The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-01
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Both manufacturers and iron workers
are more than Satisfied with the new or.
rsngement The former expect q large
increase in orders shortly In consequences
Of trouble at Cincinnati, the Amalgama.
ted Association OF that district having de.
manded an advance OF 30 per cent, and the
latest advices indicate q strike. The work.
ers, OF course, are pleased because they
got nearly oil that they demanded. The
concession Of an advance In the heaters
wages II is thought will nearly make up
Tor the "crop ends" And Just hare 0 word
Of explanation concerning ''crop ends" Is
In order. II was claimed by the workers
that at two or three mills an imposition
was practiced on them In matter Of
''Crop ends" For instance the roller
would be ordered 10 turn out bars eixteen
feet In length and In making up
the piles Of muck bar the mana
ger would place enough iron In
a pile to turn out q bar OF iron
eighteen to t%wenty.three feet In length,
thus leaving "crop.ends" Of from two 10
seven feet In length. These lends" In.
stead Of being thrown into the scrap pile,
would be cold TO other mills that work on
speclalties, such as hinges, etc., and the
price obtained for them would be nearly
as much 90 the price OF merchant bar. This
was maniiestly unjust aud the mannfac.
tufers generally acknowledged H. They
claimed, however, that as 0 large majority
lin fact nearly All-of the mills acted
fairly In the premises IL was not lust the
right thing 10 make them suffer because
OF the unfair acts OF two or three men.
The workers, be II known, do not object
10 short "crop.ends," say from eight in.
ches to two feet In length, and 1t was de.
cided that they could correct the abuse
without an agreement giving them extra
pay for "crop.snds" Of q "piggish" length.
THE CINCINNATI TROUBLE.
An Associated Press dispatch from Gin.
cinnati last night states that the strike for
an advance Of 30 per cent would extend
from Pittsburgh 10 ". Louis. A reporter,
as soon az he had read the dispatch, called
on Secretary Martin, OF the A%malgamated
Association here, tnd asked him II there
was any truth In the statement. \
"You are aware that the manufacturer
have agreed npon a scale which will run
to June l, 1889, are you not2"
II have received information TO that
effect from both manufacturers and iron
workers" answered the reporter.
"Well, you NAV say that the trouble In
Cincinnati is confined 10 that district, and
that the iron woikets In this city aud
vicinity, including Wheeling and other
points 10 the Pittsburgh disLriCt, will 60
10 work 10 morrow under the new scale,
and that they will work for one year re.
CARELESS OF what may be done by the Am.
alganAted Association Of Cincinnati"
A Manufacturer stated last night that q
strike Ia Cincinnati would greatly i'm.
prove the iron trade here. In fegRtl Ia
The difference ID the scales In The East,
West and In Pittsburgh be said II was
caused by the difference In the coal used.
ID The Eastthe price for boiling ID from
atty 10 seSanty:ave cents pet ton lower
than In Pittsburgh, while ID the West Il
is Hity cents higher than IN Pittsbutgh. II
is said that an ADVANCE OF Thirty per cehI
10 Cincinnati will only bring the prices o
boiling DIP 10 SO 90 per ton, which Is tiitJ
cents per ton more than the scale for thil
dlalfikl.