Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-25
IRON AND STEEL.
Convention of Manufacturers to
BE Held in New yark.
Representatives from Ali Parts
of the World

To the Number of oves 1000 Wm
Gather There Next Monday Many
Vital Questions to BE Discussed, and a
Month spent Inspecting the Ntincs and
Iron Works of the unitcd states
NEW York, Sept. rs. The interna-
tional convention of iron aud steel man
ufacturers that is to begin its sessions
in this city next Monday, will be by far
the most Important gathering of the
kind ever he'd in this country. More
than 1000 men prominent in mining
and in iron working in England, Ger-
many, France Spain. Sweden, Norway,
Scotland and America will take part in
the discussion Of vital questions after
which the foreign visitors will srend
month inspecting mines and iron works
in various parts of the country Rep
resentatives from abroad were not ex-
pected 10 arrive in New York before the
last week in September,
There is, however. such interest in
Europe in the coming convention that
more than fifty Of the foreign delegates
came here in June and July, They have
made careful examination Of the
causes that have within few years
placed the United States at the head of
the iron and steel producing nations of
the world. Between $50 and 400 dele
gates will arrive from Europe this
week. During their stay in this coun-
try the Europeans will be the guests of
Il hospitable union formed by the Coun-
Gil of the American Institute Of Mining
Engineers, the American Iron Steel
association, the American Society of
Civil Engineers, the american Society
of Mechanical Engineers, end the
United States Association of Charcoal
Iron Workers.
III Chickering hall next Monday
afternoon, the autumn session OF the
American Institute Of Mining Engineers
will begin, and the Europeans will be
present and take part in the discussion
of the subjects considered. Similar
sessions will be held on Monday night
and three ON Tuesday IN these five
sessions thirty seven papars will ba
read. The iron aud steel institute will
hold meetings on the mornings Of Oct.
/, 9 and & Twenty papers will be read
and discussed The Amerieaassare-en
thusiastic over the rosy outlook. and
will expend $l50,000 in making the stay
of their guests enjoyable. In the hai ds
of the reception committee arc SlO0,0O0,
and they can collect us much more as is
necessary to keep the Europeans in hos
pitable style.
The foreign delegates will so mp the
Hudson river to West Point on Wednes-
day afternoon and on Thursday ard
Friday they will inspect the Brooklyn
bridge and other local points of inter est,
AT Delmonico's on Thursday night the
visitors will be honoied by u banquet
and will meet many of New York's
most prominent citizens Three DAYS
will then be spent inspecting the ship
yards, iron works and factories Of Phila-
delphia; two days VIII be devoted to
Lebanon and Harrisburg. Pa. and the
succeeding four will be passed in Al
toona, Johnstown and the black coun-
try between the latter and Iittsburg.
Two sessions of the convention will be
held in Pittsburg and the irol steel,
coal, natural gas and glass interests will
be carefully examined
Chicago will be seen III u day then
the excursion will divide into two par
ties, one going north and inspecting the
famous Chaplin mine. the GeOgeLic iron
range, the Lake Superior copper meas
ures, the Sault Ste Marie canal, Nj
aBaTh ans ana IneH 10 NcW 1OIk anu
the National capital Those VINO go
south will visit the biz iron works at
Birmingham, Shelby and Admission,
Ala, Lookout mountain and Chntta-
nooga, and make short stops ut Middle
boro, KY. Knoxville Tenn. ana the
Pocahontas coal fields and Cripple Creek
iron mines. at Roanoke, Vn After ex-
ploring Luray cave they will meet the
northern excursionists in Washington.
The 500 visitors will travel in palace
cars without change from one end Of
their route to the other.