Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-02-27
TIE COAL PANIC AT THE NORTH
AND EAST.
J he 4 Sc Of Cum be rland Coal Recon-.
menGRSl

Goal nom fifteen TO twenty dollars ton in
New hofh are words a. slgnihca OF hardship
10 the poor as almost any that can be used in
this Indictment sea son. With such ali Increase
IN price a. the above language imports the Cost
OF the article TO purchasers by the basket j. only
limited by the avarice OF retailers and the ne
cessltles OF buyers. In Newark there are, in
the various coal yards OF the city, ONLY about
],0'D tons. 1he few yards til at have any OF this
trlning quantity OF coal are charging SlS ton
Tor II. Ihis II al advance of > per cent. Oh the
puted to have
SUPPLIES FOR FOUR DAYS ONLY.
ana the prices would have been much higher
If the wholesale dealers had not become fr! piIt-
ened at the manifestations OF popular in,igna-
ton AT South Amb0y, Elizabethport. Port
johnson, or Hoboken, which are the shipuiuy
delOts Tor the Penn>y lvaiia coal trade there i
said 10 be about 30000 tons. Blu. that !, 4bout
the quantity consumed every dav m New York
Tie total supply III that city Is though; 10 he
hily or sixty thohsahd tors only, with March
weather 10 come. AL OF the papers are ca linz
upon Congress 10 abolish
THE DUTY ON COAL,
and urging h0Usekeepers TO buy only in small
quantities what they need. The Erie Railroad
orders for coal from its own mines AT - Der ton
OF 600 pounds, delivered at Port Jervis and AT
$ per ton delivered east uf Port .Jeryls in
ciuoihg Jersey City. 1t Is hoped this may af-
iord SOME considerable degree of relief
THE UsB OF CUMBERLAND COAL
by housekeepers Is also urged 10y many OF the
papers, ana the low rates AT which IL l. sold in
Tins District are referred 10, and there may Vet
grow out Of the panic q new de manI tor the
bi.umlnous coal supplied by the Chesapeake
ard Ohio canal ard Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. The StdRsard says Sooner than pay
$50 per ton for anthracite, the people OF New
YORK surely would put up with some smoke and
Foot as do those OF other cities ia our own as
well a. foreign countries. For example, q sale
OF 1000 tons took place within two or three
dayS IN Washington At S5.15 and 81 per ton
This can be brought here and landed for less
than 81, which will make il cost TO the shipper
under 80 per ton.
WHO Is RESPONSIBLE
The Herald says: The compromise offer.I
by the operators, at the meeting in Philadel-
phia, to the Miners Association for the resnmp
n despOtlc measure, which the men have We,
shown no disposition to accept, and which ia
probably thrown out by the operators with the
hope that they would not accept it. Their aim :
to throw all the odum of. this conspiracy upon the
miners themselves but in truth it lies altogethrr
between the coal carrying companies and the or
orators, who, after all, are one and the SAM
thing. There should be indignation meetings hel.
In this city and in PhiladelPha and Boston anu
all the cities affected by the grinding tyranny
OF these Pennsylv corporations, to NJ ge i'm
mediate and decisive action upon Congress
The INSCRIPTIONS mOn0polIsts who think to
grind their own employees for the gain Of a few
thousand dollars must lind that their ''vaultiny
ambition has O'erleaped ITSELF" and that their
inordinate demands have proven their ruin. The
reOpeniDg of free trade in coal will do all this
Congress can alone do this, and the indignsn t
sentiment Of the people must be brought to bear
upon Congress.