Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-03
PITTSBURGH.
N, State Of Affairs at the Great
Iron Centre.
,.,hS Steel and Iron Company to Start Up
To.mOrO~-RumOrs Of An Early Break
By the Neutrality-suspicious. Of
the Union Men.
GENERAL LABOR NEWS AND GOSSIP.

n X
=, Is ago, that the Spring Steel and Iron
r,rnsny would be among the first to start
~; mill With non-union men. That pre-
| ion j. about to be verified. The works
hi, company at .Etna has been put In
,,l;pess for a start, and it is given out that
I,.s,,,i5n will commence Monday next.
H. ~, tgp weeks since the same firm start
: o,e set Of rolls with non-union men,
y, not being able to get any more men at
~ time il was not considered worth
II lie 10 run -,
Is concerning the strike. On the one
- il is claimed break will be made by
! . manufacturers next week, that some of
| - mills will be started with non-union
- spd that with this as an entering
- the Amalgamated Association will
IN be forced 10 give way. The union
>sr on the contrary claim
aore Mills Can start with Non.
Union Men
-, arr now in operation. Again the
H..rpf,cturers assert there is great diSsatis-
-,,;Cn in the ranks Of the strikers, and
~ II sny pretense is afforded many OF
Lsn, are ready to desert the ranks. The
cation here claims there is now no
-orr dissatisfaction than there was at hrst,
a he, there is no disposition to break
,Esy formidable enough to cause serious
s-m. -
.,;,s-stsd every day since the strike began
- have come to be little regarded. The
..,,la have made up their mind not to eN-
a settlement of the strike until it
-. NOT 10 believe q mill will start until
Lsy zee the men at work. Taking one
Celebration with another, however, We
az arrive at some reasonable conclusions.
- il no doubt whatever that some OF
- mills contemplate start at an early
. Srsug. Chalfant 4 Co. have made
~ the necessary preparations for start
y rlsy and the manager Of that mill says
sreIt week will see them in operation.
4 meeting Of their employees who were
Ism, a. return to work was held yester-
j,v only ten men put in an appearance,
~ II Is stated many are ready 70 work
zser the mill starts who have not the
nerve 20 attend public meeting. The ten
-sr announced their determination TO go
20 work whether others did or not,
THIS morning l came by
The Extensive Mills of Graf, Bennett
a 60.
vlsre found the decks being cleared for
s,,,op The machinery was all cleaned up
and the tools placed in position. About
Firy car loads OF coal had just been run in
s1i the coal boxes Of the different furnaces
were being tiled. said to brawny work
nan Who was standing looking on:
This seems very much like determine
lan To start up, r,..-
IRE union or nOn-uniOn, next week, was
e ryIly. then engaged the man IN con-
.-,l.sUn, with the following result:
DO you think the company Will sue
eel 49,
Well slowly yes"
At the old wages
.Yss You see we can't stand il any
p. --. Its all right 10 say stand out,
b., haw's a man going 10 stand when he
s.n0t lind enough 10 eat and his family
rendered almost tO q starvation diet.
.,U Won II the Association don't let Us 20
| 70 work in a few days most OF us Will go,
syhuw'
The of GERS claim the majority OF the
men favor the continuance OF the strike
That's lie, and they know il. The
Wn'-ul o: the society is in the hands OF the
!-,.oSs who want to hold out, but there are
.y; tie majority. \ good many are IKE
Behind in Their Dues
| anil no, allowed to vote. The more pros
s-ous men who made big wages and saved
me. are paid up and run the machine
NOs.r. | tell You. true, il the men could
site their real sentiments they would say
Enra.
An-ther man interviewed was just as
emphatic in his declarations that the NIL
would no, be able TO start, and that tht
men we're almost unit in favor OF keepins
p tie strike. So IL goes. 1t IS lmp)SSloIt
% arryr at the truth. The statement
' has cen made on what is apparently gOOC
|ag,.Orlty. that the Fort Pitt iron work
S'.l rr.ume operations Monday or Tues lay
7,rh their old men and at last year:
,-..rs Wilson, Walker Il Co. also expect
| p start full blast on Monday. The latte,
IN has been running its mill in Limited
vsy for about a week.
B.iore President Jarrett left the city las
wees 10 attend the labor convention a
Phl!sdelphia, he declared that no NOR
meetings Of the Association would be helC
. the near future. Since he has been ao
sent on political business, il is very eviden
important changes have taken place IN TIT
sentiments of the members of the union
Mr. Jarrett arrived home Yesterday. I'm
|nediately upon his arrival he said tina
while he was not fully acquainted with TIT
's'ustIoD,
No District Meeting wOnId BE Held,
Is there was not enough lodges want u; /
y warrant HIM in issuing call. Ih'
President must have changed his view
Considerably during the day. The pressure
SaS evidently too heavy for him. Abou
| = O'Clock last night the officers came TO tn,
conclusion 10 call district meeting, anC
hGtd the date as early as Monday, Septem
.e- 1. When asked the object OF the meet
@s, all the answer Mr.. Jarrett would give
To consider the situation"
y manufacturer was asked what hi
4ought of the action of the Association
His reply was:
10 means that the officers recognize {
s'S.s is at hand. While they profess to be
eve certain mills will not start Monday
hey know very we'll that the men em
p.oyed in these mills are ready to go t
work. This meeting is called in order tC
attempt TO tide over the difficulty. The
en- will be persuaded not 10 go to WORK
-aGI u IS seen what action Mondays meet
as WILL take. At that meeting every et
~ Will be used 10 make the men stick,
ANS thing is bound to come TO an end
some time. The manufacturers will never
give IN. The wOrkmsn must
Secretary Martins reply has 8 hidden
meaning which no one but Mr.. Martin can
'AplaIn, anu he will not. He says:
II Is impossible 10 predict the outcome
u the meeting, but the action viii be sur
Pi!Se 70 somebody"
.he strike has now lasted several days
over three months. During this time
me Men Have Lost over 100000
wages, and the stock of iron in the
Gsuntry has been reduced many thousands
Vnc window glass house on the South
ue eommehced operations this morning.
NY, rest Will be in operation Monday.
''n Two exceptions the firms have signed
- - scale submitted by the men guarau-
hs last years wages, SIP per week,
-'!Hs the present fire. Phillips & Co. aud
- cunningham have employed non
Lon mixers, teaSers and fillers-in.
y S'FlEe occurred az Skaters foundry
- rcay, because that firm had accepted
E.ut's HON WitherOw and Gordon, of
~, .S sS,le, the neR employed by the lat
nim being on a strike.
~ SNlhs TO the close of the iron mills and
80 80 concerns dependent upon them the
90 race Is unusually dull for this sea.
"a TIE year. Connellsyille coke has
~. o'l ne present week at prices ranging
m IN 20 to $3.50 per ton. One sale is re-
ccks ST low as Sl.l5, probably inferior