The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-12
Glorious News From the Front.
Tho Southern Army OF Ironmastors
Marching TO Victory.
The Pennsylvania Cohorts Trom-
bling Before Imminent Defeat.
Desolntion by Iron Balls Sho. From
Southern Furnaces.
Tho Banner OF Dixie Advanced Far Into
tho Enemy's Country Desperate
Efforts 20 Stay the Triumph.
ant Besozers.

Allentown. 70, Special to thc y. y star Of May
A strategic or a most aggressive move.
men, has been made by the Thomas Iron
Company. one 81 the leading iron corpora.
tons OF this state, during the layt twenty.
four houn. II seems 10 be levclcl at the
southern producers Of pig iron. Yet is
consequences 10 the smaller furnaces In
this valley and, in fact all over the State,
can scarcely be estimated. Il is a well
known fact that Iron cannot be drawn
from The furnace in Pennsylvania for lees
than sl2 or Sl3 a ton. aud Mr. Carnegie
eays that the blast furnaces OF the South
can produce It Cor - ton. Iron Ia this
valley is made from anthracite coal aud,
thus produced, IA worth, perhaps, % cents
ton morc than iron made from btu
= siinous coal. But, giving the best adyan.
iagc 20 the Pennsylvania pr1Jurcr, tho
Sou,hcrn iF0uma,icr has lrcway Of ~
per ton over the local furnace man In this
sialc.
Tho general impression has been that
freight from the South 10 the North would
help the Pennsylvania pro luccr ont, bat
the fact Is that the iron man in Georgia
and Alabama pays only from IS 10 ~ cents
per ton more iDr transportation 90 the sea
bulul than thc producer iu the lphish
Valley, Who Is within three hours 0i tide
water Nor long tlmc the people In this
locality, as well ~ n other sections OF
pcunsylNunia, have been struggling ugains;
the inevitable. Added To the menace o.
cheap iron from the South comes ihc new
process Of making steel direct FROM th,
pudding furnace or from Pug iron in 10
cold sla.e But the latter improvement B.
not yet thoroughly perfected, aud the ~
nous difficulty IN the way Of the Pcnn-yl
yania producer Just now Is the chcal
product OF the South. which can ~ put nj
tide water OF Sandy Hook Ut sl.i1 lees
ton than any rvn. sylyania irln add,A.
30 CENTS i0r the extra Value OF authraCit,
over biiuminous madu iron.
In this contest against the South th
graicr iron industries oi fcnnsylynui
are enlisted, while the smaller ones 20 &
the wall IN the combat. Tho Lehigh Val
ley il ono Of the oldest aud richest II th
irun.proiucing industries oi the kcysion
State, aud this place is iis center. Allen
town has its hand on the sensitive pulls
OF the iron trade, and Il naturally feels al
OF its pulsaiions. Therefore, not only thb
city. but this whole valley, II not th
whole state, Il 20 DO deeply affected b,
the action oi the Thomas Iron Compan
In declaring q reduction Of 81 ton OF
No. ! y and No. y iron. Mhilo th
Thomas Company Is not entirely the ma.
Ter oi this valley, ~ action Affects over
other establishment OF the same character
Oh course the other big corporations STAN
BY De- action. but the small furnaces ownc
by individual operators must 20 ont
blast, hccnusc they cannot make iron
Tie price scheduled by the King Of con
panics.
II j. openly charged that the Thomf
lion Company have reduced the price
iron II a ton Tor the purpose oi making a
issue and iorring the Southern producer
into some sort ol pool. This may ,
may not be true, but thc fact b., that th
reduction by this company closes ever
individual furnace in tho Valley nu
throws Thousands Of wofkmcn out Of en-
ploymout.
Mr.. r. W. Clark, who Il president
the lhomas Iron Company, was the pr
iccior and hacker Of tile shenandoah Va
ley and Norfolk 4 Western milroad
which have done 40 much 10 deyclop Il
iron and coal properties Of the Soull
Not five years ago Joe had bis hand on n
best pulse Of Southern development In Il
peculiar industries ior which fcnnsylyan
is noted. lie Is still credited with hayit
larger prospective interest la that rcgi,
than he has in his native State. This m.
or may not be true, but this Is icatu
OF the rumon connected With his action
thus declaring open war against the pr
duccrs Of pig iron in the South. II this
10 be n fight 10 the death, then u will
welcomed In this locality Ne scttlcmc
OF long expected issues. hut II Il shall !
suit Ia a combination Of interests betwc'
tho great iron masters Of Pcnnsylyan
and those OF tho South. then IL will
fought by all the working interests Of 1
State, for the reason that u will lower Il
value OF wages 10 the minimum poii
while giving The iron master praciica
the eamc profit he now enjoys. This
believed 20 be the purpose OF Preside
Clark In declaring open hosiililies agail
the Southern iron MASTER
The Thomas Iron Company. on ,
other hand, nsrrt that the Bsue b
800 ncr o. later ~ be made, And ihat