The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-06-09
THE GREAT IRON STRIKE,
Iron-workers all over the East
Quit Work--3O. 900 Men
Demanding an In
crease of
Wages.
Wages.
SOMETHING LIKELY TO AFFECT THE
IRON MARKET.

Wages.
SOMETHING LIKELY TO AFFECT TIL
IRON MARKET.
PITTSBURGH, May 3l.-The day set BY
the Amalgamated Association Of Iron and
Steel Workers for the great strike has ar
rived, and the advent of tomorrow will SEE
the fires out in thirty six mills in this vicinity
and $500 men thrown out Of employment
Five mills, as follows: Hussey, Hord q Co.
Singer, Nimick d Co., the Union Iron Mills
of this city, the Whitaker Iron Company, OF
Wheeling, and the Union Iron Company, OF
Newburg, Ohio, are reported tonight as hav-
ing signed the scales. The manufacturers
here assert that the signing Of the scales by
the parties named will not affect or weaken
them In the stand they have taken, rs the
mills deal In specialties or steel exclusively.
Both sides express determination to hold
out for six months, If necessary, but 1t is
not believed that the lockout will be of long
duration.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 31.-The scale
was presented to all the mills of the Mahon-
| ing valley to-day, and all refused to sign. No
work Will be done at any Of them to-mor-
row. Brown, Bond a. Co. have ordered all
their furnaces and coal mines to be closed
down. The strike will throw ten thousand
men out of employment In this valley alone
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-The Laclede rolling
mill, Helmbacker's forge, and Harrisoa's
/ wire works, in this city, will shut down to-
day.
| CINCINNATI, June $50 far as ascer-
tanned three of the fiSe iron mills i'm New
port, Kentucky, will shut down to-day. It
Is not certain what course the other two will
| take.
WHEELING, w. Va, June 1.-The iron
and nail mills of this city and vicinity shut
| down last evening for an indefinite period,
the proprietors having refused TO sign the
new scale of wages for the employees, which
would take effect to-day. The Whitaker
sheet iron mill signed the scale last evening
and will be the only mill in operation to-day.
by this stoppage five thousand men will be
thrown out of employment.
ERIE, Pa, June 1.-Two hundred and fifty
puddlers Of the Mount Hickory ROLLING
mills strike to-day for an advance of fifty
cents per ton. The Youngerton scale was
presented to all the mills of Mahoning valley
yesterday, and all refused to sign it, and no
work will be done at any of them to-day.
CINCINNATI, June ALI except one
rolling mill, which works scrap iron excu-
sively, and two mills which are working I'D
three or four days accumulation of blooms,
In Cincinnati and vicinity, are stopped 1t
Is the belief OF the mill owners that all the
| mill hands will resume work next Monday.
and complete adjustment will he made.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., June 1.-The mills are
all shut down, though the furnaces 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 signs of yielding.
PITTsBURG, June 1.-TLis morning the
warfare between labor and capital began in
earnest. The fires In every iron mill in this
city, with one exception, have been taken
out and the mills shut down. The except
ion Is the Union Iron Mills, of Cornegie
Bros. d Co., who signed last night. They
VIII continue to run, having contracts on
hand that must be filled. This is generally
considered bad break, and calculated to
weaken the lines Of the manufacturers. IL
is one OF the largest iron mills and has ca
pacity of $1,000 tons year. The steel mills
are running as usual. Most of them have
signed the scale, but as they do not employ
many puddlers, 1t Is not thought that their
signing will have any effect on the situation.
IL is expected that most Of the sheet mills
VIII sign within few days. 1t is generally
believed that the strike will not be of long
duration. The mills which have suspended
DETROIT, June 1.-The members of the
Amalgsmated Steel and Iron Association,
employed at Bough's steam forge of this city
and the Eureka Iron Works of Wyandotte,
held meeting and decided to postpone their
strike ten days. There are 200 men en-
ployed ut Bough's forge who belong to the
Union.
CLEVELAND, June The threatened
strike Will probably not change affairs in |
TINS city. The Cleveland Rolling Mill Com
pany's works have been shut down for seme |
time, but are expected toresume before long, |
as now the Union Works aud the Forest City |
iron company employ one hundred men,
and the Union Rolling Mill Company, hav-
ing two hundred and sixty men, have signed |
the scale and are running as usual. Other
iron and steel works here that employ nom
union men are not affected.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, June To-day
one hundred and five men employed by You
mans Bros. and Hodgn's sawmills struck
Tor an Increase Of wages. A general strike
among the workmen In the sawmIlls is ex-
pected to. day for an advance of twenty-five
cents.
LOUISVILLE, June 1.-Two hundred and
lity men In the Central rolling mill have
struck.
ST. LOUIS, June 2.-Eyerything was quiet
yesterday among the striking iron workers,
md there are no signs Of demonstrations Of
my kind. The Harrison wire works did not
hut down as reported last night.
CLEVELAND, June 1.-Two hundred men
ire out at the Briton Iron and Steel Works.
n addition to those out before. III
CINcINSATI, June 2.-All the mills but 4
hree have stopped work, but the mill own :.
rs do not regard the strikers as formidable.
he number Of men out by the strike Is {
bout 1900. Chas. Avery, vice president of ,
he Amalgamated Association of this district :
as telegfaphed TO president Jarret, asking
i'm to come and help settle the matter at q
,eeting called for Friday night. a
WELLsvILLE, o., June 2.-The puddlers /
Woods rolling mill struck yesterday be.
ause the proprietors refused to sign the !
Gale. A number of them afterward relented {
lid wished to return TO work, but were not r
flowed to do so.
WHEELING, w. Va, June 2.-All the nail :
ILLS OF this city shut down to-day and ex-
ect to remain closed for an indefinite per- q
I'd. There appears to be no disposition
hateyer on the part Of the manufacturers
start them until the situation is radically
hanged.
PITrsBuRs, Pa, June 2.--The labor stu VI
ion ar regards the iron strikers, has deyel- q
ped nothing new since noon yesterday d
CLEVELAND, June 2.--The Cleveland s
olling Mill Company expects to start up :.
ur OF Its mills on Monday, working half >
me, and giving employment to 1900 men, X
Dn-union and seceders. cl
CHICAGO, June 2.--Wages which the iron "
orkers are striking against are as follows .
all feeders, $l.75 per day; helpers, $500 =
lddlers, $3.50 TO $500; nailers. So n
Hers, $500 to $1,000. They demand an al
Vance of ten to fifteen per cent. ~
CHICAGO, June 2.--In an attack by The
rikeis on some non-union employeesof the ~
,liet Iron and steel mill at the suburb Of RI
righton last evening, several men were 10
IDLY bruied and Judge Pillsbnry, of the -