The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-31

year ala ady amounts to ., 800 600 tons
Representatives Of a number of the
anthracite coal carrying companies,
which ship IL portion OF their produc.
tlon to Philadelphia, met at the general
Office Of the Lehigh Valley railroad
company yesterday afternoon TO con
slider the question Of making a reduc.
ton in prices for city and line trade.
Whlle hll the companies were not rep
resented those present reached con-
dltiOnal agreement for reduction in
spring prices, which Swill be submitted
to tho representatives Of other com
phniss today. 1t is probable that the
reduction will conform closely to that
made by the general sales agents Of all
the companies at their III citing in New
York Thursday, when cnt Of about 40
cents per tOu from the nominal whole
sale prices recently ruling was made.
The financial news reporting agency
states that movement is on foot
among certain stockholders of the La
high Valley railroad to defeat the prrs.
ent management Mt the next annual
election. and that their candidate for
president will be Congressman Tom
johnson. of Olio. In financial circles
there IL u disposition to treat the move
msnt as serious, 1t is reported that
those back Of the project will issue a
circular addressed to the stockholders
asking for proxies to be voted ut the
next annual meeting and setting forth
tneir reasons Tor opposing the present
management.
Orders have been posted in the Penn
syIvania railroad shops at Harrisburg
stating that thirty.fve brakemen on
the Phiiadelphia division will be laid
off on April /, and thirty-fve extra
tir' men reduced to brakemen.
Railroad earnings in March thus far
have been l2 per cent. smaller than
last year, says Dun. the trunk lines and
grangers losing little less and other
eastern and southwestern roads little
more Wheat rose briskly with re-
ports due every year about April |,
tnat great injury had been sustained.
Later accounts were better and prices
tell, closing 2 cents higher for the
week, Pork products have sharply ad.
vancsd, though corn but little
Cotton has advanced an eighth.
Industries have gained again. though
not so much rs in Other weeks
'his month. hut the works 10 operation
enjoy some increase in the demand
Sales Of wool in March were so much
larger than last year that the decrease
since January has been wholly In
foreign aud not in domestic wool. Fall
trade in woolens is sill very small. but
the needs Of belated cllthiers have
caused quite an Improvement in spring
goods. Cottons are also in better
demand, and print cloths have
advanced a sixteenth. The iron
and steel manufacture has in.
creased working force very little
this week, and slightly lower prices (, r
Dig iron, nails md some manufacture d
products at Pittsburg and Chicago. iu-
dicate that works in operation are
fully able to supply tho present de
mand, but rails deci iedly improve at
the west. Domestic trade continues
about 30 per cent less than year
ago, Foreign trad" stilI improves in
exports from New York, last week 25
per cent larger and In March ~
per cent larger than last year,
out imports were q per cent. smaller
for tn, week and the mouth Failures
for the week number 23S in the United
States against 1865 last year, and 30 in
Canada against % last ysar, The re
turns SO far indicate n smaller aggre 10
gate in amounts for March than for
February,