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Show 1 BITUMINOUS COAL IS IN GREAT DEMAND PHILADELPHIA, Oct 2. Because of r ... the; scarcity of cars, soft coal has ! advanced ad-vanced to US a ton at the mines. Prominent Prom-inent . operators say that unless relief . -comes within the next few days, the wholesale price will reach S2 a ton. ' Not In months has there been such a demand for bituminous coal as at this time. Notwithstanding- the unusual demand, de-mand, the larger operating companies say there is more coal above ground at this time than three years ago, when the last strike was pending. " They attribute the activity to a scare which has taken possession of the consumers. |