Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-27
THE CRISIS
.,.iudicsd View Of the situation
at Pittshnrs- ~
=. E,sOf a Great striks-T6s hanufae-
s'..rs' S'r sseting-The immense Inter
'1',s -, InyOlSsd- Secretary Mar
fms Views Cincinnati t4j
and St. Louis.
r,sr NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS.

.,y oOrspondrsoe0 ~ Register
p's,Te, " May 26.-Eyerything now
% indicate that we are on the point
-, the most disastrous strikes that
:, ~ oc,urred in the country. As you
I n,.,, informed by telegraph the Anal
- association 50 medihed its origs-
5sm,nds for an advance on the scale, as
4 .Ee the increase asked 80 or % cents
4 - - instead OF s2.25 to S2.5e. sueh a
Il ,;@rstiou was predicted in these letters
,bap a month ago, and the -REezExE.
! ,lr,ost alone in that prediction. The
q =, has shown that you were not misin-
knel, ,n
"a ,,rr,rs refused TO agree to it, and EN-
/ Irs- and employed now stand opPosedto
I other. each prepared for
Long Fight.
5 nsr the Pittsburg manufacturers had
4 rirsJ the advance asked their first step
I ~ sudeavor to secure the cooperation
. r. manufacturers OF other cities. They
I n know that the only hope OF making a
I ,,..ipI fight against the Amalgamated
4 .,,i,t;on is in a union of their forces.
- the meeting between the manu-
4 I,r-e-s and the representatives Of the
I.,,;,,ion. Monday last, which resulted
7 Ieclaration Of war, kilograms were
ort to the manufacturers of the dit-
4, 49, ritjes asking them to attend a con-
"A - IN this CITY on Thursday. ms
4 sst;r. was held yesterday, aAd there were
q ssrr above eighty manufacturers, repre-
hing all the Western cities save y.
Il - This meeting was not open 70
4 u-,rrs. but, as you were telegraPhed II
q ,r;rously agreed 10 make determined
i ai
i Agninst the Advance Asked.
,bepuestion is. will the manufacturers
4 : tr.,..fber and held out? II they DO, a
4 ,g- struggle is inevitable.
ID, not probable. however, that the
.rrufscturers will hold together. They
~ have heretofore. At yesterdays
a s,;prs there were no representatives
4 ssrt from -. Louis and very few from
#rrrnati. Telegrams were received from
i ouis saving that no one could come
s., ans, Yesterday was the day appointed by
4 m for a conference with the district
i s-s of the Amalgamatcd Association.
4 : i certainly very lame excuse, as 10
@erld have been an easy matter 70 send at
IL, one representative. Although the
Il srrsms stated that St. Louis would COY
= crate with Pittsburgh and other cities IN
<;sting the advance, il is generally be-
I|yed that the absence Of a representative
4 that city was for the purpose OF leaving
~ N igte %
Act for Themselves.
spo,har weak spot is cincinnati The
III strike Of last year at cincinnati ended
U<t the manufacturers paying 81. for pud-
Mrg with the agreement that after June
IL - cincinnati should be governed by
u Pittsburgh scale. II seems TO have
understood however, that wages
bult in no event be lower than the 80
~ e. The Pittsburgh scale is now $3.50,
the manufacturers refuse TO advance II.
- his 10 appears that Cincinnati is now pay
ii f!y cents more than the Pittsburgh
- e. and the price Of the Association de-
S&nG,. They have not been asked for an
Nance and do not seem disposed TO shut
nm their mills without apparent cause to
In the manufacturers OF other cities re-
Il the scale. II Cincinnati and ~. Louis
mnu!acturprs do not resist the scale it IS
N matter OF time until the Pittsburgh,
Wheeling and other manufacturers are
Il Compelled TO Submit.
Al will be one Of two things, either to sub
ii or see the orders they are unable to I'LL
a to Cincinnati or ST. Louis and their
q BE with them. Union Is the sole hope
Il the manufacturers, and failing in COM
81 b. union. one by one they will be COM
b led 10 submit and sign the scale. The
1SoCiation. would, Of course, much prefer
u have the Manufacturers Association
81 b the scale as an association, as was done
i, year, bat failing in that, copies OF the
De have been printed, and before the
a Of June il win BE- submitted to each
iiyidual firm.
The Interests Involved
* this strike are enormous. There are
\ 81 Of tie Allegheny mountains one
&ndred and fifty rolling mills, with an
&srstirg capital of above 500 900, 900. Ii
q Se shut down the furnaces must follow
. and then the coal miners supplying
these must become idle, rs must the
%pU>aUdS OF cars used in transporting their
Il plies and products. Dependent upon
pc are scores Of smaller industries, each
% sthers depending upon il, all of which
81 stop. Thus. thousands Of men will
thrown out OF employment, and those
Cd sre now producers will become con-
aerS, with very little TO consume. The
d re
Promise Of strike
had a very depressing effect upon trade
general. | have talked with a number
'ayehng men whom met at our hotels,
with some Of our wholesale merchants.
report great falling off in trade, and
-'he II to the threatened strike. Thus it
Re seen how far reaching in its effects
affair will be. y traveller for a New
* silk house, something one would sup
e 70 be little affected by 3 labor strike
~ me he waS having a very poor trip,
'Hg to the general fear Of the strike and
consequences
Secretary Martins Views.
hls morning had conversation with
seLTy Martin, upon the situation oil
a,rS, the glst OF which is as follows:
W nat Is the outlook this morning, Mr..
81 rim ''
i Well, the situation is unchanged; a
sc seems inevitable"
Il What do you think Of yesterdays meet
= OF manUtaCturers?'
mere was very large representation,
'ney seem, from reports, to be very
"eimined. have seen them apparently
NS determined before this but one by
tNrl came around and signed the
Il W hat do You think Of the Justice of the
.''' "l me manufacturers that the pres
condition OF the iron trade will not
(. NV VI. them in granting the advance you
The Iron Trade
a DI Just as bright AZ present as il might
4 }e1 'He Association believes, with very
4 = ground. that the trade can very we'll
Iu She advance of 80 to Cd cents per ton
'& ASA. Had the Association not believed
II would have asked no advance. IL is
a Easy Tor the manufacturers To say the
Il :; GOES rot Justify our demands; the
'S, u does. Of course they will either
70 advance the price or part with a
1 =" ;HeIr large profits; that is the
e' OF the natter
81 itG~ W long strike can the Association
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