Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1910 — CITY IS WELL PREPARED [ARTICLE]

CITY IS WELL PREPARED

For a Strike In the Soft Coal Districts—Over 400. Tons On Hand. The city water and light plant is pretty well prepared for a strike in the coal mining districts. which now seems nent, having upwards of 400 tons of coal on hand, which will last three months or more should the supply be shut off by strike or other causes. The having of so large an amount on hand at this time is more due. to accident than anything else. The mines with which the city has a contract were not shipping any for several weeks, by reason of a temporary shut-down for some cause, and Supt. Chamberlain bought a number of carloads from other operators. Then the contract coal begun to come in, and as a result we have an extra amount on hand and can rest easy for several months to come. Seventy-five thousand miners in the Illinois coal fields went

on strike Thursday night for an indefinite periojl, and Chicago has but a few weeks supply of fuel on hand. Her manufacturers are worrying about where the fuel supply is to come from if the strike continues for any length of time. The strike will probably effect the coal fields in other states also.