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Show HIIII'MKNTh IIP fO.M. NOW UIIILKIN(1 Al.li HIU'OIIDS March wax the Imnner mouth In the hlntory or the uuthracllo liitluxtry hm li Indlcnted In the record or hlp-luvutN hlp-luvutN n reported la the anthracite hureau or Information nt I'hlludel-plila, I'hlludel-plila, l'a. The uhlpmentx the prevlmm month ninnuntrd lo 7,37(,777 tonn, uu Increuae or l,4t4,BkS tonx over Pcti-luury Pcti-luury und or 3k7,703 toiu tner the correipandlns monthx Inxt year. The) exceeded h IGE.SST ton tho Oi toiler, 1917, xhlpmentx which, until now. rep-ruxeuled rep-ruxeuled the lilicH water mark In monthly uhlpmentx I'or the coat ear ended .March, 10U. the total xhlpmentx were 77,-7SS.3IS 77,-7SS.3IS torn, un Incrcuixo or 9,975,73n tnnx, or more than II per cent over the preceding coal ear. Thwe In-creaxed In-creaxed xhlpinenlx have heeii xvnt lo market dexplle n lahor xhortnite or ahout ono-euvenlh or the normal worklni; force In and ahout the mln. Shlpplui; Hy Walcr. MKMIM1IH, Tenn., April 37 Heavy xhlpmentx or conl rrom Kentucky fleldx ure helne made hy water tin the Mlxxlxalppl river. A xIiikIc wtetimlioat leeently towed fifteen hareex con-talnlnic con-talnlnic nine thouxund tnnx or coal Horn Caxoyvllle, Ky, to Memphlx. It would have required three to four trnlnx to have hauled thlx conxlk-n-ment by rail. Further Warnlnu (JUcii. WABIUNaTON, D. C, April . Further warnliiK of another coal xhortace in tho Kaxt, cvon more serl- oui trun that of lut winter, unlesa there l an earl) readjiixlmcnt t i traffic on Kartern rnllrandx, wax rIvi i loda) hy the Natlonnt Conl nxxoclii lion. 'The enormoux demnndx of i other war InduMrlcit nre crowdliiR i on I oft tho rnl In," xnld the nxxocta-tlon'a nxxocta-tlon'a nnnouncement, "nnd the rexull r.nt continued xhortnRe of onrx at tilt mlncH hnx cut production to the dan Kir point." |