The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-09-08

The anthracite coal trade showed steady and
| daily Improvement all the past week. Prices
are higher on increased production, and all the
| carrying companies except those connecting
with the ext eme northern coal fields are pretty
fully at work. We are informed that tho
schuylki'l collieries drawn FIR August wages
report an average Of prices obtained for coal in
that mont h that would m axe the rate OF WAGES
ass per cent below the 81 so basis but we un.
derstind that Mr.. Gowen has agreed that thu
percentage to be taken OFF the basis shall be But
20 per cent and in this he is sustained by thu
lndlVldnl. operators in the SchuYlkIll region
This COncess on will amount to quite a large
sum, ami VIII no doubt be highly appreciated
OY the WOlkmen IN that district. who. we must
sav, have shown a great deal OF couraqe and
wisdom in resisting the OF Jrts, as alleged Of
ouIs,ue oIl 1nteIesteu plrues TO get them to sop
WORK. In thP bnhigh region WORK has very
generally resumed at all mines fluding outlet 10
ude over the roads OF the Lehigh Valley Com.
pany proper OF the thirty sven colleries in
the Hazieton region thlrtY-twO were at work
as follows; Pardee & Co., cOlieries; Pardee q
Co; a. %; .. Cox & Co.. .; Buck Mountain
Coal g. schooner & Co.. q Spring Mountain, 8:
Beaver B.ooh, q Milnesville, lin ali g. The
saturday were; Ebervale, 2; Eckley. /. York
town, I'm all, 8. OF the above coiieries fifteen
did not stop at all curing the late strike on
the lst instant the Leh lgh Valley Raiiroad Com
pany Issued circular OF ates OF TRANSFORMATION
the cniy chanRe in which is an advance Of 10
oollielies Of the LehiGh Coal and Navigation
Company and Its connections, with the sluRe
exc plion OF HOneybIOOk, are all still out but
such arrangements are in progress ns render IL
tOleraOly certain that they will all be at work
during the present week. The Wyoming and
scranton eglOns are not producing and shin.
ping any coal. and just HJ present the prospect
of a resumption there ia lot as satisfactory as
the carrying companies desire. so long as the
coal OF these Two regions remains out OF the
market It is not likeiy hat there will be any de-
cline IN the present prices of coal which are on
an average, iull fifty cents per ton above the
lowest prices OF month to SIX weeks ago In.
deeU, within some nine or ten we ks OF the end
D, cOai ear, IT Is not probable that there Will be
any decine from current prices, even should
all the coal regions 80 into operation. We re.
peat our caution made several weeks ago to
consumers. lay In your coal at once. The coal
question ls one capab Of much discussion, and
the action Of the companies Is at all times sub.
ject TO criticism. An announcement was made
in the Miners Journal on Saturday that the
wages of miners employed by the Philad lphia
aud Reading Coal and Iron Company for An.
gust would only be % per cent below The s2 SO
basis or an advance Of 10 per cent on July rates,
the effect of which will probably be TO Improve
the situation IN the Schuylkll fegion.-Ledger,
Monday.
The following table shows the quantity OF coal
shipped over the Lehigh Valley Railroad for the
week ending Aug. 9lSt, 1877 and for the wear oa