Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-02
STUPBNDOUS STRIKES.
IN IRON DISTRICTS ALL
OYER THE COUNTRY.

IuO Am8Jg6m6tou AB6OclatAOn oI AIOu ousa
Steel Workers the Head and Front of the
Trouble-Roi,ing Mills, Nail MILF, Wire
Mile, and All Branch es Of the Iron In
terest Affsctod-Ths Employers SolidIy
Against Any Conversational Case of
Brut.lity by Strikers.
Sturdy Strikers.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., June There is no
change in the situation from what was an
ticipated last night. The mills arc all shut
down, though the furnaces as rule have not
as yet gone out of blast. Everything is quiet
and orderly. The opinion seems to be that
the strike may be long, as neither side shows
any sign of yielding.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 1.-This morning
the warfare between labor and capital began
in dead earnest. The fires in every iron
mill in this city, with one eexcep.
mills have been shut down. The one
exception is the Union Iron mills of
Carregre Bros. & Co., who signed last night.
They will continue to run, having contracts
on hand that must be filed. This is generally
considered bad break and calculated to
weaken the lines of the manufacturers. 1t is
one of the largest iron mills here and has
capacity of $4,000 tons a year. The steel
mills are running as usual. Most of them
have signed the scale, but as they do not en-
ploy many puddlers, it is not thought that
their signing Will have any effect on the stu
| alton. It is expected that most of the Sheets
mills will sign within few days. 1t is gen.
orally believed that the strike will not bs OF
long duration. Those mills who have sus.
pended operations will take advantage OF the
condition of affairs to make needed repairs.
| CLEVELAND, June 1.-The threatened strike
probably will not change affairs in this city.
The Cleveland rolling works have been shut
down some time and are expected to resume
before long. The Forest City Iron company
employs $50 men and the Union Rolling Mill
| company having 260, have signed the scale
| and are running as usual. Other iron and
| steel works here employ non-union men and
| are not affected.
Iron DALE, SOUTH CHICAGO, June 1.-Men
at Iron Dale mills are all out on strike.
dispatch has just been received from Mr.. Jar
rett, president of the Amalgamated associa-
ton of IRON workers, stating that he will be
here to-day. 1t is thought the question
whether they Will be continued or not will be
settled upon his arrival. No disturbance has
occurred though about 200 men haYe quit
work. Representatives of the manufacturers
are here and the men are in consultation with
them. The impression is that they will be
ordered to go to work on Jarrett's arrival
CINCINNATI, June L. Except one Of the
rolling mills which works scrap iron exclu-
siyely and two mills which are working up
three or four days. accumulation of blooms,
all the mills in Cincinnati and vicinity have
stopped. 1t is the belief of the mill owners
that all willresume next Monday and COM
pie tie adjustment will be made.
DETROIT, June 1.-The members of the
Amalgamated Steel and Iron association en-
ployed at Baugh's steam forge, just below
this city, and the Eureka Iron works, Wyan
dotte, held meeting and decided to postpone
ployed at Baugh's forge who belong to the
union. Baugh declares if strike takes place
he will continue business just the same. 1t is
quite probable that if the employees of the
Eureka Iron company join the strike the
works will shuts down. There are sixty men
employed at this establishment.
MILwAuKEE, June 1.-The mill men at
Bay View, near Milwaukee, are out and the
strike has actually begun. A meeting OF the
men last evening was attended by the mem
bers of the union in body and speeches and
enthusiastic applause was the general order.
This morning the Merchant Bar and Fish
Plate mills were stopped and the rail mill is
now the only one that is running. The en-
pleyes in that mill state that they would have
been out with the Others save that they made
contract on the LIST of January to work one
year, and they did not think it right to stop |
their work without giving some |
notice to the owners, SO they have agreed to |
work the balance of this week, after which, it |
is understood, that unless some arrangement |
is made with the strikers, that will also be |
shut up. 1t was believed that they would con- |
tinue to work regardless OF the strikers being !
under contract for one year; but it appears |
tat the rules of the association call for them |
to stand out with the strikers. The general |
feeling in the rail-mill is one of regret at the |
necessity for such action, as they have been |
idle SO much of the past year that now that |
the mill is running they are much |
averse to doing anything on their
part to cause themselves any further |
loss of time and money; besides they are not |
upon the mill owners, their interest being |
only through the Amalgated association of |
which the puddlers and boiler union and its |
connection are the parties desiring the ad. |
vance in wages, the heaters and rollers union |
and the other unions forming the Amalga-
mated association simply enforcing the de-
mands of the former As to the wisdom or |
justice of those demands they say nothing,
only that when q settlement has been made
with the strikers they will proceed with their
work and not before.
CINCINNATI, o., June 1.-The relations
between the mill owners and workmen here
differ from those in most places in this: That |
year ago formal contract was entered into
between committee representing the work
ingmen belonging to the Amalgamated union
of iron and steel workers and all mill owners
OF this city and vicinity, by which it was
agreed that in consideration OF the mill
owners price being paid till June 1, 1852,
which was 10 per cent. above Pittsburgh
prices, the workmen should hereafter receive
the same prices as were paid at Pittsburgh,
but in the event that no scale was agreed
IN OF ffchy r~h vr1rn hai ylrin
to remain the same as before June 1, 1881,
until the Pittsburgh prices were fixed. Mill
owners here claim that the provision Of the
contract for that contingency should govern,
ard late last night many of them believed the
men would be guided by 1t and would con-
tinue at work, but to-day's action shows
disposition to repudiate that agreement as
The men in all the mills but three have
stopped work. Still the mill owners do not
regard the strike as formidable, from the fact
that 1t has not sanction from the headquar-
ters of the Amalgamated union, and Mr..
Avery. the vice president of the union, is at
work to-day. So also is Mr.. Sommers, secre-
tary of the committee of workmen that made
the contract.
ST.. LOUIS, June 1.-Everything has been
quiet to-day among the striking iron workers
and there are no signs of q demonstration of
any kind. The Harrison mine works did not
shut down as reported late last night and
work has progressed in the usual manner to-
day.
The men working in this mill do not be-
long to the amalgamated association, but it is
not unlikely they will present a Few scale Of
prices to the proprietors of the works in
few days. If accepted, work will continue,
but If not all the men will strike.
The Mcdonald mill, which employs an av.
erage OF 200 men, is running as usual and
its proprietors do not anticipate any trouble.
Only five or six Of their men belong to
unions and employees in the mill seem to be
satisfied with their wages. OF the other
mills part are running and part are shut
wn.
SUndry Strikes.