The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-11-11
THE LABOR QUESTION.
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Tho way- They Are sRanniDg at tho
Various Establishments.
According to Q correspondent Of the
New York Herald Tho Pittsburgh manu- |
fscturers have resolved TO keep their e e.
attachments running as long "as suftct-1
Gent money 10 realized from the products
OF tho edtablisments to deirsy expenses :
How long thatwill be % altogether nncet-
tain. 1t may not be long Il the present
stringency continues d liSA aO' sliS'5~-I
"If the banks refuse or are powetless 70
assist them In the present emergency, they
must close up, and this painful TACT unfor-
tunately 10 becoming more and more man
hest as the gloom Of the panic hoyers
about - a.. .g s. ~
As to the different concerns, the COR
respondent says, in abiding to some Of
the principal ones, that the American Iron
Works( Where 5000 men are emploged)
are still running on full time at reduce
tlon'of 10 per cent in wages. . II LIZ IL :
sHoENBEnaER, BLAIR d Co. atetunniDg
single turn. eThe firm have every conf
dence in q rich yield OF orders for the
spring trsde, when they will put on their
full force. The wages Of their present
employees have been reduced from 10 to
10 per cent, the men are receiving, one;
half their earnings in cash, with which
arrangement they seem perfectly salts
fed" LsGT y -5-,. 4-s-.re
BRows & BRos. are running the ipll
complement Of hands Of both turns, day
and night. A reduction Of about ten per
cent has been made in the wages OF skill
ed labor on the gliding scale basis, and q
like reduction on the wsges of day labor.
ers. Allworkmen earning less than $ea
day receive their wages in full Those
who exceed this amount are paid fifty
per cent Theremainder is held IN trust
for them by the firm until such timesas
they can pay. of all their obligations. rio1
LEWIS, OLIVER & Phillips before the
present money stringency had in their
employ something like 100 men and
steady work for every one OF them, with
orders far into the future. However,
thew have been obliged to ,cuftail their
working force, but not TO any great ex!
tent, and ail their establishments have
been and are yet running full time. The
more skilled woikmen, earning tigh wa.
ees, receive one-haii in cash, while those
emploged TO perform the more ordinary
work are paid three-fourths in cash o.
what they earn. ~
Nr1IcK g. Co, iron and steel manufac-
turers, were, it may be said, over head
and ears in work before the financial
crash, since which time they felt them
selves Obliged to reduce the number o.
their employees and also TO make reduc'
ton Of 10 per cent in wages.
GBAFF, BENNETT g. Co., very large
iron works, employing upwards Of l, zoe
men, are now running single turn, q
change from double turn taking place
Saturday last. 1.'
Zua q Co., manufacturers Of all kindl
Of iron, have not been running but q
single turn for the past month, and in con
sequence have been obliged to dispense
with the seryices@of many who hayf
found steady employment during the
warm and cold months Of years and
years. Skilled workmen are paid one
halt cash, while the laborers receive theil
wages infull. -sy .,-.4aa
KNAPr's Fort Pitt Foundry, where tht
great twenty.inch guns were made fol
harbor Notifications and where cannon
for the government are still made, have
discharged fully, one third OF their work.
men and reduced the wages Of those re-
naming ten per cent. Up 10 the present
time they have managed 10 pay their mer
In iull. "A a.''s;H + Isl - Z,
The Iron City. and Siberian Works are
running both their mills, with full com
plement Of workmen, at reduction in
wages Of ten per cent, adopted soms
weeka ago. These concerns! give en-
ploymept toupwards Of four hundred men
and M the. firm make . specially Of Rus
sian sheet iron, they feel confident Of con
tinuing operations throughout the winter
without any sioppage whatever. sIn7t
The above, which comprise but. q few
Of the great iron manufacturing concerns
will serve as an illustration Of the manner
in which, they, have been running since
the money crisis commenced. There arr
quite q NUMBERED smaller concerns liha
have closed up altogether, either through
q lack Of orders OF IN consequence OF thu
refusal Of sWork nenr 10 accept the reduc-
ton Of wages proposed.
The long strike Of the coal miners has
ended, and.the men viii resume work On
Monday next providing The bosses have
work for them to do. The strike OF this
particular Class workman has been
going on iofa nuniber Of monthsA This
strike was against reduction in the price
Of digging insisted npon by the operator
and sIenuously resisted by the employees
as the differences between the operator
and empl0se have been atnicably GrTaDg'
cd dl'settled, - all the works on the
streams already mentioned win soon b.
in iult blast and thousands Of miners that
have been out Of employment for the last
couple OF months viii find ready and
steady work. The wages 'ofthe average
coal miner are NOT 70 be snetzed al; for |,
Is precious few laborefs that can make
$4to &5 andl 60 o. day right through q