The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-19
SITUATION REVIEWED
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FROM A MANUFACTURERS POINT.
Ramored -DlssatisiaetIOu Among Strlksrs-rreII.t
1arrett's Moderate Measures Rejected ~ \ SSsS
An Ousrrultns Ity-Manufaetursrs AKA;
faT. Said 10 Unit for Holding Out. N 4 81 wv

An Ousrrultns AsJorIty-Manufaetursrs fss}ssi;
Said to 4 Unit for Holding 0ut. y w
PITTSBURGH, June l7.-The correspond.
ent ol an Eastern paper at this point sends
ofthe following review Of tho situation N
Il tho iron workers had a few moro men /;
among them like President jarrett, tho
head Of their trade organization, andS
would follow the judgment Of such leaders, I
there would be few strikes in tho iron dis.
trlct and the present ono would never have
been begun. 1t Is well.known that he,t
counselled against this strike, and that his i
advice was approved by that class Of work.
ingmen who have saved money sufficient
to maintain their families for months
should the strike continue SO long, without
drawing on the funds in tho tho treasury
Of tho AnAa)gamated Association Of Iron
and Steel Workers. 1t was tho working.
men who spend their earnings as soon as i
they receive them, and who are always in =
the majority, who forced this strike and
who will suffer tho most from 1t. Many of 4
these are dissatisfied with Mr.. Jarrett and |;
there is already considerable talk as to who
his successor will be. n l!ss.3
Tho werkingmen are not united in tie !
demand for increased wages SO fur as their
better Judgment is concerned. Under
their trade organization tho majority rules /
and rs the Amalgamatcd Association lis q !
strong one its members will probably Il or
tinuc to act as unit. With the more in. !
telligcnt members opposed TO tho course / I
now -being pursued, however, they will !
serve us the little leavcn that leaveneth the ]
whole lump. As the strike proceeds and :
the men who precipitatcd It no longer
have credit with the grocer, tho pinch EofS
hunger will cause them to defer more to
the Judgment OF tho men who were op.s
posed Il, the strike, and in the end work /
vii! probably be resumed at tho old rates. n
lhere u certainly ut present more unity
among the manufacturers than ulnong the !;
strikers. The former feel that the strike Ia (
unjust and Is not made upon any theory OF (
right, The workingmen are no; Tin want
and do not cluim to be. The cost Of livinrE
is higher now than a,year ago, but there is q
no claim that the strike is made upon that
ground. The alleged basis OF tho 'dissatis:s
faction is a belief that in tho division Of
the product OF the Joint action OF labor md Z
capital, labor does not get its fuirs share.S
or IN the words Of Secretary Martin, OF the Z
Amalgamated Association, .'the jmanufac-S;
turers can afford 10 pay more, mud ought TO
do it." \. y q RI
As soon MS the strike was determined
upon President Jarrett took hold with tho
Intention OF making the best OF 1t, and he
IS working with will to that end. II IIeA
convinced the strikers in Cincinnati OF the
Jolly OF their course, and they resumed I
work. lie will probably induce rcsuup-8
ton OF business iu St. Louis md in the fiyeS
mills at Chicago and the two nj Detroit5.
It's the belief OF the strikers that this will
take the trade ironlthe Pittsburgh manu- q
lacturers and bring pressure upon them
TO accedc to the demands for increased
puy. The manufacturers usscrt TINT it,
will only make it worse for the strikers byl.
supplying the moderate demand { for iron
and keeping down the prices, tho scale Of !
wages being graded according to tho prices
Of iron. The thirty-two mills, most &of&
them small ones, in Cincinnati, St, Louis.E
Chicago and Detroit. will hardiy be abto toY
take the trade OF the ninety large ones that!
will remain closed. Some OF tho men are
beginning to talk about the strike "beinlg, q 4 !
put up job" on the part OF the manuiactu-s.
rers to increase the price OF iron while thew
are repairing the mills. Such talk as thisS
bespeaks increasing dissatisfaction on tho
part OF the men with their attitude Il!
| Ihe number Of men now OH II strike isS
estimated at 10000 The average dailySl
pay Of these men, taking the skilled 3anda
unskiiled labor together, is u little over So 4
day. AT 81, the workingmcn will alreadyS
have lost 81, l24,9 900 in wages, and 3if thew
were 10 80 to work ut once it would take 7
them Blk months TO make up, at the ratio Of I
increase demanded, for the loss already$
sustained. As the strike is likely to cons
tinue for weeks and perhaps months lgitS
must almost inevitably result in loss to the Z
worklpSmen whichever way it ends Il What
the employers are losing OH the $50 100000
OF capital can only be vaguely estimated, !, Il
! but ut tho rates they have been getting for$
some time past the loss is not, they assert,SS \
greater than per cent per anntttn. There 4
has been some talk OF the weaker manu.S
facturcrs being forced to succnmb TO the
strikers in order to meet notes and draftss
falling due. There is very little in this$
statement. The manufacturers as a? a?ruIeS
only negotiate, paper on business already
done, the receipts for which will come iii!s
the same us il the strike were not III cxist.S
ence; then the banks here and Sat Others
iron centers are almost wholly in the hands,
Of the manufacturers, and there is an im.S
rficit agreement that help will !; be ex-s 4
tended where needed. !, " 81