, 1876-09-30
PITTSBUKG.

Condition or tina iron and Glass Industries.
xpetta' cusrxtpondenee Qf Tas Tribune.
pI7rsBuRo, Sept. 1.-rho Industries Of
the Smoky City arc not In SO 0ousishng
4 condition as they might bo. The two
leading tntercsts-ron and gtass-hrc fartng
very differently Under The same outward circum-
stances. The tron.tnilla generally arc running,
and this fal dusis tho trade more active than ut
any time In the past two years. Com petition
Is lively since the dotng-away by tho Western
Association Of the restrictions governing prices,
and, among manufacturers here, It ts "Evcry
man Tor l.imsclf." A very large amount Of iron
is being shipped In the aggregate, but the profits
arc small. Prices arc fully S3 per ton less
th!s year than last; but tic volume Of trade,
being greater, III measure oompcnsatcs for
this. Chiefly where paying profits are realized
Is In the manufacture OF spccia,tfes,-o[l-wcll
supplies, drilling TOOLS etc The late rise IN oil
gayc to this branch ct tho trade an. tmpctu.
excitement attendant upon the occasion, but
is kept up. aa It we're, by the prospect Of fresh
discoveries Of petroleum IN other fields, which
makes the demand Tor well-eupplies at this sea-
son more aetfye than It has been Tor years. In
the general trade, BY the low prices, the erection
of iron buildings Il encouraged, and much OF
the Iron sold here Ia for that purpose.
The window.glass trade Is I'll q dtseouraginE
state. There Il strike among the tending
boys,'' which keeps twenty Of the twcnty-one
factories Of the city idle, With no Immediate
prospect Of rcsunllng. The trouble grows out
Of the action Of Tho Western Wtndow-Glass As
Chicago. Tic Association then resolved TO- to pay ~
tho wages Ut The blower. Tie avcfngr pay of
the latter is $l25 month. The boys formerly
ss, have bee! bect, p paid By ,l,e month,-sa75o TIC
ski1l, but earc and pattencc, care I'll gathering
the molten glass Tor tho blower In a manner
that will not cause It to blister; aud patience
to remain 1t their posts, keep an. ere
attendance upon the blower. A careless Atcnd-
make tic most skillfui blower turn out bad
work; and, in such event; tho loss Is to the
neas.,rc which shall mako it, the boy's tnterest
to DO careful In his work, and his disadvantage
to be the contrary, tho manufacturers have
been discussing IN their meetings from ttmo to
tic Chicago meeting is considered . most
been Ind to tryit. Sept. il was the day set ior for
rcsuntng operations In the factories tafter the
annua stoppags Of tWo months for repair and
in opposition. and at present show no agns of
yielding. The operators arc rcsotute iii their
c0urse, announcing that the factories shall stand
ills az wnter, and longer II necessary, but they
ming, and that under a different arrangement
from what IL fixed by the Association.
The winaow.glass trade this year Is far short
OF that Of 1S75. An idea Of the difference may
be had when It Is stated that ut this tinc last
ycar there was no stuck In reserve. At the
present tipe the stock On hand In plttsblirg
amounts, Ia round numbers, to 11O,805 boxes.
ton, which includes several manufactures out
side PittsburE, WAS 3!7,0!9. On Sept. this
nllnbcr bad been reduced to 200, T3, ,-maklne the
humber Of boxes sold in August :7,38o, Count
The average salcs Of ouch houee IN that month =
triac oTcr 200 boxea+ With tho present dull
demand. tho stock OIL hand fs considered ample
TO supply the fall aud winter trade, aud orcr-
ators lrc Indifferent whether they resume this
winter or not. The immediate outlook ts very
unpromising F. c. L.