, 1874-04-14
An Ultimatum from the Employers
to the Employees.
Meeting Of 1nternatIona! Labor-Associa-
lions in Rochester and Phila-
delphia.


embarrassed condition, aud, although convon-
olttcs by representative producers to better tho
condition Of tho business, nothing for It's i'm
provoment has boon accomplished.
Tho continued stagnation Of tho iron interest
has caused tho masters to roduco wages, to
kcop thon from being entirely ruined, and this
has
onnArED ruu pnEaEN4. n1rz1cp1rY
between thon and thelr 1nen.
Within the past 10" days,, public and secret
meotngs have been hold and largely attended,.
by tho worktnon at tho central polnt0 of tho
iron country. The most important meeting was
hold at Reading, nndor tho ausrieoH Of tho Ma
tional puldlora' Union, and representatives woro
prosent from all tho districts or tho staso gov
orncd by tho organization.
AN uLT1dATuM FROM TIE wonKMrN.
Considerable action was takon regarding the
dinoreneea botwocn tho employea aud employ
ers, and IL was finally ngroed BY the Union to
issue tho annexed ultimatum, to bo aont to tho
manufacturers
o proposo TO go by the market prices. II iron ncs
s c ss fpS py Is s @ag
pudding Ii s575 allowance Is TO 10 received from
1hs oa1co; iron advances s. nor Ton Tor bars, Tie
In price, tho pudding raes ara to fall In proportion.
ho selling pEteo u TO bo seticd by tho Wholesale
average prices during tho month to servo % tho price
for tlo succeeding month.
tne mM Is 10 govern tsolft anu Ill qucattors thnt
may come bctwecn tho Companies and tho mon are
to 10 5o aetlea M d ~ y the Company ana n.o Onion
Tay-aay 10 DC tho % saifa ~ naqraay @ Of each month
for vsar or ~ MIL nj %uo 1R7s en Pnt @
uss ~ sgn99 By tho Company and committee Of
Upon tho receipt Of this document, tho prom
inont operators held a conference, aud it Was
unanimously resolved not to accodo to the propo-
aitlon Of tho mon undor any circumstanccs. :.
STRIKE COMMENCED.
When }1,fa f3ayfRt1H mar ,rnfJa trnxry, +o +},,
mcmborB OF tho Union, strike WAS at once in
auguratod in number Of the representative
rolling mills Of the State, and now thore aro be-
tuoen 10000 and II, 900 mon On tho etanl-out.
accept tho schedule Of prlcoa as adopted by tho
Union, but would strictly adhere to the
25 per cont reduction, hl1 spread rapidly
throughout the, iron country. Eyory day tho
number OF malcontentB Is augmented. It is
stated that the rupture that has occurred in
PennsylYanfa will extend to every part Of The
country where iron is produced.
- EXTENT OF TIE UNION.
Union has 46 forges in Ponnaylania. 20 in Ohio,
in West Virginia, In Kentucky, in Indiana.
3 In Illinois, 13 in New York, O Ia Now Jersey,
and each iu Wisconsin, Michigan aud Mary
between 50, 600 and and &C, 900, nnd tho Treasury
Is sufficiently we'll supplied with money to suB-
tain tho lnomboss for q long timo should tho
strike become general.
4 % sseret meeting of tlo ron.worlsora employed
ut Palo Alto Port Carbon, Fishbaok, and other
places WAS held IN this city Saturday evening.
TIE Tn1nuNE correspondent has CLEANED Bonao
points aa to the action Of tho meeting, which
show taat u, t, there is much discomfort among the
result Of the conforencos held BY tho Brother
hood IN Allentown, Bethe!em and tho adjoining
regions. One etandout haa also taken piace ut
Port Carbon at the works of Capt. Boyer.
INTERESTS INVOLVED.