Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1916 — MITCHEL STARTS COAL WAR [ARTICLE]

MITCHEL STARTS COAL WAR

New York Will Haul Fuel in City Wagons Unless the Dealers Bring Prices Down. New York, Nov. 24.—A threat to buy coal and deliver it to small consumers in the city street cleaning wagons at reasonable prices unless dealers bring present high prices down, was made here by Mayor John C. Mitchel. The announcement followed a conference with George W. Perkins, together with the police commissioner, the commissioners of accounts and weights and measures, and a committee of big coal merchants. The mayor said the producers and large dealers promised him to do all in their power to relieve the situation. The big dealers agreed to send a letter to small dealers warning them that if they charged exorbitant prices their supplies would be cut off.