The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-20
iron and Coal Trades.

BIRMINGHAM, February 2f.
Iron was considerably frmer at to.dsy's mar.
kes than 1t was last week. Pigs were advanced
from 2, Cd To Is 3d. and cold blast pigs were
quoted as high as f9. ALI mine hot-blast pigs OF
best quality had advanced to FL l2s 90. Clnder
pig was up to 7s Sd. This further rise is almost
entirely due to the prices and scarcity OF coal.
The increase In the collier's wages has, as was
feared, tended 70 diminish the output OF coil,
and, as rule. the men are not Working more
than half time. Their wages are now about 9s per
dav. There ere no stocks OF coal either at the
colllerles or at the iron works, and never were
thtre so many trucks and boats waiting to te
loaded. The advance In prices OF Iron has
checked new orders. which have not been num-
are SITTER In price, Sheets ale ln very strong de-
mand, and some Of the best houses ask as much
as fl9 5s to fl9 16s for singles. The best brands
OF bar iron are now firm at Ella 12s I'D tfor Earl
lIudley's m ikeJ and Ella for II. H. ard similar
brands.
WoLvERHAMPToN, February %.
The iron trade has again become very excited.
Unprecedented prices for this season OF the year
are being demanded to-day, and frstclass houses
are declining to accept orders unless at the prices
that may prevail next quarter.day, week hence.
Tonight the leading iron merchants here are
is .ulng circulars dated tomorrow, In which they
advance bars rods and hoops 2os and sheets as
much as 40s per ton. They will not bind them
selves to even these rates for long. Similar ad
vances were made fortnight ago.
The London News or the 1st instant says:
Notwithstanding the price OF coal In London i5
to-day reduced by about four shillIngs ton, Bol
ion coal merchants yesterday announced an0th.
er advance OF 4s I'd on house coal to come into
furce. At Sheffield and the surrounding districts
the rise was In most cases % per ton. but in
others 4s. To-day Dean Forest Goals will be ad-
vanced further per cenf making at least 10
per cent above the maximum price prior to the
end Of the year 1872. The colliery proprielors at
Wigan yesterday resolved to offer an advance CT
10 per cent. Thejmen asked Is. Circulars have
Just been Issued tn colllery owners and mana.
gers throughout South Yorkshire and North Der.
byshire demanding an advance OF 20 per cent.
on the wages OF surface men at the various pits.
The demand ia made on behalf OF the south York.
shire Operatives Association, nnh is asked to be
paid on the 18th or March, the same Gay as tine
advance demanded by the miners. strong feel
Ing is mantle, ted by the cOlllery owners Of the
West Rdng OF Yorkshire against the demand
for an advance OF 20 per cent on wages. At a
meeting at Leeds to-day the coal owners appoint.
ed deputation TO confer with the men Oh Mon
day, with the view to making al ar argemens.
1t is believed that II the demand Is refused 8
strike will take place.
all kinds rom Belgium in the first eleven months
OF 1t year amounted to 265 600 tons; in the Cor
responding period Of 1871 the corresponding ex-
| ports were 900 tons. The French iron trade
has presented rather less animation, but The as.
pect ur affairs has not betn favorable. Prices
have remained generally unaltered; coke made
Iron stands at ELS l2s IN Ella per ton. fair Just
| held at Besancon presented compara,iveiy litte
activity confidence not being generally felt as 10
the future. while opinions varied a good deal as
| to the probable course OF prices. The eugmenta.
lion In The imports OF iron OF various Kinds into
| France last year AMOUNT to abouI $1,000 tons.
| The expo IS O iron from France Increase to Il
much more considerable extent last year. having
been 2sS, COO tons In 1872 against 10000 tons in
1871. These 1gurss show great increase In the
activity OF the French iron trade last year. and
large ba anc, in favor Of the exports. Great firm
ness In prices Is reported as regards the Belgian
coal basins, IN which there are scarcely any