Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1898 — Short of Coal. [ARTICLE]

Short of Coal.

Washington, June 24.—The continued strike in the Welsh coal mines has reduced the supply of English coal to such an extent that the mail and passenger steamers of some of the best English lines running from England to Cape Town. Africa, Australia 'and South America have been forced to rely on American steamer coal.