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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-12-18

You cant go amiss at this place
Mems and boys clothes are always ac-
ceptable for Christmas, while q Stet.
son hat is as near the point of per.
lection in gentleman's attire as any
thing that could be secured. An over.
coat would be about proper according
to the weather while neckties and other
furnishings can be found in al prices
and quality.
Joe Platt has probably the finest
line of neckwear that he has ever
placed on exhibition for the Xmas.
trade. Whenever the lady friend starts
figuring on what to give a gentleman.
Mr.. Platt can always help them out
A call at his store is bound to relieve
a worried mind and the goods secured
will be found just as represented. Over
coats, suits and gloves are included in
the stock.
WARDS store is attracting as much.
attention as any business house in this
city. He came to Carson loaded down
with the finest jewelry and sterling
silver articles The show window is
| only a pointer toward the big stock
/ that is On the inside Of the building.
/, Watches, clocks, ieweled rings plain
rings, opera glasses and in fact, any
article that can be asked for in the
{ jewelry i1ne is there. The other side
of the big store is the toy department..
Mechanical toys, games, dolls, toys,
books, individual dishes, toy dinner
sets, and in fact, such a stock rs
Santa Claus chooses from when he &c
ilghts the l.t,-e folks. Many a young
ster will be made happy from this big
department For those who love good
book for a gift this IS the place &C
find it, There are many standard books
in the stock that have been marked
ldown for the occasion. Cutlery is also
figured in the stock as can be seen Dy
a visit. Christmas shoppers cannot
afford to pass the Wizard store on his
or her round as they will overlook
many an article that they intend pur
chasing Probably one of the feature.
that will tell, is the fact that the oil
stock has been cut down to gift pri
ces, while the new is selling as clos
as a live merchant can make a litir
with.
| With all the above to select from
a merry and well remembered Xmas
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-12-18
MUSICAL RECITAL.
Delightful Program Prepared for Next
Tuesday Evening.

TUESDAY Evening.
The concert to be given by Mrs.
Cora Hall next Tuesday evening in the
Carson opera house promises not only
to be a most pleasureable event, but
to be very largely attended.
Among the features IF the recital
will be that heartsome tenor solo from
Esmeraldo by Giving Thomas, "Ah
She Says True" Mr.. Darlington and
Mrs. Hall will sing the grand aria
from the Italian opera La Traviata,
"A Forsee Lui," Mr.. Darlington taking
the tenor role.
These are but two of the many sp;-
endid numbers. 1t is almost needless
to repeat that Mrs. Hall is the possess
or of voice that for range, purity,
strength and expression is rerely eq-
ualled. All who have heard her know
that this is true
Mr.. Darlington is not only match
less tenor, but is a composer of some
fame. Their voices blend delightfully."-.
Miss Jessie Levy, the accompanies,
a Reno young lady who has had care
full training added to her native talent
Altogether the concert will well re
ward all who attend
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-12-18
IMPORTANT STRIKE.
Tonopah Company Finds Big Ledge
at osO-Foot Level.

A special dispatch to the Virginia
Chronicle contains the following good
news from Tonopah
TONOPAH, New. Dec 16-Night be-
fore last ore was encountered in the
bottom of the Siebert shaft of the To-
nopah Mining company at depth of
920 feet, the vein being large, well de-
fined, and very rich, and being wholly
Of the sulphuride variety, indicating
that the Tonopah company has at last
passed out of the oxidized surface ores
The veins of the company faulted bad
ly at depth of ESQ feet, since which
time no important discoveries haze
been made in that ground, except that
about the first of July the diamond drill
sent down from the 200 level encoun-
tered small vein of good ore at a
depth of about $50 feet The discovery
in the Siebert shaft is Ct incalcuab:c
benefit to the Tonopah, since it proves
at last that the veins 'go down." AMI
this is the first proof Of the kind that
Southern Nevada ever had, region of
rich surface mines very badly disturbed
by faulting from volcanic action.
Such mines as the Garfield, Con. Es.
meralda and many others may receive
thorough development at depth be
cause of this latest development at To
nopah.
The leasers' mill, whoch has cost
100000 will start tomorrow on Mil
way ore Today the great oil engines
were tested and the betting frightened
up.
1t seems that the boom that is SUE
to come to Tonopah is now having
its beginning in the starting of tn,
mill. the assurance of the railroad, tns
Montana ronopah dividend, the lates
discovery in the Tonopah, and the pro
mise Of increased shipments by til
Tcnopah company.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-12-18

