The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-01-07
IN THE WORLD OF LABOR.
Specially Compiled for the To,lersby an I'D
vocate Man


Specially Compiled for the Toiiersby an Ad-
vocate Man
Shenandoah has Orgalzed stock COM
pany for the manufacture Of soap.
The X. of l. at Shenandoah. cleared
Si4,OO by the holding Of a fair and festi-
val.
The Emaus pipe foundry is completely
crowded with orders, and VIII run a full
force of men all winter
All the pudding furnaces in the Key
stone Iron Works AZ Reading have been
closed down indenfitely, except one, owing
to n lack of orders.
The total number of coke ovens in the
United States up to the time when last noted
was %, ,507; building 4154. The produc-
ton of coke for 1886 was 6,s45, sections,
costing at oven $l.63 per ton.
The total production of the oil-felds Of
the United States since the lirst discovery
of oil in Pennsylvania has been 81, ,035, ,623
barrels, of which Pennsylvania and New
York have produced 3O7, ,66s, POS barrels.
There are 433 rolling-Dlls ia the United
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pudding furnaces and 26s0 heating furn-
aces. There are 1886 trains of roll The
rolling capacity of the mills Of the United
States is s,205, 900 tons.
The old-time lettering and numbering
of the different locomotives on the Central
Railroad Of New Jersey are being changed
to larger and more handsome style. 1t
is also reported that the locomotives will
be named in the future,
Notices were on Wednesday sent to
all stations by the local officers of the Gem
tral Railroad of New Jersey stating that
the road had passed out of the hands of
Receiver Little and would hereafter he
ruled by the officers of the company.
For the week ending December 81, 1887,
there were shipped over the Lehigh & Sus-
quehanna division of the c. r. r. Of n. j. 9,
81, ,293 tons OF coal total for year 4,90s, ,37s,
the same time last year, decrease of
216, 1877 tons as compared with same time
last year.
up to the hour of going to press there
has been no reported change in the condit-
ion of affairs on the Reading railroad system
or at the Schuykill mines. Both sides
stand firm, evidently determined to make
the most of it. The miners have funds
sufficient to last six months if necessary.
| The report that Mr.. Powderlv condemned
the strike Is unfounded, although he has
frequently spoken against such action as
unwise, preferring arbitration to ali other
methods.
The remarkable industrial and COM
mercial progress made in the Southern
States during the last few years has been
widely noticed. An important feature Of
this is found in the compa ative freedom
from labor troubles, which in nearly every
other section Of the country have caused so
much disturbance. Leading southern
of manufacturers and others to this as an
inducement to embark in Southern business
enterprises and this, with natural advan-
tages of the South, has induced many 10
start in business ere.-Brddstreets
During the past six years the total
number of employees involved in the whole
number of strikes is shown to have been
Lbs, ,424. The number of employees orig
mating the strikes was 1,030,S32. The
number of employees in all establishments
before the strikes occurred was 1,G62, ,045,
while the whole number employed in the
establishments involved after the strikes
occurred was 1,636,247 loss OF 5,79s.
There were l03,O35 new employees engaged
after the strikes, and 3S,4S3 were brought
from other places than those in which the
strikes occurred.
The miners in the Schuylkill region by
striking violated the following contract
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company are to raise the present
schedule Of basis price for wages and con-
tracts eight per cent. from September /,
1887, for four months, or until January |,
1888. If settlement be made with the
other coal companies (Lehigh) before that
time the Philadelphia and Reading Goa
and Iron Company is to adopt whatever
advance in basis rates is agreed upon by
all the other companies, or in case nc
agreement is reached by January /, or the
non-return to work at former rates, theI
and in that case the Philadelphia and Read
. ing Coal and Iron Company are to retul I
to the payment Of the $3.50 basis schedule
prices as paid up to September /, 1887"
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