The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-01
Rrief TeIegrams.

For once the quest ion OF wages in tie big
stec' mil OF Carnegie, Phlpps & Co, ti
Homestead. Pa, has hcen settled without %
strike. II isa fact much commented on I'm
iron circles. as two thousand men are con-
ccrncd since july, 1889. employees In the
converting. blooming. twenty -threc-iuch
cogsiug, beam and plate mills ana The open
hearth cCp1rtmcnts OF these WOi Ks have
been working under sliding scale. The base
of which was bilets at S25 pcr ton. below
which base piece wages shall not 90. The
average price Of billets for the three months
just closing is found 20 be S27 per ton. which
VIII have The effect of reducing wages for INC
next three months Title more thau 9per
cent. below thai paid last quarter.
Aunt Fanny smith. n peculiar character
who lives at the foot OF Sinking Mountain.
near rahulah Falls. Georgia. has been raided
by tSe T venue men. who destroyed three
bundled gallons of Illicit liquor. Aunt Fanny
was once "a schoOimate of senator Joseph g.
Brown. she has raised large milN OF
children al the foot of the mountains Her
husband was an Illicit distiller. add since his
death she has continued the business. Her
cabin is a faVOrite resort for all The visitors
70 the fails. she treats thcNTOmen 10 butter
milk, while the gentlemen always get the
Illicit article.
Gerlach & Hujes. bankers iand stock
brokers Of Philadclphia. have made an as-
slgnmsut. The firm does large comm sslOn
business on the stock Exchange. nearly al
ior small customers on light marg ns. They
1re rated at nom 500 lOb 10 slpO.Oti, Nr
CC Tiacu ls member OF the NoW Noih SOCK
fych8ng.. Their business was principally
with Germans. The failure f. said 40 be due
To- inability 20 get margins from their Gus
toners quickly enough.
The manager Of museum on Lafayette
street, New Britain, Conn, has two squirrels
wh se tastes are rather eXpcns Ve. Monday
morning the manager hung hls Waistcoat
containing roll Of bills near the cage lu-
habiteu by his bnshy-tailcd pets. The squii-
rels managed TO leave tholr quarters Il %
when their owner returned he found them
busilv engaged i'm dlsscctng his roll viii
their sharp little teeth, $40 out Of $3.50
Were chewed up beyond redemption.
The refusal ofthe Union Pacific tOallow tho
Milwaukee and ~. Paul iOtd TO use It's bridge
and yards at Omaha was brought about by
the discovery that the contact entered into
DV the two companies gave tne MILWAUKEE,
and l. Paul road control OF the Union Pacific
yards. The Milwaukee and II. laul road las
engaged counsel 90 enforce the contract
through thc courts.
The Bureau Of American Republics has I'M
formation that the PRESIDENT Of Mexico has
approved the bin recently passed 10y the Con-
-ress of that republic admitting corn from
The United states free OF duty. This - a very
large concession. as The duly heretofore has
been one cent per hllogfaln, or about one
half cent per pound.
The blast furnace owners of the MahOnine
and Sheuaugo Valleys. having failed To in
du q the coke oi orators 10 eiuce the price
uf coke and the Iai road companies 10 reduce
freight rates. met ucsdaN ana resolved 10
strike on january THAT is, every furnace
i'm the two valleys Will be banked ihat day,
and the owneis pledge tucms Ives not 10 re-
sumo operations until the coke Nanuiaciu-
rers and ia lrOad managers come 10 terms
schedul = in tie ass ssignmeut Of Colborn
Chauncey & Go brokers, New FORK. 10 Rich
Hrd ". q. Niiling. nlcd tuesday. show llaDih-
ties s2OO14.. nominal assets, $40, <23, anu
actual asaeis. $4,000.
4. G Bopku +. now posing a the Indian
NfSsith ~ the rptuCles Uut West, was iui
wears % traNclI ug salesman iOr Eulley iy-
rem. crOckery dealers, NOS. ~ and Al Lake
street, Chicago.