The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-03
SIGNS or A BREAK.
ARE THE STRIKERS WEAKENING,
The S.sssatlon In the youngstown Dlstrlet-Th,
Latest Phiita Ia the Situation al rltbbargh.
P,eg The fIaIshsri Ae,tiss -ConplIea.
tlons In the Chicago STRIFE.

PirTsnuRon, July 2.-The meeting Of the
Finishers ofthe First, Second md Sixth
listrlcts-Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Youngs.
town and Cleveland, which will be held
In this city this evening, formed the prin.
cipal topic for those interested IN the dis.
cussion in the great iron strike. Opinion
varied greatly rs to what will be done md
what will be effected. The manufacturers
arc OF the opinion that it will result in n
split in the association, while tho members
Of the !Amalgamatcd Association assert
that tho outcome OF the meeting would
be the production oi greater harmony In
the strikers ranks. ~ 81
The Leechburg strikers have US yet given
no evidence OF disposition TO return 10
work on the scale agreed upon lust week,
and this evening Secretary Martin stated
tllatth would not resume work untilsu
time as Fitzpatrick kCo. sec flt to sign the
scale originally agreed upon by the Asso.
ciation. The only concession that will be
allowed is that OF allowing the firm to pay
fifty cents extra for pudding with "llot
FIX" No others will be allowed. ~
Lea ! MATTERS AT yoUSGsroww.t ~ y.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., July There are in.
timationS here that the strike is nearly at
It's end, and the question begins 10 be dis.
cussed whether Brown, Bonncll 4 Co., care
to resume now at the old prices. The
Youngstown mills owned by. them cover
tlfty-six acres Of ground, have three blast
furnaces, and turn out atO tons of finished
iron per day, and l2,0 900 keys OF nails per
month. The furnace capacity ior pig iron
is 2e5 tons per day. There are III pudding
furnaces, with capacity Of 200 tous per
day. There are nine emiils, Including the
sheet mill, fifty nail and three link
and pin machines. The company. owns
the coal banks, from which it derives 500
tons Of black diamonds per day, and it
also manufactures loo tons Of coke. per
day. The ores are mostly brought. from
thG Luke Superior region, but in the
mountainous hills adjacent to Youngs.
town there are iron mills belonging TO The
company which produce daily 100 tons OF
native ore. g. 5 20 - g - ,s
All Of these Iron mines, all Of these coal
mines, and oil OF this Vas. mill property
are now idle. The workmrn are suffering
from the neccsslries OF lille, the merchants
experience an almost -
' PERFECT STAGSATioS IS BUSINESS. 90.
The men who are suffering the least arc
The owners Of the mills and the mines.
We're the iron market active there might
be heavy losers, but, as 1t is, while they
may not be making any money they are
certainly not losing much, and are alto.
gether better prepared 10 stand n siege
than are the men who arc shut oul. So
far MS Nlr. Aver is concerned, he simply
says that he willinannge his own business
without reference 10 tho action Of either
the association Of manufacturers or the rs.
sociation OF strikers. - 7-"!. y, a.5Ss.l p"
The employees Of the mills and mines
are divided into two classes-skilled and
common--and each class has several sub.
divisions. Some idea Of the wages paid
to the tint class may he had from the fol.
lowing prepared tablet ~ ~ 5