Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-10-03
The Empty Coal Bins.

about 100 tons of soft coal of the Port |
lard rolling mill at Ligonia.
The London st. James Gazette says |
a Cardiff firm. Wednesday, booked !
single American order for II, 900 tons OF
steam coal
The Reading Railroad Co. claims to
have brought down $500 tons of coal.
Thursday, and, Wednesday, 5000. Read
ing officials claim that shipments since
last Sunday amount to 10000 tons.
The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Co. has notified it's employees in Harris
burg Pa, who are heads of families
| that they will be supplied with one ton
| of anthracite coal each at $4.25 per ton
| in less than 10 days.
No hard coal has been received at
! Damariscotta this year. The schools
burn wood altogether. and have their
| entire stock on hand. At one church it
has been decided this winter not to hold
! services in the auditorium, but in the
vestry.
| The Old Colony Street Railway,
| Thursday. posted notices in all its
barns at Fall River. Mass. to the eff
feet that all employees would, if they
so desired, be furnished with bitumi-
nous coal. such as the company uses, at
cost price. 1t is said that this order
goes into effect over the entire system.
| Although there is practically no coal
| to be had at any price at Orono, wood
is used to great extent, and there is
apparently a plentiful supply. Coal is
quoted at SIS for anthracite and SO for
btumnous. Wood is selling for 81 per
cord. The schools and other town de-
partments have wood enough to last
through the winter.
) Owing to the crowd of unknown men
stoning the deputies at Fighters col
liery at Mount Carmel, Pa, Wednes
day night, a company of soldiers was
|; posted at that mine. Thursday, while
another company was taken to Shamo
kin on a special train to prevent pick
cts from stopping non-unionists from
going to work at the Reading and other
collieries.
At present the supply of coal in Au-
burn and Lewiston is not much over
1000 tons. Ordinarily the amount would
be 1000 tons. The schools have about
enough coal to last until Christmas.
Wood will be largely used, and the
price has been advanced from Sc to $S
| IL ne UlS Colloi Hills III Lew
ton use soft coal. have large quantities
on hand. and anticipate no trouble.
| The s. d. Warren Paper Cos pulp
| mills, the chief industry in Westbrook,
have enough soft coal for the greater
part of the winter. Having about 1000
tons Of pea coal. which it did not really
need. the company made an arrange
ment with a dealer to retail it to ma
tives in small lots at $3.50 ton. The
other industries there have fair sup
ply of fuel. Most of the schoolhouse
bins are full.
The Goodall Worsted Co, a leading
industry of Sanford, has arranged to
use crude petroleum as a fuel in case
of emergency. The Sanford mills have
enough soft coal to last until January.
There is practically no hard coal in the
local market About every one is plan
ming to use hard wood. The school
houses will all depend on wood, with
the exception of the new High schooi
building, which has soft coal
| Great uneasiness is felt throughout
| Rockland owing to the lack of coal.
The supply on hand is probably less
| than 200 tons. majority of the fami-
| lies and business places have been
| forced to burn soft coal, and if the
| price continues to increase many of the
business industries of the city will be
forced to close and the poor people will
suffer for the lack Of fuel. The city
buildings will all be heated by soft coal
during the winter.
There is no hard coal at all in Kit
terry. and from the present outlook the
schools Will have to shut down when
| the first cool snap comes, as the town
does not own a pound of coal for the
| schools. The churches are in the same
plight. over at York the situation is
about the same. Rye, Newcastle, New
| ington, York and Greenland are all af-
fected about the same. but the schools |
and churches can be heated with wood, !
and the majority of the people use
wood.
| Angry mobs gathered in the vicinity /
of the Sterling and North American
| washeries at Plymouth. Pa, Thursday |;
! morning. At first the sheriff tried to
disperse them. but several of his depu- |
ties were in danger of their lives. Col. !
Dougherty of the 9th Regiment was
then called upon. He sent company /
of soldiers to the scene, who arrested
all men charged with disorderly con-
duct and refusing to obey the procla-
nation issued by the sheriff and dis
! perse. The prisoners We're taken to
I Wilkesbarre and given a hearing. They
were held in bail for court.
| The ordinary consumption of hard
coal in Biddeford and Saco. outside of
| that which the mills supply to their
| customers. is about 1900 tons. Not
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(, pany's sheds. A limit of one ton to a
customer has been fixed. The York
mills of Saco and the Saco & Pettee
machine shops are getting short of soft
coal. The York mills managed to get
good supply of anthracite. and in dis