The daily gazette., 1882-06-07
THE STRIKES IN THE WEST.
Two More Iron Firms Sign the Scale
Chicago BrickmaiKers Accept the Com

Two More Iron Firms Sign the scale
Chicago Brickmakers Accept the Com
promise.
PITTsBURG, June 6.-Tw0 more Western
iron firms have signed the scale granting an
increase of wages TO the workipgmen for the
year ensuing June /. These are the Akron
Iron Company of Akron, Ohio, and j. l..
Edwards " Co., operating the works at
Canal, Dover, Tuscarawas county, Ohio. The
latter started up after a short rest and the
former did not stop at all, but signed and
kept at work. The Akron works have IS
pudding furnaces and the Dover works 10.
This makes eight iron firms west of the
Alleghenies who have signed the new scale
up to this date.
Another batch of colored miners arrived
at the Willow Grove mines, on the Pan
Handle road, to-day to take the place of
white strikers. President Jones of the
Miners Union says the striking miners Will
get tent large enough to hold about 1000
men, which will be situated near Mcdonald
station. In it all the striking miners on the
Pan Handle will be gathered. At regular
intervals lectures will be given by Andrew
Roy of Ohio, and prominent educators will
be solicited to lecture on mineralogy and
kindred topics interesting to miners. Mr..
Jones states that the time will be proftably
spent in study by the miners.
CLEVELAND, June 6.-The situation
among the strikers at Newburgh is un-
changed. Only about 800 were at work to-
day, the strikers having dissuaded the others
by some means from working again. No
disturbances are reported, though the
strikers were on hand in force. The COM
pany are determined to continue running,
even at large loss, before they will give in
to the union men.
GUuWx q
accepted the offer of compromise made by
the employers and resumed work this morn
ing at wages ranging from 81. 90 I% to So. .12%.
The workmen agree not to strike again this
year and to work with non-union men.
They also consent to do plating without
extra pay. The advance is 1917 cents, or
just half the rate which the strikers de-
manded.
BLOW AT TRADES UNIONS.
PITTsBURG, June GA dispatch from
East Liverpool, Ohio, states that all the
pottery firms in that town, with single
exception, have posted notices in their works
giving union men two weeks notice to leave
the factories. The occasion of this was the
organization short time ago of a small
lodge of Knights of Labor, with a member
ship scattered through the various factories.
Some of the firms became alarmed at the
experience that the Pittsburgi iron manu-
facturers had with the Amalgamated Asso-
citation and a meeting was called to
determine what action should be taken. The
result was that nine out of thirty firms de
cided to discharge all the union men in their
employ, and the rest decided to take similar
action. Since that the members of the
order having been making great efforts to
strengthen the union, and at large meet
ing on Friday night over 100 new men were
initiated. Speeches were made by organ
izers from this city, and the meeting formed
into a procession, which paraded through
the principal streets Since that the feeling
against the union has intensified, and all the
firms exoePt owe have united to break down
the union. Another meetine Will he held
this week.