The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-24
NEW YORK CITY.
TELEGRAPH Rates.
! Associated Press to the Star.


NEW YORK Aug. 24.-Secretary Chan
dler, OF the Atlantic g. Pacific Tele-
graph Company, said this afternoon
that there had been no definite increase
of rates detetermined upon as yet, and
tnat it would be some few days before
the new schedule would be issued. MI.
Orton, President OF the Western Uuion
Company, said that the new rates were
not yet decided upon, but that they
probably would be In lew days. Vice
President Syms, Of the Atlantic a. Pa
ci1c, denies most emphatlcally that he
antlc pates making any trouble. He
says That the two companies are work
Ing harmoniously, and so tar as he is
aware they will continue to do 80.
The Coal Market.
The present condition of the coal m ar
ket is not believed to be in so alarming
state as has been minated. A slight
advance In the price of coal has been
made by some of the companies, though
II has not been as large as stated. The
advance was made not SO much from a
lear that coal would not reach this mar
ket during the next month as that the
present stock on hand Is getting short.
The officers of some Of the Comp lnies,
however, express fear for the future,
while others feel assured that work
would be generally resumed at The mines
within very short time.
President Hoyt, OF the Penn. Coal
Company, said there would soon be
either general coal strike or a general
resumption of work at the mines, but as
miners who are yet working are doing
so on better wages than those who have
stopped work it was more than proba-
ble that there would be resumption.
lie saw no reason for any very large de-
mand !or coal at the present Time, as all
me yards were full, consequently there
could be no very great increase in
prices. II the mlnels resume work the
probability is that the prices would
rather be lower than higher before the
winter set in.
A Big Swim.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-M1ss Eliza 8.
Bennett, a young lady of eighteen, and
teacher oil the swimming school, ac-
compilsned the leat of swimming the
hudson River yesterday morning at
precisely halt past eleven. Miss ben-
nett, accompanied by Professor Leach,
leaped from the top of the bath at West
twentieth street, a distance OF twenty
feet, aud started bravely for the Jersey
shore. Tne tide was strong against her,
but in spite OF the fficulties which be-
SET her, she reached The opposite shore
in thirty-fye minutes.
Miss Bennett expressed the wish to
SWIM back to.the New York side OF the
river, but she was prevented from do
ing so by the entreaties OF her friends.
Upon her return from her bath she was
presented with purse OF 500 uy her ad-
mirers. She was attireu III a close-ht-
Ting suit oi orange.
Oil Pipes.
The work OF laying pipes for the con-
yeyance Of oil from The works at Long
lslaud City across Newton Greek and
East River, and under ground through
New York to the North River, is about
to be completed. TANKS will be placed
at Fifty -,lxLh street, New York, aud al.
the shipping will he done from that
point instead Of the works.
Gem. Roger A. Pryor
narrowly escaped drowning while bath
ing in front of the Ocean Hotel on Coney
lslaud, on Wednesday afternoon. He
was seized with violent cramps, and but
or extreme GOODNESS ON his part and
prompt aid from others he must have
Oeen drowned. He made his way to the
t'mbers oil The pier and clung to them
with such tenacity that his arms were