New-York tribune., 1900-09-17

1 The cause and he coon learns that IL IL Tor the
purpose OF economizing the heaulns uses Halu ,
! coal on its Atlantic City lines but sort coal on
| others Nearly all its large manufacturing iron
plants also use soft coal This has occasioned com
plants of residents and property owners against
the smoke nuisance. but such protests avaH noun
ing The courts have decided that there can be no
Interference with legitimate business This ques-
tion of economy, therefore is impeiing all claSses
of business men inquire into the subject or coal
as a fuel Sharp competition compels close watch-
ing of details in all channels of business and this
matter of coal investigation has led a great ma
jority to change from hard to soft COAL con-
servative manufacturer said that they are com
PEELED to bituminous coal because II costs so
much less. He added
my personal acquaintances-who up 70 within
Under the boes They have given It up and
use % coal at a SAYING of 1qS the ybs
There are plenty OF manufacturers who nov S,. use
% twenty TONS 9f Of sort sm S2r e
Pay much less for soft coal get more steam @ n ana
being few. Soft coal lres are free from clinkers In
coal al in ma any way, A but only give You such facts
S0fohy mar notice Of ashes %
half ton on Of ashes bTd great rbsd dea IN IN 6rSSs
HOUSES but with gas and eieotroity we don't know
onE hard Fo will keep pEs for ssPs Ing
cost Of mining hard coal is very much reduced the
price very much ISwered hard coal will not readily
meet With the Increased sale expected for i by the
price and p @ less we all de2re 2 & the
as nigh m s da e BEEN BUSY s al he
try and there is abundant reason for it.
In comparison with this statement the question
has been frequently asked how the miners and
their families manage to live under the present
condition in the anthracite region. This subject
is matter OF discussion, yet there are few who
ntelligently answer It. Many OF the older
miners in this region have met with reverses
brought by strikes other causes, but they say
their wages have been too low and work too un-
certain to enable them keep the wolf from the
door The assertion that their average earnings
amount to $3.50 a year. or about s. a week, is gen
orally accepted correct
LACK OF SUPPLY ON HAND.
There is the amount of hard coal on
hand that the companies should have in stock TO
be prepared for strike. The fact is that many
operators did not believe It would come to
that, while others determined to fight it out
Some OF the great storage warehouses holding
five hundred thousand tons OF hard coal have only
one-fourth the regular supply hand. 1t is
estimated now that so per cent of the product of
the mines will be stopped by the trouble soon as
fully begun. News reaches here from many parts
of the country that retail dealers have already
advanced prices and the probabilities are that they
Each week of the strike loss Of 81, 900 900
In wages, and much more to the railroads and
The number mine workers is distributed
leys, 10000; Wtlkesbarre Nanticoke and neigh bor-
hood, $500; Hazleton, 1900; around Mahanoy City
and Shenandoah 10000. and in the neighborhood Of
s. shaaamolin, aan Pottsyle and Mount, Carmel nearly
250O0. In of trouble the authorities are pre-
pared TO swear in deputies. 1t is fact that many
men are opposed to a strike. They admit that
they are poorly paid and have to endure many
hardships. but they look to the horrors of winter
without employment and everything else that a
long strike implies.
1t is still the opinion Of many conservative men
that had the right agencies been set in operation
the miners and operators could have been brought
together. and the threatened disaster to the hard
coal country would have been averted Many op-
orators and labor leaders hotheaded, out there
are certainly some men in this State with enough
influence TO stop the conflict
It Is fact that Democratic campaign managers
regard the prospects of strike with satisfaction
and that Republicans are the parties who deplore
the results. For this reason National fnfiu-
ences should have been exerted in behalf of peace
IN the great anthracite coal regions.