Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-13
SEVEN DAYS SIFTED,
Backward Chances at the Movements
in Industries Which Form Pitts.
burg's Staple Trade.
IMMOBILITY OF THE IRON MARKET.
Window Glass Manufacturers Have About
Decided on Their Plan for
Controlling Rates
IMMOBILITY OF THE IRON MARKET.
on THE BASIS OF CENTRAL AGENCIES.
What Has Occurred During the Past Week in Labor
Circles

sIuon has been eYlnced to buy for long dis
tances ahead. The reports of stocks on
hands on the 1st of September are due in
the coming week. If they show an in
creased consumption during the month
of August the price of pig iron
for future delivery will naturally
be affected, and an advance of a point
or two may be expected There is just a
probability that this will happen. Muck
bar is in better demand and bringing a
higher price, ranging from $50 so to S31,
according to quality and time of delivery.
Some mills have sold all they can produce
in the next six months. Steel billets and
blooms weakened a little both in demand
and price, sales ruling at S31. The market
for finished material continues strong, with
a demand greater than it was
Railroad coal experienced no change
during the week. Prices remain at a salts
factory point, but operators are still embar-
raised by q scarcity of cars. That is to say,
that while there are cars enough in service,
the roads are unable to transport them
with sufficient rapidity to keep a sup
ply at the points required. The busy sea-
son is yet to come, and complaints on this
score will necessarily increase River
operators are not at all pleased to see rain
begin to fail so early in the season.
PLENTY OF COAL SOUTH.
The Southern markets are amply sup
piled, and operators would much rather
have seen the supply diminish by lack of
water to carry further addition to the
stock than that it should be increased by
the shipments which will now be sent on.
Prices viii naturally weaken on the new in
lux, and operators will once more deplore
the cruel fate which prevents them from |
reaching some understanding by which a |
uniformity OF prices can be maintained.
Coal operators claim that they cannot ac- |
cede to the request of the miners, decided |
upon in convention on Tuesday and Wednes.
day, for payment on alternate SATURDAYS.
The custom was to pay semi-mouthly, butin
practice pays sometimes extend to three
weeks Operators 2re accustomed to max
ing up their books monthly for the purpose
OF seeing how they stand, and they claim
that paying every two weeks would interfere
with this habit. The miners have resolved
to formulate the request to-day, and If the
operators viii not consent to the request.
49, N--N " -SAHo-AA4iS away lIOu1 Iue mines. / ,
1t does not seem to be generally known that
the supply of mining labor has become de-
pleted during the past II months. Several
thousands OF miners are stated to have re-
turned to Europe, and especially to En-
gland, allured by the higher paw ruling
there than here. Miners are very scarce in
this district, and many operators are unable
to man their mines.
From the coke regions comes the old cry
OF car shortage The demand is much larger
than the supply-of transportation facilities, :
and customers at the furthest points are re- :
ported as being embarrassed by the inability q
Of the roads to handle the cars. The wards t
are fully stocked, and despite the fact that I
there are over $500 idle ovens in the region, :
the accumulation is increasing. .
A SETTLEMENT PROBABLE. d
There seems to be likelihood of opera- I
tions at the Standard Works being resumed :
very shortly. A meeting between the COM +
pany's representatives and the workers for +
the purpose Of seeking q settlement, held v
during the week, was not effective in ar. a
ranging the matter President John b.
Rae and Secretary Robert Watchorn are on
-lIS AlbuLlN IL bllt lllue O1 willing, and the 1 r.
presence there of two such conservative q
leaders, is another way of saving that an e
adjustment will be effected. There is no :
probability of the question reaching the
courts, unless, indeed. a compromise on the
amount OF loss suffered bv the company in
lost coke cannot be made, u
Business in window glass during the week
is reported as quiet, with many INQUIRIES
and few sales. Jobbers are credited with
holding aloot in the expectation of making fe
better terms further along. In this they te
may hnd themselves mistaken. May not a m
reason Tor the many inquiries and few sales q,
D5 ,ouhd IN suspicion on the part of the -
JoODelS that prices are likely to advance eO
z. a.ter the 10th Of Septemb Der, and a desire on p;
the part OF the manufacturers to hold their "
soouS loi Jne same reason? Though a pen- of
ef%i GENIAL mas been given to the reports VI
suMcleht Is known of the intentions of the th
" lHuoW g!ass men to indicate what the ont US
come o. lhe meeting in Chicago will be. In
priei' IL may be stated to be the formation of Of
purchasing and selling committee which is
WI! acl as general sales agent between the CC
individual factory owner and his customer nr
This Is not at all in the nature of a combine ex
'r trust as it has been represented To he wi
Il cannot be since each owner retains his Sc
INDIVIDUALITY and control OF his factory. is
SALES BY THE CARLOAD. is
1t IS understood that in future no sales
,hall be made by the sales agency for Iess
han carload lots, and that orders Tor less tai
vail be turned over to the jobbers as a sort an
u pls aller. Also that sheet glass shall NOT IN
De sold to JObbers, owing to the custom of
Importers Of cutting and mixing assorted
lua-Ities with foreign glass and selling it to
,eIeI advantage as all imported. Further.
he plan has IN view a decided hostility 10 In
imported glass. The product Of the differ.
nt factories win be carefully inspected
M none but the best qualities will in on
uluTe be sent to points where the native tbe
fucIe comes IN competition with the for
Ign. These, IN Short are the salient points d
= Tue pan which the committee having the ola
cheme IN hand will report at the meetIng pos
u tuesday. 1t is said that a large m.;or Tb
y Of the manufacturers have Welded their BILE
dhesIon, and that the meeting nert ,reel- Tn,
M result IN a consummation of the nlan era
ne advantages of this plan are obyious c
cedy manu- acturers will no lono.r he hor
liiged to sacrifice their stock to some iobber and
obtain needy money but can sefl m a hor
1mmlttee Of their own body At marlet con
ltes. The jobber no longer able TO nndar. was
ell his rivals by the advantage thus caineS ten,
ld create diseordant element in the mar,
ct, will have to buy but from the one n
7aIiabie source, only obtaining such terms IL y
'er his rivals as will follow the extent nj MI
S business with the agency. The opeuino III III
the all season will inaugurate this new
stem, and there is scarcely doubt bnt
at the signature of all the manufacturers G.