Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-16
WITH A COAL FAMINE
Suffering That VIII BE Caused II the Cold
Weather Continues.

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paper this city is threatened with a coal famine
II the present arctic rigor continues. In the
course % long article on the subject it says:
No: only will much suffering ensue among the
poorer classes. bnt many large factories will be
compelled to shat down for want OF fuel. throw
ing thousands of poor people out of employ
ment
Even the railroads are already seriously Grip
pied. and some ~ them have been compelled
To reduce the number of yard engines being
unable to supply them with coal.
The railroads have already been compelled to
confscate whole train loads of coal entering the
city for thei- own USE and result local
dealers unable to supply large orders.
The stock on hand at the beginning of the
month is well nigh exhausted. ard the storms
and billiards. have seriously affected the
coal reads entering the city that the daily sup
ply has been visibly decreased Many COM
paints are already being made OF the inability
TO procure soft coal. and some of the big build
ings IL i claimed. threatened with an
arctic climate within the next few days
The big coal dealers say they have never be-
fore witnessed such clamor for coal. Their
teams are kept busy day and night. and as the
private stocks are being consumed, the demand
Is daily increasing. As a consequence the
dealers seeing their stock rapidly decrease.
while they unable to get their mine orders
filed on account OF the blockades. The pros
spect iooksNery gloomy to them. as they re!uct-
antly admit.
IN TIE NORTHWEST.
MnwsUKEE. WIS, Jan I6.-Dispatches from
al parts of the state report coolest weather for
years. In Milwaukee ii was II degrees below
Yesterday. At Sparta the mercury froze solid
at 10 below: IT White Hall il was As below: La
Rose. SO; Mediord. ~; Neenah. 20. IS; Water
town, 30; kaukaun, IS. The Winnebago Indians
GA the reservation near Black River Falls are
suffering terribly.
ST. Pau. MINI. Jan. 16.-After three
winters that scarcely deserved the name tie
northwest - now experiencing one of the old
fashion kind. The present January has beaten
the record for intense and sustained cold
weather and there is no prospect for a change.
For -four years the new year has found the
ground clear of and every lake and
stream open. st. Paul has been proudly claim
ing location in the center OF the banana belt.
The mercury went below zero in November
and has been above that mark only at rare in-
teryals since. On Christmas day IT was p be-
low. about same New Year day and MAIN
tanned a steady gait ever since. At 81. Vincent
and Minnedosa 80 below has been reach, and
the cold has been nearly as severe all over the
western and northwestern part of the state.
Yesterday u cube of ice six feet thick was eat
from Vadnais lake. just outside the citv, and is
the heaviest ice seen SINCE the famous block
which formed the corner stone of the ice
palace in 1856. The cold has. however, been
WITHOUT DlIZLIru feature, ana not
only has there been an entire absence of fatal
lti's. but not a case of suffering has been re-
ported.
TNPRECEDENrED COLD IN THE SOUTH.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Jan. l6.-Never in the his
tory of the ceatral south has there been so
much suffering from cold weather as at present
All rivers have been blocked with ice and snow
rendering passage over them impossible. Many
trains are late. and some have been abandoned
by their suffering crew. The most intense suf-
fering Is prevalent among mountaineers. The
snow Is from 10 inches to three feet deep in
eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina
and eastern Kentucky, and all kinds of labor has
been suspended.
kNoxIILE, TIM, Jan. 16.-Not for thirty
years has there been such severe weather as
rOw prevail, in this section.
The thermometer is far below zero and q
dozen or more OF people are reported frozen to
death. Business Of all kinds has been sus-
pended, and the united efforts OF the CITY Off
cial> and church members are being utilized to
aid the poor. All trains late, and is diff
cult to run them on anything schedule
time.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Jan. 16.-The weather
FOR past two DAYS has been bitterly cold. The
Cumberland Is frozen from bank to bank and
during yesterday visited by thousands who
wished to gaze at the unusual sight. Ponds
near the city have been crowded with skaters n
scene rarely witnessed here.
BLIZZARD ~ ILLINOIS.
BLooEISGToS. Ill, Jan. I6.-A fierce biz
zard descended upon Bloomington last night,
following period of moderate cold of several
days duration. The mercury fell during the
night from II degrees below at o'clock to 81
degrees below at daylight, with a strong wind
from the northwest. The suffering among the
poor and those exposed TO the wind il very
great. There is much danger of a coal famine
III
mp The dealers i'll soft coal in Bloomington
are unable 10 nil but very small percentage
Of their orders. Many of the smaller towns are
entirely without coal
LIMA. ONO, Jan. Is Senator Brice's repre-
sentatlyos here received a telegram Yesterday
telling them to distribute to the destitute and
suffering poor 100 tons OF coal and 100 barrels
o: -four.
soUP HOUSES IN CINCINNATI.
CISCISSATI. OHIO. Jan. I6.-The chief of
police has Issued orders TO bring nto the station
houses all destitute and unemployed people,
The persons so arrested who are deserving
will be sent TO the city inirmary and the un-
deserving will be sent to the work house
THIS Is believed to be better than establishing
soup houses, which in the past have had the ef-
feet Of inviting Migrants to the CITY.
President VI. Ingalls, has put freight trains on
the Chesapeake and Ohio road at the disposal
OF the Cincinnati Enquirer in aid Of Its effort
TO furnish coal at - 30 per ton in single ton
loads. instead of at 50 and sc, as charged by
coal dealers. IL il believed the organized char
tiles are abundan;ly equipped to meet all other
cases OF distress.
Transfer FROZEN To DEATH
wEsr CHESTER. Pa, Jan. 16.-The mercury
registered here this morning at II degrees below
zero.
James Ottey, teamster of Paoli, was frozen
10 death.
EAsroS. Pa, Jan. 16-This was the coolest
morning in this section in five years. the mer-
curry touching below in Easton and 10 be-
low a. :" ind Gap in the Blue mountains.
SHAMoKIN, Pa, Jan. I6.-At o'clock this
morning the mercury "a below zero at
Bear Gap pumping station, being the coolest
record IN the coal region since 1852. Many col
heries are unable to work.
NOT so COLD IN OVER THIRTY YEARS.
Special Dispatch to The Evening star.
RICHMOND. VA. Jan. lC.-The weather last
night and this morning was the coolest in yir-