The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-06-04
THE COAL TRADE.

The suspensiOn-The Trade In New York-The
Eieht-hour Vote-The Lehigh T0nnuge-Quo
tstions, Etc.
The stereotyped expression in reference to the
Schuylkill county suspension is still in order. The
men still obstinatey refuse to go to work. preferrng
a longer holiday. Meanwhile prices are slowly but
steadily declining, with probability that should
resumption take place there Will be a sudden fall.
In this case even the operators basis will not be
maintained and there viii be a positive necessity
for Withdrawing it, and substituting another still
lower, and consequently still less to the interest OF
the workingmen.
one of the strongest points in the argument
against the striking men is the fact that by remain
ing idle in Schuylkill county they are giving
monopoly to the Scranton carrying company, which
organization is ready to annhilate the whole Miners
Union at any convenient moment and is everon the
watch for such moment to appear. Not only is
this company strengthened indirectly by the suspen-
sion, but the miners OF the suspendlng region being
so advised by their leaders, themselves OBTAIN work
in the Scranton region swelling the product of coal
there and taking entirely away the power of the
SChuylkil operators to resume.
The trade in New York is quiet, but the daily
receipts are quickly disposed OF. The Scranton and
Lackawanna companies are largely increasing their
tonnage over last year-the Scranton being lbs, 600
tons ahead, and the Lackawanna 264, 600 tons; the
Lehigh is not doing as much as they could, on
count of scarcity OF cars Eastern purchasers are
not buying their supplies yet, as they say they must
uphold the Schuykil operators, or else there will
always be an unsettled market. The Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company in their recent re-
port state that they have daily mining
capacity of 10000 tons, and carrying capacity for
25000 and that If no accidents or stoppages occur
this quantity of coal will be produced and sent to
years product, which was 1,591,91s tons of upwards
Of 100000 TONS This will be more than the whole
increase Of anthracite required this year, if business
remains as stagnant as 1t now Is. This company,
under these circumstances, will be royal auxiliary
of the Scranton Company and formidable enemy
of the Schuylki suspension.
There has yet been no official announcement made
of the result OF the vote on.the egh-hour question.
1t is said that the result will not be made public for
some time, which, In all probability means never,
since the result unfavorabe to the wishes of those
interested.
The stock of coal is universally light as there is
no disposition to buy beyond immediate wants
This disposition is owing to the general belief
that the tendency of prices will be downward
The following are the prices of coal by the cargo
at Port Richmond for shipment east of Bordentown
and south of Cape Henry-to other points 40 cents
per ton to be added :-Schuylkill Red Ash s4'45
46O do. Steamboat, s44O9 100; do. Broken, $4,000
AGO. do. Egg, s44O@460; 40. Stove, s44094'6O;
The following the current rates of freights
from Port Richmond for the week ending June :
Bath ST. Portland s9 sacO s2?9 PoPtsm9gtn
port, 50; Danversport and dis, s2'25; Dighton,
S1s5; FAN River, sII55; Gloucester, Gloucester, slS2@2;
H1ghaRm HH RadfaTS ara e s 6SncS P0R s
bury s215; Salem s2; Scituate and dis s215; New
port, S1'15; Providence, sl75 Pawtucket and tow,
si.75 NorwaiK, $40; Sto1ington sl'75; New York,
| s1.2O61.3O; Washington, s1lO From Baltimore -
Philadelphia, s1@1O5; New York, s1's5.
THE MORTALITY OF THE CITY.-Tne number OF
deaths in the city for the week ending at noon to-
| day was 2s2 being decrease of % from those oi
last week and increase of Al the correspond
ing period Of last year. OF these 1871 adults 14F
were minors; 214 born in the United States: Al
were foreign; 27 people of color; and IL were
from the country OF this number, 80 died of consump
ton of the lungs; 13 of convusions; 80 Of scarlet
fever; of Inflammation of the lungs; % OF debility
| mus; and Of relapsing fever.
| The deaths were divided follows among the
| different wards:-