The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-02
NEWS OF OUR INDUSTRIES

Happenings Of Interest to the staple
Trades aud Particularly TO tho Trade
In Iron. Steel and Anthracite Coal.
The plant OF the Pennsylvania Tin
plate company at New kenstngton'
Pa. Is in full operation.
The Reading Coal and Iron company
has leased docks at Chicago for ten
years. with the privilege for purchasing
for 100000.
The Elliott Wa ashington Steel COM
pany. of New Castle. Pa. has orders
enough ahead to keep the works run
ming night and day until September.
The charcoal furnace at Joanna, Pa,
was put in blast July ~. One hundred
cars OF ore recently reached the fur
mace. which has been idle over three
years.
The new machine shop Of the Car
negie Steel company, at Homestead.
Pa. In connection with the steel works,
Is in smooth running order. and gives
employment to about 600 men.
The Reading Iron company has IN
creased the wages OF its puddlers to $S
a ton, an advance Of 26 cents. The 275
employees OF the company's rolling mill
also received a 10 per cent. advance.
Adam Hinkel, Of Minersville. the
owner Of the land on the Line Noun
tain upon which coal has been discov-
cred, has SO far been satisfied by the
proofs that he has a four-fOot vein Of
good coal.
The plant Of the Ferguson Tinplate
company, at New Kensington. Pa, Is
about completed. and will be running
steady by the middle Of August. with
two timing Gets. one for tinplates and
one for ternes.
The Union Draw Steel company, of
Beaver Falls. Pa, has let the contract
for an addition to its works, which will
be 100 by 100 feet The works are run
ming day and night, and when the new
building il completed fifty additional
hands will be put to work.
Stove manufactured eastern Penn
sylvania met at Philadelphia a short
time ago. 1t was stated that trade
prospects were brighter than at any
time in the last two years. 1t practical
ly decided to increase the fall output,
and start foundries on full time.
The number OF men employed at the
Pennsylvania Steel compaIny's works.
at Steefton, Pa, has now reached a
total Of 4,700. Considering the improve
ments in machinery which have been
made in the past few years. this Is the
largest number Of men ever employed
at THE Steelton works. The men are
now receiving the scale OF wages paid
before the reduction about two years
ago.
On July % the Thomas Iron COM
pany blew in Its No. 10 blast furnace.
at Hellertown. Pa, giving employment
to 200 hands. The furnace had been
idle nearly two years. No. 4 furnace, at
Hokendauqua. Is being repaired, pre-
paraitory to being placed In operation.
The plant of the Kittarmtng (Pa.)
Iron company. which has been idle
several years. has resumed operati tions
The plant contains thirty-three single
pudding furnaces, five heating fur
naces and one-three aldgh 22-inch train
Of muck rolls, the product being muck
bars exclusively. The annual capacity
Is 10000 gross tons.
Pittston Gazette: Work has been
suspended at the Schooley colliery Of
the Butler Mine company In Exeter
borough. Manager Bennett says that
under the present demorafzed condi-
tion Of the trade there is no profit In
mining coal, and the company has SIM
ply decided to close down the colllery
until he Yro 1oto 90,
warrant the resumption Of work. The
other collieries Of the Butler company
will be operated as usual. The Florence
Ccal company has also suspended work
indefinitely at its colliery In SmFthville
for similar reasons.
Philadelphia Press: There was no
trouble at the recent meeting OF the
anthracite sales agents. The Lacka-
wanna company said operly that 1t was
instructed not to make any agreement
while some companies (meanfng the
Reading) were stiff III their demand
for an undue proportion OF tonnage.
The fact that the meeting Of the coal
Gales agents adjourned sine die was
taken to mean ON the street that they
would not meet again. The coal trade
supposes that the agents will come to-
gcther as usual later I'M the month. It
is believed the low price Of coal will
cause thdlvDdual operators to stop min
Ing. The individual operators have not
met with success In their endeavor to
fix up basis for the fall trade It was
sadd Or Walnut street yesterday that
the committee had proposed that the
tonnage should for the balance Of the
year be based on the shipments actual
ly made during the first elk months Of
this year. This was readily acceded to
by the Reading, but THE New York
companies did not look on 1t favorably,
and the matter has been dropped. The
proposition, II was thought, would be
agreed to. because II was new and ap.
parently fair, and was not ANITA gonistic
to the position held by any company.
The revival Of the suit brought some
years ago by the PehnsyNamla railroad
to enforce the celebrated agreement
made by the Reading with THAT com.
pany to give the Pennsylvanta 1,OOO,O 900
tons OF coal per annum was the topic Of
conversation In coal and railroad
circles. Some persons see In It a hidden
effort to accomplish some great pur.
pose, while others think the Pennsyh. |
vanta is simply insisting on It's rights |
snd privileges under the contract. An
other opinion was that the Pennsyiva. |
nta w.ints to make an srrangement
with the Reading for Q freer inter- |
change Of business. and expects 10 &C.
complain II more certainly by pressing
this suit. The legal papers disclose
come interesting facts which have been
forgotten. It will be news to come pso-
pie that the PennsylvaniA had Z money
interest m tase last reorganization Of |