Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-03
LABOR TROUBLES.
An Iron Man Predicts n split -Pre>i.
dent Jarrett'S Statement.

PIrr>rrRr. May "a leading iron man
predicted. yesterday, the Amalgamated AS
sOCiatiOn lodges will vote to recall the de
mand for an increase in the scales OF the
puddlers and other classes of wOrkmem in
the iron mills. He said the strike al Gin
Cinnati some months ago cost the AsSocla'
tion $40 COO for 81 uOO of which the Organl-
zation was in debt when the strike was set
tied. and to pay the last 5000 Of which an
assessment was recently made on members
of the association. The iron man said
further. that if the lodges did vote against
the increase demanded tn" puddlerS and
muck rollers would probably split of from
the Amalgamated Association and reOrgan-
iZc the old Sons of Vulcan.
President Jarrett was interrogated last
night concerning the predictions OF the iron
men. He said the cincinnati strike cost
the organization $4,000 instead of Sin,VlO.
and that when the strikers had finally won,
the Association deposited i'll Pittsburgh
bank 81, ,OOu of the fund for their relief
which had not been used. One or two hot
heads have been anonymously agitating
proposition To- reOrganiZe the sons OF Nul-
can bv sending communications TO the
newspapers Mr.. Jarrett said, but neither
the puddlerS nor muck rollers have any
disposition TO split oil from the Amalgama-
ted Association. The authors of the anony-
nous communications in the newspapers
denied they had written them. Mr.. Jarrett
thought If the iron men began such bonn
bSStic talk rs that of the gentleman hrst re-
ferred TO the workmen will be further eN-
asperated and more trouble will be created.
AGreat Strike Imminent.
HARRIsBURG. PN., May There are in
dication> of general strike among the 2,O0
employees OF the Pennsylvania Steel Works,
located few miles east of this city, for an
increase Of wages. This proposed move
ment is claimed TO be in accordance with
arrangements being made in all the Besse'
mer steel establishments in Pennsylvania
and the Eastern and Northern States. tbs
also maintained that the strikers will be
jOined BY the iron workers and railroad
employees The BesSemer Steel Company
some time ago refused the advance de-
manded, and unless they reCede from
their position by the 9TH inst the great
strike will be inaugurated, If there he any
reliability in the utterances OF the work
ingmen employed by them.
The Cumberland Miners.
CrNBERLASp, MD. MAY >. The miners
strike is now in its seventh week, ana the
situation is unchanged. Rumors started
here during the past few days that some Oi
the companies are going 10 work were
without foundation. To all appearances,
the strike is as far from settlement as at
the start. Gentlemen thoroughly familiar
with the situation said to-day that If
the miners were fighting only for an
advance IN rates there might be chance
OF their yielding, but as something more
important-the power, indeed almost the
existence of labor organization in this
region, is at stake-they will hold out TO
the bitter end. The miners are said 10 oe
well prepared for siege, and unless the
companies introduce labor the strike Will
probably last through the season. Some
miners have left Frosthurg to seek work
elsewhere.