Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-12
LEAGUED LABOR.
The Cincinnati Strike Finally and
Satisfactorily Settled. 4I
The Situation at Pittsburgh Unchanged
The Milwaukee Conference-All
Quiet at CIeyeland-Ihe
Coal Miners.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS.

letter. and this morning there is very little
new to be told. The principal subject oil
conversation is Wednesdays meeting OF
manufacturers. There is quite diversity
of opinion regarding the final results oil
that meeting, some protesting to believe
that it foreshadows the defeat of the Anal
gamated Association, while others take ex-
actly the opposite view. The officers of the
Association say that they would like to see
the manufacturers form permanent union
among themselves, so that they could deal
with them as body, thus avoiding the
troublesome fights with Individuals, to
which they are now compelled to resort to
gain their ends.
1t is very difficult thing to form an
opinion upon the future course of the man
ufacturers. The proceedings of their meet
ing are supposed to be kept profound
secret and all that has been learned has
been gathered little here andalittle there.
Although it is given out that entire har-
mony prevailed, it is pretty well known
that such was not the case There was har.
mony only in one particular, and that was
in the desire to devise some means OF de-
feating
The Demands OF the Association.
But while there was harmony OF desires,
there was by no means harnlUIy OF opin-
ions in the method to be pursued N ac-
complishing these desires.
A resolution to hold out against the ad-
yanced scale was passed with but one dis
senting voice, that of Mr.. Mcdonald. of st.
Louis. That gentleman, in an interview
Yesterday said that he did not speak for his
fellow manufacturers, and that he was only
compelled to vote against the resolution in
the form in which it was put, on account
of the very peculiar situation in which ms
mill was placed. He explained this to the
meeting whenit was perfectly satisfied with
his vote. While voting no, he assured the
assembly that st. Louis would work
shoulder to shoulder with Pittsburg and
other cities in resisting the unreasonable
demands of the Amalgamated Association
One Beligerent Member
introduced resolution that no union men
be hereafter employed at any of the mills
there represented. This raised a very
animated discussion, when it appeared that
the member introducing the resolution
stood almost alone in advor ling 1t. Such
a policy was regarded by the majority as
suicidal. 1t was claimed that it would only
result in strengthening the determination
of the members of the Association, and
also in causing many non-union men TO
flock to its standard The right OF the
laboring classes to form associations was
clearly recognized.
Statements have been made in the city
papers that Mr.. Mcdonald was the only
tati
ference. Such is not the case. Mr.. Paul A.
Fusz, of the Laclead rolling mills and Mr..
Niedringham, and both voted for the reso-
luton to fight the Association. Other
Western cities were also well represented.
A Prominent Manufacturer
said TO me yesterday that he did not think ink
ceed in defeating the demands Of the Asso-
citation. and when asked for reason pro.
ceeded as follows: "It has come too late.
The organization should have been effected
before the strike came on. At that time 1T
would have been comparatively easy TO
have agreed upon some basis OF organiza:
ton. and when the strike came all would
have been bound by their pledges. Now
the strike is upon US and peculiar circum-
stances surround each individual firm.
Each man can see what will be for his own
advantage and will not go into comblna'
tibn that may result in loss. He is bound
by no pledge, and if it appears to be to his
interest to sign the srale he will do So.
For this reason l believe the efforts at
union will amount to nothing at present
Those who do not attend the meeting are
as numerous as those who did. The only
inference that can be drawn from their abb
sence is that they Intend to act for them
selves.
these firms will sign the scale, and the re.
sult will be that the rest will be compelled
to do likewise. Unless there is union oi
all the union of few will be as no union
at all"
Notwithstanding the confidence express
ed by the officers of the Amalgamated AS
sociation last week, that number OF firms
| would sign the scale within few days
none vet have done so, in addition to those
who signed within few days after the
strike was inaugurated. But one rolling
mill in this district has signed the scale
! Carnegie's Union Mills, but as l said las
| week they are about to shut down for re
| pair, which il will take two months Il
| Complete. There will not then be
Single Rolling Mill
| in full operation, in this while region ex
| cept that of Dilworth, Porter d Co.. which
employs no puddlers. All OF the stee
| mills, with two exceptions. have signed th
scale and are in full operation. The excep
| tions are the works of James Park, Jr., ant
| Miller Metcalf & Parkin, both of whom de
| clare they will, in no event sign the pres
| ent scales. =,
The experiment of running with mol
union men, which is being tried at klo
mans mill, is being watched with mucl
, :~terest. About two hundred men ar
mI NV az uorH, but few of them are skille'
wortmen HOT M n M Eloman himself has DOM
ed a workman's sui: and taken hand a
| the rolls, and personally jnstructing tn
| green hands. He is man of stsst deter
mination and can carry such a schem
through, if any one can. 1t is reports
that several other mills will soon try tn
same experiment. a.'. ...
The strike has already resulted in the los
of a
Great Many Orders
| to Pittsburgh manufacturers. Some tina
had been placed here have been removed Il
Eastern firms, Graf, Bennett & Co. wer
at work on very large order for the Pitts
burgh, MeKeesport and Yonghioghenn,
railroad which, on account of their iRabil
| ity to fill it in time, has now been places
with Trenton, \. J , firm. Other larg
1 orders nave also gone 10 EdsteTu pOluto.
| Upon the whole, the situation at presen
| is about the same as at the time of my last
except that the manufacturers seem to b
more determined.
A Nest Remarkable Feat
was accomplised at the Edgar Thompson
Furnace D." at Braddock, week before last
Their output for the week ending May 2
being far in excess of the record of any fur
nsce in this or any other eoun try. Furn
ace 'sD'' is so by 20 feet, and is fitted will
the most approved Innings and all moderI
| improvements. The average output for th'
entire week was 25S,5l9 tons (of 2,94
pounds each) per day. The daily recorc
was as follows:
May. Eff Tons,
2S...-. u
a..
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