The Iron Age 1880-11-04: Vol 26 Iss 19

SS a Vol. XXV1I: No. 19. The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades, Published every Thursday Morning by DAVID WILLIAMS, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. New York, Thursday, November 4, 1880. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. —<4 SL°50 a Year, Including Fostage. Single Copies, Zen Cents. : ‘ft es oe SME BS | " The Foundation and the Anvil of the | area upon which the 160-ton anvil block is| are built one inch away from the sides of | with air chambers 8 x 12 inches encircling |to be placed 11’ x 13° 4’. These upright | the upright logs, to admit of narrow spaces | them, to receive the blast, which entered | logs are firmly bolted and banded together. 17-Ton Steam Hammer. & Co. for the accompanying illustra-|in depth. At the bottom they are each| fully prepared before being put into plae> tions, showing the details of the construc- | 10 x 19 feet, tapering to 7 x 13 feet, and are| by boiling in coal tar and slaked lime. It | fans employed giving a constant and even ~s . ~ PAAVAg“e SSS S SV“ AN VV SRO MQ S LH LLM PS RSS S WWI AAQn » WMA. ——— —— — rt SY 12* -«— —30°-——-+ ’ +. > tion of the foundation and the mold for the anvil, together with data re lating to the casting of the latter. We may add that we shall at an early date publish drawings of the steam hammer itself, which is now in course of construction at the works of Messrs. Wm. B. Bement & Son, Phila- delphia. For the present we wish to call attention to the method of mak- ing the foundation for this hammer. The formation of the ground con- sists of an upper layer of yellow loam, underlaid to the rock with river- packed gravel. The dimensions of the excavation in which the foun- dation is built was 30 x 50 feet, with a depth of 27 feet. After leveling the gravel, 14 inches octagon steel bars about 8 feet in length, with drill points, were driven into the gravel from 4 to 6 feet in depth and about 8 inches apart. After drawing these bars the holes were filled with best Rosendale cement. This preparation was made in sections of small area, and before the cement had time to set the sections were driven down as solid as possible with heavy iron ram- mers. After allowing time for the cement piles to set, a layer of con- crete 12 inches in thickness, consist- ing of hard iron cinder, well moist- ened with water and cement, was laid dowr over the foundation. This course of concrete was well rammed before the cement began to harden. Upon this was placed a layer of 14 x 14 Monongehela square-sawed oak logs 22 feet in length, and a second layer of these logs, 11 x 8" long, was laid at right angles, extending 20 feet to receive a third layer of 20-foot length of same dimensions, running the same direction as the first or lower course. These logs were se- curely boited in every direction, tieing them firmly together. On top of these was] built of hard and evenly burned red brick, laid a thin layer of iron borings and sal- well moistened with water and laid in ce- ammoniac, on which was placed a heavy| ment. The anvil block, when in place, will cast-iron plate 11’ 8 x 14 x 8" in thick-| stand 7 inches above the floor level. Re- ness, with upright lug around its outer taining walls of wide base, tapering up to edge weighing about 30 tons. After 18 inches in thickness, are built on the two driving this plate to agood solid level, 14’ | open sides of the vertical oak logs, reaching x 14° x 11 7” Monongahela oak logs | to within 2 feet of their upper ends. (See were placed vertically upon it, until the | right section, Fig. 1.) The inner sides of the whole area of the plate inside the upright | brick walls of the foundation for the stands jug was covered with them, making the top or hammer legs and the retaining walls, —_—___—__—______ animate alee a te coal pig iron and scrap for the anvil were seen - ames ber 5, 1880. The fans and blast were start- ed at 6.30. First cupola was tapped at 6.45 caine to hold oakum boiled in coal tar, which is! the cupola i -ine y : : Not long since a brief note was published| The foundations for the stands or legs | driven or calked between the brick and oak. pote in i ee ‘ae ee = oe run into one of the two re- stating that the anvil for the 17-ton steam | of the hammer are prepared in like man-| Every precaution has been taken to prevent | ings were 24 inches above the bottom ites fille - 7 a ee pia geen oe hammer now building at the Black Diamond | ner as that for the anvil block, but are| the jarring of the anvil foundation from of the cupolas. The air chamber a aaa | m ld’ at 4 The re. Steel Works, had been successfully cast. | independent of it, as shown in the left ver-| affecting or disturbing the foundations of | cupola was supplied with blast through two | oan lp Pe ee ae We are indebted to Messrs. Park, Brother | tical section. They are 2 feet 6 inches ac the legs or stands. All the oak was care-| 10 x 12-inch oval pipes from a eNo ee ee ee ee ae ¥ All ow aeeemeh aon ----- = Ph SSS Vs VV VVyweaysgqawx75 26/11"Over x PRR A ARLE AVES Sess \ SS RV VG ° °n~n~ °~©A »~»AAAAAQAYY SERRA SSASSSSSSSGSSASIPIAIAsG QQ 44g oss SASH S SS SS SSSR eS SRA SAA RAR AAAS SQWYFF 4 \ Lae SS Ano tt aad Aad a tat a al ta tl tt a a ha a PRAWNS YW VWWQNDWQNA NW MYN MWK MW SIAIMVAVOV Awe ‘ ~S ig ELEM A tg Calkec with Oakung \Jpyyrrrryistisoda Wee oe SSAVPHPA® SN AS SQAVVK WES PW RVs. SS \ | | ' } | 9A ——— 912 4 et CEPOL dk ' | <<: a Fig. 3.