The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16
SUPPLY CUT SHORT.
The Great strike Affecting PrIces-vi~
ible supply small

S"PPy N""1h
~PirrsBURe, Pa. July 10. -Althoueh
II is claimed that thousands Of tons OF
coal have been stored up by dealers In
anticipation Of the great strike, which
entered on Its second week to-day.
many operators and dealers not oniy
here. but In other cities affected bv
the strike, are short on supplies and
prices have almost doubled in the last
three days. The visible supply of coal
Is very small. There are about ten
train loads Of tho Pittsburg product
upon the sidings Of the Fort Wayne
railroad between this city and Ali.
ance. Then there are 5000. ono IN
io'oOO.0 0 bushels on fats and bsroes
along the rivers. This might "A
well be In the mines rs far as satisfv.
Ing the rail demand is concerned. Il
Will cost nearly rs much to handle it
as IL did to dig II, and II put upon the
market 1t will be ut a very stiff price.
mere are serious doubts, however, of
the operators being able to put IL
upon the market Miners will watch
the coal In the barges, and II an at.
tempt is made to load Il for the rail.
o trade the handlers will be in.
duced to strike. In this the miuers
expect to be successful.
The small coke operators of the Cor.
nelisville region, who W independ.
ent plants. will, IL Is said, shut down
the majority of their ovens TODAY and
begin TO load the raw coal for shin.
ment At the present price of btu
minous coal there is more profit in IL
IN the raw state than could be made
by manufacturing II into coke.
The strikers propose to do very.
thing possible to induce the compare.
lively few mon still at work in Penn
sylvania and West Virginia to strike.
ihey are not very sanguine Of success.
because The owners Of the mines where
the coal diggers have refused to quit
have been unusually generous with
their men. Nevertheless, union labor
organizers will 60 into the field and
make strong appeals
CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 1a.-Daniel
hanna, manager Of NJ. A. Hanna & |
% said to-day that as long as the |
west Virginia coal should be mined |
there could be no particular strin- |
gency' as there was sufficient coal out |
OF the earth already to last until
winter. Small dealers, however. are
uneasy over their inability to get coal
Tor retail orders from the big dealers. |
who will not part with their ~supplv !
NOT a pound OF coal entered the city
yesterday.
Governor Atkinson and Adiutant
Appleton of West Virginia
are preparing for trouble. Within
the week 500 stands Of arms have been
secured from the government for the |
militia, with 500, 900 rounds of ammu.
milton. including Calling cartridges.
The militia will be used as soon as
there Is any reason for it. All the
have been communicated
with and ordered to be ready.
IL Is reported that the Ohio railroads
decided to refuse to haul West
Virginia coal. These roads include the
Il Ohio, the Cleveland, Lo.
raine & Wheeling, the Wheeling a
Erie and the Cleveland, Canton
Il Southern.
CHICAGO, July L. Colonel w. y
Rend, the millionaire coal mine opera.
or OF this city, who has been in pitts.
burg since the strike began. declares
he has no immediate fear Of a
coal famine. In anticipation Of the
present strike many operators stored
up large quantities Of coal, and these
operators, from selfish motives are not
In a particular hurry to have the strike
settled. They hope to reap a rich
profit by the advance in the price of
,osl. The price has already advanced
80 per cent. and in another week viii