The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-07-01

iiy above s3o.So ana sal per ton. No. 3
foundry. All iron makers appear to
have aetfled on $3.50 per kuns No. ;
foundry, for the 1s0s iron 30 tar
The statement IL made that the prof
its on iron during the month just eom-
ing 10 close will be greater than ever
before In the history Of the industry.
While iron has been higher. during
runaway period. the make this month
has been more steady and the sales 80
equal. There Is very littIa diRersnce
in prices among the manufactureFss 20
that the trade has beenfreGular. A
consumer would get pFicea from one
concern ana find after an inquiry that
prices were about the same all through
the district,
The cast iron pipe plants. the ma-
chine shops nnd foundries are reauir-
ing great quantities OF iron to keep
them going. These local consumers
have laid in good supply Of iron or
have orders on the furnace company
books which viii care for them IA the
future. Good prices prevail for pipe
and the produce 10 being shipped In
great quantities.
Much cast iron iron pipe Is leaving
the Birmingham district for the larger
western cities, 81. Louis Kansas city
ana other places. while number OF
the southern cities are setting o sup
ply from this district
The time Is fast approaching when
rolling mills IN the Southern terri
tory will begin closing down to per-
NIT Of repairs to give the men 4 rest
for a few weeks. There ii still good
demand for finished. iron and steel and
the rolling mills have not been able to
All many Of their stock sheds.
steel shapes have been leaving the
district about as rapidly as they have
been manufactured All gossip In re-
gard to steel rails has ceased for the
simple reason that the Tsnnessee Coal.
Iron and Railroad Company has sold
present basis OF production. No effort
is being spared to complete the big
plant now under construction at the
earliest possible moment.
CeAl and Coke
IL there will be any suspension OF
work at mines Of commercial coal
companies In this district, this week
because Of no contracts having been
signed, It is not believed that the shut
down win be long.
"A number OF the commercial opera
tors who recognize union labor sign
ed up with the men during the past
week. The Alabama Consolidated Coal
and Iron Company and the Southern
Steel Company were the larger COM
panies Of the territory to recognize
the upnion miners. These two compa-
the union miners. These two compa-
There are two or three thousand other
union men employed Ia commercial
mines and some OF these companies are
signing up. The contract which has
been in effect for three years expired
at midnight tonight so that on the
4. II.
up or union miners will lay down
their picks.
Many Of the commercial operators
prefer the union labor though admit
ting that the competition OF the nom
union mines is pretty strong. The
operators ask the concessions from the
miners OF monthly instead OF semi
monthly pay days and also that each
miner be allowed a laborer in the
mine. AS to the monthly pay day there
Is every contention on the part OF the
union miners. this question being re-
ferred to the men and superintendent
in the different mining camps. But the
matter OF the laborer with every min
err. which. IL is claimed. will lead as to
the contract system, Is being fought
by the union men.
II is not believed that the union min
ers care for any further trouble In
the way OF a suspension in Alabama
For two years and a half the union
had their men out on strike at mines
Of the iron and steel companies r.
this state. the strike costing the min
ers' organization over one million dol.
lars The membership OF the union
also dwindled from eleven thousand &C
a little over three thousand, too. The
latter incident was explained w th'