—Plan of the Foundation. THE FOUNDATION OF THE 17-TON STEAM HAMMER OF THE BLACK DIAMOND STEEL WORKS, PITTSBURGH, PA. Brother & Co., within the past month, re-| We are informed by Mr. Utilles Baird, of moved the foundations of some of their 12- | Pittsburgh, that the belting used was speci- hundredweight steam hammers and found | ally prepared for the occasion, and that the the oak logs, which had received similar | maintenance of a uniform pressure during treatment, perfect and sound and as good as | the entire melt was partly due to that fact new for use, after being down for some 16! and partly to the uniform speed of the en- or 17 years. gines. The fuel nsed was hard-burned Con- The five cupolas used in melting the char- | nelleville coke. The charging of the cupolas was com- each 6 feet diameter and 45 feet in hight, menced at 5 o’clock a. m, on aaslon, Octo- Sturtevant fan, the five No. 8 Sturtevant SC STE WS SRP PS SS 8|{fourth at 10.15 and the fifth ut 11.40 a. m. The melting was completed and mold filled at 11.56, making 5 hours and 11 minutes from the time first metal was tapped into receiver until the 160-ton casting was completed. As a precautionary measure, two reservoirs, with spouts running from them to the anvil block mold, were provided (as shown in Fig. 5, p. 3), and the spouts were arranged so that in case the metal should chill in the gates the ends of the spouts could be opened, allowing the metal to feed in over the top of the mold, but it was not found necessary to use the second reservoir. The interior dimensions of the mold (see Figs. 4 aud 5, page 3) are, of course, the same as those of the anvil block. The mold is composed of fire- brick, heavily bound with iron and fin- ished interiorally with a lining of loam and a final ‘‘ facing” of black sand. As will be seen, special provision had been made to insure the quiet flow of the metal in the mold. The plate iron rings (No. 8 gauge) used in the construction of the cupolas were tempered, bolted together, and will be utilized as casing for the two chimneys for 18 boilers now being added to the works for additional steam capacity. It is proposed to strip the 160-ton anvil block in one month after the time it is cast, and when cool enough with the use of four of Richard Dudgeon’s 60-ton hydraulic jacks turn it over upon the foundation now waiting to receive it. The successful casting of this enor- mous anvil block, one of the largest castings ever madein the country with- out explosion or accident of any kind is a feat of which Messrs, Park Bro. & Co, may justly be proud. It was no easy task to find a competent and reliable molder who had the nerve to undertake such a job and the |may be remarked here that Messrs. Park | pressure of 12 ounces to the square inch.| pluck to carry it through. The work was entrusted to Mr. Chas. W. Lang, a young man of 28 years, to whom the ciedit of the successful completion of the task is due, and who was well entitled to the hearty congratulations of the representa- tives of the famous iron founding establish- ments of the whole country who were gath- |ered around the mold as the casting was made. With the 5-tun steam hammer now in use, and the 17-ton one we have described, . — nas . IE | AES te ae eo, a. . o- - . ee. 6 Gu . a ee ae ne ee Se A ee 2 — i 2- =e > - ma eh SS > » «& prin SEW “34 E a coe ss “ —— a — > ae b = - % eee eae a ar o eee en et ee SE ae se - ” 5 . a Nie s a - au poe rt ——— si in aa is . Q THE TRON AGE. November 4, 1880, sRetals. HActals. PActals. Chive, etc. ANSONIA Px The Plume & Atwood BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Str set, Phelps Building, NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS AND COPPER Waterbury Brass Co. CAPITAL, - - $400,000. Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, &c, Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, Seaml Co er CERMAN SILVER, ess Brass & PP Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Tubing. BRASS AND COPPER TUBING, Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms.| COPPER RIVETS & BURS, PURE COPPER WIRE BRASS KETTLES, For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Door Rail, Brass Tags, Pnosphor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. PERCUSSION CAPS, ANSONIA * REFINED POWDER FLASES, Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &c. ____INCOT COPPER. _ And small Brass Wares of every Description. Cartridge Metal in Sheets or Shells a Spe cialty. Sa OF Sole Agents for the , | Capewell Mfg. Co.’s Line ot Sport- TIN PLATE, ROOFING PLATE, ing Goods and Wood’s Paper Shot Shells. Sheet Iron, Copper, Pig Tin, Wire, Zinc, &c. Mfg. Company, MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, German Silver and Gilding Metal, Copper Rivets and Burs, Kerosene Burners, Lamp Trimmings, &c. 80 Chambers Street, New York. 13 Federal Street, Boston. 109 Lake Street, Chicago. Rolling Mill, Factories, THOMASTON, Ct.| WATERBURY, Ct. Bridgeport Brass Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Sheet and Roll Brass, Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, German Silver Metal and Wire, Copper and Iron Rivets. PHILIP L. MOEN, CHARLES F. WASHBURN, President & Treasurer. Vice President & Secretary. Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. Established, 1831. Capital, $1,500,000 WORCESTER, MASS. WIRE DRAWERS. Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering. MANUFACTURERS OF TRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. Of Every Description. A SPECIALTY MADE OF GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, AND PUMP CHAIN. NEW YORK OFFICE: ST. LOUIS WAREHOUSE: CHICAGO W AREHOUSE : 21 Cliff St, 802 No. Second St. 107 Lake St. DEPOTS: Milis At 296 Broadway, New York, WATERBURY, 189 Eddy St., Providence, R. I. Conn. Manhattan Brass Co,, ae ee aaa erator , OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, ” C 0 Pp Pp FE R A N D 3 2 A S S os Se Olmated Patent Ollerss | LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, * | Copper Wire, Breughton Patent Oilers, | Clocks & Fly Fan M ts. | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. =e2ee curr saver, wew yore, | Geupet Rivets Brace, Tind Zine Ollers, | “> 0, attention paid to cutting out Biaaks and | ©2246 NATIONAL WIRE AND LANTERN WORKS, Sena eae eeneaen nee tee Tyhtes, tai mages a manufacturing Metal Goods. apees HOWARD & MO RS SE, rown’s Paten ° WaREHOU: a scovi LL M FC co . E d & nelipintte, Gate. 19 marceg Bt... ¥. 53243 Manufacturers of ee Fire Sets, enders, ac. |——___—_____ 58.23 Brass, Copper & Iron Wire Cloth, BRASS, prass BLANKS AND Tuses/ Harrison Wire Company, |é:::; geo eee HINCES, WIRE, GERMAN SILVER. Com a 7 oe 8ST. LOUIS, MO ~aebe Lanterns, Adjustable Globe Hand Sentern, Desk OFFICE AN) AND ) WORKS, > 8, a Seno” and Office Railing, Riddles, Coal and Sand Screens, PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. Ist Ave., 27th to 28th Sts., New York, | qyos. w. Fircn, Cuas. Fisu, ga8 J Nursery Fenders and Spark Guards, » s2n38 a U +TO N 3 oo ar ii s, Secretary. fet e2 Ornamental Wire Fence, or teow THE NEW HAVEN eri, 3 Soneiposms P All kinds of se£.53 ° DEPOTS. FACTORIES, COPPER CO., gse2z3 Fs 421 Broome St.. N.Y. Waterbury, Conn. IRON & STEEL WIRE esbecs 2 4 a bean ee New Haven, Conn, | 205 Pearl Street, New Vork. =seee: :* 183 Lake St., Chicago, New York City, Manufacturers of and Dealers in an Bag cee \ 2 4 SS Sa3 se h = ' & Sheathi a YF DICKERSON, | VAN DUSEN & C0.,!Braziers balning| Wire Mill Specialties. \ ES Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper, COPPER. