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Show COALMEN ASK BIG DAMAGES FROM RAip nu.NVKit ,mi mo r.iuMii: m:- IN'tJ Ht'i:i TOIt 8800,000, Mtamlanl C'onl Company nml Otlirra of the ImleiM-uileiitA Allege IllMTlmln-utloii IllMTlmln-utloii In Dl.tributlon of Corn In l'n. nr or Colornilo .Mlncn Aa AgaliiHt TlniMt or Hie IJu-trni Ulnh 1'leltK Heeral nt the Independent oonl op-oratora op-oratora or Carbon county nre riling ault ngalnat thu Denier and lllo Ornnde nnd tho Union Pacific railroads rail-roads for reparation to tho extent or eight hundred thousand dollarn, approximately, ap-proximately, on account or an alleged al-leged discrimination In the dlntrlbu-tlon dlntrlbu-tlon or eara ror the coal trade Tho ault goen lo the Intcmtnte commerce commission and In tonnectlon with tho ilemnndn ror reparation the coalmen coal-men will nnk the commbwlon ror a readjustment or rote on coal rrom thn Carlion nnd Kmery count) mlnea The concern bringing the ault nre the Independent In-dependent Coal nnd Coko company, tho Hprlng Canjon Coal company, the Cameron Coal compan) nnd the Man-dard Man-dard Coal compan) Tho papera ror the ault are being prepared by the Trarrio Her Ice llureau or Utah, which ha ten men at work on the case Tho basin ror the reparation null In alleged discrimination of the Denver and lllo Ornnde nnd the tfnlnn Pacific Paci-fic In tho distribution of ara during 1916 and 11118 a between the coal mining districts of Ulali and Colorado, Tho Utah operator assert that while they were furnished only aufflclrut equipment to permit them to operate 66 per cent of tho time, the coal mine or Colorado were given equipment which enabled them lo work l per cent or Hie tune The plalnltrr do not assert that there wa discrimination discrimina-tion nn between the nr lolls eon I com-IHtnlen com-IHtnlen tu I'tah lamer Itutt'n Wiililetl. The I'tah Independent op.rntorn liae det tared their Intention of linking link-ing the Interstate tommerce toinmls-nbin toinmls-nbin lo lower the rote on cool rrom the lUah mlnea to Hun I'ranclnco. I,oi Angnlen mid Hun Diego to conform to tlm rate effective tu Portland The rule to Portland uuu I from slxtj-five slxtj-five tenia to Ml a tun lower than lo California pulntn. whlln the Callfor-Ida Callfor-Ida poluln are approximate!) the mini' dlstatiee from Hall Ulke Clt) Its In Portland Thn i oat tqierulura desire thruligh rntea n ttNil tu all point east a fur an Omaha mid Kniisaa Clt) on a banb) ur equallt) with the V)omlng mlnen. Thn) also take oxtrptlonn tu the rntmi uu it hi I lu effeet fittm thn Carlnin count) illstrlrt and the I lock Hprlngn illstrlrt .i Holt l-nke Clt) The Carbon Car-bon count) district In approximate!) a hundred and twent) mile rrom Halt Ijtke Clt) and the rule nu domestic it ml la tl AU it tun The name rate appllea Horn the Hock Hprlngw die-Irbt die-Irbt although the distant e la ap-proximate!) ap-proximate!) two liuntlr'd and forl mllew. , However the rain from Itotk Hplillga itpplle tu scvtrttl itimuiou IHiinta lu t'tah an well aa t Halt Ijtke City and the upt ntlura at t forih thai itml ilestlned tn Miiit Imyond Hall Utke Clt) Is carrletl lo Hall Ijtkn City by thn I'lilou Parlfli fur eight) tent nml the remaining eight) cents I Kit. ii lu the itoinetilug Hue rititl lly tin Coiiunllnii, HallrtNtd of fh lals det hire that all Interstate rate have In en fixed b) tin interstate commerce lommlnnlon and Insist Hint tho division ur utt) rate In nut it basis or claims ror reduction Pur man) )earn the Union Pailfle rate rrom the llo(,k Hprlng illstrlrt to Halt Ijike Clt) was fl .8 it ton, but wa reduied to $1.60 to permit the Wyoming Wyo-ming mlnee in gel their prtidiii t Into thl lerrltor) The Interstate eoinmertc commission commis-sion has no Jurlndlttlou our Hit rate from the Carbon touut) dlitrlut tn Halt l4ikc Cil), btenusti the traffic betwteu the two point In entire!) within one state Only the state authorities au-thorities can nit In thl Instant c, mid with that end lu view the Independent t mil operator urn having data prepared pre-pared for presentation to the Utah legislature and. In cose n public tit t II-Ilea II-Ilea tommlsuloii