The daily gazette., 1875-04-26
From Philadelphia Telegraph, April "a.
The Coal Trade.

SCARCITY OF CoAt IN THE CITY--ACTION
OR THE MINERs-No INTENTION TO
-CoLLIERIEs CLOSED AND
AT woRK-sHIPMENTs DURING THE
wEEK-BDIToRIAL COMMENTS ON THE
SITUATION.
The extreme scarcity OF coal in the
northwestern section OF the city max es
the consideration of the existing troubles
prevailing one in many households
During this week, stove coal has been re-
failing as high as $3.50 per ton, and then
great difficulty was found in obtaining
1T. The latest information from Potts
vile indicates the determination of the
miners to stand out for their persistent
ly-asked-for schedule of prices, and as
they claim to be in the possession of sufii-
cient funds, the prospect Of resumption
is exceedingly unsatisfactory. The Mi
ners' and Laborers' Benevolent Associa-
tion yesterday announced that "they
have authorized no persons to make any
compromise for them in reference to
wages, and have no present intention to
do So" The number of collieries in
Schuylkill county is ninety five. of which
but eight are now in operation, and those
working are but small.
Satoards Ne,o York Coal Trade Journal,
OF this week, says -
Anthracite coal continues in short
supply, the output being 500, 900 tons
less than for the same period of 1874.
The demand may be quoted active. The
three companies mining in Upper Luzern
county continue to furnish the whole of
the available supply for the seaboard.
The Lehigh Wilkesbarre, and Schuylkill
districts being yet in the troublous con-
dition noticed so many weeks--there has
hnnx ..s4 -. l.
the week under review, if we except
several professions and deaths head
notices; but the presence of the military
in the Lehigh district is still rendered
necessary.
There is no need to expect a coal
famine;' the coal that is arriving, toge-
ther with the bitumipous supply, will
prevent any such disaster, and those
who arc induced to pay an advance on
the circular rates for anthracite, may
find themselves sold; boats and vessels
have to wait some weeks for a load,
and spectators take advantage of this
fact and run the price up to anything
they think the necessities of the buyer
will stand, this may be stopped by the
companies selling only to consumers
or direct agents"
Yesterdays weekly Miners Journal
says
''As will be seen by the weekly sum-
mary the quantity of anthracite coal
sert to maket last week reached 213,-
e74 tons, against 3S1 ,243 for tho corre-
spending week last year. The market
in its present condition, can be supplied
without any further trouble, notwith.
standing the insane policy of the
blockheads who control the W. B. A.,
though Schuylkill county is not fur
nishing it, and it is going from other
regions. There need be no further ap-
prehension of coal famine; the mar
ket will be supplied, as the quantity
will increase every week hereafter
Large quantities of bituminous coal are
going forward also to supply the de-
mand
1.-The strike cannot continue longer
than Il few days more, unless somess
thing new should turn up. They are
bound to succumb, as there can be no
further motive in holding out, except
to crafty the spleen of the blockhead
leaders they selected to run them into
this difficulty. The exposure of the
Secret Circular showing that the OBJ
ject of the leaders was to destroy the
property of the region sooner than per-
NIT the cellieries to work, has caused
such q feeling of horror against the
leaders that no decent person who has
any regard for law or order will be
seen with them. And when the storm
does burst, and the men then discover
how shamefully they have been lied to,
deceived and robbed, the leaders may
find it necessary to seek some more
genial soil. AS it is, they have driven
off so manyof the purchasers of Schuyl-
kill coal to other regions, and SO much
bituminous coal has been substituted,
that when the collieries do start it is
question whether there will be de-
mand for more than half the coal the
region can produce, until later in the
season.