The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-18
THE plTTsnUIsGI LOCKOUT.
An Interview Between u Reporter
and Several rudtIIerS.

... ana Several PuuulerS nj.
iron tho Pittsburgh Evening Telegraph, 10TH
The purpose Of the articles in the Itle.
graph yesterday, md indeed since the
inauguration OF The lockout, has been, II
possible, to induce u speedy settlement Of
tho pcnliltg difficulty. Feeling deep
Interest in The matter, us II involves the
welfare and prosperity Of our whole city,
and understanding the manufacturers
position, rs does also The public, thor.
Oughly, We deemed II bat proper 10 ais
patch our reporters 10 converse with the
puddlcrs to obtain what, II any changes
in their determination to hold out, Ind
been In contemplation. The result Ol
these interviews will be found below, and
the story is the same as told when the
strike was inauguratch, via that the de-
nland for iron was as good ia II ever was
and tho prices fully as high; TINT the
manufacturers have grown wealthy on
the labor Of the men and arc now attempt.
Ing to Cypress them. lInt no union man.
nger or sane man can demonstrate that
iron Is selling at as high rates IA ever, and
II manufacturers have grown rich in
times pNSt, II ia plainly evident they art
not now enjoying high degree Of pros
perity. II they are we ask why would
aug " ca, have closed down their mill nj
an annual loss Of $96,OOOY gcyg
But let the readers Of Tie 4rlcwuph
carefully peruse what the pnddlers nay,
as will be J0nhd below: ~ -flIl /
AN INTERVIEW WITH MIR. BISHOP
X, A1elewdph reporter visited the fourth
tlOOr Of the Dispatch building yesterday
afternoon for the purpose Of finding MI.
David Harris, the pr$ide1t Of the B0ler'a
Unioh, who, Il was Rupp6sed would BE-
present q tile puddlsfs needing held
there. Mr.. Harris was not found, but
Mr. Bishop, who since Tie lock .out has
been Il leading man In the Union, present.
ed himself rs the victim Of tho interview,
In reply u the question II there, were any
new developments, Mr.. fIishbb Said there
we're not that matters we're in shtll QUO.
laporter-DOes tlbte mill scein 10 be
n determination OH The part Of the men
To hold out for the price they demand?
MI Bishop-C Certainly there Ia; why
there bc2
| Repe=Wtll, | Have M lartdhGnlslt0
differ on this question N came ID yet tic
facts. Has there been any proposition
made on eitllcfsi1C since The lockout WINS
ihangurateh? tu.
Mr.. B.-NO, not Ia ts rs II body; nor
llaye We hiaIle Aay ffoRbsitiott6 Tie hiani
IdacLuFeth. Some 6ftlis Individual Iifmsl
nS you are aware, have made n proposal
10 their lnihdlCts.
ltep.--Do the pldilcrs think they wifi
be able to hold out until their demands
lrC accetlCd To. gtg .sIFITJI
Another pntllller who was standing hy
DfOke in ut Lhis point, "(tf course We do :;
{ We didn't we wouldn't have commenced
It." Il
Mr.. Bishop, in response to some otlct
acknowledged that the winter
hal been "mighty hard one" but they
couldn't earn their salt on the rate Of. |
erred Ivy the manufacturers md in the |
pfing and summer II would be worse, be.
'attae the pnddlers would have 10 employ
man. The puddlefs had not made |
my propositions To the manufacturers,
md would tlp sOs (ACCGSJsyI
Tho Interview closed here, nhd The re.
'Otter withdrew.
on TIiE sOrTIi SIDE.
One 81 our reporters who visited the
south Side, dropped into The Office Of
Deputy Mayor Barker. A bevy'of Young
elbows were seated about the stove, and
yhen the subject Of hia visit was stated
h simple manner, the response WA
hat but one In the crowd was A puddlot
the eldest one, a man Of middle age,
Vho seemed apparently To have arrived
nj recently from ireland, AZ he spoke tho
etnaCulNr with such a thofoug hnra as
o leave all his fcllow.conntfymcn in the
hAhc. ...lI
This brawny physical worker Vas
uestiOncd In the first place IA 10 his
Of any contemplated change in
he present state Of affairs to relieve TIA
tonOtony, aud why the boilers persisted |
n prolonging this inactivity. .wP
HIGHLY INDIGNANT. '"
II was worry evident from tho looks Oi
he puidIer that he did not relish what
las said. lie answered mtike 4 Yankee
'onld by ptopuundinR "A uueatioD. inao.