The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-09-25
THE COAL STRIKE is BEING sERl-
OuSLY FELT ALL OVER UHE
COUNTRY.
Will EfFECl ELtCTI0NS
Said That if no Settlement is Reached
by November the Strike Will be
OF Advantage to the Demo-
Gratis.

Washington September 24.-While
the causes which precipitated the an
thracite coal strike in Pennsylvania
had no relation Whatever to politics,
it is recognized nevertheless that the
results may affect the November eIec-
tions. Anthracite coal is not pro-
tected by tne Dingley bill, neither has
there been any legislauon of congress
in relation to it, but the party in
power is usually held responsible.
whether it has anything to do with
the questions at issue or not, in vide
spread labor disturbances. and predic-
tion is freely made that the miners
strike VIII cut down the republican
vote. 1t will be remembered that the
Homestead strike in 1902. immediate,
ly preceding the presidential election.
had much to do with the success of
the democratic ticket and there
should be no surprise if the present
troubles should cause more than one
doubtful district to elect a democratic
representative.
Unless there is some compromise
between the miners ana operators be-.
fore the end Of the montn washing
ton will experience the greatest eoa1
famine that tbes city has ever known.
Anthracite coal was selling today at
S13 to Sis a ton and not more than
a ton was delivered to any one pur-
chaser by dealers fortunate enough to
have a supply In many instances
only nalf a ton was delivered at the
same rates Wood, which might take
the pace Of coal had an upward jump
this morning The price asked for
prepared pine wood this morning was
! SIS per cord, dollar above the price
asked yesterday Oak made a jump
Of $150 a cord and the price asked
now is 49, Hickory brought $40 a
cord a dollar higher than yesterday.
and there was a stiff demand pro
portionate advance was also noted in
long wood Nearly all the wood that
is used in Washington, comes from
Virginia. and is transported by water.
The trade IN oil stoves and gas
stoves is greater than ever. People
are not buying new coal ranges to
any great extent, because 1t is next
to impossible to secure coal to burn
in them. The local oil dealers report
a great increase IN sales o. oil for
fuel purposes. The sales % the Stand
ard Oil company have increased about
per cent. during the last four
months, and the company confidently
looks for much larger increase when
the cold weather comes on. At the
office of the Standard Oil company.
from twenty-five to fifty telephone
calls are received every day asking
for information regarding stoves and
appliances Of all kinds in which oil
may be used as fuel
The Washington Gas company Off
Gals report JhdL lne coal famine mas
not affected the amount Of gas used
yet to any perceptible extent. WHAT
effect it will have when the colder
weather begins they do not care to
prosnostcate.
A number of different brands Of oil
stoves are on the market, Several
species Of hydrocarbon burners have
become very popular. While the varie-
ties differ in some respects, they are
mostly built on the same general prin-
ciples. One kind which seems to be
having a great sale in town is sim
pie iron apparatus but little more
} than two feet long, which may be set
in the fire place Of any stove or range
From a small oil tank fastened on the
wall, kerosene is fed through a tube
into the burner on the inside of the
stove