The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-02
TRADE, INDUSTRY, LABOR.

The Cripple Creek (Col.) Times estimates
the gold production of that district six
miles square, in 1902, at $2i, 50S,311.
The Texas Pipe Line Company has posted
a bulletin advancing crude petroleum of
light grade from s1.01 to S1O6 per barrel.
The Edward Hines Lumber Company of
St. Paul announces sales of lumber for
1903 delivery, TO be sawed at Ashland,
amounting TO 32.00O.O00 feet. Chicago and
Eastern men are the purchasers.
An order that no relative of an official
shall be employed in a position subordinate
to that official on the Missouri Pacific &
operation yesterday. The order will result
in a number of changes in southeastern
Kansas.
The total production of precious metals
in Colorado in 1902 is estimated at BASIL
for 1901, due principally to the decreased
value of silver. The gold output is esti-
mated at 1.422.764 ounces; silver. 16.OO2S71
ounces; lead, 70.S97 tons; copper, 8, 730, 223
pounds zinc concentrates, los 400 tons.
An official of the vogeman Steamship
Company says that arrangements have
been perfected between his company and
the Seaboard Airline for the direct ship
ment of foreign freight from the port of
Norfolk. Va, on bills of lading issued direct
from point of shipment. and that a regular
schedule of weekly sailings would be main
tanned hereafter.
Postmaster Van Colt, of New York, is
business of his Office for the year 1902. The
total receipts for stamps, box rents. etc,
was 81, ,795. The same sources in 1901
yielded a revenue of 81, 102, 92l. The profit
to the government in the year was IS, 021, 764,
or 81, 012974 more than in 1901. The quarter
ly increase amounted to IL per cent.
The members of the Houston, Tex. fire
department who went on strike have called
it off. having found that public sentiment
was against them. The City Council held a
special meeting and agreed that If the fire.
men did not call the strike off their places
Since the strike was called off the Council
agreed to consider the matter of higher
wages.
Marconi is preparing to install a wireless
transcontinental service through Canada.
Two of his experts are on their way West
to arrange for series of tests in the
Rocky mountains. The inventor antici-
pates that the diverse electrical currents OF
the high attitudes may interfere with the
successful sending of his messages, and
it is to satisfy his mind on this account
that the tests are made in the winter time
when the conditions would be naturally
more unfavorable
The Anglo-French modus vivendi govern
ing the prosecution of the lobster fishing
industry on the French shore of Newfound.
land expired on Wednesday. The colonial
government has agreed to renew this agree.
ment for the present year in order to avoid
complications during consideration of the
Bond-Hay treaty in Washington and Lon.
don, but Ii is believed in st. Johns, N. +.
that Great Britain will arrange some set.
| Element of the matter with France during
| the present season.
Acting on instructions given by Their
| union, 600 carriage workers began a strike
| at Amsterdam. Mass. Thursday. As a re.
| suit of the action the principal industry
| of the town is badly crippled, though the
| manufacturers claim that they have 40 pei
| cent. of their full number of employees a
work. The men who are out maintain thai
/ the only carriage mechanics who reported
| for work were those not members of the
| union. The strikers some months ago de-
manded a nine-hour day with an increase
| of wages amounting to II per cent. of the
| present schedule, but the manufacturer.
| refuse to accede.
Borough President Cantor has stopped al
| work on the New York City Hall, pendinf
| a settlement of the strike of seventy-fiy,
! building workmen. When the nonunior
workmen appeared Wednesday a brother
of the contractor insisted that the mer
work despite Mr.. Cantor's orders, and h,
| ordered the men to work. but they stopped
when a detachment of police appeared OF
the scene. A conference will be held fo
| the purpose of settling the strike. TIL,
delegates Will demand that none but unior
men be employed under union conditions
| and If this demand is not granted strikes
will be ordered on all new public building.
| in the city. Mr.. Cantor has been servet
with an order to show cause why an in
| junction should not issue prohibiting hin
| from interfering with the contractors