Show A licantic Coal Syndicate I NEW YOEK Feb S Rumors of gigantic I gigan-tic deal between the coal producing companies com-panies continue current and regular traders trad-ers of the stock company all believe in the report that an agreement has been made bv the companies with an immense syndicate which agrees to handle the entire output cud pay the owners of all coal lands 25 cents a ton regularly on all coal taken by them provisions being made that the syndicate hall have exclusive rights and that the royalties shall amount in the aggregate to f 10000000 per year There is little doubt that this or some other deal is to be arranged ar-ranged and it is certain too parties on the insde have been buying the stock of all coal companies for some time and are now in a position to direct the officers of the various va-rious companies to act in accordance with their plans It is understood the syndicate reported to havo been formed will establish a joint agency for the sale of coal at all the large distributing points and the present sales agent system be abolished Trading in coal stocks in the stock exchange ex-change continues enormous In Lacks wanna the price advanced 04 per cent and i per cent was paid for the use of stock lor the day in the loan crowd Trading in Reading was larger than ariytbiu else on the list combined in the first hour and tho price advanced 3 J per cent While heavy buying was in progress it is reported a large boar trader had been cornered |