The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-07

In it's review of the anthracite situa-
ton, the Engineering and Mining Jour-
,al for this week says:
The bowling mob that overpowered the
sheriff at Shenandoah and the long nsts
of assaults and outrageous acts oil Vari-
,us kinds that have occurred with In
.reasing frequency during the past ten
iays are sure indications that the strike
becoming very unpopular, and the pro-
sessional agitators who feel their prestige
waning are resorting to desperate meth
ods to keep the men out There is a
widely circulated rumor that some OF tne
strikers, feeling that the strike Is nope
lessy lost, and realizing that certain men
have needlessly caused them to lose near
ly three months wages. arc determined
to stay out to claim relief funds. and, II
the promised liberal aid Is not forthcom-
ing. do what they can to wreck the or
ganization.
The operators meantime maintain their
position unchanged, saying that the de-
mands of the union really meant the
surrender of all discipline at the mines,
that they do not care to precipitate riot
ing and bloodshcd by aggressive meas
ures, and that the mines will resume as
soon as the men are ready to go to work.
The clean cut and vigorous statement
of President Fowler, Of the New YORK,
Ontario and Western, is opportune, and
should have little effect on those news
papers that have been printing crazy
stuff to the effect that the operators are
prolonging the strike with the deltber-
ate intention of advancing prices. and
have already made millions Of dollars
out of vast amounts boarded at the be-
ginning of the strike.
The total tonnage mined in May has
been officially estimated at 1,7Os,S92 tons.
No figures of the June or July output
have been published, but the output was
almost wholly washery coal, the princi-
pal exception being the product of the
semi-anthracite mines at Bernice, the
owners of which, by winning a long
strike last year, are now running with
non-union men, and no doubt getting a
nice profit on the output. The total ship
ments of all mines to- June 1 are given
as Is, 1.S79 tons. as against 22,727.056 tons
to the corresponding date in 1901.
Trade in all consuming territories Is
light, and supplies are getting low. At
the head of the lakes the docks are bare
of certain sizes, and the total amounts
on hand are little over $4,000 tons. In
Chicago territory there Is little doing.
Dealers are not seeking trade, and those
consumers who would like to lay in win
ter supplies receive no encouragement.
Stocks are diminishing, and little coal
Along the lower lakes and in Canadian
territory coal is scarce. At Montreal
prices are $3.50 per ton, the highest price
for July for many years. and dealers will
not sell for forward delivery. Along the
Atlantic seaboard supplies are getting
pretty low, and dealers are doling out
coal in small lots and to regular buyers.
Retail dealers at Philadelphia are asking
81 for egg, stove and chestnut and S. for
pea.
At Boston retail prices have been ad-
advanced 81 to IS per ton. At New York
harbor points prices vary. Retail deal
ers in Brooklyn are asking 81, the regu-
lar price in Manhattan is IS, but often
50. and in some cases SO is asked. The
total stocks in the retail yards of Greater
New York are undoubtedly low. The
regular wholesale prices for August are:
Broken, S4.15; egg, stove and chestnut,
$40 f. o. b. New York harbor shipping
ports. Only in few cases have the COM
panies any coal to sell, and that is in
limited amounts for certain old custom
ers who must have anthracite.