Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-20
PRICES MAIN TANNED,
The Iron and Steel Markets Are in
a Healthy Condition, Muck Bar
Steel Having the Call
AND BRINGING A GOOD PRICE.
Consumers of Coke Cannot Get an Adequate
Supply and Throw the Blame
On the Railroads.
AND BRINGING A GOOD PRICE.
PRODUCTION STEADILY INCREASING.
Brief Glance at the Happenings of the Week in the
Labor World

Muck bar continues to be the special feat
ure of the iron and steel market. Pipe
manufacturers are still doing lively busi-
ness and their demands for muck bar tend
10 keep prices at the present high figure
$50 20 and $50 IS ruled during the week,
and it is possible that S31 was paid for
pIompt delivery. According to the last re-
ports on pig iron stocks the consumption for
August was in excess of production by
35, 600 tons. If this continues during the
present month foundrymen may begin to
think about advancing the price little. So
far there has been no change, Bessemer
ranging from SIS to SIS 25, and gray forge
ruling at SIS %. Steel billets and blooms
experienced no change, selling at S31.
The number of iron workers in the dis
tFict was depleted during the week by 81,
who were hired here to work in the Bir-
mingham rolling mill, Ala. These were
mostly Amalgamated men. On this day
week the puddlers employed by the Pitts
burg Forge and Iron Company at Woods
Run were discharged by the firm. They
went on strike the previous day, in what
was claimed to be an irregular manner, and
the firm became incensed at such question
able treatment. They have advertised for
new men.
CARS ARE STILL SCARCE.
The demand for coke continues to be as
large as ever, with prospects it Will grow
larger. The same old cry is again sent up.
Operators unable to get off supplies to The
customers through the scarcity of cars, and
consumers complaining they cannot get coke
10 operate their furnaces The railroads sue
ceeded in getting away larger shipments
last week than in the previous one, and
though the transportation facillUies are in
creased, much vet remains to be done and
coke continues to be piled up at all points
In the coal trade, both river and road,
there has been no change of note. The
Southern markets are better stocked than
the river men desire to see them. Railroad
men still complain against the inadequacy
OF the transportation facilities.
Window glass manufacturers transacted
some important business at Chicago during
the week. Conflicting reports circulated as
TO the actual amount OF business done, and
all that officials will assent to is in a re-
affirmation OF existing prices, and to an un-
Gerstanding that something should be
done" to drive foreign glass from the coun-
try and keep individuals from underselling
each other. The business was adjourned to
another meeting in October.
GLASS TRADE GOOD.
Meanwhile business in window glass is in
the same condition as last reported. The |
flint trade and green bottle trade are gen
orally reported as good.
The knights of Labor are to make another
effort to organize the employees of the Edgar |
Thomson works, who have been working |
under sliding scale for the last three years.
A mass meeting will be held this evening in |
HIbernian Hall. The Amalgamated As |
sociation have recently established lodge |
in the mill.
Caulkers and others working along the |
river profered demand during the week for |
Increased pay. Some were successful.
Operators are not expecting anv strike
among the miners in this district, and the
men not believe there will be any cessation
OF work during the winter. At Irwin the
struggle between tie United Mine Workers
and the companies still continue. Reports
are TO the effect that the men brought down
there to work are induced by representa-
tionS other than the true state of the case.