Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-07
Dusky Diamonds.

A telegram from Newcastle Eng, an
nounces that 100000 tons of coal were
sold on the Newcastle Coal Exchange,
Monday. for America
George II. Clarke of Young &
Clarke, proprietors of the Elm House.
Auburn. Went to Oakland. Monday,
where he purchased five carloads of
shovel handle shavings. out of which
he will make steam. this winter, IN
stead of coal. The shavings are to be
shipped immediately.
The four-masted schooner Marjorie
Brown, Capt. Osborne, of Perth Am
boy. with 1900 tons of soft coal. from
Philadelphia for Boston. went ashore
on Long Point bar. Sunday night, while
trying to make Provincetown harbor
in a gale. She was pulled off, Monday
| night and towed to Provincetown.
| VIM. NJ Wood and Jas. 3. Phillips.
| Jr. of the executive committee of the
| American Wooden Co.. have cablei
| abroad for 5000 tons of anthracite coal
| to he placed at the disposal OF the
opera tives of the bills of the company.
| lu0D1 tons for the help ut the Washing
ton mills, 200 for the Providence mills
| help and the balance for other loca-
| lions. The coal will be sold them at
exact cost. probably between s. and 80
per ton.
| Nine hundred miners employed by
| the Tennessee Iron and Railway Co. at
! Blcckton, Ala. struck. Monday, ac~
cor.!ing to advices received by the local
| officers Of the Miners Union. The Blu.
Creek miners to the number, of $50 are
1 l.
| not they will pay the assessment made
| for the 3nthracite strikers. The COM
| pary claims that Il large number of the
| Blue Creek miners are opposed to the
| assessment and favor continuing work.
| Nine dollars Il ton is the price of soft
cCal in New York. Anthracite has no
| fixed price. One lot of five tons WAS
| sold. for 1925 by d Columbus avenue
! dealer and 50 cents Il bushei is now be-
| ing asked i'll some places. This is ut
the rate of So Il ton. The cargo Of the
steamer City of Chicago. Welsh coal,
WIS put on SALE Monday. ut $15 a ton.
The soft coal dealers declare that they
are unable IL get their coal hauled
from the mines owing 20 the scarcity
of cars.
The common council of St. John. ~
b., Monday. took preparatory action to
meet a coal famine should conditions
become so serious there. They ap-
pointed committee to arrange for the
importation of cargoes of Welsh an
thracite coal if found necessary. and
the treasury board was authorized to
make q special loan up to $4,000 10
pay for the coal. I he plan is to sell
it from the ship to householders at cost
Several dealers have a fair supply of
anthracite which they are selling at
SIS a ton.
For the week ending at midnight
Sunday night officials of the Philadel-
phia & Reading state that the company
has sent to market 5000 tons of
washery and mined coal. The COM
paws Officials at Reading. Pa, claim
that they have been at work taking |
out coal at Erookside. Good Spring. Sill
yer Brook and other oollieries in west
ern Schuykiil county. With few ex-
ceptions the furnaces in the Schuylkill |
valley continue to feel the pinch que to |
the slow arrival Of coke. There is not
stack in blast that has not been COM
PEELED to cease operations for !, week
or longer because Of failure of its fuel
supply.
Mayor Low of New York City, Mon
day. sent Telegram to Mayor Maybury
OF Detroit declining to appoint dele
gates to the coal strike conference al
Detroit. Early today, the mayor re-
ceiyed the following telegram from
Mayor Maybury: In view of failure
Of the Presidents Efforts to settle coal