Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-05-12
THE SUPPLY OF COAL.
It Is Growing So short as to Seriously
Affect Many Interests.

ing towns as we'll Coal that ten days
ago was practically drug in the mar
lSet at 1915 ton is eagerly sought for
at IS ton, and it is claimed by some
! dealers that as high as s5. 30 has been
obtained for small quantities.
| 1t is learned on good authority that
the Illinois Central, the Rock Island
and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul railroads are desperately pushed
! for want of coal.
With one or two exceptions all the
western railroads are more or less seri-
| ously affected. 1t will not be at all
surprising if before the end of this
week some of the roads will be prac-
tically tied up, at least SO far as their
freight traffic is concerned.
The famine is also making itself felt
among the factories and large office
buildings of The city. Some of these
foresaw the trouble which was to fol-
low the strike and protected themselves
by laying in supply which would last
for few weeks.
From the offices of the various deal
ers it is learned that towns in the inte-
rior of this state, Iowa and Michigan
are seriously short of soft coal. Among
the towns mentioned are Elgin, Kan
kakee, Bloomington, Streator, Gales
burg and Decatur.
1t is openly charged that the strike
and the consequent high prices are the
result of conspiracy on the part of the
coal operators of Ohio and western
Pennsylvania. 1t is said that
these operators have for some
time past been running at full
capacity and storing the product
at convenient points Wages were
then reduced for the purpose of precipi-
tating strike of the miners, the oper-
ators feeling sure that when the miners
in their employ went out those in Illi-
nois, Vest Virginia and all over the
state of Pennsylvania would do likewise
in order to help out their brethren.
With the supply cut off the oper-
ators have been able to force the price
up to the famine point, and they are
now taking advantage of the demand
and unload at a handsome profit. In
this way the operators are doing bust.
ness the same as before the strike took
place and the general public is the suf-
ferer.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 7.-W. ].
Mine Workers of Illinois, declared on
Sunday that the strike situation was
very satisfactory and he had no doubt
that the movement of the strikers
would be attended with complete sue
cess, and that very speedily. He has
figures showing that in ffty-one mining
towns in Illinois south OF the Ohio SS
Mississippi railroad 7,010 miners are
out and organized.
ST. LOUIS, May IA serious condi
ton of affairs contronts the street rail-
way officials as result of the coal
miners strike. The present supply
of coal at the different railway power
, houses will not last more than
, two weeks, and when it is exhausted
, the electric cars will have to be aban-
doned and horse cars substituted.
Many factories are preparing to close
down on account of inability to
! get coal, and it is feared thousands
of employees will be thrown out of
, work. The railways in this vi
, cinity are considering the ad-
visibility of withdrawing freight
trains from their lines, as the supply
{ of coal is running low. A summary
of the mines shut down in this region
shows nearly 1000 miners out of work.
A prominent coal dealer reports that
unless the coal strike ends within two
weeks this city will experience coal
: famine worse than ever known
COLUMBUS, o.. May John Nc
, Bride, president of the United Mine
q Workers of America, has issued call
!, to the organization and those affiliate
. with it to send one delegate to each
500 members to a national convention
= to be held in Cleveland, o., at 1C
!, o'clock a. m. Monday, May IA, prepara.
1 tory to meeting in joint session with
coal operators from all the states the
). following day.
;. PITTSBURGH. Pa, May 7.-The Goa
operators who are friendly to a confer
, ence to secure uniformity of rates ex
!. pect that a settlement will be reached
at the Cleveland conference. They
9 are notifying customers that they
will be in a position to supply
;. coal as usual This is based OF
the assumption that though all oper
ators do not agree to pay the price
q the miners will be able to secure sucf
large proportion Of the mine owner,
/ who do as to justify their allowing thu
: mines of the friendly operators to star
and keep idle other pits until the uni
' form rate is secured. 1t is learned
that this meets the views of the min
Il ers' officials They have succeeded il
# totally stopping the output in western
O Pennsylvania and Ohio They believ'
:. that all miners will be idle by May 1
:. and will cooperate in any agreemen
A which may be reached. Under sucl
- conditions it would be possible to dictat
terms for settlement and thereby ena
4 BILE many miners to return to work
# The operators who were not in
n vited to the conference at which tn
a Cleveland meeting was arranged will
a hold "a meeting next Thursday to de
eide upon plan of action. They AZ
4 strongly opposed to being dictated t