Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-07
The COKE TROUBLE.
How II Affects the Iron Trade oi
Pittsburg.
What the Furnaces are Doing
Pig Metal.
The Immense Quantity Of II Bought
Outside.

PirTSBURG, February 6.-The coke strike
mas caused three Of the blast furnaces in
this city TO be banked up. namely, the Cliu-
ton aud tie two Lucy iuruscesIrestrictipg
the output each day $50 tons. Others may
be banked if the strike is prolonged. Those
that have their own coke ovens may con-
linue. About one-h half will not experience
any trouble. The furnaces throughout the
Ohio and West Virginia districts will be
affected more than those in Allegheny
county. They viii have TO be banked,
which will be great loss to
Piusbu.g. There is at no time
more than 1000 Ions Of pig iren made in
this county per day for the mills 10 this
CITY, while the net output of finished iron
Is at least , 200 tons; including the pro-
due, Of the Edgar Thompson aud Home.
stead steel mills Il will reach 5000 tons o
day. which was the run for every day in
the las: halt OF las, year. These two
works consume all the metal made st
these i've furnaces, which run about $50
nous day ard which is sometimes not
even enough. Besides these furnaces still
in blast Is the Isabella No ,. casting 200
tons Il da7 tor the EIna Iron Works
of Soaug, Chalfant 4 Co, which consumes
o. IONS ana j. Painter & Sons, who
use nearly $50 tous. The Carrie furnace
makes I25 tors and is owned by the Lolsr,
.Ssn!e and Iron and Steel Companies. The
mills OF these 5hree firms consume each
dsy about $50 tons of metal One OF the
.Shoalbergsr y Co furnaces cast IS tons
al, OF which is used in the pudding torges
and steel melting furnace The daily cast
of l7j tons iron The two Eliza furnaces Is
eonsumsd by the American Iron Works.
This comprises the full supply from our
furnaces, I-sy.ug the fOlloSing named
mills. most OF which are
oN DOUBLE,
for which pig iron has 70 be furnished
from other places.
The Pirs5ursh Forge and Iron Works,
4 0 tons; Vulcan Forge and Iroa Works,
g. tons. Singer Nimlck i Co IS tons;
Srar Rolling Mill, 65 tons; for the three
mills Of Oliver Bros Il Phillips and their
steel plsuf aearly 300 tons; the Republic
mil. j. obs, Sligo mill about the same;
El5a lion and Bolt Works, 20 tons; hen.
singiou. 80 tons, Linden Steel Mill, 40
fons, La Belle Steel MIL 81 tons; the
stss works Of Hussey, Howe i Co, -
tons C,sscsn, Steel Mill, so tons; Spsng
g,eel aud Iron Works, I5 tons; Black Dia-
nond Steel Works. l25 tors; Fort Pitt
Hon aud Steel Mill. IS TONS Fesuvlus
Irou and Nail Works, 80 tons: MillVale
Rolling Mil, - tons The Union iron
And forge mill and the great Union iron
nil. bo.h Of Carnegie, Phipps x Co, con-
sune a5oaI $50 tons Of metal day, sup
Died from the two Lucy Furnaces,
Il The great Union has q stock Of metal
thst may keep the puddlers en- double turn
far ,,b3ut four weeks. This aud the I'm
uer..s stock Of muck iron, o!d rails, IN
foishcd s,eel and scrap iron will keep the
6nisIipy departusnts on double for nearly
tso month"; Besides these, there is not a
nil 10 the city with stock Of metal sutl-
c,ea, for three weeks. while several carry
as,ock that will supply them from one to
tBo "eeSs
THIS SroCE Or PIG IRON
ca hand is very small The Soho ssd
Csrrie Furnace Companies have sll that ls
hsld 5y tie Pius5urg pig iron producers.
The Isabella Furnace Company has about
sou tons aud all the others whose furnaces
are in slAs. have altogether about halt the
anouut. I, is rumored uOon good author
itv that A No | mill iron has been
e3saaesd since LAST Monday one dollar
ton There is no doubt but that the prices
VII sdvanca. aud if they do, 1t Is likely
us, the 5000 tons in Allegheny, held oy
George ". Cas- will be put IN the market
E>sides "a : there is over 40 600 tons piled
% 10 the Daris Of the Union Storage
Conpany ;0at may now soon be bought
an TaIs sans up the top and bot
ton o. eli the meat in and around this
civ II would keep our mills going two
wesk- There has perhaps never been
sime in which pig iron dealers AZ d.s-
tance have disposed Of their wares 80 real
Nv es nov If the coke trouble remains
uase.tl-d rhare will be no trouble IN sell
ing f.gu, POO TO | 500 tons OF metal every
dsy in this city. Our iron and steel manu-
fa6lurars a-s viewiDg the coke trouGis ~
phAosnphic.i way. They say that tbete Is
no necessity tJr shutting down. All that
shsy refuse TO do is 70 pay suy more Tor
metal .hau they have been paying sll along
Tbose ,ha' a-s compelled 10 ouy mueS
kssp Izar srocs. and have no immediate
tear Of = metal panic, as they say there Is
r.Ione- Cg 30, tr,n in the country