Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-16
EVERY MIL RUNNING
Pittsburg Feels the Bsnefoent Effect of New
y TsFiff Bill.
Prominent MANUFACTURER. Tell of the
Revival Of Dnsine..-che.ter Also
Experiences . Boom.
'ittsburg special to the PHILADELPHIA

A Pittsburg special to the Philadelphia
Press says: al.
With every mill and furnace in opera
ton, this city is among the first to feel the
ground swell of returning prosperity. The
roal wave Is expected next spring.
There is not a mill in Pittsburg that
Is not running said Willis L. King, gen.
erai sales agent for Jones & Mclaughlin.
The big plants, such as the Carnegie COM
pany, Scfoenberger's the Black Diamond
steel works and ourselves, are running
double turn. When the volume of business
| reaches certain point prices will ad-
vance,"
Francis ]. Torrance treasurer of the
Standard Manufacturing Company Of Al
legheny, announced that the plant would
start on double turn today, giving work to
the full force Of 500 men. which will be in
creased by sixty. The company is erecting
| a new warehouse owing to the business
squirt. All mills in lower Allegheny will
| run more fully today than they have for
some time. The Schoen Manufacturing
Company and the Baker chain works are
running double turn.
Mr.. Torrance attributes the revival di-
rectly to the Dingley tariff. He says all
desirable houses in lower Allegheny. which
is the manufacturing district of that city,
are occupied
The window glass factories of the coun-
| try will probably resume early in Septem-
| Der, to accumulate stocks for the antici-
pated rush next year In the building sea-
| son. The wage conference will be held at
Cleveland next Saturday. The workers
will probably secure an advance, owing to
the increase in the window glass tariff.
They stood heavy cut under the Wilson
! bill. There is little window glass in STOCK
at present.
There is considerable blast furnace ac-
| tivity, with a corresponding increase Of
| work in the coke regions. The H. c. Frick
Coke Company is preparing for a dig run
during the fall and winter. Idle furnaces
| in the valleys preparing to resume.
| The flint glass scales in the various de-
partments are being settled, bringing about
assumptions in all parts of the country.
The employees of George c. Hetzel & Co,
manufacturers of worsted goods at Ches-
| ter, Pa, were delighted beyond measure
| Saturday to read a notice posted by the
| firm to the effect that the wages paid in
| 1892 previous to the hard times. would be
restored on September & next. The notice
was A surprise. as the restoration was
| granted by the firm without solicitation on
| the part of the hands.
HetZel & Co. employ several hundred
Ieople. Since 1892 two reductions of wages
have been made, aggregating about 20 per
cent, and until three weeks ago the mill
has been running on half time. Since the
| passage of the tariff bill, however new Or
derS have been received and the mill is
now so busy that the firm finds it necessary
| to have some of the orders filled in Phila-
delphia. ess
The iron and steel works and the textile
manufacturers of Chester are very busy,
and day TO fill orders. 1t Is likely that the
initiative taken hsl Hetzel & Co. in restor-
ing the wages of 1892 will be followed by
other firms. 4 IF