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, 4 : Wire, Zinc, Etc. , , WATERBURY, CONN. z 80 & 81 Cs 8t., cor. Fulton, Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets) oy ong ner aaa Es DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool, NEW YORK. Ingot Copper, Spelter, Solder, ke, 49 Chambers St. 18 Federal St, The Best Burning Kerosene O1 Lantern in the Market for the ‘end, = Manufacturers of all kinds of H. & M. Star Lantera, with Candle Socket, Sperm and Kerosene Oil Burners. Established 1837. Incorporated 1876. WATERBURY MANUFACTURING CO., Brass, Copper & German Silver, ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. ’ or oe eee New York Office WATERBURY, CONN. BRASS & COPPER WIRE, _ w . ‘ TRENTON, arehouse, Brass Machine Screws, Jack and Safety Chain,| Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. N. J. 117 Liberty Street. Bibb Screws and Springs, Whip Mountings, Chisel & Screw Driver Ferrules, Patented Articles, BRASS AND METAL COODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. BRASS & IRON JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. German Silver Spoons, A. C. NORTHROP, SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOOKS, Waterbury, Conn., Kerosene Burners, &c. NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS|joun DAVOL & SONS, FOR HARDWARE TRADE. Wrought Iron and Brass Machine Screws; Turned, Hozagos, Round and Square Head Cap and Set Screws; Brass and Iron Safety ana Jack é hain; Gilt, Nickel Plated and Bronze Trimmings of all kinds. from Sheet Iron, Steel or Brass. timates on patented articles, or any description of Sheet Metal work, respectfully solicited and promptly given. ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President. JAMES HALL, Treasurer, THE JOHN A ROEBLING’S SONS 60,, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE) ciivaxeen |Lron and Steel Iron, Steel and Copper Telegraph Wire, WIRE Hoisting oa ies of all Market Wire, Kinds, for Ferries, Stays, Market Wire, Fence Wire Ship Rigging, Sash Cords, Vineyard Wire Bridge Wire, Chain Wire, Lightning Rods, &c., &c. ° Buckle Wire, Spring Wire, Suspension Bridge Cables, Rivet Wire, &c., &c. CALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE For Hoisting, Running & Standing Ropes, Ferries, &c. CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. Address, HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. FELTEN & GUILLEAUME, Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charcoal Wire. GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE of Charcoal and Swedish Iron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths. GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, and 7-ply cirand. a les, &c. Annealed naa Oiled Fencing Wire, round and ova WIRE: ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. TELEGRAPH CABLES. Brooklyn Brass and Copper Cos, Ingot Copper, "’Spelter Lead, Tin Anti mony, Solder & Old Metals, ' John Street, N. Y. TRENTON IRON COMPANY, PASSAIC ZINC 60. INCORPORATED 1847), TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, MANUFACTURERS OF Manufactarers of Pure Spelter FOR Cartridge Brass, Gas Fixtures, Bronzes [RON and STEEL WIRE @iieac OF ALL GRADES, Also for BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED;| Galvanizers & Brass Founders. Iron and Steel Wire Rods; MANNING & SQUIER, Gen’l Agents, EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. ane Soy Sees © F- Best Qualities of Gun- Screw and Charcoal Iron Wire} Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths, Hepresented tn New York by COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 Burling Slip. Geo. W. Prentiss & Co.. HOLYOKE, MASS., MANUFACTURERS OF BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTURERS OF Contractors to the German and voceee ge ernments. The oldest house in the braneh on the Con tine at. Telegraph Address, CAHLSWERK, COLOGNE. a ™ = General pee for U. 8S. and Canada, Bright, Coppered laa aa: Tin PERKINS & CHOATE, 23 Nassau St, N. Y.. J. WOOL GRISWOLD, ‘pee WIRE RAILING Manufacturer of ad. Aisa eth SCREW WIRE. Of all e.gee atraightened and cut to order The Schoenberg Metal Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in SOLDER, TYPE, Stereotype, Rlectroty pe and Babbitt Metals, imporsere of Block Tin, Antimony, &c. Refiner sot d, Spelter, &c. Highest price pald for ¢ Old Meta and al kinds of Dros S2a a Bit 3g Base ¢a0tb Bireet, Between avontion Ma ie ie ew WIRE ROPE. 800 N. Mein St. Ornamental Wire ,Works. POUR & “AT g '= 4 ES No. 36 North Howard ae, "Reais * | Manufacture WIRE RAILING for Cemeteries, Baleo- ules, &c.: Sievesa, Fende Cc Sand 4 Coal TROY, N. ¥, Screens, | Woven Wire, tron “Bedsteada ” Obaire so <)> St. Louis, Mo, ly co In 8 Sea PAT HOUS pressu PAT SILVE cesign: GEF wi The che: Tron, Ste ing and ¢ ured by E. 1 C0 No, 5] IN Also Cake ROD Brass per (In COPP A general November 4, 1880. THE IRON AGE. 3 CAR YY fo MIOEIN, Messrs. Park Bro. & Co. will be prepared to | It will be seen by the fecequing « that n Manufacturers of furnish cast steel forgings in the shapes of |e xpenditure exceeded the income during t STEEL WIRE for all purposes and STEEL SPRINGS of every description. shafts, cranks, &c., of any dimensions likely | year hy £173,208 3s. 3d. This is not to be se ee | . . Ta to be called for. wondered at considering the nature of their : —_——— . | . 1 : la | claims and the deplorable condition of trade = — English Trade Unions. in these industries. The members’ weekly = => . . . - | = S —— contributions in the three societies frs = = By the recent gathering of the Trades | named are ts per week ; in the last gd. per =- T ° ‘ ° 1: . r . ’ : : = S Union (¢ ongress in Dublin, public attention | week. The benefits paid vary somewhat in 0 LINDEMANN & CO = has again been directed to those vast indus- | amount, but not materially, as will be scen . "y = trial organizations which for so long atime | further on. were looked upon with suspicion, if not with The heaviest item of expenditure in ea Patentees and Sole Manufacturers of Spring Brackets for Bird Cages, And manufacturers of the largest variety of Bird positive dread, as though they were little | of the above societies was for out-of-wi rk better than an organized and gigantic con-! allowance. This feature of the trade s spiracy against cay ital directly, and in-/| ciety is the one of all others which pla directly against amas itself. In conse-/ them far ahead of all other friendly s cle ti quence of this feeling they were to all in-|in the matter of benefits. It was first in- ih) pPEIPISI EM, UU LILLE LE LELLRLKLELLE Ree ir et ) ui Jinjeutit WEEE ERLEEL EEA EALLLLLALE A VELLA LLLLEL OS LALLLLALLEL ao as: bee owe Seen a ——————— Japanned, Brass and Tin-Plated =, Cages in this Country. | ) 9 y 2 tents and purposes r garded as ille; gal asso- | stituted by the engineers. and is now bein Catalogues furnished to the trade. ciatic up to the So ‘ ; y . 