New-York tribune., 1900-09-14
VIEWS OF THE STRIKE HERE.
SMOKE ORDINANCE WOULD PREVENT A
RESORT TO SOFT COAL.

The strike which has been ordered in Pennsyl-
vania by the United Mine Workers Of America Is
regarded In a rather skeotical way by most OF the
coal dealers and railroad men In this city Hhey
all agree that IL will have serious results II II
lasts long enough. or IL it is Widespread or II
one thing happens and another does not one
thing that will prevent the strike IRON oelns CT
fective Il is urged. Is that IL Is confined TO the
anthracite region alone, which is situated In the
eastern part OF Pennsylvania, and does not extend
into the western part, where. particularly aIouho
Pittsburg there are vast bltumiROus beds Ihere
is however an important check 10 the use OF
bItuuinous coal I'm New-York. which might for
a time entirely prevent resort to what seems an
easy alternative. That check is the smoke oIdi-
nance.
Allison Todd wholesale dealer in coal OF NO
143 Liberty-st said yesterday:
On account of the smoke ordinance II Will, VIII h11 t
be easy to turn from the use OF anthFaens S 10 -
9nG use ,,a al bminous coal used in New-York
although some of the large factories en- On oe &c the
large ofce buildings, hotels, theatres refFgsGaI
ing plants and the aRs nse ehey small sizes
1t is grave question whether there ls over ,iHS rw
possibly months at most. Some people say lne
strike will not not last menth' ,bst bv ths midde Of
October in case it does last the supply VIII 0s Shs
entire metrepolitan district will be very much
strained. II all depends on how many o thS
in some districts, completely In all OF pattaS ,
in all II is generally UNDERSTOOD sna' Of anth7acits
| coal will 20 up very rapidly; in fact they have
to get covered a. anything hke reasonable Tsgs
| l might say that, besides the smoke 9Ieihaheef;
bituminaus eSsi in New-York and that is the fact
that il Is not the eiS tee Win have to use
bituminous eea and a. o6 ao h9t undsr the cTcum-
| stances. be able to stop It's use
| SAYS DEALERS HAVE BEEN PREPARING.
| Fl G. Ely Of Coke Brothers. did not think the
strike would have its effect so soon.
'I think" he said that the dealers of this city
| have been preparing for the strike. know of one
| dealer who has thirtY-eight thirty-nine boat
| leads of coal on hand. which he got together on
| account of tho prospect of a strike. This means
! abeut twelve thousand tons. The dealer who owns
| this will allow each person who GENES 10 nj
| his cellar but he will sell him ton or two and
no more In this way the supply Of that single
| dealer will be made to last as long as possible
| And such l think will be the course OF aeti9n
supply Just now above ground could be made to
last r e9nfdgEaee d5 e9g5n obG 25 Edonds the sales
agent of the Philadelphia and Reading road IN N
| Readng road have none of the grievances which
the other miners complain 9t soc1oqe we DO 05 n0 hs
sort Of thing This system you ola19 Tsmsm9er Ths
enc Of the principal ee5efts 81 d6 not in
short apply to OURS so that should be sur
DO not know Of course whether they viii strike or
not bur DO not see why .d taey ybs s9oT tba philadelphia
and Reading ,r read d0nt Wa5 t t sTks go
headway almost all the anthracite miners in Penn
sylvania would join IT. The Re3aIng FSa4 p4qSI S5es
| Shamokin and neighborng towns, all of which are
situated at considerable distance from the seat OF
It was thought that scarcity of coal would
show its bad effects first or all on the gas supply
sscTetaTy @ zonlkoffer of the Consq;datsd Gas
It was not likely that his company would have
| gas, and the failure Of one way would merely make
place for another.