The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-01

determinationto maintain the position they
hive taken, and the A,nalgamated Associa-
ton Is equally determined 10 stand by the
demands they have made.
ON THE EVE OF THE STRUGGLE.
A General View or the Iron Hltuntion Mt
Pittsburgh.
PirrsnuRol, May 3l.-The coming OF TO-
morrow will mark another OF those unpleas.
ant eras in the history OF the great iron in.
dustry Of Pittsburgh, wherein the mills are
}silent and the chimneys.smokelcss; a period
when Pittsburgh will in measure lay aside
her mantle Of ofsmokc, and rs to atmosphere,
compare favorably with cleaner and less
busy cities OF the land. As the lockout
draws near the uneasy feeling on all sides
deepens.
"Our coal business is about TO suffer in
proportion to the duration Of the iron
strike" said coal dealer this morning.
MY business has for some time been
slack said restaurant keeper, "but il
the army Of iron workers are idle l nm
going to do n mighty poor summers busi-
ness" '.
This is the tenor Of the remarks Of men
OF all professions in the city. Iron under
liesall other industries here, and with dull.
ness and uncertainty in that trade, the same
is the case with the butcher, the baker and
the maker Of pretty much all that is worn
or eaten or enjoyed.
tour among our iron men was made
to-day, but the result throws no new light
upon the situation. One and all unite in
insisting that TO sign the scale is to sign
away their birthright-to give up control
OF their own mills.
They simply reply, ave shan't sign the
scale under any circumstances" was the
answer in nearly every case this morning,
with m occasional "Not much," as in the
case OF John W. Chalfant, Esq, or ave
amt such FOOLS" us was the brief remark
Of Mr.. A. /. Keating, Of Zug 4 Co. No
member OF the firm Of Carnegie Bros.
could he found. A representative OF Illus.
sey, Howe & Co. said, awe will sign.
Others were non.comnlittal, aud their re.
plies might be interpreted either way, but
such were by lar in the minority. ''N
AS to Brown, Bonnell 4 Co., the extern
sive firm Of Youngstown, O., there were all
sorts OF rumors ailoat, most Of these ussum.
ing the form Of denial that this firm
would sign the new. scale. At noon the
following dispatch was received from Chi
cago:
Herbert Ayers, chief owner in Brown,
Bonnell 4 Co., llas ordered every furnace
blown out and work suspended in mines
and mills tomorrow" '5
The above is from reliable party and
ought TO settle the Youngstown question
This implies idlcness to thousands.
AS TO Cincinnati, President jarrett has
done the right thing. The action OF the
boilers OF that city in violating their con-
tract, was referred to in these columns on
Monday. That President Jarrett has stood
by the manufacturers is evident from the
following dispatch from Cincinnati this
afternoon:
1T is now believed there will be no
strike among the iron workers here. Pres.
ident jarrett, Of the Union, has written
that the men must stand by agreement, and
If the puddlcrs strike their places will be
supplied by Union men,"
The Signing by Whitaker, OF Wheeling,
is said 10 be OF no weight, inaslnuch rs in
so doing Whitaker receives the extra half
dollar per ton in the adjustment OF the
sender fix" in the new scale. 1t is, how
ever, most difficult to sft from all the
rumors ailoat, sufficient solid truths to in
dicate what will be the duration OF the
strike which will certainly begin in this
city's iron mills tomorrow. Were the
manufacturers to be relied upon in this his
matter, June, July nnd August will pass in
inactivity, and il leading spirits OF the
Amalgamated side can be believed, two
weeks will not clapse until labor triumplls
over capital and the furnaces will be turn.
ing out So iron. ~. &~1oo.
1t is learned that on the South Side the
firms who may sign the scale arc Chess,
Cook & Co. and Byers 4 Co.
The Pittsburgh Forge and Iron Company
: offered us compromise 10 give their pud.
, llers the extra dollar during the summer
months, but this WIS refused by the men,
who held TINT they should have the nd.
vance in addition TO the "hot dollar" The
association men are OF the opinion that
the moral effect Of the Whitaker Iron
, Company Mt Wheeling will soon cause sim.
liar breaks in this city. On the other hand
the manufacturers assert that the action oi
the Wheeling firm will have no effect Of,
tic situation here. News was received by
!, them yesterday TINT the strike in Chicago
may yet be averted. It is believed that tic
Western workingmen object 10 being
plunged into strike by the action OF The
' Pittsburgh district alone, and that a con
ference is to be held so rs to give the West
crn members OF the Amalgamated Asso
:, citation Il chance to be heard. Up to las,
midnight President jarrett, who sat nil day
:. long i'll his Office, giving instructions to dill
icrent lodges in the West, had not learned
OF my such movement. E6
Allairs r. Bcnnett's mills do not seem tc
! confirm the report OF general shut down
us the puddlers there have just received {
!, supply Of coal which will last them oyel
this week. 'g 90
: Number Of Pittsburgh Employees Out
y PITTSBURGH, May 3l.-A tour made
/ among the iron manufacturers this morn
:. ing showed that there was no materia
u change in atlisirs rs yet, and all interested
:. expect the struggle between capital and In
g Dor in tho iron trade to be inauguratcd to
II day. The majority Of the mills will worl
e up to midnight and perhaps longer, rs th,
+, Amalgamated Association authorities hay,
4 instructed all members to finish the nigh