The diamond drill., 1919-04-26
DUNN and ODCERS.
MINES CLOSED
MokIhkEYSTEEL COMPANY CEASED
ALL OPERATIONS IN COUNTY
NEWPORT LET OFF MANY
Steel Business in a Decidedly Bad
Condition With No Immediate
Turn in Sight

urn IN SIgnt
Crystal Falls was hit again during
the week when orders came to close
down the Dunn and odgers mines OF
Mckinney Steel Co. These two mirres
were the only working properties of
the company in Iron county. The 9TH
er mines of the company that have
worked recently are the Tobin at
Crystal Falls, and the Tully at Stam-
baugh. These two properties closed
in January. When the Tobin mine
closed the men at that property were
absorbed by the 0dgers and the Dunn
mine and it was supposed that these
two properties would operate and
keep the most of the married men
going.
The men from the Tully were alb
sorved by the other mines at Iron
River principally at the Bates mine
where fifty men were put at work in
one day. Thus. there was little hard
ship in the county as the result OF the
January let-off, but the present one
creates a very serious condition
Newport Mine Curtailed Also.
Word was received here last Sun
day that the Schlesinger interests at
Ironwood had curtailed their opera
tions by the laying off OF 500 men a
the Newport mine and 100 at another
property operated by those interests
near Ironwood. The Newport is a |
very large property and has been
working to the limit during the last |
few years.
In addition to the curtailments al
the Mckinney Steel and the Schles-
niger mines there is a close clipping
of forces at other mining properties
so that the mines of other concerns
cannot absorb the labor that is made
die by these shut-downs.
The copper country is reported 10
,e in a much worse condition than the
ron country as the mines up there
nave not only closed down or curtail-
ID forces, but they have also reduced
wages and cut the working hours.
Taken as a whole the Industrial
outlook in the iron and copper indus
ries at the present moment is not at
III good, and this fact is in compari-
on, with interviews given out by
ar. Gary to the effect that there Is
Iothing the matter with the steel in
ustry; that 1t is prosperous.
Mckinney Mills Closed.
1t has been known that the McKir
ey Steel company has felt the slump 4,
cry much as their steel mills were /
losed about a month ago. The mills
re located at Cleveland and IL was {
tated at the time OF the closing OF on I
rations that 1000 men were thrown ! I
ut Of employment. 1
The Mckinney Steel Co. was work a
lg very largely on government or ,
ers. The mills were completed lust
bout the time that war orders com c
Fenced to come in from foreign coun- c
les and when our country got into
le scrap Mr. Mckinney. who was
le OF the steel men that the govern
ent depended upon very much. Of n
eed his entire capacity to the gov
'nmentl for work on war orders.
II Is Understood that the mills were
most entirely absorbed in work for +,
lr government or for our allies and 81
e abrupt termination OF hostiilties
ith the consequent cancelling OF war :"
ders left the mills without any y
lsiness for immediate occupation OF fc
machines. The withdrawal OF the G
lblic from the steel market brought II
domestic orders to take the place ct
the government business and for so
veral months the company operated
plants piling up iron at the rate u
about $l,0OO,00O month. One can co
adily see that under those condi- Bl
ms the continued operations be- e,
me perilous. especially as the re- Il,
Mt rupture between the Industrial
ard and the railroad administration nc
er prices leaves a very open ques- tr
m II new dollar can be secured IN