254 Pearl Street, New York. ; Ce . ane Sp we hue year 3 24, at whic h date | gradually adopted by most of the leading . P , Market Steel Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and coverca. the Combination Acts were repealed But | unions. Every member is entitled to this Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. even then they had no legal protection for | allowance as soon as he foins the societ | 934, 936 and 938 West 99th Street, 2 ° - - - NEW York, | their funds. This protection was first ac-'In many cases additional aid is given for SOLE MAKERS, | a — WESTON’S YALE LOCK MANFC. CoO., aa ——— Office & Works, STAMFORD, CONN. DIFFERENTIAL SALESROOMS: 5633 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. 506 COMMERCE ST., PHIL: cLP A. PULLEY BLOCKS. 36 ‘PEARL STREERT, BOMEON. ee ‘G4 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO. . + “BROWN & BROTHERS, Stanley Rule & Level Co, <2 rscrons MANUFACT 9 ' ‘ ae New Britain, Conn, WAREROOMS, - SS EE SS a f a ea ee lei 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn. ‘ d Manufacturers of m prove BRASS, COPPER AND Carpenters 29 anes 8 : New York, Manufacturers of Balley’s Patent Adjustable Planes. | General] Agents for the sale cf Leonard Bailey & Co.°’s ** Victor Planes, j | Manufacturers 3 of 66 Detiance a Patent Adjustable Planes. » = eee 2 s i : 3 Mil il ddtdddddiddddadt jb: Gihésiidtdadiiditda GieddditsasiibiidddddddddseddA In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, Tubing, | This Advertisement is Changed Every Week, Fig. 4.—-Section of Mold for Casting Steam Hammer Anvil. j Rivets and Burs, Etc. corded to them by a temporary act in 1869, | every child under 13 years of age, and in ALSO, and afterward by the Trade Union Act, most the contributions are remitted while in i ss 1871, the latter being subsequently amended | receipt of benefits. The amounts paid in this i Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. in 1876, in which year also the full charter benetit alone during last year were : i of their liberties was granted to them by the Weekly Total PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AND COPPER | late government in what is known as the allowance, amount ; HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 Ibs. | ams, | Labor Laws. , e-) -~- ed ae. SS ‘ pressure and guaranteed against vacuum, Many pesons were apprehensive, says the Friendly Society of j oa Tronmonger, that these concessions would Ironfounders. -... 9 0 57,510 18 { PATENTED SPRING TEMPERED SHANK, lead to all kinds of extravagant demands, —— @ Makers and SILVEK-PLATED, FLAT TABLE WARE, in rich and some feared that under the new laws gion Pode iues. 2 — cesigns. intimidation oe would be more : + te Bi rife than ever. appily nothing has since Average.... 9 3 £229,005 2 1 GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. happened to justify aa fears, and singular- An examination of the above table will ~~ WROUGHT-IRON ly enough the very contrary has taken place. | show that nearly 10,000 families were pro : The recognition of such associations by law vided for weekly during the whole of 1879 5 as public institutions, seems to have shorn out of funds entirely subscribed by them them of their terrors, and to have stimulated selves and by their fellow workmen in the 18 their development in the direction most de- same trade as themselves, Such an examp! sired. The aim of unionists of late years of self help is absolutely without parallel in has been to extend the friendly society bene- | any age or nation. Here are four societies, tg fits of their union, rather than those apper- having an aggregate of 77,472 members, taining to trades disputes or strikes. In | keeping the whole of their own poor, and at this respect many trade societies are now the same time paying their quota toward among the very best of all the multitude of the poor’s rate, during a period of depres friendly societies with which this country | sion in trade not often experienced in this hh aa GAUTIER STEEL 60. LIMITED, JOHNSTOWN, — The cheaneet pnd best Bade in pe market. Adopted y the United States Government. PE N N > 8 SINS WOI Oe ET ee ET = Tron, Steel and Brass Wire Cloth, Wrought-Iron Fenc- | ing ane Ornamental Iron and Wire Work manufac- | ____ —— “sy. T. BARNUM’S WIRE WORKS, | >We EW. ws 1, A] WE w -O G KE 7. : Detroit. Mich. | Manufacturer of Plain and Stamped POPE, COLE & Co. rywane, SEAMLESS BOXES, ROUND, OVAL AND SQUARE CANS. | Special Articles Manufactured of Sheet Metals. 41, 43 & 45 South 9th Street, Near the Ferries, BROOKLYN (E. D.), N. ¥. wRY , E LOUIS H. VOGEL. HENRY J. VOGEL. 1 | 5 “7 Fig. 5.—Plan of a Mold for Casting Steam Hammer Anvil. {9 a No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., | 3 abounds. While the weekly contributions|country. This certainly is doing a good <i are extremely moderate, as compared with | and noble work; some other aspects are Have always on hand and for sale | qc . other societies, their scale of benefits is scarcely less commendable " ‘ ‘ >>. superior to most. ‘his phase of unionism is The amounts severally paid as sick benefit i INGOT Col i ER now, and will be in the future, their chief | were as follows: 8 : P 8 attraction. If they fail in this, their mis Weekly Tota ; Also Cakes, of unequalled purity and toughness. | = sion will some to an end. | tia ects mance. amount ; ROM E IRON WORKS, —_ A few illustrations of the actual position, |” of Engineers cS 2 5 0 hers 5 \ mode of working and influenee of the chief | Friendly Society of ; ' Manufacturers of a me eee with “ — — ney B sree sun om. aicee 8 17 ; not be altogether unacceptavie a 16 presen Ship Builders 1 14.7 Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop- |= j