, 1870-03-25
THE GOAL TRADE,
Present Prtcc~~and Future prospee1&
The .niueTns Strikes.


Fro1H tie Philadelphia ia x17qtr. MFrho1
The anthracite coat trade IL still in verv
unsettled condianu. though several raecti,xv
OF the parties in interest lave been held dur
iEE tho past week to- lssluouizt ,lilFer.n...x
but. We are soEry to say. without any rafis-
1actory result contentinn Of co,l operators.
representing over four .ud half millions of
tons, was held iE rottsxiI1c on Tuesda<, and
agreed on the following basis With coal Al
S1.5o Per ton at Port Ua1hou, outside wages
81. inside wages $40, miness' wages slo nor
week, contract work re,ifr,~l 30 per cent, and
A. advances ~ per aent. - heretofore.
The list years b1sis WAS - ~ tho
minimum, and outside wages IN proportion.
I'm these prices number Of miners had
resumed work On Thursday tie council
representing the miners .1rt At Summit Hill,
and rejecting the basis Of 52-50 Per ton pro-
Eosed " the operators at their convention in
PottEElllc, the Tuesday PREVIOUS. decided to
adhere to the basis Of 1863, which il 3s At
Pert Carbon and IS At Etx1bethport- Tho
only Plan now Seems to Ire for tie mincta Of
Columbia and Schu, lkin Countic:. to cut loose
from the other counties and tix their own
basis and wages. Tie general impression is
that The scliuslkil miners wiIFEstopw work on the
"a OF Aptu- 1ll,. Operators 1re moro uuitsd
than ever lpfore iu timcs OF trouble Of this
character, and tho be1iaf among them
for wages will be unanimously resisted.
Coal prices of last year cannot be
maintained, nor can operators afford to
cell coal at the market prize and pay miners
what il insisted on. Unless COM
promise can he effected within the remaining
time OF tAlA month suspension seems incEita-
bic III the SchuyLki1l region. 1t il reported
that the Heading Railroad Company, which llas
reduced iss last year toll charges most iber-
ally III order to keep the schuy1kiN region in
tnii ol'eration. LAS profteEeta i willingness to
deliver coal to large const11lera on its line from
other regions, thus keeping up supply. In
the face Of operations If this character, tho
Hslners appear to be pursuing a vcrr inconsid-
crate coutse, and one in which they will bo
the revcrest sufferers. The tra,te was good
two feet Of snow. The mines and breaken,
were clicked mp, and Tia, lateral 1oa.la in some
places considerably ol,ntsuctN1. In conseauenct,
Of thus the market has been steady, with =
sl6ht advance IN prizes, anil there has been
an evident iniisposition manifested on tAo
Part Of holders to seu at tie p1e.ens ratos,-
The Reading Rai1ro Vi Company brought down
OF I'll kintl-, for the week ending on lie 18th
instans, 4i,29a toFs. against 1887 tons the
previous week, anl for the fiscal ye.E, besinn-
n1E December !, -, 400 tons. sgai;nst 612,3s7
Tons to corresponding timc last .ear-an in
crease of a,ol9 tons. The total pt7xsnct Of all
the anthracite regions for tho week. 4. far IA
reported by the eeveral carving couracie..
was III, 2sf tons seainst ll9. So. tons the pre-
. .lo'ls week--an incEesse OF l7,ts2 ton*an1
~ f.
tef tour to the tauae date lazr yesr-shoving
an lncrease Of Isl .5s1 tons. Prices Of ce>al Nv
tie ca;go at Port Richmond, for ahip-
uents east Of Borieutown and
south Of Capo Henry. ara al
[ollo~s: Schuylkll red ash, 5i.2o@l 50;
lroken. si.oo; egg. s4.GM; stove. Si,1o<aa.a5;
ND chesnut, $3.50; Shenandoah broken,
sl.l0; egg, s4l67 stove, S425, and cLesnnt'
:3.so, 10 other points the ratea are 30 cent?
per ton hig her than the shove quotations. In
other wnras, che near market pays the 10 cents
1rF ton higher Prices than the more distant
market EerEes the near market right what
,.sincss has it to be near the rial mines
he following we're the current rate. uf frcightB
from Port Richmond for the week ending
March u 10 Boston, e2,75<a3.00: Charles
400; New Dcdfori, <2.00; Salem, 53O0;
Newport, s2.10; Providence. 81 Nka,a. no: Nor
Nirh- Il: 90 and tow; New Haven, 4l.75; S:on-
ngton, 92-00 New York, sl.25 Ttuv, S1.75:
williamsburg S1.25; Annapolis, &1.l6; Waah-
ngton, FL IS, aud Wilmington. \. c.. 5l.ai