Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-20
COST OF THE COKE CLASH.
100000 THE INTEREST PER
MONTH ON THE PLANTS.

Other Tremendously Heavy Expenses
saddled ON the Owners-&0, 900 Lost
Daily by the Laborers in Unesrned
Wages-FreightsRe to the Extent OF
800 Cars Daily Also Conc by the
board.
PIrTsBURG, Feb. 19.-More men were
idle to-day than at any time since the be-
ginning of the coke workers strike. Only
two small works were in operation ana
these were not running full. Notices
VIII be posted up by many operators on
their tenants houses IN a few days max
ing tinal demand on the tenants 10 va
cate their property on March /. This
morning about 1 O'Clock 400 Hungarians,
armed with rifles, revolvers, hatchets aud
clubs, marched with military preclS ZION
through Mount Pleasant TO the Sts~ eldarsl
Works. IL had been reported teua, vfnsN
was TO begin today and the parade ha4
for the purpose Of preventing a resus...
ton: No attempt, however, was made y
MAGNITUDE OF THE srRrKz4
The magnitude OF che strike 4. ns..,.z 81
than many people Imagine Tbenr|E
of capital invested in the eoke. hnsil -,
from Pleasant Unity 10 Eale D.fnsY.ss
would reach $is,07l0,000. nbls 0reaf esssss
does not include gspec cnlasiFe AnTt et1nenta
in coal land. bug Is the kkateeaio OF tie
cost price OF V3e dilenenf plants cf to
region. Not <0nly is nnIlntnfast bossEs<
made on thigs great total, bntsan the ofhee
hand, more5 capital is being expended is1
keeping tkle property Intact from extefnnf
danger IRON strikers and internal dan&d*
from flooding. The monthly Interest 81
almost 100000, while 10 is impossible Is
compute the expense account with4n
ACCESS 70 the books.
OTHER HEAVY LOSSES.
The railroads are losing freightaqe Is
tne extent OF 500 carloads daily, white
@,UcV cars on bide tracks are bringing ~
revenue whatever. On the other sjHA
aoout 5000 labOrers engaged in OperafI<
tne works are losing s., 900 daily In a.
earned wages, making for the thirty.thf.Ss
working DAYS they have been idle gTaA8
Ioss OF $29h000. The Consequences
damages to outside employment affecfff
~ the strike cannot be computed. Sh0liEA
tne strlke continue much longer 10 VII
take years for both capital and labor IS
recover the ground lost on bOth sides
curing TINS unfortunate Disagreement.
AN UNFORTUNATE MsUNDERsTANDrN
PALESTINE, TEx., Feb. i9.-The rep4if
SHOPS OF the International and Great n ortoz
eTn Railroad remained closed to-day. Tan
railroad authorities say the action OF Ia
men In abandoning the shops was a siifs
prise 70 them as no cOmpleiE& hed s5sk
made. They also state that bad thaF
known that the removal Of an engine ~
other shops, Of which the men complain
was Objectionable, they would have exs
plalned that the engine was being trans
ferred TO the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
road In exchange for one borrowed from
that company. IL is thought that th8
trouble will be adjusted at an early day
NOTICE or AN ADVANCE.
SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASS, Feb. f9 -
The Assabet Manufacturing Compan4.
woolen goods manufacturers in Maynara.
who employ about 600 operatives, lave
given notice that wages will be advanc81
10 per cent. on March I.
NOTIFIED OF AN INCREASE
READING, PA, Feb. 10.--TwO th0usa4a
men employed Ia the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company's shops heI6
were this evening notified that an increnH8
In wages in all the departments would ~
made on March /. The ratio OF the Gro
posed increase was not announced.