Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-23
WILLSTARTUPTO
The Big Plant Of Schoenberger 4 Co.
Will Begin Operations.
TWO DEPARTMENTS AFFECTED.
.Ghsy Include the Iron Mill and the Horse
Shoe Works.
NEWS OF TIE GREAT LABOR w0RLI

Theenttrs iron department of the Junist
Tron and Steel Works, at Fifteenth an'
Etna streets, will begin operations thi
morning. The plant, which is among tn
largest and oldest in this section of tn
country, is owned by Schoenberger 81 Co
All day yesterday freight cars loaded will
ore were run into the works over the juno
tion Railroad, and q number OF men wer
busily engaged in getting the furnaces ant
machinery in perfect order for the start to
day.
The Juniata Iron and Steel Works wa
first established In 1924 Since that tint
there has been various changes In the hrn
and number of additions have been made
to the plant, until now 1t Is considered one
Of the largest in the United States. These
additions include all the latest improve
ments. The iron department contains q
single pudding furnaces, IL heating and
four annealing furnaces, II hammers, seven
trains of rolls, and four horse shoe machines.
The iron department also contains four fur
naces for heating nail plates and one nail
plate train.
Aband oned the Making Of Nails.
There was q strike among the workers In
the nail mill few years ago The firm did
not think the men were justified in leaving
their employ and after due consideration
concluded to abandon the manufacture OF
nails. The mill containing the nail ma
chinery was transposed into horseshoe
works and the nail plate train was remoo-
eled for other purposes.
Connected With the Juniata works are
steel mills with the latest equipment They
contain two 12-gross Siemens-Martin open
hearth steel furnaces. One of these was
built in 1879 and the other in 1881. The
annual capacity of these is 1900 net tons
There is also one 6-gross ton Bessemer con-
verter with modern appliances The hrst
blow was made March 15, 1886. Another
feature of the mill is the S11112 plate train,
The product of the plant is steel boiler
rlate, sheet steel, plate steel, frebox steel,
horseshoe bar, horse and mule shoes. steel
blowers and sheet and plate iron.
Near 500 workmen Affected.
The annual capacity Of the Bessemer de-
partment is 10000 net tons OF steel The
operations of the entire mill gives employ
ment to from 1900 to 1900 men.
The iron and horseshoe depart
,nents, which should have started yes
terday, but will run to-day, en-
ploys from 400 to 500 men. How soon
the steel department will be put
into operation is not known, but it is gener-
ally believed among the men that the firm
is already making advances to arrange the
new steel scale, and within few days it
will be signed for at least one more year.
Mr. John Speer, one of the principal
members of the firm, was seen in the works
Yesterday. When questioned concerning
the future course of the company relative to
starting the mill he said: ''Our entire iron
department including the horseshoe mill
will start up tomorrow. We are busy
making the necessary arrangements to-day.
When our steel mills will be put in opera
tion l do not know positively. We have
hardly considered that matter yet, and 1t
NAV be several DAYS before the firm can give
i. proper time and attention"
Outside of Schoenberger & Co. 3 plant no
other mills are reported as ready to start.
The Amalgamated Association officials are
confident and saw that it will not be long
now before all the rolling mills and steel
works will be in line and the strike of 1892
q thing OF the past.