Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-30
SOME HOPEFUL SIGNS.

Slight symptoms of Improvement in the
Coke eMarixet-Consumers Preparing Tor
Contingencies-AnE Excellent Car supply
Possible Amicable Settlement of the
Wage Difficulty
SCoTTDALE. Jan. 29.-The coke market pre-
sents symptoms of Improvement The antici-
patlons of a strike on the part Of the furnace
men has helped trade very materially. In tsis
manner the demand has been strengthened,
with signs for increased shipments. The con-
sumers and operators alike are still making
vigorous preparations for any emer-
gency such as mentioned above. Both
are said to be making ends meet
with the one aim in view. The demand from
the West, as a natural outcome dI The idleness
of the Mahonng and Shenango Valley fur
naces. is falling off. Pittsburg demand Is creep
ing up steadily. while the Eastern requirements
are identically the same as usual 1t is still the
opinion, in some quarters, that the wage dlffl-
culties will I've amicably adjusted before the ex-
plration of the present contract. The miners
have invited the operators to a conference next
Tuesday.
There has been ne exhibition OF complaint
on coke prices since last report. The general
impression is that all consumers have been
sati fled with the rates since the reduction was
made few weeks since.
The car supply was in a splendid condition
last week, and all consignments were gotten
rapidly to destination.
The Mammoth mine horror has seriously in
terfered with the operations of works in vari-
Gus parts of the region. Only .
few ot the plants up the Sewickley branch. at
the terminus of which Mammoth is situated,
are reported running. The Mammoth plant
will hardly resume for few weeks. The fright
full calamity has affected the whole coke re-
gion. and work at many places is seriously him
dered.
An operator said to-day: "As far as am
personally concerned. have sale for all the
coke / can produce. 1t is an undeniable fact.
fhs.f, fhnr rlnarn iS l-nI Il i,,
trade. but it does not materially affect us.
Trade may brighten up by spring, but of
course, we are speaking of the dim and misty
future" The Speeker was none other than Jas.
Dillinger. of the Pennsylvania Coke Company.
There are other operators throughout the re-
gion whom the dulness does not seem to effect,
namely. the Stewart, Rainey. Reid Brothers.
L. A. Humphries and the Fairchauce Furnace
Company. There was not quite much activ-
ity IN the region last week as the week before,
The diminution of Western orders was the
cause of this, though Works ran irregularly
last week. The Frick Company made five and
six days at all of their plants. The Schoon-
maker Company operated four days. Mcclure
ran five days, Cochran ran five and six days.
and kalney six. The Pennsville. Stewart,
Fairchance and other companies ran six days.
The idle number of ovens is estimated at
6,074 The Mammoth plant of 500 ovens is
wholly idle. No other suspensions are noted.
The active list of ovens is about l0.006. The
Eagle, Tiptop, Wyne, Kyle and Adelaide plants
of the Frick Company are still numbered
among the extinct. shipments last week
averaged S63 cars per day, as against SIG cars of
the previous week.
The total decrease was only a cars. Follow
ing is the record of consignments: To points
burg and river tipples. 1.S75 cars; to
points east of Pittsburg, l,2sS cars; total,
LIS cars. This was the record of the pre-
ceUing week: To points west of Pittsburg 2 2S5
cars: TO Pittsburg and river rIpples, ,795 cars
to points east of Pittsburg, J, 175 cars; total.
SOS car>. Prices are unchanged. as follows:
Furnace coke 81 80; foundry. s. 30: crushed.
81 6j-all IN board cars at ovens per ton of . 900
pounds. Freight rates are as follows: