New-York tribune., 1894-06-11
UONTY and BUSINESS.

The strike AMI Instructions against law Keep
troops under arms iu Maryland. Ohio Indiana
and Illinois "A broad hel' ~ States from the At
lauiic - 'h- Mississippi and in several other
States besides. The cou~~uuent paralysis ~ IN
du.,ry nud business Is much broader. Nearly
all a.. w0olleu mills iu southern Rhode Island.
many mills of an kinds In Massachusetts,. Con-
nc.ilcut. N.w-York and New-Jcrsry large es-
fnblishfneuis I'm Western Pennsylvania, and
great part of me manufacturing concerns In
states YVES, ~ Pennsylvania. have been closed
hy scarcity - fuel coming az a time when
scarcity - orders made employers uncertain
anl hcsitatng Telegrams - "Eradstreets
stat, that th,. strike of rs 900 miners and $4,000
others has already caused the dcnees of $1,000
men IN other Industries. but this IL doubtless IN
und,r-stntemcnt. for the decrease In production
and consumption Of iron represents loss Of occu-
patton 70 "a greater number. out of half
million workers In all branches of Iron and steel
manufacture when the consumption Of pig was
is. 900 tons w~-kly about n year ago. about 20
Der cent. or 35o 900 men, were employed April |.
with a weekly consumption Of l26000 tons. but
certainly "A much third OF that force has
been rendered idle by the strike. besides ,all
workers In other industries.
when tho strike IS mentioned "thc cause
of trouble. far more potent forces are ignored.
as II one should say that tax on tea caused
the American revolution. From a quarter To
third Of the working force I'm manufactures has
been condemned to ldLeness for many months by
tariff agitation. When long delayed demands
for consumption had started about TO per cent
of the works n rema rkably c,sd and wet spring
arrested distribution OF products designed for
spring and summer uso. and left retailers 30
overloaded with these that they have been
unable TO give anything like the usual orders
for the fail Threatened with tariff changes.
manufac cturers do not dare To go much beyond
orders actually received. and hasten 10 cancel
these and TO close their works when occasion Is
offered by scarcity OF fuel or the demands OF
labor Only "A part OF the orders thus thrown
back upon the woud-be purchasers seem to be
placed again with other concerns as clothiers
and other customers find their own situation
less hopeful with the prolonged delay and de-
pressIon Thus n great many textile. shoe and
other manufacturing concerns have been forced
into idleness. not by the strike alone. but by
this following much more powerful causes.
There is hone that the conference In progress
NAV bring about partial settlement, but there
comes up Just at this time another cause which
has repeatedly stopped work for more than
100 600 iron workers. namely the question OF
wages for the coming year. The Amalgamated
Association has presented its demand, which has
not yet been accepted. and unless agreement Is
effected within twenty days another extensive
strike will come II would be more easy TO pre-
diet agreement II the tarIff question were out Of
the way and the iron manufacture sustained by
liberal orders. but although many additional
works have been forced to stop by lack OF fuel
there has been scarcely any advance In prices
though markets are stiffer and Bessemer iron
and billeis are extremely scarce. Chicago manu-
facturers Il IL said are actually selling some iron
and steel products to New-Engand and New
York
In the textile manufactures narrowness OF
orders outweghs all other influences. Mills are
doing all that they dare to do. and In cottons. II
reports gathered by THE Daily Commercial
Bulletin" are correct, have been manufacturing
goods far In excess of actual consumption. The
severe reduction In price OF one fabric after an
other to induce larger purchases. though less
effective than might be expected supports the
theory Of overproductlon. and so does the rapid
cumuaton Of print cloths now advancing toward
a million pieces. Some cotton mills have stopped.
but many more In the woollen branch. in which
the Lowell carpet and many OF the woollen goods
works have discontinued within week The