In created, have It punntd uu tu the tommlsnlon for ni-Hon ni-Hon The uuuniinii int nt that preparations prepara-tions were being made followed tinsel) the announcement or the name Independent Inde-pendent operators thut the price or coal would bo Inereuned alxtv tint u ton uu November !0th The United Htote I'll el compan), which I not Identified with the null, bu not )Ct detlded whether ur not II will raise the price ur coul. in lording in mi tin-nouutement tin-nouutement made b) John H. Criluh-low Criluh-low manner or the sales ugene) or the tomimu) t'tali I'm I Nut Part), I 'till) 1'uel compan), however, linn unnouuied thut It will not bo n party to the raise General Manager A II, Cow e and Oeneral Hale Agent A V Plernon both nuert that the present prices nu coal are adequate The) i) that current price give the com-pnny com-pnny n reaionuble profit and that nt this time the proponed Incrtuw nre not Juntiried The new prlcm, a quoted by some of the Independent operator, to become effectlvo November No-vember SOth, urn lump coal, $3 00; stove tonl, 13 66 nut and egg coal, IS (0, mine run, $: 00 These price are at the mine The Independent operator nunert that they nre operating opera-ting at a Ion under current prict, and the ad value of lxl) cent u ton I ncceeamr) to enable them to operate op-erate ut mi) profit to themselves Tho output of nil mine In Utah ha l,i en rerlously lurlallld ifurlng the pant few months, on account of a shortage of cqulpim nl, and necess.ir-II) necess.ir-II) there In a shortage of coal through- out the Intermountaln coiintr) In some section the shortage has reached reach-ed the stage of n famine, and Indus-tries Indus-tries as well a Individuals arc suffering suf-fering The Utah mine me working llttb more than half lime nml ill urn fnr behind Willi their orders Shortage" Ciiuet "Hun," Announcement of tt shortage aimed n run tin the Hall l.ake Clt) denier lanl week which resembled it run on a bunk threatened with failure A n result. It nnld that many Individuals nnd Industries have plated oriltrs far greater than their nctual needs at the present time with a view tu having n suppl) on hand If conditions grow worse Approximate!) ten thousand Ions or Hall l-akn Clt) conl were reported re-ported In the local railroad )ards last I'rlilay unit nil Hie road nre burning burn-ing tonl to .Ion us runt its II tan be plated lulu ears. With favorable wenther the suppl) available will prevent pre-vent n famine but lu case or severe wenther It Is predicted that there would wnuld lie it greal ileal tr nor-rerlng nor-rerlng rur lack or ruel Tho shortage of equipment Is attributed tu various lennonn. but all binge on ill unprecedented unpre-cedented business being carried b) the various railroad I.lttlo attempt was made lu store conl during the summer, which makes the demand all the grenti r at till season A it reault uf not storing it hi I In the summer, there I an unusual demand ror ctml ear equipment for nml loading now Unable. Un-able. Hit re In it big demand for tonl ear rur sugar beet loading through-out through-out tin Intermountaln counto Cllllst of lilt' (oliilllloil, In former your thn mine have been furnished box ami stink mr equipment rur loading during the winter, when the demand wa mm-latrntlvel) mm-latrntlvel) slight ror thl elawt i t equipment lu other stride Just now howevtr, on tiocount or the Ileal) movement ur e rop. the box ami stock tars are nettled for other servbe and cunnnt well be diverted In addition, then are thousand ur Imix and Muck cars under load with export shipments Ibroughi.ut thi Ifatal Another thing that contribute to shortage or all elasnna or equipment and ut all time I the delii) in unliwdliiK Mull) denier bale no fiuMlllles ror storing either ttatl or other shipment, ship-ment, ami hold tin in on our until disposed or Thousands of cars have been ordered b) Hie ntllnmds of the coiintr) during the past two eur nnd man) or them have been delivered deliver-ed but the deliver) ha been more or lee ilehDid lu mull) Instant ew b Hie shortage or material due tu the demand de-mand rur sti el. 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