The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-09
THE STRIKING PUDDLERS.

are About 10 ShW U0icA- PHdilerS'
statement Of Prices and Wages.
From the Pittsburgh Gazstto OF Yesterday
y comparatively small number Of the
pudding furnaces Of Pittsburgh were in
operation yesterday, the manufacturers
aud employees being equally convinced
that they are right, and determined TO
concede nothing TO the opposition. All
the mills have not yet closed, but a well
known manufacturer told our reporter
last night that it was only question OF a
tow days, as they are running merely for
the purpose OF finishing some orders they
have on hand, that when the work is
done they will shut down. Among the
firms that have suspended operations are
the following:
MCssrs. j. Painter Is Sons have issued
a circular informing their patrons that
they will be able to fill orders for two
months at least from the stock oil muck
bar now on hand. Their furnaces, fifty
two in all, arc out, and will remain so
until further arrangements arc made
This throws two hundred and eight pud.
dlers and helpers out OF employment, be-
sides the miners and handlers OF six thou.
sand bushels OF coal and u number OF la
borers
Lewis, Oliver T. Phillpj continue TO
run their upper mill Tor the benefit of a
large number OF boys who are the only
supports of their families, but their fur.
naccs in the mills in Allegheny have
stopped, throwing four hundred and fifty
men out Of work, exclusive of the coal
miners.
The Clinton and Millvale mills Of Graf,
Bennett & Co., have stopped pudding,
and four hundred men are out of work
They have "muCk'bar" enough to run
for some time.
Seventy.two furnaces Of the American
Iron Works arc idle, and four hundred
men out Of employment, representing
fifteen hundred persons without the
means oil support.
The remaining firms that have or are
about TO close, with the number Of fur
naCes and men idle may be briefly stated
as follows:
Reese, Graft & W ood, twenty-five fur.
naces and two hundred men. IAN
Lloyd & Sons, twenty-three furnaces
and one hundred and fifty men.
Chess, Smyth e Co., twenty furnaces
and eighty men.
Sligo mills, thirty-six puddlers and the
same number Of helpers.
Singer, Nimick IL Co., ten men.
e 10 OOn huDiFnl I1On0 OnTU
and four hundred or five hundred in case
the entire establishment etops. ....
Zng & Co., three hundred men.
Shoenberger 81 Co., twenty-nine fur
naces and between four hundred and five
hundred men.
Wilson, Leggatt & Co., fifteen furnaces
and between one hundred and fifty Hnd
two hundred men.
ByGrs s. Mccullough, fifty puddlers and
four hundred other hands. viii probably
shut down next Saturday.
Moorhead Il Co, twenty-five puddlers,
who are yet working at old rates viii
close tomorrow.
Everson, McCrum & Co, sixteen pud.
dlers and two hundred and fifty hands.
They expect to run until spring.
Concerning the Keystone Iron Works
OF MesSrs. Glass, Nicely & Co., IN evening
paper commits an error M saying they
employ only nineteen puddlers and one
hundred and fifty workmen. They have
nineteen pudding furnaces, one scrap
furnace, and gave employment TO two
hundred and sixty hands They closed
their pudding department on Saturday
last, and have on hand sufficient guam
tity oil "muck.bSr" 10 run their mill four
months. .... ...
W'D. Wood & Co, McEccsport, seven
furnaces, closed yesterday. ...
Lewis, Bailey, Dalzell Il Co., twenty.
three furnaces and ninety-two men,
This firm, 1t is said yesterday morning
refused an eastern order Tor 700 tons.
Lyon, Shob s. Co., have quit tho buis.
ness and sold out to MCssrs Phillips,
Nimick It Co, and have muck iron in
stock sufficient to enable them to run
considerable time without the discharged
puddlers.
Dilworth, Porter Il Co, fifty men.
Pittsburgh Forge & Iron Co., nearly
one hundred men.
TwGnly.three puddlers furnaces oil the
Pittsburgh Bolt Co., have been idle for a
week on account OF having on hand a
sufficient stock 10 supply orders.
The puddlers submit, for the COMPARE
son Of the public tho following schedule
OF the prices OF iron and the wages o.!
puddlers In 1870 and in 1874.
1870.
Metal quoted ::.;,.........,;;.... $t5 to SSs
PuddlCrs received per ion (MAyl..... .
Reduced IN June to..'..,,.,....,,.., w
Llboring mil hands per dGy.....,.,. IFS
= nnaLn.n Ll,n.. ..nn na.L Il. Z.