time. There are four societies which may | Steam Engine Makers. ia be taken as representative of all the rest; ees o / { Average L; t per and German Sily er a a Shovels, R idd les, Brushes, é&c. oe oon ft ange 2 gee ; : ae on Superannuation allowance is granted afte | anipies nir exrcetlience O suc S80Cli ons. . > ’ > In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), : ; , ers a cer I ber o 5 ¢ . l'uey are the engineers, iron founders, boiler ® ™ mbership of a certain number of years standing, and it differs somewhat in the : WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., , oe S a COPPER & BRASS RIVETS. oe WHITEHEAD BROS. 517 W. 15th St., makers and iron shipbuilders, and steam- ithe Aces Un cionaia tarelan Ten ‘= Ae engine makers. ae 1 AND BURS. ai ; AMERICAN FACING CO. New York. The numerical strength of these four so- | the — a —s s — ie a : ; , was established was late 1an the two fir ; poeeeee -—- - = ‘ieties is as lows : . . 1 } ___ Rome, New ¥ ork. cieties is as follows Branches. Members. ©°® the list ; this will account for the small«1 4 TH E MONTOU R Amalgamated Society of Engi amounts paid during the year. The follow. ne we . zs : ya rn 44,997, ing sums were expended under this head in 4 . iendly Society o ron Fount al Established 1810. jd a s1,914 | 1879: Pg . IRO Boiler Makers and Iron Ship i Wee kly ; [Total ’ builders. . , 158 17,400 djoiaheeiaanil a re e, n nt. y i Steam Engine Makers. . ; 4,071 | *Maigamated Socier) , 5. C ~ § Works at Danville, Pa. a . fee gineers i 17,730 | Total ' he 764 77.472 Friendly Scciety of Iron v7 om ne founders 5 ¢ 27 ; ee 7} These branches and members cover the Boiler Make rs and Iron Ship . ) a B a E whole of the United Kingdom like a net- — Builders 6 o 1,58 work, scarcely any town where their par- Steam Engine Makers..</to 9 AND PIG IRON.) ticular trade is carried on being exempt 4 verage ee ii A al rt tof Mi i Narrow-Gau > 4 i | A D E | P [+ lA from their operation and influence. The B 1 all : a sal PIRATES RESETS OS Te Oe ae con be me ral « ces of ’ o first are ate funeral allowance comes nex n Rails kept on hand, from which shipments can be ‘ central offices of the two first are situate in This benefit is one of the oldest forms of 1 made promptly. London, the third in Liverpool, and the ] f i nnection with the trade uw I vd | a0 ‘er = ‘ . am os Sa Ke ief in connectio e de unions t W. E. C. COXE, President, Reading, Pa. Manutacturers, Importers and Dealers in —_ in Manchest ¢ | is, in fact, coeval with their existence, beit : 2 at 3 e ant ots 2xpenditure oO ’ ’ ‘ ’ “—e ’ 8. W. INGERSOLL, Treas., Philadelphia, Pa. | 50 NOS INCODS GRE Cosel Cxpendivurt . founded by the old craft guilds, and « | 000 AND REGULAR SIZES these four societies for the past year were . : F. P. HOWE, Ge General L Supt. ’ Danville, a \ in aloes: ? tinued to the present time. Last year the ms sf = Iycome. Expenditure, Sums paid under this head were as follows | OSE L H & £ 8. d x 8s. d Mem. Wife, Amalgamated Society Amalgamated Society of £ & £ .a : Key Box 156, Z of Engineers ++ 135,267 10 x 245,826 11 10 Engineers 12 5 397 12 7 CHARLESTON, Ss. C. - 5 es ae of ‘ F riendly mee iety of Iren ; : - ‘onto ae . 2,547 i OO ¢ G oO ae 4 : 2 3 Wholesale dealers in Black and Galvanized Sheet Iron, Metals, Wire, Copper, aie Wate oad" * ’ Boiler Makers and Iron ; Stamped Ware, Registers, &c. Iron Shipbuilders... 46,971 19 3 66,299 19 7 Shipbuilders... ; 12 4 2.37 t ‘ METALS, IRON, RACS, ? ; Steam Engine Makers 10,617 32 35,670 14 © | Steam Engine Makers... 1a 5 790 8 ; i] And all kinds of Paper Stock, ae Rg =i An ———: : i We invite correspondence, Total... dian 8 10 £408,612 12 ." Total arccsccccccee covsscccccvens Hia,544 8 6 i } : 8 ee eee = at Pe s= re —_— — -* a eo a = - hee aes Pa ve ra “4 ee ET en | tae ae: | ye ie aah. et fea. ee jaa mi). eh? oe Pts yn > K ni OGDEN & WALLACE, OGDEI teoGAM’s. G. SMITH & C IRON & STEEL, 85,37,89 & 91 ELM ST., N. ¥. COMMON AND REFINED BAR IRON. SHEET AND PLATE IRON, HIOOP, BAND AND SCROLL IRON, Rod and Horse Shoe Iron, Angle and T Iron, Swedes and Nerway Iron, Norway Nall Rods. __lron of ail # of all sizes and shapes made to order, PIERSON & CO. 24 Broadway, New York City. A. B. Warner & Son, IRON MERCHANTS, 28 & 29 West and 52 Washington dts, BOILER PLATE, Boller Tubes, Angle, Tee & Girder fren, Boiler and Tank Rivets. Sole Agents for the celebrated -|“Kureka,” | Pennocks, “Wawasset,” Lukens, Brands of Iron. Alsoall descriptions of Plave, Sheet, and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive | iron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. ROME MERCHANT IRON “MILLS, slices, rs 0 r- he = grade of "| Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. Scrolls, Ovals, a Ly, t sunds, Hexagon and COMMON & REFINED IRON, Horse Shoe Iron. § » Charcoal Pig a superior Hoops, Rods, Scrolls, Bands, Ovals, quality o of Iron brane led J. 'G. All ‘puddled balis re € oy ramet. Orders m: ay be sent to the Millor Horse Shoe, Nall Rods, toJ. O. f tr ENT ER, our Agent, at 59 Jona Ss t, at Steel, &c. ee = MARSHALL LEFFERTS, 90 Beekman 8t., New York City, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, Galvanized ‘Sheet Iron, Ist and 2d Qualities. Galvanized Wire, a and Fence ; Galvanized Hoop and Iron, Galvanized Rod and Bar Iron, Galvanized Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron “CORRUGATED SHEET IRON For Roofing, &c., Galvanized, Plain or Painted. Best Charcoal, Best Refined and Common SHEET IRON. Plate and Tank Iron, C No. 1,C H No. 1, C= 1 Flange, Best Flange, Best Flange Fire Box, Circles. BOILER IRON Stamped and Guaranteed. All descriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or Tinned to order. _ Price list and list and | quotations sent upon application. -W. BAILEY LANG, Sole Agent In United States & Canada for LOW-MOOR IRON COMPANY, NO. 50 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO., SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, __ No. 69 Wall St., New York. ULSTER IRON WORKS. 