The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-08
1he lockout up at PITTSBURGH.


From the Pittsburgh Commercial
The great lockout, as 1t is now gener-
ally termed, which has; since the 18th of
January last, closed, or nearly closed,
our rolling mills, is now regarded by
all parties concerned as at an end. The
iron-workers generally appear to be
satisfied with the compromise, and ex-
press their intention of observing it.
The suspension of labor has been one
of the most extensive that has ever oc-
CURED in this locality. TWAS rumored
in December, 1866, that on the 10Th of
the following January the various iron
mills in the city and vicinity would
suspend blu siness on account of diff
Guilty about wages. The proprietors of
the rolling mills had notified their pud-
oilers that the wages they were then
paving, would have to be reduced, as
they could no longer give 80 per ton.
The workmen refused to submit to
gsd19tiOp a. and Il is the ste caI
ed, was the result. On Monday,
December 10, the rolling mill of Jones
81 Laughlin, Brownston, which had
been paying 80 per ton for week,
stopped. On Saturday, January IL, the
Duquesne Iron Works, and the rolling
mill of Zug d Co.. in the Fifth Ward,
stopped. Nearly all the mills in this
vicinity also stopped at this time. The
only mills that continued in operation
| were the following: Lyon, Shorb q Co.,
Monongahela borough; Hutchinson,
Glass q Co., Soho run; Gregg's mills,
Four Mile run; and the mills of Aussey,
Wells d Co., Fifth Ward. These mills
continued to run all the winter. On
Monday, April l, several of the mills
commenced running a few furnaces,
paying 80 per ton. Affairs remained in
this state, with no immediate prospect
of settlement, until a card appeared,
/ A "a Gr nj 10
Sable Works, stating that they would
hand over their mill one year to any re-
sponsible party, on the condition that
the mill should be run to the extent OF
its capacity, and the party should pay
over to them, as their share of the
profits the average difference between
the prices then demanded in Pittsburgh
and those then paid per ton in Eastern
Pennsylvania, New York, New Eng
land and New jersey. This PROPOSE
| ton was not accepted. AT this time
several of the mills were running par
TALLY, and there were not so many men
out Of employmet as during the winter.
The mill of Jones d Laughlin started
April 80, and has been running ever
since. Zug 81 Co. also started the first
of May. The Duquesne Iron Works
also commenced running. These estab-
lishments, however, still claimed that
they could not afford to pay the prices
| aSk6u, anu uIu uOI run Gh0 LuLA
of furnaces.
On Saturday morning, June %, a
train of cars direct from New York ar
rived at the Union Depot, containing
over two hundred iron workers from
Germany. These were put at work in
some of the mills, and considerable ex-
| element was the result.
In the early part of last week CON-
mittee from the Iron Masters Associa
| ton, and committee from the Iron
| Workers Association, met and agreed
upon a compromise, which was sub
mitted to the last mentioned body on
Saturday evening last, and ratified by
| them. This compromise allows the
boilers SO per ton until the 18th of the
present month. Alter that they submit
| to a reduction of one dollar per ton,
| with an agreement that a further reduc-
ton shall take place in case the price of
iron decreases. This arrangement
seems to be accepted by all parties as
final, and in few weeks the mills will
undoubtedly be running to their full
capacity.
The number of men out of employ
ment March l was estimated to be as
follows: Puddlers, 700; helpers, nail
laborers and others dependent on the
work of the puddlers for support, 5000;
miners on the south side of the Mo-
| nongahela, on the Youghiogheny and
the Pennsylvania Railroad, 200; iron
moulders, 800; laborers dependent on
their work for employment, 1000; glass
them for work, 700. This makes the
total number of men out of employ
ment at that time, 900. An average of
So per day for these men would be a
low estimate at the. prices paid
at the time of the strike; at
this rate, from January to
March 81, the wages paid would
have been about 81, 1902, 900. At this
time some of the mills starting furnish
ed part of the men with work. Allow
ing 900 to have been out of employ
ment since that time, and to remain so
until the new arrangement goes into
effect, and their wages at the same rate
would amount to $1,6s0,00O. The total
amount of money, had the mills not
stood idle, that would have been paid
out, therefore, is $685., 900. This esti-
mate, perhaps, will not cover half the
loss which our city has sustained by the
lockout.
The Pittsburgh Advocate says:
We sincerely rejoice that the lockout
of the iron masters af this city, against
the iron boilers, which has existed for
some months past, has been terminated
at last by an honorable concession to the
boilers. Acting upon a proposition from
the iron masters, the representatives
of the Boilers Union held a conference
with them early last week, the result of
which was an agreement that the boil
ers should receive So per ton for pud-
ding, instead of 81 as hitherto required
by the iron masters, the attempt to en-
force which reduction caused the long
standing lockout, the boilers having
previously received So per ton. Last
Saturday evening large meeting of
the Boilers Union was held, for the
purpose of ratifying or rejecting the re-
suit of the late conference, and it was
ratified by an almost unanimous vote,
tue boilers agreeing to accept the re-
duction of 81, and, also, to regain the
lost trade, to submit to further reduc-
ton, in case the price of iron receded.
The arrangement will go into effect
on the 18th proximo.
MARRIED.