The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-10
TOUCH OF WINTER y.
BRINGS SUFFERING
His Cold Hand Falls With Cruel
Hurt Upon Poor Of the ty.
FUEL STILL SCARCE AND HIGH
All Possible is Eerg Done to Rcliev
Suff.r!ns Of Those Uaabie 10 Pros
VIDE tc. MISUNDERSTANDING
and Schools Feel Winter.

with the advent ot The extreme cold
nfa,l.sr X is pciuS e.oughl CLEARLY ard
.oi,ao!y home 20 nlcnnond iycop.o :.uw
..atly Sung is Inc uenaid :o- cn.i!.
an ..ow liteiiy inadequate IS lhs u;>:h
n tna Lands o. dealers - furnish ere:
moderate supply TO the many hU;n@S'
made on.l and uncomfortable by the
7;-<cnt weather conditions.
III 20 lsiS time there has been Il sort
OF passive rea.lzaton OF the fac; L:4t
.rcl is scarce and high; but the eNccp-
Gcnal conditions under which wiHte:
Was Oh some days transformed !:!to
yij1t.as and almost summer prevented any
Sufficient unto the day was the cV!i
ti,eteof, and no particular thought was
EiNeI2 to the morrow Eut il 4 night all
NAE changed. and to-day men are tramp
i!.E from dealer TO dealer seeking an
t;:racitc. but finding it not. The poor are
suffering, and there is from all directions
;sc..rd the cry for coal. And, here 1T last
Is rallied fully what the town is up
against As far as hard coaf is con-
cGIred. the local market. through no
FAULT Of its own is utterly unable TO meet
tie conditions \ few tons Of anthracite
MI not supply E. great city, and but q
Tow tons are here. And. worst Of all. no
Moro is in sight.
-Arnc7g the merchants mailing UP the
local Coal Dealers Association. anthra-
c.ts. such IS is here. is selling a SO per
Ioli But this price cannot continue long.
The figures have been raised at the
rI.11es. and coal delivered in Richmond
caSts 1915 wholesale, and when wagon
i.s.o.t Office rent salaries ETC. etc. are
deducted from the difference between
this Wholesale price and $50, the retail
rae nothing is left Hence it is e5slnentlv
probable that coal viii be advanced
sheriff. Mess-s E. P. Murphy & Son.
Tho Independent dealers. are selling an
,hracite At $3.50. but when tley are
forced. as is now the case. they too viii
eitasr nave 20 stop selling at all or else
TStSo The price.
Snft coal is being bought in large GUAM
tities. aud is selling st the conp7rativeiy
chean rate of Sc. Wood continues ut the
ole figures. and is in -~nat ae-aand
MICH SUFFERING.
The suffering in tha city incident TO
the cold weather and the scarcity Of fuel
Is growing intense. The Superintendent
y PUBIC Charities Is besiesed bv the
poor. The Office CT Public Charities is
G7srS al It can to relieve the distress.
h,lt Il has not much to do with. They
ara Slvia- ont wood now and hope TO
have some coal from the mission socie-
1isz IN ahaut ton DAYS. old clothes ard
cid blankets. food wood. coal, employment
and money. Of all things would be VOL
coined IT tl,is headquarters of Associated
Charities For III" organized and system
atjc relief NJ c"nl,in" suffering among the
fnGser, ana Ire poor.
Churches and schools are facing the
affects Of the stringent conditions. Ono
li,tfe ci-l came home YESTERDAY nearly
Esozea. sic had snent the day in
srhool ~no-7 who're the tenlne1ature was
f3lst slightly above that Of the air on tie
ou-side. Some Of the churches have been
forced u SUSPEND PRAYER meetings on &C
count Of sr7ali Supplies OF coal.
CONTINUED COLD.
At 6 o-c'ocE yesterday morning the
t,ler-ro-lle-er measured 20 degrees above
zero an a.7varce Of four points over what
had prevailed II Al earlier ,.our in the
-4o-rir- Throughout the day the cold
winds r'ew and rot once id the n1er-
cur climb higher than enc or two de-
goes nl,ovo the freezing point. King
frost held absolute sEnE. and ice began
20 form here and -l7ere on shallow ponds.
To-day ii VIII be no better. The weather
nan -avs ,sn-c wt2. he no snow. but if
noses rot.nt for anything. there is snow
81 to ai: >, I'll ey-@r.s there Will iie no
.ac.lc-a..on h.rore tonight. Then it may
possibly warm up : fir. though The
c,tarcne cor any considerable rise ere
,-c.-j. sim.