The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-12
ENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

govern the employees OF the Edgar
Thompson plant OF the Carnegie Steel
company at Braddock. The scale which
expires at the end of this year. went
into force three years ago. During
that time many wage changes have
been made in similar mills throughout
the country. 1t will be necessary for
the Carnegie company to meet these
reductions in the new scale. The latter
is not being made on account Of any
trouble among American steel rail man
ufaoturers, nor because of any danger
of their losing South American
trade, as has been claimed. The South
American steel rail market is monopo-
lized by German, Belgian and few
English manufacturers. The new Brad
dock scale has not yet been formulated.
The Carnegie company officials expect
to make only such reductions as are
necessary on account Of competi-
tion. No reduction is to be made in
the steel rail mill business, because the
rail manufacturers are all members of
pool which sells rails at $24 ton.
The pooling agreement was entered
into the first Of this year. 1t ends Dec.
3tand q new deal will probably be
made at that time. A prominent
member Of the Carnegie company is
authority for the statement that Am
ericsn rail manufacturers are we'll
satisfied with the pooling arrangement.
1t is also stated that whatever re-
ductions are made in the Braddock
scale should be attributed largely to
the Democratic tariff which has caused
such general depression in the wages
Of iron and steel workers The Brad
dock scale will naturally share the de.
preston.
The anthracite coal trade shows q
slightly improved tone, which the
Stockholder thinks is due to cooler
weather, which has resulted in q bet
ter demand from consumers. The To-
cal movement from the retail and
wholesale yards to the coal bin is
larger now than many weeks past and
several eases are known where retail
dealers have been compelled to secure
additional carts to supply the demand.
Most Of the producing companies are
Standing up" to the May circular,
and consequently, are selling no coal,
but Others are still cutting about
20 cents ton; while indivld-
ual operators are said to be
doing even worse. As all companies
have more or less old orders on their
books, shipments seem to be fairly ac
tive, especially of chestnut and stove,
but little new business is reported.
The opinion prevails that the market
from now on will be regulated by the
Thermometer, So much .eoal has been
sold ahead at low prices that the COM
panies will reap little, immediate sd.
vantage from their frmness in the
matter of prices and their determine
ton to restrict production, which Is
being strictly observed. The output
in September was 3, 100. 900 tons.
According to the Lebanon News
Superin ntendent David Snyder, who has
taken charge of the Colebrook furnaces
for the Lackawanna Iron and Steel
company. is having the lining of No. 2
furnace removed, preparatory to rs-
placing IL with new one. The Ca
pacity OF the furnace will also be in
creased by strengthening lining and
raising the furnace from eighty to 100
feet high. This will increase its ca.
pacity from seventy-fvs to $50 tons
daily. The stone stack will be torn
away and replaced with an iron one
and will be higher than the old
one. The hosting machine will
be constructed of iron 80 as to
facilitate the handling of ore, coal and
stone. 1t is also contemplated to re-
build furnace No. /, at the proper time,
and to remove the engine aud machin-
cry of the two Cornwall anthracite
furnaces to Colebrook and to build No,
at that point. Colonel Hammond has
been requested to ascertain the cost of
the removal of the plant from Corn
wall and putting up another furnace,
which it is estimated will cost $3.50, -
OOO The gas roasters at Cornwall an
thracite furnaces have been closed, but
those operated by coal still continue
roasting Cornwall ore for Scranton.
The Lehigh Valley employees in the
shops were given complete surprise
Monday evening, when the whistle was
blown at o'clock to quit work. The
men did not receive any previous
notice whatever and many did not
know the meaning Of the order. They
asked the foremsn to explain, but all
they could tell was that 1t meant
"quit." This gives the men but nine
hours Of work day. The men have
been working only four and five days o
week for some time.
The coal tonnage transported over
the Reading railroad during the week
ended October 6, aggregated 235, 176
tons. q decrease, as compared with the
same week last year. Of 81, S51 tons.
For the year to date the tonnage
amounted to 10, 059. 095 tons, decrease
as compared the corresponding period
last year Of S97, 1913 tons.
An acre Of ground has been pur-
chased Of Geist, Eek & Egolf along
the Philadelphia railroad, in the Sixth
ward Of Pottstown, for the erection OF
new machine shop The proprietors
will be Messrs John r. Ssylor and
Richard Stillman of Philadelphia en-.
ployes Of the Baldwin Locomotive
works The new industry will be in
operation in month.
Every one Of the various industries
ut Royersford are now In operation. AT
Spring City all are running except the
paper mill and bloom works. The
Spring City Glass works started up
yesterday morning on full time.
The revival Of business in the vicin.
ity Of Lebanon is shown by the resump-
tion Of the Sunbeam Publishing com
pany. Of Annville. which will start mp
on Friday with $50 employees. The
The North Lebanon Shoe factory has
applied for charter aud will soon be-
gin operations with 200 hands
MINOR INDUSTRIAL NOTES:
E. A. White, general passenger agent o.