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Show NORTHWEST COAL SUPPLY IS SAID TO BE MENACED WASHINGTON, D, C, July 12. riituminous coal operators today failed fail-ed to work out n plan to bring about immedlato shipment of next winter's coal to tho Northwost, although agreeing agree-ing that tho problem of obtaining top dumping of four thousand carloads daily until November at Gieat Lukes ports for movement to that territory hinged on (nr supply, There was no indication that any concrete lilnn would bo worked out for tho joint conference of the operators ami rail, road excoutivos nt Now York Wed. iiosday. Tho operators' confw.'uicjj, however, will continue tomonow. Tho committee selected to repre sunt tho operators iu Wednesday's conference uUo was chosen as u peiv mnncut one, to function on all qu tious relating to car supply. U.fJl. Wcntz, prfisident of tho National ... Conl association, was selected chair man. General complaint was made by tho operators that tho roads wero not strictly obeying tho interstate commorco commission 'a thirty days priority order giving', preference to tho mines in thu assignment of openiop curs. At ft meeting which was open only i to operators reports wero mndo that : tlio avorugo daily delivery of coal for tlio Northwest amounted to only s'r-tecn s'r-tecn hundred nnd ssventy-fivo cars, practically half of tho quantity and to bo needed as insurance against a eoal famine In tho states nt the head of tho lakss next winter. The operators oper-ators declared tho small deliveries wero duo to lack of transportation. Possibility of tho ro-ostahlishment of n fodprnl fuel administration also was understood to bavo been mentioned, but nono of tho operators profesbed tohavoany information as to tho government gov-ernment 'a attitude Informally, tho, operators opposed such proposal. j Tho propositi was mado by u committee com-mittee selected by tho conference to ennvnss the coal and transportation situations. Tly ommitteo also proposed pro-posed that tho West Virginia and I Western Pennsylvania minus furnish two million tons and tho Indiana and (Continued on Taea Four) H UTAH TERMINAL BESTS DEN-B DEN-B VER AND RIO ORANDE. H (Concluded From Page Two) H Illinois mi tie seven million ton to 1 relive tb sIImhIhui in the North- |