Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-06
IMMENSE COKE TRADE.
This Year VIII Beat the Record II There
Are No strIkeu-Tnxing the Utmost
Capacliy-Wage Question stlIl
UndetermIned = HeaHy
Western Shipments.

Western Shipments.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.1
ScoTTDALE, February 6-The coke trade
rests under the same conditions as on January
1-that of an anticipation Of wage trouble. II
strike does not interfere the trade Of 1890 will
be unprecedented. Shipments since January 1
have been away up but at present It looks as If
the boom, created by an uncertain feeling as to
the outcome of the wage question, Is showing
signs of decline. The railroad companies are
finding little trouble. in handling the
Its destination promptly. An operator re.
marked yesterday that both cars and motive
power were scarce, as all Of the railroad COM
ganies had their crews working Sunday.
Shipping agents deny this statement and at
tribute the necessity OF Sundays work to the
large consignment of coke and the fact that
all the ovens are being run to their fullest ca
pacity. There is no report OF any furnaces
closing down who get their. coke supply from
the Connellsville region. The shipments west
are still heavier than usual There are but few
idle ovens in the region, and the ovens out for
repairs are being put in condition rapidly.
There are no announcements of new coke
ovens to go up. though there is a rumor
that the H. c. Frick Company were going to
develop tract of coking coal land in Mt Pleas
ant township. Very little, if any coke. is being
stocked on the yards, as the works are sending
out all they can makeA The shipments for last
over 2s1 cars per day, AMI exceeded the previous
weeks record by 30 carsNper day, giving total
of 1880 cars. They wete distributed to the
various points of consumAtion as follows: To
points west of Pittsburg A76O cars, the same as
the previous week. To Pittsburg and river
tipples 1850 cars an incraese of l20 cars over
the previous week. To pointA east of Pittsburg
l,370 cars, an increase of so Gals over the week
before. Total, 1880 cars. The, talk that coke
would advance to 81 per ton by the first
of this month has been knocked out by the
wage question, and it is safe to say there will be
no advance in prices until the first OF next
month, when it will likely take place, as opera
tors have demand for all the coke they can
make. Prices remain the same-foundry coke,
81 05; furnace 81 IS; crushed, So 55 all on board
cars at ovens per ton of 1000 pounds. Freight
rates from ovens to principal points of cont
sumption are: To Buffalo, 81 Is; to PittsbnTg
70c; to MahOning and Shenango YalleTs, 81 35;
to Cleveland, O., 81 20: to Detroit, Mich, 81 35;
to Cincinnati, o. 81 s.; to Louisville, KY. So 70;
to Chicago. ILL.,, 81 IS; to Milwaukee Wis; 81 IS;
to St Louis, No. So 35; to East st. Louis, SO 20
Prices at other points remain the same. 1t is
stated tonight that the conference has ad-
journed, but whether they came to settlement
could not be ascertained Reports received
here from Standard and other large mining
cenrers indicate that the men are clamoring for
weigh scales An advance in wages and weigh
scales cannot possibly be granted.