Tom remnant, formerly of the Elko
Independent, has accepted a position
in San Francisco, where he will take
up his residence.
A light fall of snow was among the
of last evening. 1t now
locks like a white Christmas for Car
son.
The Nevada Observer, the new week
Rolf, Brag and Webster, will appear
December "a.
1t is enough to blister ones han Is
just to complete the job that confront
led the men who swept the floor of the
mammoth palace of agriculture at the
worlds fair. When the cOnstructO- IS
finished their work there recently al
that remained to be done was i6
sweep the floor 1t never dawned Oh
any of them how great the task was
CdiuWeil q bEdhe, .HS SoAti oSlofs, VI
dered a dozen brOOms and set twel u
men to work. When night came thei
| inroad on the great expanse of ?
ticeable. They increased the force tn
next day to forty men and ordered .
hundred brooms These forty men wOrl
ed ten days before the floor was tho
eughly swept.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-12-18
Plumbing.

George Kramer is prepared to do al
classes of plumbing. He is making
speciality of repairing broken water
pipes and orders left at the house
will receive immediate attention. OF
her class of work figured on and esti.
mates furnished.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-13
Slayer of Policeman LYneh.d.

For the first time in the history of Brinkley, a lynehing took place in that town between the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock on the morning of the 8th. The victim of the mob's wrath was a white man by the name of C. A. Cadle. The even- ing before the lynching Policeman Cox went to Cadle and man by the name of Chas Simons, who were drinking, and tried to per suade them to get in their wagon and go home. It seems that Cadle became angered and a fight fol- lowed, during which CadIe stabbel Cox several times, one wound in the neck proving fatal. The local officers did not anticipate that an effort would be made to lynch the murderer and were taken con- pletely by surprise. The mob was not large one, and had it not done its work in haste 1t is pro- bable the lynching would have been prevented.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-13

bable the lynchlng would have been prevented.
 Mrs. Mary E. Rightsell, wife of Prof. Rightsell, superintendent of the Little Rock public schools, died on the 7th inst.
 The two-year-old child of Tom Doan, a section foreman, was run over and killed by an Iron Noun tain freight train at Swifton.
 Henry Hollister, an old citizen of Texarkana, died from a wound received in the face by the dis charge of pistol he was examining.
 The department of education has published pamphlet of fourteen pages, giving the acts passed by the last legislature relating to the com mon schools.
 Miss Flora Layton has been elect. ed cashier of the Bank of Melville, to succeed her father, the late A. S.. Layton. She is the only lady bank cashier in the state.
 Fourteen solid blocks of buill- ings at Coney Island were totally destroyed by fire, and two persons lost their lives in the flames. The fire was started by gang of drunk en men, who used the torch, as they stated, ''to liven up the place"
 A Washington dispatch says that the early partition of the Chinese empire is foreshadowed. Two years of diplomacy by the United States are about to be swept away and its results nullifed. China has ap- pealed to the United States for aid and relief from the aggression of the czar. Japan has appealed to the United States for aid in thwarting the Russian programme for the per manent occupancy of Manchuria. The United States hesitates. Every day of hesitation brings the Jap- anese and Russians closer to a mu- tual understanding. That mutual understanding brushes away for the present the war cloud which hangs over the Orient. It insures to Ja- pan undisturbed possession of Korea and to Russia continued sovereignty over Manchuria.
 In his annual report Second As sistant Postmaster General Wallen- burger points out that the present facilities for handling mail are in- adequate. His report shows that the annual rate of expenditure for all classes of mail transportation service in this country was $63, ,594,- 542, and that the rate of cost per mile travelled is $12.S9. There are 140O lines of travelling post offices, railroad, steamboat and electric car, covering 1S9,29S miles in length, with 10,555 employees. It is esti- mated that the railway postal clerks handled during the year 1899, ,S02,- $50 pieces of mail matter, exclusive of registered matter, and 1887, ,664 errors were reported in their distri- button, ratio of one error to H. 53O correct distributions. During the year there were 373 casualties to mail cars, in which Is clerks and f other employees were killed, and 7S clerks serious and 39S slightly in- jured. There were 509, ,537 ,962 pounds of paid second-class matter received from publishers, and 36,- 305,S84 pounds carried within the county of publication free of charge, making an aggregate of 272,921 tons.
The Newark journal., 1903-11-13
News of the World


