Show r f i t t vY i I r i J 1 n 1 t j c i r y f L THEY ALL LL BUY COAL ENGLISH MINERS WILL WILt LAY LAYS S OFF Tho of Coal Advanced J nud nd a l Xa amIn S Threatened A London dispatch says the Leicestershire coal ml mine e owners ga e on the 3rd of a further furter advance In the price of ot coal coa Three shillings per ton ten is the advance agreed upon This makes a total rise o of 7 shillings per ton tu within a month mont The action acton of the miners in announcing that they would go on a a strike on 01 the and the rapid advances in the prices of coal following that announcement Is I leading to t a panic The cold weather which has led lel to t the tho consumption of a large quantity of ot coal continues to pie prevail vail and this f et has ha cause caused the alarm to become gi greater cater than titan would otherwise have been the case cae No one knows where the advancing prices will vIll wi stop slop and consequently everybody is anxious to la lain lay in enough coal now to carry them over the two tv weeks weeks' strike The dealers who sell sel to consumers are flooded with wih orders and al all a the coal wharves and depots depot are besieged with wih small smal dealers The merchants declare that if the present demand is 1 continued the stock will wi last lat only four dav da days s s. The newspapers all al publish articles In reference reference refer refer- refer ence to the situation n and urge th uble netto not net notto notto to become stricken panic-stricken as prices cannot make a much further furter advance alvance owing to t foreign foreign for for- eign competition The retailers are arc doubling the advance made by the mine owners Rumors have been current in Brussels that In consequence of the proposed strike of the English coal miners miner action acton would be taken to prevent the Belgian mine owners from ex- ex poi porting ting their product to England and thus 0 aid In the defeat of the English miners who on March 12 will wi cease work for a fortnight their object being beig to so restrict the tho output aa as asto a to cause the consumers to f pay higher prices and thus afford the the mine owners no excuse to carry cairy into Int effect their contemplated redu reduction ion ionI I in Iii w wages ages I |