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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
10
The scene at Boston’s coal yard yesterday saw large crowds endure police hostility as they sought fuel. Officers repelled boarder attempts while a sergeant guided playful youths, including an 8 year old crawled through the fence. At 4 30 pm the wharf closed leaving many disappointed. Secretary Lyman of the relief committee promised an investigation into district fuel distribution.
Amid a coal strike Boston sees free coal spilled from a railroad dump. Children and families haul coal in bags and carriages, selling 25 cent loads to those unable to obtain fuel. The scene grows as workers from Allston Cambridge and Brighton brave cold to collect and redistribute the discarded fuel.
Turmoil erupted Tuesday as police kept order during a coal shortage that forced oil heater use. Customers, many poor and some well to do, flooded the Metropolitan Coal Company wharf and a state street office seeking bags of coal, with women and children among the crowd.
Landlords unable to obtain coal have lowered rents and installed gas stoves at no charge to tenants. Tenants now use gas for heating and cooking, paying only for the gas consumed, replacing coal stoves in several city apartment houses formerly heated by steam.
The bath commissioners announce gymnasiums across Boston will stay open from 10 am to 10 pm to help residents who have not received coal. Locations include Commonwealth Park on D Street South Boston East Boston Paris Street Ward 7 Tyler Street Ward 9 Harrison Avenue Plimpton Street and Ward 19 Elmwood Street Roxbury.
Complaints arise that poor women could not get wood delivered from the Boston Industrial Home wood yard, though deliveries had been customary. Superintendent T. D. Roberts states it is physically impossible with 300 orders over a week, and asks those needing coal or wood to take it away themselves as staff work day and night to fulfill as much as possible.
A reader submits a letter to the editor requesting the newspaper help secure coal. The brief note asks the editor to attempt assistance and mentions a concern over fuel availability.
A large dry goods box manufacturer in Philadelphia has developed a homegrown fuel made from shavings coal dirt and black oil. The mix forms large cakes that burn hotter and cleaner than coal and could replace anthracite in local wood plants. Germantown and Kensington facilities report substantial coal savings since adopting the fuel in August.
A coal dealer on North Russell street says soft coal is $20 a ton and hard coal is unavailable. The West End office reports long waits and scarce supply as residents, from a poor woman to wealthy businesspeople, scramble for coal while some opt for wood.
In Cambridge last night a prominent coal dealer pledged to bring 20 tons of hard coal to Harvard today for sale by bag, hundred, or scuttleful to Crimson students who have shivered in their dormitories. A big scramble is expected as most students in the yard have been out of coal for two weeks.
To the Editor of the Post a reader from Dorchester pleads for coal for a baby. He asks why relief teams do not go to Dorchester and seeks guidance on obtaining fuel amid freezing conditions.
A reader suggests storekeepers place old crates and packing cases outside their shops for the poor to take. The note highlights widespread begging for such items observed today and appeals for sympathetic action.
Gouceitlangane Ypewriter Desks claim superiority over other desks with improvements addressing prior faults. They offer no higher price, urging readers to request Catalogue No. 702 from The Globel Wernicke Co. at 91 and 93 Federal St. Boston.
Washington reports the public disclosure of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain on commercial relations with Newfoundland. Articles grant fishing vessel access, duty-free import of fisheries products, and a detailed tariff schedule for Newfoundland imports, with certificates and consular countersignatures required.
Gloucester Public Schools will be closed until further notice due to coal shortages. City Hall action, Mayor French spearheaded the move so coal saved for homes, 100 cords of wood on the poor farm to be distributed, and a West Gloucester wood purchase planned at seven per card. Coal dealers urged shutdowns elsewhere to relieve domestic fuel needs as crowds storm offices.
In Newport R I ninety naval apprentices at the training station naval hospital are under treatment for pneumonia measles and mumps. Convalescents are sent to the Boston Naval Hospital to make room for the sick. The apprentices barracks concrete floor, blamed for pneumonia, has been covered with pine.
Night engineer Fred W. Johnson, 32, of 296 Boston Street South Boston, was crushed in a Parker House freight elevator early yesterday. He was married with several children and had worked at the hotel for several years.
At noon yesterday the Daughters of the Temple opened a two days fair in Lorimer Hall Tremont Temple. A large crowd gathered at the many tables and booths throughout the event.
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