| Show COAL FAMINE WILL CONTINUE IN THE EAST railroads and mine owners unable to supply the big cities with sufficient fuel philadelphia dec 18 Officials of alie It cading hold out no hope for relief in the anthracite stringency this winter despite the efforts of the company to anino and ship to its full capacity under normal conditions said one of the officials alio anthracite production Is acer equal to the demand during tie winter month and the heading and all alio othar anthracite companies have been obliged to draw upon the at various estorage points to licup out the demands of tho trade this year there is not a pound of coal at any of these storage it orage and arc dependent entirely upon the daily output of alie mines the big dealers in new england who usually have in stock at this season of the year from to tons are bare of coal and dependent entirely upon what is being shipped by the various companies practically nil of the heading companas comp anys aro in operation the company shipped from the mines during the past two days nearly 1000 cars of coad thi acuna a daily production of nearly 00 tons reading company officials decline to discuss the na to whether the advance of au cents a ton made in october would hold good dining 1003 bufa they admitted that it would certainly rulo beyond january 1 1903 the data fiyod by bacr for a hedw tion to the old rates the operator who attended the meeting of the operators stated that the advance would LK during all of next year |
