The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-16
THELABOR LOCKOUT.
Its Object Accomplished. and Ii
should End.

>ulltu MIN OF 10 "lluuIdN "AollN HDilI
the market if the terms there offered
were. in his opinion, too low, and the re-
suit of an oppressive, cunning combina
tiop of bearish BUYERS rather than the
natural, legitimate outgrowth OF the
state of trade. Strange, thinks the read
er, that So manifcstly equitable propo-
.itrnu could have been questioned or de-
MED. Bot, in effect, it was.
Some of the manufacturers after cut
ting down pay, hastily assumed the func-
tion of sitting IN Judgment upon the
puddlers. for refusing to take their
clipped tender.
ii was to repeal this arrogant assump-
ton that we furnished detailed account
of the situation about the time the lock
out" came TO be regarded as fixed in the
immediate prospective. So far as We
were ,hon able to ascertain. the facts were
r.ducibIe to the following: First. that
the mill-owncrs declared business 50
much depressed and orders 50 few as well
a> ut such abatcd figures, that it was It
sheer impossibility to continue paying
,G prr ton for pudding; second
that the hands doubted the entire sin
.r.ri,v nt the mill owners tnourbt they
.,vrrr nnde,yorino to trlrhten eInployee.
int, g reduction 6y rai,Iuu the OGRE of =
hard winter and that the whole pro-
.r,cJirp represented the tactics of com
Lip,tion oi oicnnitali.ts. not only 10 swell
.,L.ir nrofit. Lv rnuoinp fine horny.
Lardod bnf to ircgk fbr Lyrl; Of biGh
,'.,',,a. ,,,,co' and forever 4 certain sr%j,
- h,.n .,,L,,it,od Lr ,bn nil nrnnr.
'',',i ,'n,,t,I 49,, ~. thn rniJIor. TLi. tL,
,,ii, ,,,i' ', nuInrs rn;us~d INV Inrgor tn live
H.. .rI ,6., circ,n.t.Ic, ol., ,,ovn IN.
.%inr NJ an Ynn,rrnt confirmation to thc
.,snfcion oLnrc noted tbot tho pltnrior
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,yLrn ,he matter bad hrrm discns.rJ nro
,rd con. I'VE ought to test this. If it
Ia r..II, ,rno tLa7 ,he manmfac.nr.rs
ra,r,, rop,in,,a r,,.ir,,. rs -; ncr tom fo,.
LnjI;n,, .ayn at - d;rect loss e. tho,n.
,a,rn,7 - cnnrSc wo ,nns, +al.n ,. u.bot tbn,.
.o, ,,iy. Rvt ot ,ba Same ti,,r
, ho,o nur d,rb,. .b,r, ,b.
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iI,v. sboII ,bn noiut hn snIvaJ2 WIZ
,bcr. +. only one way That way i to
r.fnse AN statement. If the mauufuc-
turcrs are now PLAYING of in their rep
r..rptatjons this will brin" them to time.
If they can run at 50 per ton they will
do 80 rather than permit their machinery
tp lie idle, and if they cannot pay 50 Il
ton We shall have practical evidence Of
il after which. of course. there would no
Ion.,rr be any sense i'm our ,tayinr out ="
Til ,ro bSlirva waS the nhijn.nnby nf
,b.s,rilr At laa.t il wos Inc rnnstrur-
,;,,.. a.. nm, unon il and tha only ON.
.En, g ,.a,,iL aocnrd with reason 'TaLir,,
:. .T.,, ,l r,.,,,,,, ,r. l.,J ,,, b..it,ti,I,
,',,.,.,;,,., nm, .,.,,,,,a+by viii thn
80 - ;,,,;.,i,;.,,f,., ,.;.,,,,,s,.,,,.,..
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WV, ..,'.'i ''N''''''7 jason
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n"' a. ~ 'iN', ,''v,'i" - o.7 ,.',,'
saw II, 't''>G ;isohi" % r, ~, =" fnS,"t thaf
",, nv Ill -. oi ,;,,n. ,,r;io and
-. -. -. 80, T,,"rn,;'a H., III.
Erinr. "%," p,gr~ p. ~ the nojnt to-day Tbrcc
''.'.' I.,.,.l,,, oIan.,,d s;,,,,. Tho ,nijI.
suspended, While the immovablitv of
the pudJlers has made clear the fact that
their labor eau only be had at the best
rates that NAV be ronsonant with the
condition of trade, another point has
been brought out also. And that is that
the depression talked about Is the genu-
jug article. and capitalists really cannot
run the mills nt the nresent moment NJ
the price demanded for pudding.
First, they have not resumed opera
ton. ltthcy could have resumed ut So
90 per ton, if there was any profit in the
business at that figure, if they could even
have cleared expenses, some Of them
would certainly have tried 1t long ago
rather than allow Their machinery to
rust; Indeed the most obstinate would
not nave stood ihact''e Tor 'lre' months.
Second ne reduoli'a ot the card