New-York tribune., 1902-10-01
PROGRESS OF COAL FAMINE
PRICES GO HIGHER. AND EVEN BREAD
Is TO BE DEARER.

Another day nearer the end Of the coal sup
ply, and more hope than before. The price
OF anthracite yesterday was az. where between
S21 and SD ton. while soft coal went at so
wholesale and about S12 retail Wood sells
now for SIG a cord. Pea and buckwheat coal
even coal dust. go for the same price as bitum-
inous coal. which is being sold to the people
OF the East Side for between % and 80 cents
the pailfuI.
Dealers who are so fortunate as 70 have IN
stock a few tons are doing il out 20 their best
patrons by the half and quarter ton. Their price
Is merely nominal. there being no proit even in
the highest price asked One Of the retailers on
the West Side said yesterday that he losing
S36 a day in stable expenses alone Another
said that the majority Of his customers were
men who we're earning between 81 and $40 a
week At the rate they were buying coal-T5
cents a busheI-thsy would be compelled TO
spend 81 OF their wages each week on fuel
The Manhattan coal yards. which have a total
capacity Of about 10000 tons. are empty, there
being only TWO thousand tons OF hard coal
among them Robert Thedford one Of the promi-
nent uptown retailers. declared yesterday that
no more than five hundred tons a week were
coming in from Pennsylvan ania. Notwithstanding
an rerort4 20 the contrary. Another dealer as
serted that the statement of the operators that
1G7 O00 tons was the output OF last week was.
=, say The least misleading. He further de-
lard thar the truth Tas that not 80 per cent
~ that amount was taken out during the Wek
Tn. heads OF the coal railroads were in con-
ference Yesterday At one Of the weekly meetings
of the TemuIe Iron Company. OF which they
compose the board Of directors, al the oflces
OF the Central Railroad Of New-Jersey. NO =
IJbertv-st II was understood that the coal
situation Was the topic Of conversation. and
that some important result would attend The
meeting owing 10 the fact that the coal strike
a. f,r.fbIv making itself felt in Wall Street.
Mr. Markle denied yesterday that John
,yt,cbeu pres'dent Of the United Mine Workers
% America had been in conference at the Hotel
Walton. I'm Philadelphia. with a representative
OF the operators and J. Pierpont Morgan
Many of the retail bakers on the East Side
have been compelled 10 suspend business Not
only has the price OF coal gone up 10 an i'm
possible figure but even -four. eggs. sugar ana
oil have become dearer. Flour II was sara yes
terday az a bakery in Willett-st.' mas oeeh ao-
vanced % cents the barrel. and eggs are two
cents dearer than last week. the present price
being "a cents a dozen. whereas last year al THIS
tir,e the nr,ce was eight cents. Potatoes nave
gone nm AZ cents within the last week To-Day
thev we're selling az So p bushel- Meat Is stil
the same. ~
In view OF these increases In prices. oaAe's
are selling at a loss AS yet however .Hs
price 90 bread has not been raised no oaAer
wishing 10 drive away his trade. II IS very
likely there viii be an increase Of one cent
loaf
At 81. Bartholonew's parish house yesterday
a floor was burned in order TO keep elevators
running. The floor is 10 be replaced shShoN.
and because there was no coal the oio moor NaS
seized 81. Bartholomew's Church was saia 10
he ,r,,hou, coal supply. The Madison Avenue
Rants, C,hurch has four tons. the Marble Col
leriste ten the TRANSPORTATION fifteen. the IN
carna,ion tao. the Heavenly Rest eight ana so
on Not one Of them has enough 20 Iass an ~
length % time after Geld weather realy se's s, IN
81 Patricl's Cathedral used 20 get coal py 90, ooat
i, -, b,,,5re5 Ton cargues which amount Iasts
about three weeks. For year l's Pre- pc s
been 10 purchase as needed. No" II hHS "'''