Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-03
10 their standard, and it is owing to theil
efforts that it was advanced. They are
US,ux the PfttsbufE Men

NJ mill their chestnuts ont of the tire.
Now this il sure 70 breed dissatisfaction,
and YOU will find that the Pittsburg men
will not stand out long. They Will not
long consent to the pittance given them py
the Association and lose their S25. S3O, $2o
or 800 a week, while the Cincinnati WORK
ers are living on the fat OF the land, at the
old scale prices, which they are now doing;
the scale of June l, 1881, as they agreed 70.
'Do YOU think the Association can stand
a strike long"
"No, sir: [ think not. II is losing game
all around. Say there are sixty thousand
members of the association. Now, while
the Cleveland strike was going on, with
!. 900 men out, an assessment OF little
over thirty.three cents per week, on tine
workers, would have afforded $4.OO a week
10 the strikers This the men would PROB
ably be willing to stand. But take it as it
is, with over thirty thousand men out, and
probably that many working. Now, each
man working must contribHte
Four Dollars a Week
to the support of his idle brother. This
will not be very pleasant to the contrlDu-
tor, and it will be very unpleasant 10 the
dependant. -. Four dollars week 70 men
who have been accustomed to spend S5o OF
$40, will not 60 very nicely. In the mean
time tleSe men WILL Dc SLauoihS Ous ". -
an average about $50 per week. IN three
months this will amount to a loss in wages
of about 100000. Then, even
if the advance be granted, which it
will not be, it will take the workmen at the
advance rate, almost two years to gain what
they lost by the strike. and before that an
other strike may destroy even that chance.
The
Manufacturers Can StandIt
easily. The market is somewhat glutted,
and prices were sinking. With suspen-
sion of three or four months, all needed re
pairs can be made, and the surplus having
been used up, good prices will again rule.
The cry about mills being forced to run on
account of contracts is all bosh. There has
not been a contract made in this city for
two years that did not provide for strikes,
releasing its fultillment TO the letter.
Notes.
To an impartial observer the situation
seems to be rather favorable TO the manu-
facturers.
The coal miners strike has not changed
anv since my last.
Tue great Amalgamatedp picnic takes place
to- morrow; 3o00e are expected to particl-
pate. BRIAN
~ Pittsburg.
PITTsBrRG, June There was nothing
new in the iron situation, to-day. 1t is not
likely that any firms contemplating afhx-
ing their signatures to the scale will do so
before next week inasmuch as this week is
near its close and the Anna lgamated work
men will have their annual picnic at
Beaver tomorrow. The effect of the lock.
ion industries, coal and coke. One coal
firm report falling off i'll their
supplies to mills of 5000 bushels per day.
MANY mills operated their own mines and
these of course are now deserted. The
of coke has fallen of fully
one-fourth, and prices have been reduced
ten to fifteen cents per ton from those es-
month ago. Bu 'iness men and
tradesmen are not apprehensive OF long
sttvikn and cypress contideDr" that the cur,
tailed production will stinem the MARKET
AMI the scale viii then be sigsed Y oliilss
$50 .,As, ,Chisaesr M .o /.
SogrH CHrckee, June There is 10 ma
tefial change IN the Situation at iIrondsle,
this morning. All the men are stiIl out.
PresidentC gSJfett has mot arrived, and>a
telegram has been received stating he will
not come on as expected. The correspond
ing secretary, Patrick Carmody, OF the iron
workers association here, has Just received
the following dispatch from President JAR
rett at Rttsburg:
"My instructions being only advisory,
you are at liberty to stop, provided they
all stop"
Mr.. Csrmoiy has also received the fol.
lowing telegram from Vice President Bull
lock, of Bay View, Milwaukee:
DO not work unless they sign the
scale. We are out and will stay out until
they do sign it, ! will call them out"
The indications now are that the men
will stay out until the manufacturers give
in. The men claim they have q half mil
lion dollars in the treasury at Pittsburg.
Also that the steel and rail men will come
to their aid with money when they need 1t.
The employees of the steel rail mills and
iron rail mills, in all about seventeen hun
dred men, are out of employment here.
The Present Chicago Scale.
CHICAGO, June 2-The wages which the
iron workers are striking against, are as
follows Nail feeders, $l.I5 per day; help
ers, 81: puddlers, $3.50 to So; nailers, So,
s. to $40 They demand 10 to Is per cent.
advance.
The BriekmRkers.
The Knights of Labor have taken a
friendly interest in the brickmakers strike,
and proposed conference for compromise
and consultation, they representing the
interest of the strikers. The employers
have given no answer and are not much
inclined to treat with the men, who have
been troublesome and evasiye.
The Riot Last Night.
The attack OF the dock laborers at Bridge
port. last night, upon the Chicago and AL
ton train. was well executed and evinced
careful planning. Though roughly armed
y, irl- ClY ~ nix nf and
the number OF broken heads attest their
effectiveness. Three had their
skulls laid bare by vicious blows,
and half dozen others were
crippled or hurt in various degrees. None
of The injured are likely to die, even Judge
Pillsbury being in fair way TO recover at
last accounts. The rioters quickly fled
when their vengeance was satisfied. The
police were on the scene, and have made
several arrests, including James OBrien,
John O'Neil and John Franklin, all on sus.
picion.
\ dispatch from Dwight says that one of
the rioters was accidentally shot in the
forehead. The witnesses of the affair are be-
ing locked up. David McMullcn, OF Dwight,
who was with Judge PillSbury, says the
shot which struck him was fired from the
inside Of the car, but none of has party saw
the man who fired it. 1t is believed, how
ever. that important clues are in the hands
of the police, and the misCreants will be
brought to justice.
At Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. June 2.-Eyerything
is aniet, to-day, both sides simply waiting.
The men held meeting in the forenoon
and passed resolution embodying their
views. and dispatched them to President
Jarrett, but decline to give them out. They
profess TO believe the strike will be OF short
duration.
Al Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE. Wis. June 2.-There was no
new developments at the Bay View rolling
mill. The rail mill will shut down to-
morrow. The men, l60 in number, are
Quiet. and claim that they will be able to
hold out until the company sign the scale.
MrLwArxEE, WIS, June 2,-The settlers in