The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-07
Great Crowd Around Associations
Rooms On Fifth Avenue.
General Shut Down Of Mills !
From 10000 to $4,000
Men out of Employment.
Intense Interest Manifested a
to the Result.
PARTICULARS, BE-. &c. &c.
From Yesterdays Sunday News.


PITTSBURGH, Pa. Dec. 5, ll:3OP =. NJ.
AS the result of to-day meeting be-
tween the iron manufacturer and pud-
oilers of this city We have to announce
the rejection by the puddlers OF the
manufactures offer, and the adjournment
of the meeting without any show OF
Welding on either side. The inevitable
result of the failure of the negotiations
which have been pending for the last
thirty DAYS, seem, at tie present writing
to be general shut down OF the mills
and the consequent suspension OF all
hands, numbering in the aggregate be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 men. There has
been an immense crowd around the
rooms of the Association on Fifth Ave
nue. all afternoon, and intense interest ~
to the result prevails throughout the city.
The Men VINO Took Part I'm the Con.
ferepe-PreIimina Remarks.
According to arrangement. the last
"confercnce" between the puddlcrS and
iron manufacturers of Pittsburgh assem-
hled at the rooms of the Iron and Steel
Association at two o clock this afternoon.
The dividing line between labor and
capital could easily be traced by a
Glance around the room, singing out
those who earned their bread by the
sweat of their brow at the doors of the
budding furnace, and those whose labor
WAS that of the brain and not OF tn"
body. Among the latter were members
of the following well known iron firms
of the city and vicinity +. ID. Wood
X Co., Rogers Il Burchficld, Graft, Ben
net & Co, Jones Il Laughlin, Sprang,
Cbalfant ( Co.. Lewis, Baily, DalZrll X
Co. J. Painter n Son, Philips, Nmick
& Co. Bvers. Mccullough & Go, Lewis,
oliver. Il Phillips, Glass, Neatly x Co.,
Zug X Co, Reese, Graft, " Woods. Sho-
ruLcrcr Il Co.. Carnegie, kloman X Co.,
Lindsay II McCutcheon, EVersoh, Mac
rum n Co, and others. =,
Among the representative puddlerS
who we're present were noticenbIe
David Harris, VIM. Henry, r. ii. Jones,
Jo.cph Bishop, 4. C,Corblry, L. LJone>'
Jnbn c. Thomos, f. ii. MacEr'>h, VIM
Wrich. w. Harrington, Johnathan
Davis, r. j. Wallace, Lewis Good ana
Daniel Towe.
The above firms have given orders to
their watchmcn and employees not t.
stsrt their Monday morning fires until
further orders. u
Mr.. Lewis then perceived MrsSrS
Rishop and Harris entering ana sald J"'
cnseIv that thew would have to be locked
Mr.. Lewis, the chairmen OF the meet
ing stated that We adjourned the con,
frT.nce of the subcommittee without
orrivinr at anv conclusion. The pro
~n.i,;rn was made by the puddirr'
r. continue the present scale down Il
two and half cents. and had hr'il re-
iected, We adjourned to meet t"-ua!
and are now ready for any hG,'hr>, III"
NAV be brought forward. frrhSp>
nmtbt 10 have stated that the SUB com
,n;,,na Of iron men had made the mr.
,rnnosition and adhered I" II, ana II
RI, hes, proposition We have to MAKE.
Mr. Henry (puddler)-Thcn there
,,,,,b;nc here To discuss at all. th|H'
,,nu Gentlemen ought To take our pr"p">
ition under consideration, We th'nh
an honorable and straightforward one
Mr.. Bennett then addressed me 'het'
;pr He said in the course "' ms r.,
marks tina; the proposition was imp,
this. change your card and we Will ri. rT'
DOWN with YOU. The matter was 'n''
licensed nj the meeting last Wedne>I"
"n5 i is unnecessary to discuss II tu'
thcr. I'll, ,,.o, -
MIR. Harris (puddlerl-There wa. n
proposition submitted to asuo'eo"m''''
10 my knowledge ,.,..o,
3ay