The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-11-05


The anthracite coal commissioners
appointed by the president have made
tour of the extreme upper coal field
and seen every step taken in the pro.
auction of coal from the time 1t is
blasted from the ground up to the point
where II is sent to market ready for
use.
After the party had been rigged out
with rubber overshoes, overalls, jump
ers and mine caps and provided with
miners lamps, which they either car
ried in their hands or fastened to their
caps, the descent of the 160 foot shaft
was made.
The arbitrators had an interesting
time at the Coalbrook breaker at Car.
bondale. They went to the top of the
great black building and inspected all
the machinery down to the ground.
Then they were escorted to the chute
where the coal, fresh out of the mine,
is sent to the breaker by means of
"cOnveyor," an endless chain arrange
ment Of scrapers.
II is here that one of the principal |
bones of contention between the EN-.
ployes and employer is found. The |
miners maintain they are often unjust. |
ly docked by the docking boss for |
the amount of slate, honey or other
refuse found in the coal. The COM
missloners watched the work of boss
closely and saw him dock several min
ers because, in his judgment, there was
too much foreign matter in the car of
coal.
Trade Indications Promising.
Bradstreets says of the state of
trade:
Confidence in the outlook for next
years business is a notable feature in
the trade situation The volume of or.
ders booked for next springs delivery
is large for this season of the year,
and is explained partly by the excep-
tionally good business done on fall
and winter account and the large
crop yields of the year and also by
the good position of the winter wheat
crop as cold weather approaches.
The absence of killing frosts at the
South has allowed of the maturing of
a considerable top crop of cotton.
At the East the retail trade needs
steady cold weather to stimulate de-
mand, but jobbing business feels the
nffn Of "a Hftfnu Of ha nna1
barge.
Woolen goods, strengthened more
by higher cost of raw wool than by
current demand, are tending up; yarns
have already advanced. Spring trade
indications are promising
Business failures for the week end
ing Thursday, Oct 80, number 1874, as
against 1874 last week, 172 in this week
last year, 165 in 1900, ia in 1899 and
1873 in 1895
New Lake Erie Harbor.
II. C. Frick. A. w. Mellon and r. B
Mellon of Pttsburg; A. j. Cassatt,
president Of the Pennsylvania, and the
board of directors and other officials
of the Pennsylvania held conference
in Erie which may consummate one Of
the most important deals recently
made by the Pennsylvania railroad.
On Oct 20 deal was completed in
Pittsburg whereby A. w. Mellon and
r. B. Mellon became possessors OF one
of the most valuable sites on Lake
Erie for a harbor, railroad charter
and a land company with options on
land near the mouth of Elk creek. The
interest of H. C. Frick in the plan has
been kept secret heretofore.
This land lies only a short distance
from the lines Of the Erie and Pitts
burg division of the Pennsylvania rail |
road and is the only available harbor
site left in Pennsylvania.
The conference between the Pitts
burg men and the Pennsylvania Off
cials, II is understood, was for making |
an agreement whereby the Pennsyl |
vania railroad can build branch from
the Erie and Pittsburg division to
reach this new harbor.
End Of a Long Strike.
The Hudson Valley railroad strike |
has been settled by unanimous vote
of the striking employees, the company
Accepting a proposition made by the |
men, who returned TO work Monday
morning. The union is not recognized.
The terms upon which the strike is
settled are as follows:
Mnp u,hp had haau rnaaivinO If |
cents an hour will receive II cents and |
men who had been receiving 1Sh |
cents will hereafter be paid 19 cents. |
Instead Of having inspectors on the |
Saltwater division who are paid 25 and
Is cents. that work will be done at
night by men from the main offices.
All the former employees will be re-
instated in their old positions except |
those who are under indictment.
Trying to Settle Strike.
President Loubet of France Is fol
lowing the example set by Presi |
dent Roosevelt and is taking an active
part in settling the French coal miners
strike. He held an extended confer.
ence with NJ. Vincent, prefect of the
department Du Nord, who has been
acting as Intermediary between the
strikers and the mine owners in that
department. The mine owners have
given the prefect the names of four
persons who are to represent them in
a conference with an equal number ol
strikers. In a semioficial statement
|. President Loubet expresses the hope
for an early settlement Of the strike
and declares that this would be po |
litical accomplishment beyond prece
dant