The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-26
SCARCE AS DIAMONDS
British Coal Supply Shortened
by a Strike.
AMERICA WILL BENEFIT
Shah of Persia Seeks an
American Alliance.
AMERICA WILL BENEFIT

Copyright, 1900, by the Associated Press)
London, Aug 5.-Forgetting the Chi
nese cryptogram and the unending war
in South Africa and the reconstruction of
that country, a strike on a little hundred
mile Welsh railroad stirs UP more serious
interest than anything else in England
this week, because it is closely related TO
the coal supply and the manufacturing
vitality of the kingdom. The Taft Vale
railroad carries the product Of $1,000 coal
miners into Cardiff. The fifth day OF the
strike sees small quantities of the best
coal commanding 50 shillings. All the
Cardin factories are shut down and the
merchant fleet are unable to leave the
harbor because they have not been sup
piled with coal. Most of the mines are
stin piling UP coal at the pit mouths Al
will probably be idle in another week
The cause of the dispute is that 1000 rail-
road servants want a halfpenny an hour
more and are upheld in that demand by
the Union OF Railroad Men OF the United
Kingdom with e250.610 IN the treasury
and a strike income of a3.o0o a week.
interviewer with the discussion anent the
coal scarcity trouble is brewing else
where in the railroad world. The Great
Eastern men have handed in an ultimat-
I'm demanding increased wages and
threatening to strike if this is refused
The prooa bilfties are that American coal
viii be imported. The arrival in the
Thames on Thursday evening Of the
British steamer oueensw0od with 400
tons Of coal and the British steamer
Armstrong from Norfolk, Va, on We'd
nesday with 400 tons destined for Ban
try Bay for the British navy. afford
text on which hang abundant specsla-
ton. English writers seem TO take mel
ancholy satisfaction in pointing out
Americas exhaustless coal supplies and
the ultimate certainty that large exports
viii be made from that country.
Passengers are requested 10 beware
- gambling" This pe1ciIaE note was
posted n the Campa5na smoking room
when she arrived. Several Americans
who had lost rather heavily AZ pol,s-
after the game compared noes and d.
cided 10 re7udlate their debts. bang con-
WINGED that they had been playing agaius.
card sharus The principal loser zas an
South American rsncbG1an. whose paper
debts amounted 70 over 800 Tie win
ners we've two Nev Workers. who were
apparently unaeQuainte4 With each oshe-
when the zmQania Iefr New York IRE
south American alleged that he had beer
cheated He pad 80 ana noticed the
winners that ne would pay the balance
Of his losses Ehen they produced salts
Factorye references he also tesezrzuhei
from Queenstown fo- detective . meet
the steamer AZ ouecustoxn- one id so.
but beyond telling the victim nat The
winners 7yece tVTo vel kHova sha-2ers
he coGld d nothing
TIE taking ny American banker = tbs
exche7ue- Ioa-S seems 20 i-zpresx Euv-
land rraa tIy. TIE = James Gazette has
some curious Information from Parss On
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convinced that financial reasons rerfA-
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less important each ssy berauss France
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has a brilliant itsa tia; By cs1-i~zclus /
friendship vvish America he r1sv sec--s 1
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