The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-31
WORKMEN'S WORDS
IN REGARD TO THE IRON LOCKOUT.
Some Brief IutsrvIsws With PIthhurgh Iron
Worktr-yarIIng VIEWS on the Prtl.nt SIT.
uatlon-WhsslIusD Delegates Expected 10
Attend the Aeetlng OF Iron Men.

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uatlon-WhsslIus Delegates Expected 10
Attesd the A.stInr OF Iron Men.
PIrrsurnGII, August 3O.-l;ach day the
exact condition OF affairs within the lines
Of the iron strikers becomes more apparent,
and, according 10 present indications, the
whole matter is fast narrowing down TO q
question between the puddlers aud the
men Of the finishing departments. Where
ever puddler is found, he is invariably
defiant with determination to stick TO the
fight, andlhis "voice is for war" On the
other hand, the representatives Of the con.
servative element are always found among
the finishing men, and among them arc
many who believe the struggle to be use
less, and eagerly watch for some oppor.
tunity Of breaking the strike without
throwing of their allegiance to the Anal.
gamated Association. This morning Il
roller who has long been member Of the
Association expressed himself quite freely
i'll regard 10 the strike. The conversation
turned upon the action OF the Wilson,
Walker & Co. men, when this gentleman
began:
"rhose men have no permission TO 60 to
work. They are trying TO break the Asso.
citation and have no right to work Car.
negie iron. Why don't the ASSOCIATE, n
hold q meeting and stop these MEN at Car
negie's from working, rs they are violating
the constitution and bylaws, as the iron
goes into Wilson ( Walkers bumper shop
10 be made into links and pins, truck bars,
etc? Are they afraid that the men would
rebel and make break? This is the first
strike OF the entire Amalgamated Associa.
ton. The way it stood before, the pud.
dlers could strike and tinishers work, or
the puddlers might work while the finish.
ers struck. Now they arc NIL out together
and those blacksniilhs in the hammer
shop were members OF the
Amalgamated Association and bound to
stay out just as long rs the rest. Some OF
these men were on The mill committee and
they stood by the puddlers MS they were
bound to do. Who gave them permission
to go TO work? II am a good workman
| want no mill committee to back me, and
why does the Association carry those who
are not good mechanics? Were it not for
them there would be no mill committee
The object is 10 see that the manager does
not discharge man nnjustly, but no man.
aver who knows his business will discharge
Il competent man. The mill committees
acknowledge that I am good workman.
but il | would 20 TO work they would call
me 'blacksheep.' There are rs good
workmen outside the Association rs in it.
"The majority OF the men want to go to
WORK. There is more suffering among
them than the people know Of. The Off.
GERS don't want to call district meeting
Tor fear OF break, for they well know that
the men would vote TO resume work. Even
some OF the puddlers would like to 60 to
work, but they would like to have the
finishers take the first step. The puddlers
are in the majority, and when the strike
started they wanted fifty cents per ton OF
ap advance and allowed the tnishcrs n
raise. but this was afterward voted down
and the scale put at ten cents per ton
extra for iagots and old rails. The iinishcrs
could have got that without the associa-
ton. Even il the scale is granted would
not gain more than $3.50 in year BY the
advanced rates, and onethird OF that would
60 to the helper.
"There is a great mistake made in esti.
mating the wages made bya roller. A bar
mill roller can average sixteen tons per
day ,for which he receives twenty cents per
ton This gives him Sll - per day, and
one.third paid to his helper, leaves him
81 46 per day. This is much below the
$50 per day which the puddlers say we can
make. We have lost great deal Of money
by this injudicious strike, and ii it is not
closed soon the organization will be in
danger"
This workman said that lie was in lair
circumstances, and did not need any as
sistance from the Association. "Bnt," said
he, iii was in need | would not apply to
the officers, for would only be pu, OIL
A puddler, who was next interviewed,
took the opposite side, as follows: "L.et the
finishers so in. We will stick to the
strike until we get 81 per ton. We have
carried strike alone before this and can
do so again."
1t was learned this morning that five
lodges in this district have united in re.
quest to tine executive committee that n
district meeting be called. Delegates from
Youngstown and Wheeling are expected
TO be present, and although they lnay not
have vote their influence is TO be thrown
for cessation OF hos,ilities. This is .vir,u-
ally denied by Mr.. c. D. Thompson, of
Wheeling, who telegrapned the officials
this morning that all were "firm and unit.
ed,all reports to the contrary notwithstand.
ing"
a Mckeesport correspondent gives the
situation ut that place as follows:
At last the National Rolling Mill has se-
cured a sufficient number OF puddlers 10
run their works full, and to-day every fur.
mace is making iron. Their paymaster, Mr..
Williamson, went 10 Cumberland on Satur.
day, where he formerly lived, and us the
mill at that place is shut down. he did not
have much trouble in securing puddlers.
Eighteen men came here, agreeing 10 20 to
work, but on arrival here seven OF them
were induced by the union men not 10 90 10
work, and did not 60, but the remaining
eleven are now at their furnaces. Muck
roller Brown and several other prominent
union men resumed work to-day. Men
are leaving the union every day and going
" NoIhi set III Tue lHfc VI dll llllS lIle
union men rs majority cannot see that
the scale will not be signed by the firm
and stubbornly refuse 10 20 TO work before
it is too late. All who refuse nov to 20 In
connot get work anywhere in this place,
unless it should be at laboring, and il they
don't want laboring they will have to move
away from here. Some OF them own prop.
erty and they would consequently
either have 10 sell or rent their
homes here and pay rent
somewhere else. II they sell it may be at
prices much below the value OF the prop.
erty or what they could get tor it did they
not have to move away. Some OF them
will undoubtedly live TO regret their stub!
bornness. To show the folly OF some OF
them who had been getting big wages in
the mili-and who would get it again il
they went in-go up the P,N. ( G. r.. r
and work in stone quarry for ten hours
IL, tho hat CT, n for 81 S0 Dnr 1o,, Eo, ,hn