 1ured by an explosion at the United States naval yards on Ionia Island, N. Y.
 Leading steel and iron manufac- turers have agreed to reduce the price of billets $4 ton, making the new price $23.
 Edwin Warfeld, democrat, was elected governor of Maryland by 12,- 300 plurality. The Maryland legis- lature is democratic by two-thirds majority.
 Fourteen persons have been in- dicted by the St Claire county, IL hnois, grand jury, charged with taking part in lynching at Belleyille June 6 last.
 Following trivial family quar- rel, John Link, a well-to-do Michi- gan farmer, went into a field, seat ed himself on two sticks of dyna- mite and lit the fuse. A searching party gathered up his remains Tn a basket.
 Chas. Weisman, one of the many prominent St. Louis politicians in- dicted in federal court for fraudu- lently procuring naturalization pa. pers, plead guilty when arraignel and 1t is supposed he has beer promised immunity, if he will tell all he knows about the frauds per petrated.
 The jury at Jefferson City, Mo-, in the case of State Senator Far ris, charged with bribery in con- nection with baking powder legis- lation, failed to agree and was dis charged. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Lee testi- fled that he gave Farris $7,0O0 to distribute among his associates on certain committee, and Ferris on oath denied Lees story in toto. Lee says the money was paid to him by Kelly, of the baking powder trust
 No less than a dozen miners are known to have met a terrible death in a burning mine located eight miles from Virginia City, Mont The fire broke out at o'clock a. m. while the shifts were being changed Among the men who lost their lives was Superintendent Turner and a miner named Tobin, who en- tered the mine to rescue the impris- oned men. They succeeded in dragging five men to the surface, but on the next trip were overcome and perished.
 Judge Cleveland at New Haven, Conn, in the Philo $. Bennett will case, wherein W. J. Bryan was made beneficiary to the amount of $50,000, decided against Mr. Bryan, owing to the fact that the will proper did not contain a para graph naming MT. Bryan as a bene- ticiary. The will, however, referred to the bequest, and stated that in a sealed letter the beneficiary was named. Judge Cleveland simply denied the admission to probate of this sealed letter as part of the will.
 Gen. Kobe, commanding the de- partmcnt of Dakota, in a report to the war department, claims that in recent battle in Wyoming between Indians and sheriff's posse, in which six of the former and two of the latter were killed, the Indians were fired upon without warning. The sheriff's posse went to arrest the Indians for violating the game laws, and 1t is claimed by Wyoming officials the Indians refused to sur render. Gen. Kobe recommends that the Indians captured and now held in Wyoming be allowed to re- turn to the reservation, as they were away on leave.
 Postmaster General Payne, in his estimates forwarded to the treasury for transmission to congress for ap- propriations needed during the ifs cal year ending June 30, 1905
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1903-04-23

