The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-03
MASTERLY INACTIVITY.
DEVELOPMENTS oFTHE SECOND DAY
or the Great Strlte-The Situation At Pittsburgh
and other Polnts Where the struggle Il In "
Prosrea-No SlsAA Of Weakening
'Es5d Apparent on Either Side. 8Ct,'

PITTSBURGH, juno o.-At noon to-day
there was no material change apparent IN
tho iron mud1le and tho inquisitivc re.
porter, who, in search oflate Developments,
visited and conyersel with representatives
Of both sides, was given nothingmore than
mere speculation and prediction. a manu-
facturer who was asked whether there was
any liability Of any more Pittsburgh firms
signing the scale, answered: z.
~ believe that another firm in this city
will sign within a day or two, but that will
be tho last. As tho situation now stands
the manufacturers arc all ahead, for out Of
the whole number OF mills in operation
now, more are running without scale
than are running with It. And II you
could get Mt the true inwardness Of affairs, l
think you would And that the few firms
who signed did not sign it for u year, as has
been the rule, but with the understanding
that they were to be governed by Pitts
burgh prices at the termination OF
Of tho present troubles. The scale was
signed at the Union mill for tho purpose
Of keeping the Edgar Thomson Steel
Works going, and had it not been for the
steel interests Of the the firm they would
not have signed. Moreover, tho Union
mill will soon stop for the summer, as they
intend to put in train OF rolls, and when
that is done these difficulties will have been
settled. 1t has been said tliat We rely on
the dissensions in the Amalgnmuted rnnks.
Such is not the fact. No fair-miuded and
observing man will predict II disruption OF
the association, but we. firmly believe that
the large element in that association, who
were opposed to the demands will yet be
listened to. The liot-leads belonging to
tho organization carried their point in the
heat Of the discussion, but in few weeks
the real dimensions OF the fight will be
seen, and then the conservative element
will have more strength and some adjust
mcnt will have been reached. 4.
An ironworker, who WIS found in the
Amalgamated association rooms, in discuss.
ing theory said the men employed in the
Lawrence works at Iroton, and the Norton
works, at Ashland, could work without any
violation Of the rules, because Il scale has
never been signed there yet. lie held that
the fact Of their securing the demands
made III Pittsburgh was in itself victory
for the association, even though they are
running without a scale. Dilworth, Por-
ter 4 Co. are running, but rs they have no
puddlers and have never been governed by
the scale, the union people assert that tic
action Of this firm has no effect on the situ-
alton. - .f7.i @ e
The mills ut, Leechburg and Apollo, up
the West Penn Railroad, are both shut
down. A gentleman from the first named
place informed the writer this morning
that the men there, who number about $50,
were almost unanimously opposed to the
demands, but were compelled to suspend
by the action OF the association. They re-
gret the necessity which forces them 10 lay
idle, but Of course they will abide by the
result At Apollo n like number is thrown
out employment, and it is said that the
delegates from both these mills fought the
new scale as long US they could. 4.5Ga