GOLD WEATHER.
THE COAL FAMINE IN AMERICA. „ Electrio Telegraph Copyright- United Press Association (Received January 15, 9.37 a.m.) LONDON, January 14. Tiiur* kas been 30 degrees of frost iv Scotland. Tlie weather is very severe iv Great Britain and on the Continent. NEW YORK, Jan. 14. The coal famine m. the United States, combined with the bitter cold, is causing much suffering amongst all classes. Seven people have been frozen to death m Chicago. ' The Ways and Means Committee of both Houses reported m favor of granting a rebate equal to the duty on imported coal for a year. Operators agree to supply New York retailers at five dollars a ton if they sell . to the poor at 10 cents per pailful. Mitchell, secretary of the coal miners, has advised tire anthracite unions to increase the production until the weather moderates.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9640, 15 January 1903, Page 2
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