The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-27
COAL GETTING SHORT.
Prices on the Suup ut st. Louis and
-severnl Rnilroada Cripplea.

ST. LOUIS, July 26.-Coal prices are on the
jump in st. Louis. A week ago the fact that
some OF the dealers were demanding 60 o ton
excited This morning the ruling
price was $3.50 a ton. with prospects OF a further
advance. This 10 now the recognised price for
coal delivered by wagon. The price in the East
st. Louis yards is 50 a ton.
Most Of the coal being bought by st. Louis
consumers comes from the Kentucky mines.
Operators OF outside mines are taking advantage
of the situation In 81. Louis to add an unearned
increment to their bank accounts. As far as 10
practicable they are keeping tho supply Of West
Virginia coal within well.deined limits. Ken.
lucky operators will not supply more than fifty
tons on u single order. In this way they are
prepared to take advantage Of the increased de-
mand and hold back considerable OF their out
put for an advance in price. Al average Of 200
cars a day of West Virginia coal comes into tho
st. Louis market, and it is all purchased as
soon rs IL gets here.
in the the s soath spPpmly, p Is que sos to d isS general nes ts StFiEe
ems 70 embarrass seriously st. Louis leading
Cincinnati received here this morning said that
the coal business OF that city Is being entirely
and that coal this morning was bringing s.. SO a
ton, with the prospect OF going up to So before
It is said that James Jones & Sons own 2.ooO,-
600 bushels OF coal which are In river craft, and
that another million bushels are owned Dy other
operators. This Is the amount OF coal nt present
In the Cincinnati harbor. The telegram sage
that the above.named firm is loading sixty cars
q day from It's river craft, and will continue to
do so until the strike 10 ended or the coal gives
out, The big prices are prevailing because most
OF the coal from West Virginia is being confis-
Gated by the railroads.
STREAToR, Ill. July 26.-The Chicago and
Alton Railway Is tho first Of the six lines run
ming into Streator to be affected by the coal
miners strike, that road having temporarily
discontinued Its through freight trains between
Chicago and Peoria because OF a lack of fuel.
The burlington and Quincy road Is being con-
eiderably Inconvenience by reason OF an Insult.
fcient fuel supply, some OF its coal being hauled
overland q distance of ten to twenty miles,
although traffic on Its lines has not as yet been
interrupted.
Two big mills at Marseilles in this county.
were compelled to shut down to-day for lack oil
fuel. AT Ottawa, the county seat, several fac
tories have closed. The same is true at Lasalle
the entire supply OF coal, slack, and dirt has
been exhausted. and it is impossible to buy GOA
at any price.
Some of the biggest factories in the district
are using wood for steam purposes. Thrashers
In nearly every instance. are being operated by
cobs or wood for fuel. the unfortunate farmers
making bitter complaints.
FAIRBURY, Ill. July 26.-The coal famine IL
becoming serious in this region. The Wabash
Railroad has abandoned the local freight train
on it's system out OF Forrest, owing to the scar
city Of coal. The road is saving the fuel for IL
passenger service.