Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-03
PITTsBURe POINTS.
A Busy and Memorable Week in all
.sfs Circles.
The Great Strike-The Associations View Of
the Situation-The Manufacturers
Side Frankly Stated
The Outlook.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS

ton Of the great running races at Home
wood Park, participated in oy the leading
flyers of the country. Decoration services
were observed quite generally the same
day, large military and G. A. r. parade
taking place in the morning. The Grand
Commander, Of Pennsylvania of knights
Templar also, met in this city on that
day. In theZafternoon the valiant
knights, to the Mt mber of fifteen hundred,
paraded the streets presenting beautiful
| spectacle. Wednesda public installation
| Of the newly elected officers OF the Grand
| Commandery took place, and on the even
ing OF the same day
Reception and Banquet.
! The reception was attended by fully twenty
five hundred Knights and ladies, who, in
their brilliant uniforms and elegant cos
tunes, presented rarely beautiful sight,
as they moved in the graceful dance.
Again, in sporting circles We have had
number of base ball matches, in which
Pittsburgh's club has added to its laurels
by defeating the Louisville and st. Louis
| clubs.
In musical circles we have had the long
| anticipated May festival, under the compe-
tent leadership of Prof. Whiting, late of
| Boston, this passed off excellently well.
| The absence of Miss Cary was
| a disappointment to those with whom
she is favorite, but her place was success.
! fully filled by Miss Winant, who gained
| quite triumph with her voice. She IS
| Miss Carys equal in every particular. Mrs.
| Osgood Mr.. Frank, the great Whitney, to-
gether with onr local soloists, Miss Wallace,
Mrs Mcdonald, Mr.. Balph and others, and
! the great chorus of $50 voices, formed
combination of rare musical power. The
! interest taken in this festival and the cor
dial support given ii, marks Pittsburgh as
one of the music centers OF the country,
The Great Event
of the week. however, was the strike of the
employees of the iron mills This, in its re-
suits, is more far reaching than any musi-
cal or sporting event can be. As was ex-
pected, at II o'clock on the last night OF
MAY the fires were drawn in the twenty.six
rolling mills OF Pittsburg and its immediate
yieirity, and q strike yas inaugurated that
promises to last for several months, and to
bring distress TO many homes.
Roth sides still remain defiant and some-
/ .kkat doubtful. While the Amalgamated
Association shows several establishments
| That have signed the scale presented to
them, the manufacturers claim that these
concerns will not, in any way, affect the
general situation, and the most OF them run
by consent of the manufacturers associa-
ton.
The Associations Side.
President Jarrett, of the Amalgamated
Association, is off on trip 10. Chicago and
Cincinnati, to settle the serious difficulties
threatened in those cities. saw Secretary
Martin this morning. He seemed to be in
a good humOr and quite hopeful. lasEed
him:
"How does the situation now stand?' to
which he replied:
"Eyerything seems TO favor an early set
tlement of the strike, and faverably for ms.
Several mills, as you know, have already
signed the scale, and you will hear OF three
or four more to-day or tomorrow.
What mills will sign to-day or to-
morrow
Il received the information in confidence,
end cannot tell you. 1t will come out in
good time itself. My informant was reiia-
BILE"
allow long do you think this strike will
LAST
1T will probably last two weeks in some
mills, and possibly two months in others.
All the mills have necessary repairs to
make, and have taken this opportunity to
these repairs are made believe the mills
will gradually sign the scale, and all will
resume work 1t is unfortunate that the
shut down has occurred just at this time,
as it is now pleasant to work, and II the
mills start up in hot weather 1t will be hard
on the men.
The other Side.
next called on Mr.. Weeks, Secretary OF
the Western Iron Association, To obtain his
views on the situation. Our conversation
was about as follows:
who do you think will gain the victory
in this fight"
victorious. The Association will ultimate
ly have TO back down
will YOU give me a clear statement OF
the position of the manufacturersT
AS clear as i can, yes. We claim, in
the first place that the market will not
stand the advance asked by the men. The
| state of trade is positively too dull TO war
rant the signing of the advance scale.
Again, our second position is this: The en-.
| croachments of the Association must stop
some where Last year they gave us
virtual pledge that no advance would he
asked this year IL this is granted, an
other advance will be demanded next year
and another the next. They must ind
| that the manufacturers will not submit to
! unreasonable demands and that they are
| not all powerful. The present is good
| Oportunity
To Make n Stand
against the encroachments Of the Asso-
| citation. The dull state of the trade affords
| the manufacturers just the opportunity they
| want If production had continued, IRON
| would have been selling ut two cents now.
| The anticipation of q strike has kept the
price above that. The Amalgamated Asso-
| citation is good thing, and an advantage
| both to its members and TO the manutac'
| turers; but this time it has over.
| stepped the bounds Of reason,
/ and the employers will not
! submit to its demands. Ii is well known
| that Mr. Jarrett and others of the leading
| men of the Association, do not believe its
! demands reasonable
will not the signing OF the scale by
| some of the manufacturers weaken the
| line OF detense?'
Not at all. Most of those who have
| signed are steel firms, whom the scale Ell
I fectS but little The CarnegieS signed at
\ the Union Mills. because had they refused
] they would have been compelled to close
| down their BeSSemer Steel Works, which
would have been great Inconvenience, as
they have large contracts on hand. Within
few weeks you will find the
rnien Mills shut Down
| to make repairs, that it will take at the
| least three months to complete. Dilworth,
| Porter X Co. employ no puddlers,
and for that season signed the
! scale. The Amalgamated Association, in
| its boastiEgs, makes many misrepresenta.
tions. They claimed, yesterday, that the
| Lawrence Iron Company had signed the
scale Here is telegram from that COM
pany, which you can read for yourself 1t
saws they have not signed the scale and will
not, bnt are working without signing. This
is the case at most of the other places re-
ported as having signed, and as soon as
| they get their present stock worked up you
will find they will stop. These manufac-
| turers do not act with our association, and
you will find none who do working
will not the running of the Cincinnati
mills effect the situation"
"Yes, but favorably. We want them to
run. and voted that they should. The sit
| uation at Cincinnati isthis: They advanced
| the wages Of their men to the IS rate at the
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