The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-02

The strike 81 the 'longshoromen at Mar
bcillos continues. The wharven are dcfcrtcd
ana freight ~ awaiting shipment, while the
dock laborcrs are idling IN the vicinity.
A conference was held at Cincinnati yes
terdny between Representatives OF John w.
Gates and the Marmet. Coal Company FOR
the purpose of formulating plans for a
sio,oo0.00O coal combine Nothing was def
nitely decided upon, and another meeting
will be held to-day.
The breaker boys employed In Nos. 8 and
7 collleries OF the susquehanna Coal Com
ANY at Nanticoko. PA, have resolved TO
30 on strike until the company grants them
an increase OF 10 cents a day I'm their
wages. The strike will throw seven hun
dred men out or work.
The price OF roasted coffee has been adj
vnnced one-half cent "a pound 60 i0is cents
net by the Woolson Spice Company, which
IN controlled by the American Sugar Re.
nning ompany interest. This brings the
price up 20 a level with that OF the Ar
buckles, the first time that this has been
so I'm two years.
President Schwab. OF the Carnegie COM
pany, returned 20 Plttsburg yesterday, but
refused to say anything on the Morgan
deal: He II now preparing 10 get matters
Strengthened out by the time the board
meets next Tuesday. at which time. IL Is
reported, the announcement will be made
10 the officers OF the Carnegie company.
oil has been struck thirty miles below
Carlsbad. n. NJ, near the Texas State line,
and almost on the line OF the railroad. IL
was found az a depth OF eighty feet and
bubbled up from the bottom Of the well
like n spring. An examination Of the dis
trict disclosed strong indications Of oil In
over one million acres OF land hitherto
valuelcss.
A committee representing the conductors
employed by the Lake Shore Railroad held
q conference with the officials OF that COM
pany I'm Cleveland yesterday, with "A View
20 securing a readJustment OF wages. AZ
~ understood the increase asked is not
large, except In the case OF men employed
on branch lines. The Lake Shore officials
agreed 10 consider the matter.
A movement has been inaugurated M
York, Pa, having In View the organization
under one management OF all the lnde-
pendent telephone lines I'm Pennsylvania.
Maryland. Virginia and West irginia The
new company will be capitalized az 81. Co.,
co.. and Its promoters contemplate that Il
Will Ultimately embrace under one man.
egement all the lines In the United States.
Electric street railways have been inst,-
tuted AT last at Cardiff. Wales, Mannheim.
Germany. and I'm Auckland. New Zealand.
according &C the United States consuis al
those points In reports TO the Department
of State at Washington. A modern sorv-
ice OF this sort already has been put into
operation at Mannheim. and a New York
concern f. arranging TO build n. road in
Auckland az a cost OF about a million dol
lars. The innovation at Cardiff n hailed
with delight.
An order was issued yesterday by the
Louisville wooden mills. employing. 400
MINUS To tioet tht pant on Mdrcn ii Tor
three weeks. The Falls City wooden mills.
employing $50 operatives. closed its plant
yesterday for four weeks. IL Is also said
that other mills In the South and one or
two mills In New Albany. Ind. will close.
The principal reason assigned for shut
ting Gown the mills Is that there Is little
buying during March and April and the
factories do not care 20 be overstocked.
Another big anthracite coal deal has been
c~onsumrnated by the purchase from the
Delaware e. Hudson Company or the Lat
I'm. Langcline, Greenwood and Brooks Coal
Companies. The papers We're signed m
New York. -Four collieries and three wash
cries are included In the deal and the COM
sideration a. $l,Jo1.0oo. The total OUTPUT
OF the collierics - $4,000 tons per annum.
Seventeen hundred men are employed. The
purchased companies were owned by Rees
q Brooks. T. III. Dale and w. J. Lewis.