The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-25
The Coal Suspension.

The per sion of shipments, which threatened BY
the schuykill opeAtors has ~ eng taken place, as
orr readers have coubt in the di ninished
cepfs Of coal here railroad. An article in he Mnes
journal informs that it viii continue through the
assigns for the suspension, the
o. orders ome q the papers Of this city have stated
t,vss It the hines This may be tros. bu the Mirsrs
oarndl rays nothing about It, which rather tards TO
throw eoubt over it For ths information Of read
srs, We apperd the Journals usual trad. article
lhs quantity rent BY railroad this week 10 20 7l9 OF
TONS By canal 10 2l6ol tors for the weak ~ 9s4 os
tons Increase by railroad 3ss sos. 09 do by canal
81. 72s u, to same period last year.
The shipments light this week. showing falling off
Sir &c last week Of q, 40. ID tons.
The co,l trade Is sparl;" consumers sbroad still
continue 70 hc back expecting cral to fall dealers
OF course cannot purchase and the trade at Richmond
cannot sell
Freights and wages remain without change and our
opsstIs csnpct furnish coal ct he prices oerea for it,
hence they have determined to oper tiors
the coal wanted price that will pay for mining ct
the present. rate Of wages and that foto
ia,oIs uncsr the circumstapces Tho suspension II
pretty general only few persons who have contracts
The trace hero have reduced the prices low rs the
circumstances will permit.
just IS paper going to press learned that
throughout the ensuing week.
But about Eve weeks Of tho shipping season remain,
and some Of the markets, We learn bare Of COAL and
long the press abroad With articles stating
tina the price Of coal Ia falling so long will the
II they cangnt with rhort supply, let the rsspon
sibiity rest whore it properly belongs
Our operators have furnished Of 446
tons over the Shipments Of last season. in the teeth
Of all the MADE in the cities last winter
spring. they could not increase the trade
their duty towards supplying the Market are not
rsble to any censprs the supply should prove to be
short.
What win be the result Of ,hi we IN only conjecture
There Il probably good ground for the allegation that
the Of New York and the esstsa have With
held their ORDERS have ntim ated occs
sion and indeed IL Is true that If dealers
shrink from ssrrg their winter stock Of coal the
present ruling rates. for fear of heavy AS It E
their profit. are reduced to very low figure 10 conse
quence Of the high rates demanded at the mines
heavy tolls And neither suspension Ct shipmsots nor
sry other which be Yesorted to, win be likely
TO them to store Thousands Of tons Of coal ct rates
which they may not be able maintain through the
much truth there may be in the statement that the
wages demanded BY the mnsrs too high fer mining
there d some reason for the suspeuson but II there be
none seems odd that the wages which have been paid
al the seascn should bs too high now We ha1 hoped
that the large shipments BY railroad and canal after the
mt controversy, and the iDtimat,n of the Aser
journal thAt oroeIs were plenty were indicative Of
that the course OF the New England press in svaing
coDrumers to withhold their orders, has produced Its
cannot b other than disastrous to the coal trade
RI as0ns for the Bapst Outrage I'm Maine.
The Bangor Mercury Of October 2lst says:-ws are
the late outrage upon Mr. Bspst II IL proper to say
tsst the editor attempts to conceal his exuitaton
clumsy pretences In the direction Of love for Law
and order, but he tes three columns With
bur ghpR pan, of course his true mind leaks out
The Herald this the nAme OF the paper published
- klswcrthhas the following In its article relating
the Bapst affair."
Fully impressed with the belief that good order could
alone Re maintained by the absence Of the Jesuit Baps
at legal town meeting Of the voters Of ellsworth,
called for The purpose Of seeing the town would dfay
the expenses Of the vexatous law suit before alluded
the following preamble and resolution read ssed
unanimously, and town clerk entered them upon
the records Of the town
Whereas, We have good reason to believe that w
Indebted TO John Hapst, Catholic prisst, the
luxury Of the law suit enjoyed BY school Com
mittte, therefore,
Resolved That should the said Bapst shov him
self sgan IN Ellsworth, that We manifest to him
Rrstr de for his kindly Interference with public
schools snd his efforts to Danish therefrom the Holy
Bible by procuring for him and trying entire suit
Of new clothes such cannot BE- fouod ct the shop Of
any tailor and that whom thus appareled, present
him with fee ticket to leave Fills worth upon the erst
railroad operation that may go into effect.
DIVORCE CASE ON THE FIFTH AvENUs-lt IL
rumored trait another great divorce Is the taps
II Ia beyond doubt that certain FIFTH avenue
has .ntly had serious grounds Of complaint against
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