New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-08
PITTSBURGH.

PITTSBURGH
THE MEN WHO ARE OUT OF EMPLOYMENT MOSTLY
THOSE WHO HAVE sTRUCK-A REVIEW or THE
DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING INDUSrRIES-VERY
FEW SUSPENSIONS DIRECTLY DUE TO THE PANIC.
IRON SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUSE.l
P1TrsBURGu, Penn, Nov. 4.-Strange mis-
statements have been made and circulated by rrespon-
sble correspondents respecting business affairs in this
city Among other absurd things 1t has been stated
that on Oct 81 Moorhead Co.'s blast furnaces at Pitts
burgh suspended and that these furnaces. together
with those IN the MahOnng and Cnenango Valleys
eight in number-employed 10000 men. Now, there are
eleven furnaces Ia Pittsburgh, and. as have shown
in previous letters there 80 IN the Mlhonng Valley
and 2l In the Chenango Valley, making CO In all
and the entire force employed In all OF them, II
they were all running In full force, would be less than
1000 men, As to M,oThead & Co. they have but one
furnace (rhe Soho y employing from 10 to 100 men.
which stopped because the men struck, on reduction
OF 10 per cent on their wages They have since con-
cued to accept but Moorhead Co. have
concluded to set them to work again. and ask for
still further reduction 10 10 per cent-being entirely In
diff rent as to whether 1t is accepted or not All the
rest the eleven furnaces here are runnngwth the ex
ceplion Of the "Lucy which Is the largest and which had
10 stop to put In new "bsl" aud chopper" There is
reduction OF 10 per cent In wages however, IN all OF
hem-the being - TO- O. So and q 20 per
day. according to the grade OF help.
The truth there probably less than 900 men out
OF employment IN Pittsburgh whose want OF employ
ment has any connection whatever with the panic. And
this true Of the city proper together with Allegheny
City and the adjacent towns comprising population OF
about 225 600 Some have struck because their wages
were reduced 10 or IS per cent and idle but
there arc scarcely any could not get work with the
reduced wages time which made necessary by the
present sagnatOn IN business. Indeed the prospect
now Is that in week or two there will be several thou
sand more employed hereabout than there has been
during the Summer
Its generally known that about 5000 coal miners en-
ployed in the Monongahela Valley struck last July and
nave been out OF EN- oyment since. The OF
the strike was a demand their part to be paid extra
for what called nut coal" that IS sifcd through the
screens in passage OF the merchantabe coal for
which they four cents per bushe This demand
was refused and the miners have been idle ever since
They were aided during their IdeDess by tho miners
ployed In tho railroad pits on the Pennsylvania and
other roads; but since the hard times on, these
miners nave got tired OF supporting the strikers and
cordingy meeting of the Monongahela miners held
in this city yesterday, at which t was resolved,
after a good deal OF windy discussion, to resume
work again old price Of four cents per bushe and
say nothing about the coal Whether the operators
will accept this tardy surrender and set them to
again is now the question. meeting OF ,the Coal Ex
change was held to-day but decision was arrived at
Another meeting is t. be held next week, and learn
from private that It Is highly probable the
operators will now insist upon reduction to three
of the old price Of four cents per bushe
| How the miners will receive this proposition
| should 1t be made, remains to no seen. En-.
ployers say that even ut three cents miners
| can make from IS TO 81 per day. 1t Is generally
thought that the supply OF coal is short here In
quence Of the long strike Of the Monongahea miners
but coal dealers tell that the OHIO aud Mississippi
River towns, which mainly supplied from here have
ham olaat than
the home consumption for the Winter will hardly ex
haust the supply already hand 30 that operators
are indifferent whether the miners or not
and many think this is good time to effect permanent
reduction in the price OF mining labor which they main
| tain has been exorbantly high for years past.
| THE COAL TRADE AND THE IRON INTEREST
The coal used and around Pittsburgh as well as
OF bushels that shipped to Cincinnati
and SO on to Orleans, from the Monon
Valley and railroad pits" they are called
| embracing the hne OF the Pennsylvania Railroad, the
Panhandle. and other roads leading from this CITY, 1t
is estimated that from 1900 to 10000 employed
In these mines. and the receipts from tho mines
this city last year footed up 1877 1888 bushels OF
265 bushels OF coke. 1t Is ali btuminous coal
and OF Is OF excellent quality for the manufac-
ture Of gas The miners chiefly English and Welsh
The leading interest OF Pittsburgh Is the Manufacture
OF iron careful examination OF staus;ics recently
made here that about 100000 TONS one quarter
OF producl OF all the blast furnaces In tho
country o. which there about 800 consumed In
this city. The number OF employed IN the various
manufactures was In 1870 1900, and now esti-
mated rs Oyor 10000
The basturnacos, which are all owned by the rolling.
mills, have already been noticed. OF rollins mills there
about for the making OF iron and 10 for steel
There also two copper rolling mills. All OF these
mills running, though most OF them have reduced
time single turns and there mas also been general
reduction OF 10 per cent In wages Very few men have
been dis hargcd in any OF tho mills aud all arc given
chance 10 work partial time. The may be said
the founders of which there S. There are also
machino-sbops spring factories. four pillow
oues three locomotive works, two shovel aud Ak fac
torres several nail factories together with large mum.
and variety OF factories and shops for the various
kinds OF iron manufacture Nearly all Of them are run.
ming with the usual force employed at this
year though have reduced the hours OF work,
aud majority OF them 10 per cent IN wages
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES
Beside the ufaoures OF Pittsburgh there are
many other manufacturing industries. all OF which are
In operation usual with the exception OF three cotton
factories which hAva stopDsd temporarily. ~ Ia alleged