The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-19
&c NERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

AuturhSito COdl uhVlup ESOSutiN ~
cumulated at tidewater on account OF
the dull trade the sales agents held a
meeting yesterday to consider u new
basis for summer production. 1t had
been agreed in June to produc 3 500,
900 tons in July This ouput has been
demonstrated to he excessive TO those
companies whose stocks have grown
under 1t. They wished to rsduce the
output. Companies supplying western
customers opposed a reduction, because
they can now sell all that is mined.
The two interests could not agree, aud
nothing was done, Sons of the tide
water agents thought thsir companies
might cease operations until the STOCK
In hand could be sold.
Stephen Cranes article in McCiure's
Magazine for August gives good idea
ri povice's impressions IN the
Depths OF Coal Mine Witness this
extract: Ia our first mine we speei-
lly lost all ideas Of time. direction, dis
tnnce. Tue whole thing was an extra
ordinary black puzzle. We were i'm
psllsd TO admire tbs guide because he
knew all the tangled passages. lie led
ns through little tunnels three aud four
feet wide and with roofs that some
times made us crawl. At other times
we were In avenues twenty feet wide
where double rows OF tracks extended
There were stretches OF great
darkness. sjastic silences. The 800
miners were distributed into all sorts
rrevices and corners OF the labyrinth,
toiliug in this city of endless night. At
different points one could hear the roar
OF traffic about the foot of tho main
snaft, to which flowed all the COM
merce Of the place. We were made
aware OF distances later by our guide,
who would occasionally stop to tell us
pur position by naming point of tue
familiar seoprapny OF the surface.
DO you rem amber that rolling mill We
passed coming up2 Well, yours right
under it You're under tn depot
now The length OF these distances
struck us with anaZement when We
reached the surfac'. Near Scranton
one can really proceed for miles, in the
black streets OF the mines
The following are tho shipments OF
anthracite coal for month OF June.
1894, as COMPARED with the c0rre-
spond;ng period last year, as complied
from the returns Furnished Ivy the mine
operators:
June June,
i.sStG Wyoming. 2,s45I7 II 2,8i0i74 90 Co5&3 Il
Lcnigh... 12UiOd w 6t $50 Y lj,Al II
schuylkill. l,4i6, AS Ub l,l5ryv2 II 3l5545 10
Total. 6Il2.S5S 10 4,nj,S32 O5 g7672b IL
For Year. For Year.
Wyoming 10, ,5g3 jdi 10 Il. SBS6sl Ii tl,975ll7 Ol
LehigG 49,. 3,Ol2.3ti o! 33l'iHl ii 'So 10 W
schuylkil. j+j,iGJ Oj jS4B,3'9 VI '"JO,N2 Is
Total. I9,ljl,3H Is y, ,O@as s53 0G tlsIl5l5 OS
Decrease.
Tue stock of coal on hanl at tide
water shipping points June 30 1894,
waa 745 IS? tous; Oh Mas 81. 1891 664 =
$50 tons; incress., 50 1872 tons.
Adispuis that may lead to the clos
ing Of ali the coal mines owned by in
diviiusl operators i'll the Pocshontas
(W. Va region, has arisen between
tEe rvcALuutas Coal company and tho
individual producers on the line OF the
Norfolk and Western railroad Tue
question at issue is a. to the settlement
II tAe pricA of coal for the season OF
1894 and 1895 According the opera
20. s their version of il is as follows:
Tho Norfolk nnd Western Railroad
company IN 1896 entered into IA cOntr tct
with the pro iucers of the Pocahon-
tag coal region; this was modified in
1887, and provided for the payment OF
IS cents pr ton at the tippies From
time to time there wers notifications
of this price, so that the railroad com
pany receivsl the coal which it used
in its own locomotives ut - cents per
gross ton. Ii April of this year the
railroad COMPANY which acted through
the Pocahontas Coal complny, insisted
the price be reduced to 80 cents per
ton, if wages were redn ;ed, The op'
orators refused, whereupon the matter
was referred 10 arbitrators. The nrbitra.
ton being continusd for several wesks
with long sessions the railroad com
pany finally announced its determna.
lion to cancel the appointm snt Of arbi.
traitors, to withdraw from its demand
OF arbitration. TIE operators had
nothing to do but to acquiescs IN this
ormapd. Later they held Il conference,
Mt the ofics OF their counsel, john G.
johnson, aud, II is understood, they
determined to force the issue ty
thregtening TO close tha mines. Presi
dent K;mball, Of the Norfolk and
Western. when asked by the Phiadel
pbia Stakeholder for his side Of the
dispute, said "The Norfolk and
Western is interested in it to this ex.
tent. Several years ago, the indiyid.
ual operators in the Pocobontas region
Ieemed it advisable TO have single
agent, and this rtqnest was made upon
the railroad company to make n suita,
bic selection We named the Poe.
hontas Coal company. md the business
has since teen conducted through thai
comptuy The dispute is. therefore,
with the coal company, not the rail-
road company, and the latter will only
be affected to the extent of ths loss o
tonnage in clse the mines should clio Sc
down"
1t is announced that the Wyomin!
Coal and Land company, OF which J
N. Rice aud N, Z. Rice, of this city
arc directors. has purchased the Dsl
aware, Lackawanna aud Western com
pany's interest iu the Hunt breaker an,
lands near Wyoming and will work To-
coal underlying the Pennsylvania Goa
companys farm, which has alread
been leased Reprt santativps of th
company have been trying to secur,
the valuable lands belonging to tb
Pettibone estate, but Mr. Pettibone re
fused to lease. preferring to sell tn
coal, retaining the surface for buildinl
purposes.