Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-07-07
TIE PENNSYLVANIA Coal TRADE.-The |

TIE PENNSYLVANIA Coal TRADE.-The
Philadelphia Ledger has the following report
If the coal trade for the Fast week -
The anthracite coal trade is very consiIera-
blv mixed and unsettled. There has been
some little action by the miners and work men
,s 10 the number of hours that shall constitute
a davis work and the terms on which labor
would be resumed in the Schuyiklll region.
But We have contradictory reports Al to the
precise matters agreed upon Ivy The workmcn
and scarcely anything satisfactory ss to what
The operators will do, should their terms o1ler-'
ed last spring be now aceedcd to. Some OF thr
GENERATORS say the changed circumstances do
not warrant adherence TO their offer, and are III
favor Of nothing short Of an utter ignoring OF
the Workingmens Associat. Besides tins, II
i, said, the Reading Railroad Company has
determined to remove the drawbacks Of 81 anu
az cents per ton, it no reduction Is madc 10
wages, and coal operators continue to pay Tie
1869 basis wages, They state that these draw
backs were made with q iull understanding
that the prices OF coal and wages were also 10
be- reduced in proportion. This would mater.
tally alter the face oiaarS. The trade Is dull!
AMI prices for tic current month will DC from
- It, 50 cents lower Than they We're IN June.
PROPOSED COMMERCIAL CONVENTION 10
| tic Merchants and Business Men Of Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama
| and Kentucky:
Gcntlcmcn-l'he undersigned We're appoint
| Cd committee hy The Knoxville Board OF
| Trade to makCtlc necessary arrangements Tor
| commercial convention in the city OF Knox,
Vile, Tennessee. We take pleasure in annOunc-
! ing tnat that convention will be held on the
| 10th day Of August next on arc earnestly
| requested to attend All papers friendly to
! this grand movement will do y favor l'y pub
| fishing this call.
g. NJ. McGhce, Il. j. Sanford, e.. ". Nharl-
ton, S. b. Boyd, Il. NJ, Richards
| CAUSE OF Hon RENTS TO ascertain whe
tier the high rents paid By workmcn were JUS
titled by the increased cost OF building. lhuu-
ries were recently addressed by the bureau OF
statistics at Washington TO the leading builders
| in various cities and manufacturing towns, ask
ing the cost in 1851 and 1862 respectively, ui
| the various materials, as well Is oil labor, en-
| ploycd in the erection OF dwellings, Tor working
men. The response, it is stated, shows the III
crease in the cos! OF materials to have been lIlty,
eight per cent, Of labor, lO' per cent, anu OF
| building lots, AZ per cent. This OF course, Is
| in the deprecated paper oil the time
| Girl. LosT.--A bright colorcd glti, abont
| 10 years OF age, named Mary Thomas, was
| shipped rom Gerry, Erie county, Penn, under
care of j.. Il. Conductor, to her lIHnda at
| Bcalton, Fauquicr. Va, some tine IN April or
May, 1870 Since she lett Cary, She has not
| been heard from. Any information concerning
her addressed to Washington Bail, or to $. +.
| II. Bealc. }eaIcton, Va, will FG highly al
| prcciatcd.-- lFouTcAfnM Iuicr.
This is the the era Of crime Yesterday, a
man in New Haven Conn.,, Was shot AID killed
| by iurgIar q yonng gal Is yraia ui age,
| betrayed by her lover, committed suicide III
Boston one murder an! several shooting al.
| trays in S;al. Francisco 4 murderer ynahel,
| in Fulton county, Illinois Il man murcrt'i Ill