohigiral survey sur-vey for a dollar, or for -sixtx cents each if five or more maps nre ordered together. Iteeide the eoal fields this map ithows all the cilie, railroads, lakes and other features that nre found 011 n map of this site. Prices to AdvanM. "The price ot eoal is Itoiiud to advance," ad-vance," declared W. C mui', president presi-dent of tlie I'lah-Idaho Coal Denier' UksoeiiUnm at Knit Lake Cit last Monday. "We were untitled todny that thore will be another inerensi iii the pmo to 11s, and this iiudoubtedl.v will hnve to be taken up 111 the price to the eonsumei. Wo nre working now with leas margins in our pruos than nre allow ml in Wyoming and other stales. Tho mnrgiii hoie is but $1 16 n ton and in Wjomiug it is W50, in Oregon nnd Wnshiiigton threo dollars nnd in California four to five dollars 11 ton It is probable Hint the price will nunuco to about r020 n ton for lump coal nnd will ad-nneo ad-nneo from twenttj-ftvo to fiftj cents u ton in tho price for nut. Margins Mar-gins in Suit Luke City are snid to ho lower thnn in nn, other state for the ooul denlors." Wattls Going Ahead. Gwjllam Jouoe, chief olork for tho Lion Conl company nvei nt its Wattia enmp, came down from thore to boo (Continued On Pace Eight.) ELECTRICITY GIVES FUEL SOLUTION, EXPERT THINKS (Concluded Ffrom Pago Six) the ball game at Price Sunday last Numerous improvements, he states, nro mniipcd out there for the summer. sum-mer. Among these is n big amtwe-incnt amtwe-incnt hall, several new bungalows for cmploves, vvnlor for the houocs already al-ready in wo nnd boiiio chntiges in the tippfo Tho production nt this time is around eight hundred tons dally and tho initio going every day, Cloe to two hundred men are employed nt the ,cntnp. An increased production is contemplated ns (he property is further furth-er developed. |