Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-24
THE FOURTH WEEK. =
Both Sides Determined to Hold Out
as Long as Necessary. .
AFalse Report-The Bay View Scale-Ihe
Brotherhood Of Engineers-Ihe Mol 4
ders' Trouble-Cause Of the +
DificuIty-The finishers' r,
Meeting-The Miners. s
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LATEST FACTS FROM ALL QUARTERS.
S,,eciol co,respondence of the Register.


vet appears no prospect of settlement oil
the difficulties between labor and capital. |
What the real intentions of the parties con- |
cerned may be is known only TO themselves,
to the public both talk in a very defiant
way. The manufacturer says he will never
sign the scale, and the workmen just as
emphatically say they will not do a stroke |
of work until it is signed. ~---''=--'-
Yesterday morning there was great re- |
ioicing at the Amalgamated Association
headquarters over the report'that the non
union men employed at the mills OF Ever
son, Macrum l. Co., at Scottda'e, suburb
of this city had quit work and would
Join the Ranks
of the Association. Their Joy proves TO De |
short lived, however, for the report was |
soon denied. The report seems to have
originated from the action OF two pud- |
dlers, who quit work because the manager
wanted them to work over poor ball OF
iron. Their places were filled withinsa few
hours, when work went on aS usual J. b.
Eyerson, OF the above M ,ntioned firm
states that they expect no difficulties with
their men. The relations between the irm
and its employees are of the best, and prom
Use to continue.
Another report, emanatir" from associa. |
ton Headquarters, was that lie scale had
been signed at Bay View, VI sconsiH. In |
ouiry at the office OF the W. :rn Iron AS. |
sociation brought to light telegram to
Secretary Weeks, from Bay wv, denying |
that the scale had been sig At that point, |
and declaring it would not 80. Mr.. Weeks |
still thinks the manufactl will be VIC |
torious in this struggle, TO ie same rea-
sons have laid before yv.' readers IN
previous letters.
brotherhood OF En- :neers.
Considerable excitement vas occasioned |
Wednesday and Thursday Ly the report |
getting about that the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Enginee were contemplating |
a general strike. / could not trace the |
origin of this report to any reliable
source. Several engineers who were inter
viewed denied any knowledge OF strike
being contemplated. They stated that the
wages received by engineers varied from
50 so to So so per day, and thIt most OF the
men were satisfied with this. Some are OF |
the opinion that So 90 should be the small
est pay, but did not favor strike for that |
purpose. President Roberts, OF the Penn |
sylvania, who happened 10 be in the city, |
was interviewed on the subject When lu- |
formed of the rumor he seemed greatly sur
prsed, and said he had not heard OF 1t be-
fore He did not believe there was any |
truth in it, as the men in the employ of |
the PENNSYLVANIA seemed better contented |
with their work and their pay atthe pres |
ent time than they had been for years He |
had heard of no dissatisfaction in any |
quarter The gentleman remarked that |
there was a very noticeable falling on IN
freight traffic since the innuguration OF
the great strike, much more than IS usual
during the summer season.
The MOuIders' Trouble.
There was very exciting meeting of
Assembly No. 1890, of the Knights OF Labor
last night. 1t was there decided that work
should be stopped in all establishments in
this CITY doing work for Witherow d Cor
don, of New Castle, Pa. For some time the
employees of Witherow & Gordon have
been on a strike, on account OF certain dlt'
ferences A committee was appointed by
the Knights of Labor to confer with the
firm and endeavor to agree upon basis OF
settlement This utterly failed, and the
| meeting of last night was for the purpose
| of forcing Witherow & Gordon to settle
ment, The firm has been having q great
| deal of work done by Pittsburg firms. This
the Knights of Labor have determined to
stop, by refusing to work in those mills,
| taking contracts from the New Castle firm.
| This action will more particularly effect
the Atlas Works, and the Rosedale Found
ry in Allegheny. Three or four other
| firms are also said to be interested. None
| of these have yet signitied what action they
| will take in the matter.
AManufacturer's Views.
Amember of one of them said to me that
he thought there ought to be something
| done to arrest the exorbitant demands OF
| labor. Said he: "0ur employees demand
| the right, not only to fix the wages which
we shall pay them, but they would dictate
| to us TO whom we shall be allowed to sell
| our product This is overturning all the
we'll established principles OF business and
| trade. 1t is radically wrong, and if per.
sisted in, can but result in combinations OF
capital against labor, and labor against
capital, a thing to be deprecated"
The Meeting OF Finishers
| to be held Monday, July 3, is attracting
| much attention. The mere fact OF such
meeting being held gives some color to the
| rumor that there is not perfect harmony in
| the ranks of the Amalgamated Association.
| Thomas Reese, one of the most intelligent
| iron workers in the city, in speaking OF the
meeting, stated that it was for the purpose
| of considering the interests OF the hnishers.
THE pupdlers," said he, "outnumber the
rollers and tinishers ten to one, and as IT
only takes majority vote in the ASsocia-
| ton to carry a measure, the former, when
their interests conflict with the latter, have
decidedly the advantage. The object OF the
| meeting is to effect q change in the present
relation between puddlers and tinishers."
Mr.. Reese favors making two-third vote
necessary to carry measure.
Annoying Non-UniOn Men.
There is some fear of a riot at the Supe-
rior Rail mill in Allegheny, where about
l5Q non union men are employed. These
men are followed home at night, and as
sailed with all sorts of epithets, and on sew
eral occasions the mob has gone so far as to
throw stones at the workmen. Women
form large part OF the crowd, and are the
most violent in their demonstrations. The
officers of the Amalgamated Association
| deny that their members have taken any
mart in these assaults, and maintain that
they are prepared to help the police to keep
| order.
are still out in the Pan Handle region, and
are becoming very much demoralized.
Another camp has been established at
Mansfield, and has about two hundred and
| fifty inhabitants About thirty German
miners were taken to Canonsburg from this
city, to take the place of strikers. Presi-
dent Jones still pretends TO believe that the
miners will be victorious, but cooler minds
do not think so. The mines are gradually
being filled with imported miners, and
some few of the old men are going back to
work. 1t is also feared that serious trouble
will occur in this region. Slight troubles
have already taken place in numerous in
! stances between the strikers and the
| "scabs," and the general impression is that
these camps will result in difficulty.
Iron and steel Production.
The following figures taken from the an
nual report of Mr.. James NJ. Swank, Secre.
tary of the American Iron and Steel AS
and steel in Allegheny county tor the year
1881, and the seven preceding years