gierung iah Iid inionberbeit bura BITE
Gtnrt4tung Der freien Yoftablieferun
OUT benz 2anbe gu MoBnabmen in biee
Ter Ri9tung beranlaBt. Sas 9bitem
Der freien Yoitablieferun9 umfobt ieBt
eth @ebiet bon 100000 Quabrotmetlen
nit $4,000 YpItrouten; es ion aber 70
ausgebebnt fperben. oab 100000
8efpobner Der 2anbbiitritte ibre 9oft@
foder u~nentseltli6 in's Saus seliefert
befommen. Don bief en- $4,000 Yoft>
fraben 6efinben ii9 uber nod mebr
als 5tpsi Drittel pdbrenb feds Diana
ten I'm Sabre in fdledtem ,3uftanbe.
Weeeu biefer 8erbdltntHe muBten I'M
porisen Sabre etlide 9bftrouten foear
pieber aufgeseben tperben, Sir bic
pofbeiteluns in ben 2anbbeairten
febte Der leBte aongreb 100000
aus, bic gum srDBten Sbeile in ben
i9muBigen 2anbftraben beeraber
ipurben. Mls eine Mbtbeilung bes
Mderbaua departments tpurbe bor
elmer Mnsahl BON Sobren bds Muss
tunftsbureau fir Dffentli9e 2anbitros
Ben NIT einem 2aboratorium etablirt,
mo- bas gum @trabenbau b%eftimmts
Mdtertal duf feline Seftiefeit unb Der
penbbdrteit seprift ptrb. Oas 8us
reau lGBt nit 9ilfe Der lofalen 8eborz
ben in btelen Stoaten auf turae Stree
den 9traben, fosenannte Object
2eIIon Hoobs" anleeen, bic natiirli9
in ieber 8eaiebung muItersiltis unb
unter 8eridli6tieung Der fort19ritt=
li9ten Nprmen Der 9e9nit sebaut
tperben. 9dmit ipiq bic Hesierung
ni9t Bios ettpas au ben 2aIten Der Sc
meinben beitrasns fonbern bas Sns
terefe fir quite 2anbitraBen i'm Mngez
meinen tpeden unb forbern. Man err
partet, boB Die @emeinben ben 8au
biefer Object 2efon Moabs" FORT
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1903-04-23

ieben. @ines unferer 9ilber aeist
fold cine Object 2ehpn Hoab" NIT
elmer f9le9ten 2anbitrabe i'm Mnz
fdlub. Sir bic Nnluge gutter 2anb<
fraben forberte cine i'm lebten &onz
sreB bon benz @eprdientanten Otep
bon 8irginien eingerei9te Bin $780,
100000, ipdhrenb cine bonn NeprGiens
tanten 8ronnlon bon SenneHee auss
gearbeitete 8orlase etne grtpeiterung
bes Musfunftsbureaus fir Dffentline
2anbftraben porfiebt, cine cooperation
Der 8unbesr, itaatli1en unb @emeinbes
bebOrben gum 8au permanenter
ghaufeen an1trebt unb eine einmalige
8epiuigung BON $40, 1000 600 fir ben
3ned besebrt.
Na4 Der Mnfht Martin Dobges.
bes DIRECTORS bes %erpGbnten Musz
funftsbureaus, lit bic Ser tenung GUT
ter 2anbftraben bier3ulanbe nidt NIT
un5u groBen Mussaben perfniipft.
Mdbrenb CUTE Steine gum Cambria
benbnu in Der linton anerbings nur an
einigen plGsen ~gefunben perben, iinb
fir ben 3ped iia eisnenbe 2ebmarten
fdft iiberan porbanbsn. Dodge befirs
tportet bic 9ertenung BON 2anbftraben
aus Badfteinen, bic befanntIi9 aus
Qebm fubriairt tperben. 2anbftraBen
nit Mdsenfpurseleiien aus 3ieseliteis
men gibt es fdon tn berf4iebenen Sbeie
len bes 2anbes, 70 unter Mnberem auf
ben @riinben bes MderbauzD epartes
ments. sic bdben ft9 fdmmtli1 porz
aigli9 bepGbrt.
SIN @iiben Der Der. @taaten mers
ben f4on feit geraumer 3ett nit gutem
grfolse Gtrdfltnse fir ben 2anbftro>
benbau bertpenbet. Die Soften Der
StrGflinssarbeiten ite[Ien fi4 auf nur
] Bis ) Der Mussdben, bic fir frete ans
~setporbene Nrbeiter erforberli9 nGren.
Sci ben Mrbeiten unteriteben getp0bn.
lid ie 15 9dftlinse ejnem Wd9tsr.
ueber bic sanaen 4rbeiten fibrt Elm
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1903-04-23

