The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-31
DEM0cE III TINES.

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lumber.
Woodbury., n. J., oct. 21-The thirty
, ton tank furnace at the Woodbury. glass
works went into blast today. The fur
mace has during the past season been re-
built and is one Of the best in the state.
These works give employment to about
one hundred and fifty hands The John
Wyeth & Bro. malt extract works VIII
resume work on Monday, after several
months idleness.
WILLIAMSPORT. Pa, Oct. 20-The
Susquehanna & Buffalo railroad is about
completed, and beginning next week pas
senger trains will run over the road.
Since the announcement of the building
of the railroad shops at GaletOn many
workmen are moving their families there.
At present the several hotels and board
ing houses are inadequate 10 accommo-
date the influx of men looking after work
or already engaged.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, Oct. 2O.-The mills
Of the Bethlehem iron company will soon
be in full blast again. The rail mill. it
was stated at the offices this morning
will start to work on next Wednesday.
The puddle and merchant mills will go
into operation on Monday. The Times
also says that the Bethlehem board of
trade is in receipt Of offers Of large in
ducement from capitalists TO erect a shoe
factory in South Bethlehem.
Dover. ". H., Oct 16.-Agent Holland
Of the Cocheco mills today issued notice
informing the operatives that beginning
Oct. Is wages in all departments
would be increased per cent This is
good news to the several thousand bread
winners in the mills and restores half of
the cutdown made in the summer. 1t
viii probably have the effect Of putting
an end 10 the mule spinners' strike by
granting them an increase without formal
concession.
Pittsburg. Oct. 22.-The supreme court
of this state today checked the Standard
oil company in its process of absorbing
the inde yendent oil refincries in the coun-
try An arrangement has been made 10
buy out the Producers and refiners oil
company. John j. Carter OF Franklin.
Pa. a stakeholder. objected and secured
an injunction in the Nenago county courts
by which the sale was topped. Today the
supreme court, without discussing the
questions involved made the injunction
! permanent.
Chicago. Oct. 22.-The works of William
| Deering d Co, manufacturers of harvest
ing machinery and agricultural nipple
ments. located at the junction of Fuller
| ton-ave. and the north branch of the
Chicago river. Will start Up this week The
firm employees about three thousand men,
all Of whom viii return 70 their work.
/ The shops have been Closed as usual for
two months succeeding the harvest. The
! new Irvine factory Of Deering & Co. VIII
be competed by Nov. Is. This will be
the largest mill west of the Aleghenies.
Philadelphia. Oct 21.-The announce
ment was made yesterday that eX-Post-
mas ter-general John WanamalSer had adj
ded to his recent real estate investments
by the purchase of the Haseltine building,
at Nos. HIGHS Chestnut-st The prop
erty has frontage of % feet on Chestnut
St, with a depth to Sampson-st of about
227 feet inches. The consideration paid
was $575 000 or over 81 900 per foot. This
latest acquisition makes nearly $1,000. 600
worth of real estate acquired by Mr..
Wanamaker during the present year.
POTTSVIIIE. Pa. Oct. 20.-Nearly all
the railroadera in HazletOn and vicinity
left idle by the strike last winter are now
employed. There are still five men who
have not been able to secure work.
Among that number are two engineers
one fireman, a conductor and a brake
man. There were 102 men in all living
in and about Hazleton who participated
in the strike. superintendent f. II. Mil
Ter Of the Orwigsburg shoe company
started his cutters on Wednesday morn
ing. and is now going at work with sew
eral machinists getting things in readi-
ness to put other hands TO work next
week.
Dover. y. j., Oct. 21.-The big Edison
iron works. in the upper part Of Norris
county. vii start up fu.i-handed tonlor-
of the works will be put in full blast and
that the employees will return at increased
wages. The Dover shops OF the Delaware.
Lackwanna & Western railroad are now
working ten hours a day, as there is
big demand for cars for eastern grain
shipments and rapidly Increasing freight
traffic The Lackwanna road never had
a bigger lot Of work on hand than at pres
ent both in new work and in line Of re-
pairs. These shops never before worked
ten hours at this time Of the year.
Conna,lsville. Pa. Oct H.-There was a
gain of nearly 200 cars in the coke output
last week. This is sure sign of the great
revival in the iron and steel industries.
The more fuel consumed. the more work
is done in these mills. All over western
Pennsylvania the demand for coal and
coke is very strong. At the Mcclure coke
cOmpanys office the manager said
steady Improvement had been noticed, the
volume Of business being much greater
than a few months ago. Part Of this in
crease he attributed to the reaction setting
in after the strike, but the greater per-
cslstage was due to the regaining Of con-
fidence by the manufacturers and the gen.
al resumption of operations in the mills
throughout the country.
St Louis. Oct 2S.-The lumber business
of St Louis for the week ending Satur-
day, Oct. 20, was: Receipts by rail, 93i
cars, against 74S cars for the correspond
ing week IN 1875, showing an increase or
1S6 cars; receipts by river, 220 600 feet,
against $1,000 for the corresponding week
in 1898. showing an Increase Of 13S 900
feet. Shipments for the week amounted
to $50 cars. against 564 cars for the same
week in 1893 showing an increase Of
ninety-siX cars. This shows an increase
in every item over the corresponding week
of 1893 Last year business was exceed
ingly dull at this season. and no one know
what was coming. Now a better feeling
prevails, and the lumber industry is gain
ing every week in the volume of business
transacted.
Washington, oct. 22.-The case Of the
United States against the sugar trust will
probably be argued in the supreme court
during the present week. The case comes
to the supreme court on an appeal from
the United States circuit court of appeals
for the Third circuit taken by the United
States. 1t is bill i'm equity.ro upset this
trust, filed by the United States under the
so-called Sherman antitrust law of July
?, 1890. The appeal presents generally the
question of the validity and effect of the
law Aside from the bearing of the case
on the sugar interest the decision Of the
case is regarded as important because Of
its bearing upon other cases Of a similar
character touching the validity of the
Sherman law as applied TO other trusts.
1t is expected to prove a test case.
Chicago, Oct. 21.-Comptroller Of the
Currency Eckels, who arrived yesterday,
saws the recent marked revival of BUSH
ness is by no means confined to the great
financial ce-ters Of the country The
comptroller came on from Washington to
address the Bankers club at Finsley's last
evening 1.-THE last call for a statement