The sun., 1900-09-16
COAL AT RETAIL UP 81:
LONG STRIKE WOULD BLAcHBN OUR
AIR WITH sOPT COAL SMOKE.
No Steam Sizes Of Anthracite 20 he Had. Even
Now. u Il Rsportsd-PisBty OF stove siEe''
but Retailer. Anticipate n Rise and. He
sides. NAY want u Make Some Money.

Now. II, R.portsd-Pisbty Of stove Sizes,
bat Retailers Anticipate n Rise and He
sides, Nav want ts Make Some Money.
By sort Of taoit understanding many retail
coal dealers advanced the price yesterday
Of all prepared sizes Of coal, including chest
nut. stove and egg. 81 q ton. This Information
was obtained by a SUS reporter At the coal
once Of j. K Jones and David 9, Wells In the
Washington Building. Broadway. When
asked II the limited supply Of coal In New York
made such a marked advance necessary, one
OF the men In the otloe replied
1T does not There Ia enough coal here TO
supply all the temand for the next sir weeks
The retail dealers have advanced the price,
In all probability. In order to mako more money.
Besides that. they probably advanced the price
in anticipation OF what they may
have to pay for coal In the near
future The vresut will he. Of course, that
the small consumer will pay the piper. II is
By 10 means certain. however. that this adj
vance will hold for a great length Of time. IL
all depends on what happens ut the mines on
Monday Nobody knows yet. OF course. how
many men will go out man who has just
come from there told me this morning that he
would not be greatly surprised II tho threat
ened strike lasted six months He said that
things had taken on serious aspect through
cut tho anthracite region He added that II
the strike did last that long. the retail price
would go 20 Sil a ton. as II did during the great
strike. Of 1874
This Of course. has reference entirely TO
the larger sizes Of GOAL. There Ia practically
no steam sizes Of anthracite coal to be had at
any price These sizes include pea coal and
Nos and buckwheat There isn't pound
Of thLs.coal to be had and there hasn't been
any for sale for some 'ime."
IF that is the case. what are the manufact-
urers go do when their present supplies. run
out2" the reporter asked
They must burn bituminous coal, which
is Just what the btuminouS people want OF
course IL steam sizes Of anthracite coal can
not be had. the manufacturers must use soft
coal city ordinances or no city ordinances.
All business cannot stop, Just because some
Board of Health wont allow the use Of soft
coal. An emergency calls Tor emergency
neasures and | have no doubt there viii be
no trouble should the necessity arise with
the New York authorities about New York
manufscturer- burning soft coal Further
that .oft coal alone will make
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the suddenly increas demand for coal on the
part Of small consumers. One retail dealer who
was seen in the Washington building. where he
had gone 10 get any late news he n light flnd
there from the anthracite region, made this
statement:
course it has Why wouldn't It with the demand
that Ia being made on the retail dealersI People
seem 10 he fairly falling over one another TO
get in orders for their winter supply. The man
who has usually ordered a. this time Of year ten
tons plunks down an order for twenty tons
apd so II has ben going for the past two days
Al this rate ouv supply will be exhausted in
three weeks Nny shouldn't the price 20 up?"
This seemed rather & 81, an alarm alsLmins statement
propristors Of several stores he found open II
had been hurrying 20 lay in their winter supply
and II they had increased their usual orders
Perhaps two dozen enqutries were made and in
not a single instance was an Affirmative reply
obtained In most cases those OF whom the
inquiries were made didn't know Of any reason
why they should be in any hurry 70 buy coaland
buy as mucy this winter as they did last Az
any rate they didn't know why they should send
hnother retail dealer whom the reporter
saw had rather different story TO tell
4 have heard. he said that the retail price
also heard that the advance has been made
principally by the small dealers. One Arm
heard ae q Te Of sRe larger yet sS Rs
q town and wont return until Monday What
besVe % great atm many an T Of T." lar large retailers viii
advance the price until they know what Is
really going 70 happer in the anthracite region;
fry should make hay while the sun shines
Robert NJ. olyphant, President Of the Della:
y&Ie and Hudson u Cana COMPANY &c mp va, asked
dressed to him by John Mitchell Of the United
Mine Wor+ers Il that letter Mitchell ss'd hat
that strike would be ordered was sent at I2 AIS is
o'clock on, Wednesday afternoon and that it
also stated thatfhe strike order would NOT be
S1gssa5 %' .ss rs, 3:so'S;. a!dss s%fs a5i,
Mitchell. 4 little later, howeysr. he =. Showed We'd
the original telegram from Michel 1t had
been filed at Ind annapolis at 40 P. NJ on
at 442. The telegram stated that the strikc
would be ordered at $50. three-quarterS OF an
houT Mr. toSI 0P69s 6 S. called attention to
reply was demanded Mitchell does not tel. the
truth when he says Olyphant had plenty Of
An official OF the De aware and Hudson. who
came from the coal regions on Friday night.
issued his statement yesterday:
The men have made no complaint what
5s mem E Sn IS not G Rno%n What Sey eSm
for, as they did not address themselves TO
any OF tbs, companies. Regarding the Della
at work yesterday in eight Of the ten collier
les. Two, others were, closed. one because
Of o.,v strike hGe. among .se drysrs who
the other colery .was closed for repairs TO
the machinery. think can say that one-half
of the miners are opposed to a strike but many
80 opposed will go out because Of class sympathy.
I have heard many say that they did not want
to quit, About one-third Of the Delaware
and Hudson miners are foreigners a large pro-
portion Poles. steady-goins men. many. Of
them owning their own homes and opposed 10
lawlessness. ] venture 20 say that but a very
small number will be found on the side Of dis
order"
The. advance Of 81 a ton In the siEes Of coal
used for domestic purposes makes the new
prices $3.50 and % a ton for chestnut, stove
and egg coal, the higher price being for the
chestnut
The Brookvn retail coal dealer. held meet
ing al the Clarendon Hotel last night. About
rs per cent. Of the dealers were present. After
sdlosrnment Chairman Joseph Gleason Of ~
Atlantic avenue anpoCnced that II had been
decided 10 begin charging on MONDAY $3.50
for coal on the sidewalk and IS rs in the bin
The general opinion among those present was
that the strike would be YER, SERIOUS and that
Other action might be necessary later II is
calculated that BROOKLYN has between two and
three months coal supply on hand so that
n Judgment Il used in its sale no famine will
result for nearly three months. However IL
favored customers are permitted 20 lav In big
stocks the shoe NAV begin to pinch the general
public sooner
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