inamer bod enttpidelt. DAB mir bic
gsbpter, pbDniaier, @risden, aSmer,
bic gbinefen, bic Sntas unb bic Mates
Ten alte Rulturb0lter beiBen, lit ni9t
gum @erinsiten auf tire fiibnen @traz
Benbduten auriidaufibren. bic Sobrs
tauienbe iberbauert baben unb beren
Heite nns beute nod in gritaunen
fesen. Bon Nom ginger % Militdrs
ftraben aus, beren Musldufer Ditli9
BIB Serufalem unb n0rbli9 biz mad
8rttannien rei9ten.
Die Meieen, ipelde mad Norbames
rita tamen, fanben bier eine unbur9<
brtnslthe MilbniB. bur9 bic nur Der
Buffet ober Der flii9tise SUB beg ssnz
bidners fi9 einen pfab sebabnt bate,
unb iebtr Sub brett Boben mubte BON
Der Qualification abgerungen tperben.
Die Nunbesregierung tpurbe fia
perbGltniBmdBig balb bepubt, bab bas
@ebiet tpeftli9 BON Obio ni9t eber afs
fejter 8eiiB ansefeben tperben fonnts,
aIs bis CUTE Communications bic
MOsliAteit getpdbrten, sur Mbnsbr
eines Geinbes fhneu berbeiaueilsn. sic
fabte gu benz Bebufe ben Bau 5tpeier
grober 9eerftraben in's Muse, unb
omar fonte bic cine bon Baltimore aus=
geber unb iiber Mbeelins, Cincinnati
mad Ct. louts fIbren unb. bic Sneite
bon Mutne berunter bic Mtlantif9e
Rifle entlang. Das erfe prpiett
tDurbe fat gang berpirfIidt, bic .Mts
Iantic goaft Moab1 aber rlr bon 8ans
gor Bis 9oulton, Me., oussebaut. Sir
BITE Gbdufee BON OF mad Melt tpurs
ben bonn RongreB mad unb mad $14,z
100000 beripiIist. Geitbem bate Die
@lnbes<M egierung ben 8au bon 2orbs
ftraben uuf eisene aoften ober ME tpies
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1903-04-23

StrdFinge beinn a~anofrabenbau.
superintendent bic Mufiidt. Oi.
Strdflinse fiibren 3elte, trunsportable
6dufer auf Rdbern ober 8auten aus
9ola ober We1bled, bic lei6t aerlest
unb pteber aufammengeiebt fperben
tonnen, NIT iid. Sn Der Naht TIT ieber
Strafsefausene NIT Der 9anb ober benz
JuBe al einer &ette pber einem Stabs
bsfeftigt.
s@- Salt, cement, Sano, Bod.
feline, ~feuerfefte Steine unb 9bpn.
Tbeer unb Nspbaftpapier, Dadpoppe,
Cheer uno Nspbalt, Del, Eerpentin
Tarben, @las &c. &c. ftets porr1tbiQ
bel e. g.. 9ielmana, BOG Sft.
Commerce traBe. Wieoriee Breiie
quite Waare iDmie CUTE uno reeLIg
Beoienung rueroen s%earantirt :
Telephun 40
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1903-04-23

~
Der ibernommen; fe iiberlieb pielmebr
BITE Girfprse fir ben @egenftanb ben
etnaelnen .Staaten, unb biefe pdlaten
BITE 2ofttr auf bic gountp- Werpaltuus
gen unb tletneren Rommunen ab. Die
3olge bierbon iinb bic 59leaten 2anbs
ftraBen, tpie fte fdft burnpeg in ben
Der. Stduten angetroffen perben.
SIRE NusbeHerungen toiten bas Bolt
idbrIih bic enorme Summe bon $780,
100000.
Set elmer Mn5nbl bon Sabren aber
bat f6 nun cine Betpegung fir bic
Mnlage gutter 2anbftroben mebr unb
snebr 8dbn gebrphen. Das Derbienit,
otefe 1etpegung IN Gang gebradt unb
dtie unermiiblid eendbrt gu baben, aes
biihrt Der Rational Gppb Roobs MGos
citation. Staotslegislaturen, @emeins
ben unb bic 8unbes= 2esieruna baben
bic Ga1e In ernfte grnaeung geaoa.n.
So tpurbe unlGnsft unter Mnberem Der
aegisIatur bes @taates Nep gorf cine
Bin fir bic Mufnabme elmer @nleibe
BON $50.00O,0O0 our Gritellung gutter
G~onbitraBen porgelest; in % bortigen
Counties befinben fi4 ieBt f4on matas
bumifirte 2anbftraBen in Der &C.
fommtlan9e bon BIT Weilen I'm 8au.
Sn Maine tpurbe Elm gefeb our ftaats
lt9en 4eibiIfe fir 2anbItrabenbaa ana
gsacurmsr. rab Sbdbo Derpiliste our
9~ousnoung Der State Roab," bic gum
a1etl 9odgebirgsfroBe 1T, bic moth.
iuesDtgen @elber. MaFaduietts, Sns
Eotnna, MinnefOta, pennfp[panien,
3euns lee, @iseoniin unb MiNouri bas
ben 9oubs fiir Messs unb Briid.ns
3aMteH ousgtgeben. Die Hunbessmes
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1903-04-23
Onae( Sums canotraBen.
Sbr i6le9ter 3nitanb unb Mabmabs
men ja ibrer g%erbeKernng.

