N&W and VGN in 1912--Great Britain coal strike

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
March 14, 1912

BEGGING FOR COAL
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Big Foreign Steamers Besieging the Piers About Norfolk
 
    Nineteen big foreign steamers, all after coal, and, in fact, so anxious for coal cargoes that in many instances they are offering premiums to local dealers, are gathered around the coal piers of Lamberts Point, Sewalls Point and Newport News. The strike threatened in other European countries is decidedly responsible for the arrival of these ships in Hampton Roads.
    The feeling among the commanders of these vessels, as well as the coal agents at .Norfolk, is that the coal strike means that the demand for American coal will steadily increase; that prices will advance correspondingly, and that within ninety days the Norfolk harbor will be crowded with tramps seeking cargoes for speculative purposes.
    The fact that the great bulk of coal arriving at the Hampton Roads piers is already under contract for delivery, or is brought in to fill orders booked ahead by the agents, has caused a number of commanders of the ships in their efforts to get cargoes to offer premium prices. It is not possible, however, for the dealers to accommodate them on short notice.
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Gordon Hamilton
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