The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-23

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The North German LLOYD loan Of atoC0.O0
narfs viii be subscribed next FRIDAY az
t04 per cent.
The schedules OF Nathaniel :. Wcrthelm-
er. OF New York. who made an assignment
H. September last. show liabilities of &s.5l6:
assets. Sc. -.
Jules Frenkel. a salesman. OF New York,
formerly a member of the firm Of j.
FrenkeI & Co, Mobile. Ala. which was dis
solved In 1850. filed a petition in bankruptcy
yesterday. with liabilities of SJ4,551, no as
sets
The Simpson silk mill. at Scranton, Pa.
settled its strike yesterday. and 300 girls
returned 10 work. The settlement was ef-
fected on "A basis % an advance i'm wages
varying from > TO L per cent. and the re-
dress OF most of the minor grievances.
John Kelley x Co. New York stock
brokers. made an assignment yesterday
for the benefit OF creditors. The firm had
no membership in either the Stock Ex-
change or the Consolidated Exchange. II
Is believed that the liabilities are not large.
Two hundred miners at the Central City
(ky.) coal and iron mines struck yester-
lay leaving but four at work. They refuse
to work with these fou-. alleging that they
refused TO pay their assessment for sup
porting the strike in Hopkins county, and
are thus not good union men.
The largest cyinide plant in the world
was started 10 work yesterday by the
Homestake Company. OF Lead, $. D.. The
turned into one Of the fourteen tanks each
holding 500 tons. The plant cost nearly
half "a million dollars and will save monthly
about $4,000
The annual statement of the trade Of the
United Kingdom OF Great Britain shows
the total imports and exports for 1900 to
have been EST. 1887, against fSl4,5l0.2n
for 1899. The imports were E5S2.015,ls3
against &4S5. e35,5S3. The exports for 1900
were f354,373.75 against G329,534,65S for the
preceding year.
President John Mitchell. of the United
Mine Workers. and Herman Justi. Estate
commissioners for the Illinois coal opera
tors, arrived at Danv1lle, Ill, last night
and will hold a conference to-day In regard
10 the dead work" question which Is at
present keeping the entire Danville district,
with 1000 miners, idle.
Representatives of the six type founders
unions OF the country met in New York
yesterday preparatory TO a conference with
the employing typefOunders on Wednesday.
The object of the meeting OF the delegates
OF the t~ypefounders unions is To consider
the renewal of the uniform scale of wage
agreement that has been in effect for the
past year.
: The privilege heretofore enjoyed by the
Western millers OF WarehOusing flour in
Buffalo without charge, holding il at that
point for a favorable market, has been
Withdrawn. After this Western millers
must pay an additional 5 cents per hum
dred on flour shipments 10 the Atlantic
seaboard IL held over in Buffalo. and will
also have TO pay the storage charges.
Every mine In the Fifth Ohio subdistrict.
which includes Belmont. Harrison and JET
ferson counties. Ohio. and the four West
Virginia panhandle counties were ilde yes
terday. the strike order having become
effective. Several individual operators are
preparing to meet the miners terms, last
years scale. and the eastern Ohio Coal OPP
orators Association may have TO follow
their Example
The adjourned meeting Of the directors
of the American Smelling and Refining
Company was held in New York yester-
day, and the bylaws were amended 10 per-
NIT OF a representation I'm the directorate
or the Guggenheim Interest, whose plant
was recently absorbed by the company.
The number OF directors was increased
from sixteen TO twenty-One. the new mem
beers being five Of the Guggenheim Bros.
President John NJ. Clark. of the Chicago
Telephone Company, says active measures
are under way TO organize the telephone
business of the country into one large con-
Germ. with headquarters in Chicago. Ii is
claimed the combination win affect the tel
ephone business i'm the following cities:
New York. Boston. Pittsburg, Duluth. NIL
waukee. Chicago. Buffalo. Cincinnati, st.
Paul. Detroit. Philadelphia, st. Louis, Dem
Yer and Minneapolis.
II is stated at Steubenville, o.. that plans
are on foot TO consolidate lamp factories
located in the following towns at that
ing. Washington, Pa, Millvflle, Muncie,
Findlay, CoraOpolis. GAINESVILLE, Albany,
Wellsburg and Rochester. The reasons
given are the saving OF expense by getting
nearer coal and natural gas and the fact
that III many places II Is hard TO keep glass
workers because of undesirable locations.
A confereice was held at New York yes
3 terday between representatives Of the train
men and telegraphers employed by the
Central Railroad of New Jersey and Super
intendent Olhausen. of the company. The
trainmen's grievances were taken up first.
After these have been adjusted the teleg-
raphers will be considered. The meeting
lasted several hours and progressed salts
factOrily. Another conference will be held
to-day.
. Al largely attended meetings of colliery
owners, miners and shippers. respectively,
fn the various British coal centerS yester-