&amoftraben Der atlten Swei Seerfrabeu
Der @nmeess 0seeieruns = Treie NoftbeItsls
Iuas-,cbieet eeHom WoaSs"-9adseim'
Hrahsn-strahtaee als @eearbeiter.
Ser 3uitaub. in pel4em ftd bic
2anbftraben zines Staates befinben,
lpirb als RulturmeHer beHelben anses
feben. 9batiddlid TT ein 2anb, bas
BON einem NeB gutter unb prattif9 an=
gelester Straben bur9aoeen pirb,
ldnbtptrtbf9uftlid unb inbuitrien
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-08

after a consultation with him and after
Mnlard had received the warrant from the
cashier Of the bank, and after tie interest
had been computed thereon BARLEY executed
and delivered to the defendant bank the
check as state treasurer for 1901, ss4.05,
payable to the order Of J. II. Millard, presi-
dent, and in return received the warrant.
The check was drawn upon the general
fund Of state moneys on deposit In the
bank. On the same day the check was paid
by charging to the account OF BARLEY as
state treasurer the sum Of 1901, ss4.05 and
creditlng the account Of the Chemical Ma
tional bank and an Atchison a with a
like sum. At the time Of the transaction
the Omaha National bank was depository
for state moneys under the depository law.
The action was brought to recover from the
defendants the amount Of money lost to the
state on account Of this participation In
the redemption of the so-ealled warrant.
The first decision was against the state
and a reversal was sought. 1t was sent
back and again Judgment rendered for the
bank by Judge Baker, from which the state
appealed to the supreme court. The case
has been argued and reargued several
times, the last only a few weeks ago, the
state being represented by Deputy Attorney
General Norris Brown and the bank by
John l.. Webster, r. s.. Hall and W. j.
Connell. Decision has been repeatedly
withheld until now. - egg ga
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-08
WANT LAW ON COAL DEALERS
Chicago Manufacturers Ask that spe-
cIaI Grand Jury he EN-
paneled.

CHICAGO, Jan. THE committee ap-
pointed by the Illinois Manufacturers as
ISOLATION to investigate the causes Of the
coal famine called on States Attorney De-
neen this afternoon and urged him TO en-
PANEL a special grand Jury to act on the
evidence tending to show illegal methods
employed by the coal dealers to raise prices.
The committee left with the understanding
that further facts bearing upon the situa-
tion would be presented to the states at
torney
There can be no question about the
legal rights" said Mr.. Deneen, when asked
as to his probable action, "if they have the
necessary evidence. We discussed the gen.
eral scope of the case and the law bearing
upon 1t. As to whether there will be a
special grand Jury called l cannot say"
The action OF the committee followed a
meeting earlier in the day, at which, re-
plies from a large number Of manufacturer
throughout the city to-a circular sent out
by the association were considered. The
chairman. q. A. Eckhart. declared that the
complaints of the manufacturers were al
most unanimous to the effect that coal could
not be secured from dealers even where
purchased under an lfonclad contract, ex-
cept at an almost pTohibitive price.
There seems to be plenty OF coal" said
Mr.. Eckhart, but the dealers are holding
it back In the yards Of the railroads until
they can get their price for it.. The rail-
roads, on the other hand. seem to be do
ing all they can to relieve the situation and
to be ready to receive, transport and de,
liver coal.
''The letters convey the idea that many
manufacturer will be compelled to close
unless the situation Is relieved. Many large
hrms complained that they had been COM
PEELED to pay $3.50 to So a ton for soft coal
contracted for at $40 to So a ton"