18 Wall St., New York, Orders promptly filled from stock. ABEEL BROTHERS, | Established 1765 by ABEEL & BYVANCK, Iron Merchants, 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. ULSTERIRON A full assortment of all sizés constantly on hand. Refined Iron, Horse-Shoe Iron, Common Iron, Band, Hoop and Scroll Iron, Sheet Iron, Norway Nall Rods, Norway Shapes, Cast, Spring and Tire Steel, etc. A. R. Whitney, Manufacturer of and Dealer in IRON, 56, 58 & 60 Hudson, 48, 50 & 52 hema and NEW ‘a 12, 14416 Worth Sts., Oar specialty is in Sianufacturing Iron Used in the Con- struction of Fire-Proot Buildings, Bridges, &c. Plans and estimates furnished, and contracts made terecting Iron Structures of ever description. Books containing cuts of all Iron made sent on ap- plication by Sample seeces at office. Please addres 58 mudson “street. BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants 70 & 71 West St., "teva New York. Agents for the sale of Fall River lron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods. Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., IRON MERCHANTS Cor. Albany & Washington Sts., NEW YORK oe _* H. WaLLace. —_—_—__.. PATERSON, N. J. lron Bridge Builders Beams, Channels, Angles, TEES, Merchant Iron, &c., &c. New York Office, Room 45, Astor House. WATTS ork, Preside ont . FAYERWE. ATHER, Treas surer, CARMICHAEL & EMMENS, 130,132 4134 © ener Greet, New Weuk, . BISPHAM. B. F. FUDEON. Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pigs Iron, Wrought & Cast Scrap Iron, aie METALS. NEW YORK. Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c, Age ont - oo ce he Coat Irc ottstown Iron 1e 57 & 459 Water St., laure I Ro ling Mis, rand av ne mn a ube Wi rks Wr ought oat » , 233 & 235 South St., t HUGH W. ADADYD DANIEL F. COONEY, sales <n oi (Late of and Successor to Jas. H. a FOREIGN AND AMERICAN SS Washington St., N. BOILER PLATES and SHEET IRON, ELDED BOII Estimates furnished for all kinds of Iron Work. aie cee Angle & T Iron, nee Foy 4 Sohn. 56 PINE STREET, Agency for Pottstown Iron Co., Vigdnet Tron Wc orks, Sere ae atone on Ro' ‘ling Mills, Pine Iron Works, Laurel lrop NEW YORK, i : we ork 8. The Be rgen Rolling Mills, at Je orsey C ty. P. W. GALLAUDET, D. L. COBB. IRON & METAL ra geete Banker and Note Broker, } 509, 511 and s19 to s29 East ioth St., New York No 3 and 5 Wall Street, | have « yn hand, and offer for sale, the follo »wing: . NEW YORK. oa ot os she 2 eo . re . om ai ele ae HARDWARE, METAL, IRON RUBBER, SHOE, = m9 boing , ‘e ~ _ a = + ‘ae ee PAPER AND PAPER-HANGINGS, LUMBER, COAL AND PAILROAD PAPER WANTED. ADVANCES MADE ON BUSINESSS PAPER AND OTHER SECURITIES, BATES & DESPARD,| 117 Pearl 8t., New York, P. O. Box 764 Importers of } STEEL AND IRON RAILS, SWEDISH BARS, STEEL AND PIG IRON. SURAP IRON and OLD RAILS ¢, f. and 1. to | gmerica, or f. o. b. English ports. THE IRON AGE. Tuckerman, Mulligan & Co | le ae | Am, & Eng. Ref’d Iron,Common Iron,&c Passaic R Rolling Mill Co.,, ——— ahented Cast Stes 21 Bo ler Plates, | RAILWAY, PIG AND SCRAP Ho, IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLaTE Broker in Machinery & Iron| _| W.S. MIDDLETON, 52 John St., ‘Glengarnock and Carnbroe an A | Sole Agents for the United Si CcuT N AITLS Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. FULLER BROTHERS &« CO., 139 Greenwich Street, New York, shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Ss. A. LISSBE RGE R, Baltimore or New Orleans. November 4, 1880, 4a xvON. | Kron, Xron. Kvn. RCO. ~NEW YORK. | NEW YORK. NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH. PITTSBURGH. W. D. wood & COS) AG. HATRY, Commission Merchant. Bar, Sheet, Tank, Boiler, Angle, T, and Rallroad Iron, And Railroad Equipment. Nails & Spikes Steel & R. R. Supplies, WINDOW GLASS, GAS PIPE & BORAX. PITTSBURGH. PA. JUNIATA — John W. Quincy, 98 William Street, New York. Anthracite & Charcoal Pig Irons, Wrought Sorap, Cut Nails, Copper, BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &e HARRISON & GILLOON IRON AND METAL DEALERS, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 302, 804, 306 CHERRY ST., NEW YORE, | Rave on hand, and offer for sale, the followns: tch and American a rought, Cast and nm, Car-Wheels, Axles and an Machinery Scrap Iro Wron ht Iron j also, ola Copper, Composition, OXFORD IRON CO., (B. G. CLARKE, Receiver,) a Cut Nails AND SPIKES. J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, PATENT Planished Sheet Iron. Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1873 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, and at a much less price. FOR SALE, by all the principal METAL DEALERS In the Large cities throughout THE UNITED STATES. And at their Office, 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, C. A. von Bonnhorst. R A, Wilson. JR. A. WILSON & CO., BURDEN’S PIG IRON, HORSE SHOF ¢ sth iat Sitond Rakin Ath Cine, BLOOMS AND ORE, “Burden Best” 88 Fourth ave., cor. Wood st., Pittsburgh. ‘ROADSTER PATTERN. SNOW SHOES. The only Snow Shoes in the market that abso- iately P prevent all balling and give universal satis- Improved Snow Shoe Shapes. Sizes. 36X7-16, 11-16x7- a are ¢ 13-16X7-16, 4X7-16, 4x% 15-16X 44, 1X44, 1 1-16X%, 1 1-8x%. STEEL TOE CALKS. SHOENBERGER & CO., **va"*™ Cc. BANE, OLD RAILS, SCRAP IRON, STEEL, PIC IRON, BLOOMS, AND ORE. PITTSBURGH, PA. John |. Williams. Henry M. Long. Nathan M. McDowell, Keystone Rolling Mill, Williams, Long & McDowell, Merchant Bar and Skelp Iron, Sheets and Plates of all sizes, Office, No. 87 Water Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mill at Sono, Second Avenue. CHAS. G. LUNDELL, gam No. 7 Exchange Plac > Portsmouth Iron and Steel Co., Co., Successors to ——— | GAYLORD ROLLING MILL CO., Manufacturers of Siemens-Martin (Open Hearth) STEEL BOILER PLATE, Agricultural and Machinery Steel Boiler Rivets. Burden Iron Works, H. Burden & Sons, Troy, N.Y. waaeaes BOSTON, “S and Steel Tire. EGLESTON BROS & C0 Also, Homogeneous Iron Boiler Plate and Rivets, . " attic. 166 South Street of d Works : 267 Front Street, NEW YORK CITY. PORTSMOUTH, OHIO. B U R D E N ’S = and G a "t. ‘Bee'y and Treas, H. B. & S. AND GOTHENB ae, Company, 2116 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Henry M, Fiuuey, Joun D, Fituey, President. Secretary MANUFACTURERS OF Malleable and Gray Tron Castings, GENERAL HARDWARE, &c. SABLE IRON & NAIL WORKS Established 1828. Manufacturers of Merchant Iron, Universal Mill Iron and Nails of Superior Quality and Finish. Orders for odd sizes Iron filled promptly. AUG & CoO., Corner 13th and Etna Streets, PITTSBURGH, PA. LEECH BURG | IRON WoRKS. KIRKPATRICK & CO., Manufacturers of all grades of FINE SHEET ON ss, (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Card, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.) NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL, OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa. ~ ANDREW KLOMAN, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURER OF Steel and lron Structural Material SWEDEN. ULSTER BAR IRON. All sizes and shapes in stock. Also Best Grades of Agency of N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. Swedish & Norway Iron of every description. Stock on hand New York and Philadelphia. 