The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-20
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the libraries of Braddock. Homestead and
Duquesne.
The bricklayers and their employers have
taken the lead of the other trades at Pitts
burg in the settlement OF their wage scale
to take effect May l.. All the other trades
have negotiations pending The settlement
made yesterday between Bricklayers' and
Masons' international Union No. , and the
Brick Contractors Association calls for
an eight-hour day at soc an hour. time
and one-half for overtime and holiday
work. with weekly pay. About 100 organ
lied workmen in Pittsburg and Allegheny
are affected.
Colonel Gilmore Wood. of New Orleans.
yesterday placed an order for 100000 tons
of coal with the M~OnOngahela River Con-
solidation Coal and Coke Company. and
which will guarantee plenty OF work Tor the
river miners for some time. The order
embraces shipments to be made 10 New
Orleans of which $1,000 tons are for ne use
of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and
10000 for supplying the New orleans ter
ninals and lower Southern branches of the
Louisville * Nashville railroad The con-
tract a~pproximates $3OO,vV.
The directors of the American Straw
BOARD Company yesterday passed the Tegu-
lar quarterly dividend of l per cent. Prof.
*. +. N~eWcombe, after the meeting, at
which only three directors were present
but owing TO the almost total failure OF
the straw crop in Ohio and Indiana, about
500. 600 had been used in getting a supply
of straw from a distance at greatly m
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ditional outlay $4,000 had been paid since
JAM / on the bonded debt.
Ernest A. Bigelow. attorney for Gustave
a. jain & Co., has filed an appeal with
the Board of United States General APP
p~raisers at New York against the levying
OF a countervailing duty on sugars inn
ported from Russia. The firm filing the
appeal, on protest, is one or the importers
of the sugar arriving on the ship Darling
ton about three weeks ago. In accordance
with the expressed wish of the secretary
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different arguments and render a decision
al the earliest possible moment.
The furnace men of the Mahoning valley,
Ohio. who organized after the reduction OF
10 per cent. in their wages, which TOOK
place about a month ago, announce tnat
they will go on a strike unless the manu-
facturers agree to put back the amount
taken off their wages. Since that time the
price of pig iron has increased 81 or more.
and as yet there is no sign of a correspond
ing increase in wages. The furnace men
are all organized and a strike will involve
every furnace in the valley. A mass meet
ing will be held on Friday night to take
final action.
The largest exploitation company III
England, made up of the bankers of Lon
don and Paris, headed by the Rothschilds.
according to a New York Times special
from Toronto, has secured control of the
Georgian Bay Canal Company, and will so
if it cannot induce the Dominion govern
ment to guarantee the 5000 90 of bonds,
the money to be spent on the work of con-
Struction. It's representative, who Is now
IL New York, says that the chances or
making the Georgian bay and Ottawa
river canal the largest and cheapest grain
transportation system in America are good.
AT Cleveland, yesterday, Judge Ford ren-
dered a decision in the contempt proceed
ings brought against Elmer Turner, for
mer secretary and manager of the United
Salt Company, holding that Turner could
not be compelled to answer questions at
issue. The contempt proceedings grew
out of the suit brought by the Omaha
Packing Company against the United Salt
trust, in which the packing company sought
to recover damages for the nondelivery OF
salt at certain contract prices. Turner.
while on the witness stand, was asked
to name the officers and directors of the
salt company. This he refused to do, and
was ordered committed to Jail for con-
tempt. Subsequently he was released on
habeas corpus proceedings.
The London Times this morning pub
Oscar p. Austin, chief of the Bureau of
Statistics of the United States treasury, TO
Mr.. Dadabhai-Noroji, who was the first
Indian to sit in the House of IN
and is the only indian member of a royal
commission, in response TO his request for
an explanation of the excess of exports
shown by American statistics. In its finan-
cial column, commenting on the letter as
courteous and as an interesting contribu-
ton, the Times says: I'VE do not think
Mr.. Austin's figures will be accepted with
believe his figures for the money expended
abroad by Americans is too low. 1t must
be, we think, nearer $50, 000 1000 than $4,000
600 or 800, 000, 1000"