The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-06
LABOR. A INDUSTRY.

The lockout at the Oneida CPaD colliery
OF Coke Bros. & Co. has been terminated
by a satisfactory agreement and all the en-
ployes will return TO work on Monday.
The employees OF the Sharpsville. Pa,
blast furnace have accepted the advance
OF 10 cents in wages and the strike threat
eDed has been averted. The carpenters
and painters are still out and both sides are
firm.
Ellen Mulholland. of Long Branch. y. J.,
conducting business as "A builder and real
estate operator in New York city. fled a
petition In bankruptcy yesterday with liza
bilities of SOS. 1872; no assets.
J. Robinson. managing director. j.. Is.
Wagner. representative. and Col. Hughes,
Jessops q Sons. limited. Of Sheffield. Eng
land. were in Washington, Pa. yesterday
looking for a site for the establishment OF
a cutlery mandatory.
The Royal Bavarian Railway admins
tration has issued an explanation regard
ing the recent order OF four locomotives
from the United States, asserting that the
order was not given because of the low
price, but merely TO enable an examina-
ton to be made in American construction.
The Toledo Bee publishes a story to the
effect that DR.. Ash, a former resident OF
that city. has just sold to John u. Rookie
Teller. for sI0O0.00G 160 acres I'm northern
Wisconsin,. which DR.. Ash purchased. in
1884. for 1000, on speculation. The tract is
said 10 include the only natural harbor in
northern Wisconsin.
John w. Gates Will retire soon from the
office of chairman Of the American Steel
and Wire Company and take a long trip
day from New York after an absence of
three months and said he expected 10 re-
sign, as he felt that he had worked a good
many years and ought TO give younger men
a chance. He will retire from active bust
ness for a while.
The Lake Superior steel Corporation is
negotiating for the purchase of the mines.
always ships and mineral and timber
lands of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Com
pany. This is the biggest independent min
ing company in the Lake Superior region,
and the price is said 10 be between 100000
and 100000. The Cleveland Cliffs Com
pany has given an option to the United
States Steel Corporation.
At a conference held I'm Buffalo yesterday
afternoon between managers of the lake
lines and about twenty marine engineers,
headed by President Uhler, of the Marine
Engineers Beneficial Association. a COM
mittee representing the Lake Line Asso-
citation was appointed to go to Cleveland
and learn whether the Lake Carriers As
ISOLATION will treat with President Uhler
and the striking engineers.
A number of oil operators have left
Lima. o., for Iowa. news having been re-
ceived at Lima of an oil strike in Clay
county, in the nOrthwester part of that
State. The Standard Oil Company quietly
sent several men to the new field several
lays ago. having received advance infor-
nation. OIL is said to be oOzing from the
ground. and heavy flows of gas have been
struck at a depth of 500 feet
The Massillon (O) district miners say
that, agreement or no agreement, they Will
not work in connection with nOnunion Ia
Dor. The operators claim that in two in
stances licensed engineers were secured 20
succeed the striking engineers, but that the
miners refused 10 enter the works. The
miners organization recently signed q con-
tract TO work another year without inter-
ruptiOn, and that contract has been abro-
gated.
The Amalgamated Association of Sheet
Metal Workers will take the initiative in
having designers and architects sign con-
tracts with builders to employ only union
men on their contracts. At the meeting Of
the executive committee in Columbus, o.,
yesterday j. III. Kennedy. of Toronto. re-
ported for the building trades of Canada.
showing a large increase in membership
and locals. President Cole. of the associa-
ton. made a similar report on behalf of the
National Building Trades Council.
The London Daily Mail in an extended
article on the American steel trust says
1t can see no escape for the United States
from the oppression of trusts except in
free trade. and declares that Mr.. j. Pier
pont Morgan has appropriated $200.0o0,CO0
TO crush Independent concerns. The
operations of the trust" says the Daily
ton by Europe and will certainly CONSOLE
date the British iron and steel trades,
which viii give the trust a hard fight
here"
TIE managers of a number of iron man.
ufactories OF the Manchester (Eng.) dis
trict have decided TO send out a picked
party of British workmen to the United
States for the purpose OF studying Ameri-
can methods of workmanship in the auto
matte tool trade. The districts of New
England, Philadelphia. Cleveland. Cincin-
natl and Chicago and other steel centers
will be visited in the hope of convincing
the British workmen of the necessity of
improved methods if they desire to retain
their share of the world trade.
The Detroit Tribune says that the Ever
EFT syndicate. Of Cleveland. which recently
acquired the Detroit street-railway system.
has purchased the Detroit x Toledo shore
line. There are seventeen miles of this