23S at e apecialty. GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 33 Kilby st., Borto yila BERT POETS, Philadelphia Agent, 234 & 236 = Morton B. Smita. DAN’L W. RICHARDS & CO,, Pig Iron and Bar Iron, Scrap lron, Scrap Steel, Old Rails and Old Metals, | 88 to 96 Mangin St., St., New York. W. S. MIDDLETON, Agent for FORSTER’S CRUSHER & PULVERIZER, The best in market. N. Y. SCOTCH PIG IRON. Re spot delivery and for prompt or forward | - WORKS, Teechburg, Pa For sale in lots to suit by JAMES LEE & CoO., 72 Pine Street, New York. EYE BAR BLANK AS IT LEAVES THE ROLLS, EYE BAR FINISHED FROM TUE SAME. Kloman Patent Solid Rolled Eye Bars, finished in Iron or St ee] without welding or * upsetting. Universal Mill Plates of Iron or Steel. Steel Rails of all sizes and patterns. Splice Bars. Chaauel t Bars for Thielsen Car Truck. SPECI AL TY—Unusual shapes and sizes in Steel or Iron; Angles Tes ( I and other structural shapes in Lron ar 5 380, abso- satis- Y4X% . rgh, EL, Y, etary ay |, Pa ——$_— al ng. yauel November 4, 1880. Xvon. Kron, PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. ey Siemens’ Regenerative HENRY LEVIS & Co., 6 AS FURN ACE. Manufacturers’ Agents For Iron and Steel Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler and RICHMOND & POTTS, Sheet Iron and General Railway 119 8. Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Equipments. Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia, The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed for over TWENTY YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality ef RAILS, have now an annual capacity of 100,000 Tons of Iron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &. ADDRESS, CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, No. 218 South 4th Strect, Philadelphia, Or at the Works, JOHNSTOWN, PA. Or LENOX SMITH, New York Selling Agent, 46 Pine St., N. ¥. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, - Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, PATENT WROUGHT IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order, Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. BOSTON AGENTS, FRED. A. HOUDLETTE & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ALAN WOOD & CO., MANUFACTUREKS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom PLATE cc SHEET IRON. No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. ipe, 8 Stack ited ecially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke § \ a ee “ab, Ecomnotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. tS Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, PENCOYD IRON WORKS. A. & P. ROBERTS & CO., 4" CAR AXLES. a BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Office, No, 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. ee aaa ef) | Manufacturers of the Anvil Brand Refined Merchant Bar Iron, Also. the James Rowland & Co. Kensington Nails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. MANUFACTURERS OF FOUNDRY FACINGS. FOUNDRY SUPPLIES. MOULDING SAND A SPECIALTY. Albany, Crescent, Tullytown and Lumberton Sands, $a - GERMAN LEAD, BITUMEN, SIEVES, MACHINERY SAND, AMERICAN LEAD, ANTHRACITE, SHOVELS, BRASS SAND, - PLUMBAGO, CHARCOAL, BRUSHES, CHANDELIER SAND, STOVE PLATE, MINERAL, CRUCIBLES, STOVE PLATE SAND, § Office and Storeroom ;: J. W. PAXSON & CO. } 522, 516 and 518 each St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. ~ ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables, General Office, 303 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Works at Allentown, Pa. JAMES C. BOOTH. THOMAS H, GARRETT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnut St.), PHILADELPHIA, PA, Established in 1836. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of all kinds. A special department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analyais of Iron Steel, Iron Ores, Slags, Limeston ap. Coals, Cleys, Fire Bands, &c, All analyses mad by the members of the firm. Prige gts on applicatide, 2 ee THE IRON AGE: Xvon, Edward J. Ett wusTice CON, i IRON BROKER axp COMMISSION _—.. JUSTICE COX, JR. & CO., 230 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. AGENTS FOR Pig, Bar and Railroad tron. | Chicki So Sis aoe. Shaat ae. Chickies, St. Charles, Montgomery Agent for the and Keystone Xvon, MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK,| Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. | CATASAUQUA MFG, COS The Coleraine Furnaces. Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD RAILROAD CA R AXLES. DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, NEW AND OLD RAILS. C b ck with rail 1. > anaes en Beem No. 333 Walnut St., Philadelphia, > adie acm Fe ney, panes PETER WRIGHT & SONS, Exclusive SALES AGENT, Chester Iron Co.’s Blue, Red and Hof ORES. Also celebrated ** Brotherton” Ore, The Allentown Iron Co. and 307 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 52 Broadway, New York, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, D. W. R. READ, T. HORACE BROWN, D. W.R. READ & CO., ORES, METALS, &c.SPIEGELEISEN, Pig, Scrap, NEW AND OLD RAILS, And Iron Ore. Importers of German and English Native and Foreign Iron, Manganese, and other Ores. 205% Walnut St... PHILADELPHIA. Office in New York, 1429 Peart St. . -———- J. 0. RICHARDSON, |E&: W.-CLARK & Co. Bankers and Stock Exchange Brokers, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, No, 35 South Third St., Philadelphia, No. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia. 7 Pig Iron, Railroad Iron and CLARK, POST & MARTIN, Iron Ores. Sole Agent for the MONOCACY FURNACE CO. ‘ 3 Ms saan a Bankers and Railway Commission Merchants, MOSELEM, ROCKHILL, WARWICK, And other Favorite Brands. SILVER GREY IRON A SPECIALTY. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., lron Merchants & Railway Equipments. 