Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-04
THE COKE MARKET.
Big Operators Running but Four Days
Week TO Keep Up Prices-Employes
sntisfied-Some Cuftiug Being
O.. nrdR
Done to Get Large Orders.


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Done to Get Large Orders.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATcH.i
SCoTTDALE, April 3.-There appears to
be change in the condition OF the coke
market, indicating a slight cutting down In
orders The Frick, Mcclure, james Coch-
ran, Brown & Cochran and all the other opera
| tors save Rainey will run their works four DAYS
this week to limit production to the demand.
There is evidence that couple of the operators
are cutting on prices to obtain some large
| orders. -,
There is no depression in trade. and brlef
| summary of it is that there are too many ovens
for the present market. This is the oplhion OF
| well informed persons. The stock IN tne houses
| of some of the consumers, which were nleu 70
overlooking last January, are meltlng away,
/ and several large orders have come 10 the COKE
region within the last two weeks. 1t is saIe TO
| predict that the coke trade will not become ao-
normal, as production will steadily keep pace
| with demand. An abundant car supply ana
clear railroads resulted in a fair weeks Ship
ment last week.
Where the Coke Went.
The shipments in tons for the entire month OF
March will aggregate nearly 10000 tons, which
is considered an unusually large months con-
signment The Eastern and Western shipments
were slightly interrupted by blockades, but
Pittsburg shipments held out well. The ship
ments for last week aggregated 1000 cars, or an
average daily shipment OF about ]. LOO cars per
day. slight falling on from the previous
week. The shipments were consigned as fol-
lows /: To points west OF Plttsburg. $3.50 cars;
to Pittsburg and river points l,625 cars; to
points east of Pittsburg, l,5OO cars. For the
previous week the shipments gave q total OF
T. l35 cars and were distributed thus: To points
west of Pittsburg. 4075 cars; to Pittsburg and
river points, $50 cars; to points east of Pitts
burg, 500 cars.
A glance at the shipments will show that
Westera shipments fell off 200 cars, while
Pittsburg shipments increased IS cars, and
Eastern shipments we're the same, which makes
a total decrease OILS cars.
Notes About Works.
The Duquesne Steel Company, which has in
course of construction four blast furnaces in
McKeesport, has been skirmishing around the
coke regions for coal land on which to erect
ovens to supply new furnaces The search was
unsuccessful as seemingly every acre of coal
land was purchased. The company will consume
Connellsville coke, and it is probable one of
the large companies will receive the contract.
The ]. A. Strickler Company will shortly
commence a test of the coal underlying the
land near Hecla No ]. If 1t proves successful
100 new ovens will be built.
A number of prominent labor leaders we're
interviewed by The DISPATCH correspondent
on how the four day per week run would suit
the men. They said the men were all for main
tanning the prices and would suffer four days
a week shutdown to further that purpose.
Bennett & Talbot. of Greensburg, began
work tuesday grazing 1or the 5OO new ovens OF
the Mcclure Coke Company on the Colonel
Evans farm. The same contractors are build
ing 450 ovens in West Virginia for company,
of which it is thought, Senator German is the
principal stockholder. They propose to COM
pete with the Connellsville coke market. About
200 ovens are already completed.
Forty ovens are reported idle at the Anchor
works of the Pennsylvania Mining and Manu-
featuring Company.
The H. c. Frick Company will build $50 new
ovens at Leisening No. this summer. This
will make plant of $40 ovens.
Prices and Freights Unchanged.
There are no signs of any changes in prices
and the following prices are being sustained:
Furnace coke, 81 70; foundry, s. 10; crushed,
81 65.
Freight rates from ovens to points of con-
sumption are also the same. They are all as
follows: