Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-06
Strike Among Iron Ore Miners So
Considered by Iron Age.
VERY GLOOMY VIEW TAKEN
G the Present situation and Future
Prospects In Al branches OF
the Iron Trade.

New York. April e.-rn Its rcvicw Of
trade conditions the Iron Age viii say
today The most dipquieting piece Of
ncws during the week has been the be-
ginning Of a strike among the iron ore
miners Of the Marquette district on
Lake Superior. our ndviccs being that
1900 men have already gone out The
situation IL a delicate one. The mining
companies sold this years output at AN
advance OF only twenty cents per ton
before the upward movement In Iron
and steel had become pronounced.
They share very little In the general
prosperity ~ the Industry and are re-
iuctant ~ surrender that little. The re-
qulrements for ore this season ARE 80
enormous that any cessation 81 mining
operations. brief though II be. would
push the whole steel trade close to a
famine. All the purchases OF the ores
from the mines affected would have TO
submit to pro rata scaling down OF
deliveries. II IL not yet known To what
extent the marquette district union has
succeeded In gaining fpothold In other
ranges.
Another misfortune which may bear
fruit later on IN the delay In the OPEN
Ing ~ Lake navigation, which seems to
be- month later than II was last year.
Under the enormous strain under
which the whole Industry II laboring.
the weakening u this Important link
lmpalrH the efficiency II the whole and
may tell seriously upon an output which
II rorcly needed.
'arhe Intcrcats at stake are 90 great
that Il ~ difilcult 10 escape the conclu-
sion that some adjustment must soon
be- made
symptoms OF weakness have made their
IA a
mates Of pix iron capacity available
during the next three months has had
It's effect. We believe that these cHti-
mates win not be realized as soon aH
expected. Furnaces do not get Into
blast AZ soon na their managcrn hope
that they WIN. Recent experience,
with number " plantn has proved
that again. The preparations Tor re-
sumption among idle furnaces. un-
dOubtcdly Involve large tonnage but II
viii not become available until many
weeks after the time appointed.
IN Iicascmcr rig, the market has
been quiet. our fittsburR Correspond
cnt presents estimates according to
which the plants " the b--strier Pig
Iron association OF the valleys has only
about three hundred thousand tons un-
sold for the second half of the year.
Tho rapid advance In. and the scar
city of. Fcrro.mangancre N leading to
preparations for an Increased produce
tion. Two large steel works arr now
getting ready 10 produce fcrro-man-
guneHe.
''rhc steel market II very dull. For
what little business II coming up a25
TO 81. 20 In the west and $3.50 10 SIS
In the east II being realized.
philadelphia has placed about 5000
tons OF plates for ship building and
some buHlncsn has been done In tho
East Beams have been advanced ~
per ton and quite number OF good
contracts for bridges aud buildings are
announced. among them lot Of six
thousand tons for building In
Newark, y. j.
THE hoop and cotton tie cnnsollda-
ton viii be completed In few days
The pomeroy min has been added 10
the list % the plants conducted hy the
American Steel Hoop company
The organization ~ the Republic
Iron ana Steel company II 10 be- per-
fcctcd this week l,umor has Il that
large eastern east iron pipe plant IL
about to be absorbed by the consoilda-
ton.
CONTRARY 90 reports. the merchant
pipe consolidation II not yet on the eve
OF contamination. The business In this
line II enormous and further advance
IN prices has lust been announced.
copper IN nrmcr again. a gathering
Of the magnates In this Industry II taxi
ifig place In Boston"