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Sole agents Glasgow Iron Co. and Pine Iron Works manufacturers of Muck Bar and all grades of Plate = THE lron. Celebrated *“*‘Glasgow’”’ and * Pine’’ brands for fire boxes and difficult flanging. Pig and Bar Iron, Ralls and all shapes in Iron. Quotations No. 34 Pine St., New York, Importers of Pig Iron, New and Old Raiis, Scrap Iron, &c. ™ Sv. Gael 9 gTA 03 o- given on Bridge and Building Specifications. § T A N D A K D WROUGHT IRON - ; STEEL 7 Boiler Tubes, WORKS. Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. Qil Well Tubing, Casing and} iocomotive AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL. LINE PIPE. BAND "" |Z sTANDARD. Cotton Presses, Forgings, | gutty ana cmetency, fully Guaranteed. ricer te ee? ~ Liane norennas, Driving and Car Axles, Cran *ins, Piston Rods, &c. ROLLING MILL AND ™ Works at Lewistown, Pa. Office, 2:20 8S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa, General Machinery. |——— 2 LANGHORNE WISTER. RODMAN WISTER. L. & R. WISTER, READING IRON WORKS, IRON BROKERS. 261 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, | wire Bricks. M14 Mire Brick Cows ee ee sianemmene . A NP No. 230 South 4th St., Philadelphia, HEBERTON & CO., ~~ oma Selling Agents and Commission Merchants . A. PURVES & SO N, For the sale o Corner South & Penn Streets, Phila., Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Scrap, Galvanized, | : Black, Sheet, Pipe and Railroad | i a ” liad XL Ee <> INT ~ “chaning & Pulle 7a, Steams Magines.” No. 333 Walnut St., Phila. Pumps & Boilers, Copper, Brass, Charcoal Bloom and Pig a specialty. | Tin, Babbit Metals, Foundry — - — —_—— = Facings. Best Quality Ingot Brass, LOGAN IRON AN D STEEL CO,, Casb paid for all kinds of Metals ana Tools, 218 South 4th S8t., Philadelphia, Pa. FRANCIS WISTER, | Sole Eastern Agent GREENWOOD & EMMA C. B. C. PIG IRON, A. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO. CONNELLSVILLE COKE. REFINED AND CHARCOAL BAR IRON. cae Sladeon Auk Wewotitn. 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. Works at Lewistown, Pa., and Greenwood, Pa. J. J. MOHR, Iron Commission Merchant, Fine Light and Medium-Weight GRAY No. 430 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. IRON CASTINGS to order, Sole Agent for the Sheridan and Leesport Furnaces. | Correspondence solicited. J. EF. BAILEY c& CO.,., 216 South 4th St., Philadelphia. 52 Wall St., (Room 8) New York. ; Selling Agents ATKINS BRO’S—BEAMS, CHANNELS, RAILS, &c. A. & P. Roberts & Co.—Car Axles, Plates, Channels, Tee, Angle and Bar Iron. WILLIAM McILVAIN & SONS—Boiler, Ship and Bridge Plates. BERWICK R. M. BARS AND SHAPE IRON. Advar.ces on Consignments of Old Material and sales promptly made. 23d and Race Sts., Philadelphia, BRADLEE & CO. EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, KXKeystone Horse Shoe Co., 816 Richmond St., Philadelphia Pa. Manufacturers of all kinds of Chains. Also of the Keystone Patent Solid Steel Calk Horse and Mule shoes. ; These Shoes are made of superior iron, completely finished holes are punched through at the proper angles and free from burrs Same number of Shves per keg as in kegs of unfinished shoes. We wish tocall particular attention to our D. B. G. special Crane Chain, made of an extra brand of reworkediron, unit- ing great tensile strength oad wear, fully tested and ware ranted in every particular; superiorto the very best brands of English Crown Chain, aad specially adapted fer rafting, mining and dredging, CHARLES K, BARNS, NORTH BROS., and ready for cold shoeing; nave clip and solid ste@] calk. The | 5 | In each of the three benefits last named | the pressure on the funds has been increased /in consequence of the prolonged depression in trade, for lack of employment means | scarcity of food and other necessaries of life ; the distress thus occasioned brings on sickness, and ultimately a larger proportion | of deaths. | The next item of expenditure—accident benefit—helped, no doubt, to intensify the |demand for compensation in case of acci- | dents, and led to the agitation for the Em- | ployers’ Liability Lill, now passed into law. | Though the trades under review are not so | liable to accidents as some others—as, for | instance, miners, railway servants and the | Operatives in the building trades—yet that | the amounts annually paid are considerable | will be manifest from the following : Amount granted, | Amalgamated Society of En- £ & « &@ GGG vive dviccosusvetsicessccs SO 2,800 © © | Friendly Society of Iron Found- ; 2 et cabeay Cre viasubbuss eis ceaee 150 943 18 7 | Boiler Makers and Iron Ship- Se ae : -» 100 20r 17 0 | Steam Engine Makers........... 100 120 0 0 OMA Gh as cai eLPR PREC Ke sues £3,065 15 7 In addition to the foregoing amounts, the four societies above named gave, in benevo- ent grants to distressed members, widows and orphans, the following sums, not ex- ceeding £6 at any one time, to any member or widow : _— £ s. d. Amalgamated Society of Engineers... 6,378 13 4 Friendly Society of Iron Founders.... 70 10 0 Boiler Makers and Iron Shipbuilders. 1,178 5 7 Steam Engine Makers............ . 212 a0 o EE Sn cG eve Ciba Oe eae atin chutes £7,839 18 i: The aggregate amount thus paid in one year | by the four societies was £326,275. 10/2, as the annexed summary will show : Gross amounts. £ s. d | Out of work and traveling.......... 229,098 2 «Ot , Sick benefit. .... Sepa beesntedevaves 49,801 9 12 Superannuation allowance.......... 23,907 15 2 Funeral allowance.................. 12.544 8 6 Accident allowance................. 3,005 15 7 Benevolent grants........ Needs auets 7.839 18 12 CE ON 56555 < sa watNat vcs’ £326,257 10 32 The whole of this vast sum was expended for purely benevolent purposes, without reference to strikes or disputes. The value and importance of this simple fact is patent, and none will deny that its beneficial ef- fects are immense. It will explain also, to | &@ great extent, the reason why the unions are so powerful and their influence so vast, If they had no higher objects in view, or grander purposes to serve, than the main- tenance of ‘‘ trade privileges,” ‘‘ time- honored customs” and the like, they would speedily succumb to that great economical force, competition. Not that they would al- together cease to exist, for this is hardly possible under the present conditions of labor, but the motive power which sustains them would spend itself in the fruitless attempts to regulate prices, without refer- ence to the law of supply and demand. The foregoing epitome of the position, work and influence of these four large unions in the iron trade would not be com-