Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-26
RIG COAL WAR ~ SIGHT.
Anthracite Operators Association 70
Fight Morgan combinations

Tight Morgan Combination.
CNew York Times)
There IS 10 be the liveliest kind OF
coal war. That was practically decided
Yesterday at "a meeting at Che Waldorf
Astoria of the Anthracite Coal Operators
Association. SiXty-eight representatives.
OF independent operators in the iacka-
wanna. I.ehigh. Schuylkin and Wyoming
regions of Pennsylvania attended. The
combined capital represented approx
mates $l25.Cl0Oo0.
Tho Representatives at the meeting dis
cussed for hours. in executive session, lne
imposition practiced. as alleged by the
/ Erie, Iehigh Valley, Reading, New Jcr-
seq Central. Peun7s iFau.a. ontario and
Western. and the Delaware, Lackawauna
and Western railroad companies lih as
charged. am unfair discrimination Iu
freight rates against the members of the
Anthracite Coal Operators Association.
/ 10 was asserted that while operators 200
| the combination represented hy the rail-
| roads named only paid TWO mills per ton
/ per mile those I'm the Anthracite Codl
/ Operators Association are charged ten
! mills per mile per ton.
The Anthracite Coal Operators Assoc
! citation claims TO mine one third OF me
/ fTI0OO00 tons Of anthracite coal annudhy
mined which Is more than the combined
| output of the Reading and the LchiSh
! Valley
by an agreement with the Erie and
/ Wyoming Valley railroad, the Anihracite
| Coal Operators Association has placed
itself I'm q position 10 make the first de-
termiued fight ever Wagel against me
j. PierpOnt Morgan combination. Inls
| will be- begun by the construction or "a
railroad from Hawley' Pa, TO KINGSTON
| y. y, a distance OF eighty miles,
with a parallel strip 10 The Pennsylvau'a
Company road from Hawley To- Lacka-
waXen. This will give the Erie and Wyo-
ming Valley Railroad Company direct
through line from the coal regions to-
tidewater.
owing to the recent death Of his son.
William Cornell, of Scranton. Pa, presl-
dent Of the association. did not attend
the meeting Yesterday, ana Or. IL. VI
! Howe. Of Philadelphia. presided. He said
that as a result of resolutions. unanl-
mOusy adopted, the independents car
save more than % cents Per ton on get
| ting their products 20 tidcWater. ant
that consumers will reap the benefit OF
this saving. The resolutions follow:
Whereas. the Erie and Wyoming Val
ley Railroad Company has arranged %
| build branch line from Hawlcy. Pa t'
"a point on the boundary line between
New York and Pennsylvania. at iack1
waXen, forming connection with a ran
road proposed 10 be constructed by me
Delaware Valley and Kingston RAILWAY
Company 70 tidewatcr az Kingston, oi
the Hudson river. and.
Whereas, the construction OF the sai'
( iNllinaAn ~ aIRipNtA anu Ni'iN'NN"
the Pennsylvania Goal Company. which
has large interests In the anthracite Goa
region and
Whereas. the independent operator
and the general public are now larsei.
af the mercy of existing railway compo
MES. which charge unreasonable rates 70
! their services owing Boo part Go the larg
| amounts for which fhc s1id cOmpanlC
have been capitalized; and,
Whereas 10 would be n8hly advanta
? ge0us 20 all the independent owners %
coal properties throughout the entire an
b thracite region Of Pennsylvania 90 hav
| the railroad connection now propose
! I completed as speedily as possible. and.
} whereas. Il Is equally desirable i'm "a
{ ! interests Of the people OF The State O
2 New York and public I'm general that sue
! | railroad connection shah be made (sinc
8 | Il will result IN a material reduction a
I ! the price paid for anthracite coal by cor
- ! sumers): now, therefore. it is
\ Resolved. l. That this association her,
, ! bv expresses its hearty and unquaiifle
approval OF the proposed plan FOR an
Z construction OF the said railroads. an
{ hereby pledges rs constant support an
, | active assistance in promoting the speed