Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-29
THE IRON CITY.
rhs Coming Convention at Chicago
and It's Work.
scrstav Martins Yiews-Ths Strike to be
Erdorsed-President Jarrett not a Can
didate. but will Probably Accept
The Tube Works.
,7FsT NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS.

IESl kEMS fhUN NIL VOn"
s,ectal Correspondence o'the Register
,,rTsrURe. July 2S.-The near approach
tho convention Of the Amalgamated AS
s,,ion Of Iron and Steel Workers, at Chi
10 makes it the great topic OF conyersa-
, among manufacturers and iron work
The former profess to believe that
convention will modify the scale to an
snt that will enable the mills to accep'
and resume operations Immediately.
J IRON workers think the convention will
lorse the strike.
called al the general offices OF the
D,,ramated Association this morning,
Aid not find President Jarrett at home.
is now in Erie, trying to regulate some
-urhances. He Will return to this city
pisht and will go to Chicago Monday.
re,arv VIM. Martin was found at his
and Immediately announced that he
almost TOO busy TO talk, the work upon
n he was engaged being the preplra-
Of some reports for the Chicago con-
Zion our conversation was neeessarl-
brief and was about rs follows:
Nr. Martins Views.
|Win the Chicago convention be well AZ
f. sir. ND TO this hour 2ls delegates
s rsported that they will be in attend
! These represent all sections OF the
4 ,-y. BEFORE Monday a number more
he heard from, and this promises to be
convention we have ever had
kYhat will be the principal questions
trssed at this convention
fbat is a pretty broad question. VI
Is could answer it, but in my post
1 must decline 10 do so.
MN this body have power toreyiew the
In Of the Grand Lodge in ordering
Re. and to modify the Scale?'
l r. sir. This is the supreme power IN
IAssociatiOn, and can DO both OF those
> II you want my personal opinion
/ that the convention will neither crItl-
4 ,he grand lodge for ordering a strike
Nor Modify ihe Scale.
Il lst IL will endorse both. That will
s. this question, for US more positive.
! POSSIBLE, than il iS settled now, and
q nee the few who were opposed 10 the
that the Association is united in de-
il ling the So scale
course the proposed confederation o.
will be discussed. Do you think
i Association will favor that scheme
n hat question will, OF course, come up.
IA hot know what the Association will
IL out il: whether they will appoint
& afes 10 Cleveland or not My own
II on on the matter do not care 70
bat other questions of general impor-
- will come up?'
Lon have hit the two most prominent
Ia ions The others will be of interest
~ 10 the association, questions Of policy,
ell, what is there new in the situa-
+ bsOlutely nothing. There are a great
- rumOrs flying around, Of mills about
s. n the scale, but won't give them TO
,1,beCause do not consider them we'll
RI bed We do not expect any signatures
~. after the Chicago Convention, as
Oi the manufacturers are waiting in
&Dpc that we will weaken
President Jarrett
~ a candidate for reelection to the
&ency of the Amalgamated AssOcja-
tonieSsing himself heartily tired Of
tprry and trouble his position has
II him. He is a masterly workman,
IS been offered number Of lucrative
M tns in various mills. His popularity
d association, however, inSures his re.
Pn against its protest, and he will
&R decline.
The Tube Works.
|ote you last week that the National
9NOrkS at MCkeesport had notified all
I'd men to report for duty Monday
Ing or consider themselves diScharg-
HOnc Of the Amalgamated Association
ut in an appearance, and the COM
. bow expresses its intention to try to
{ 90 HUrely with nOn-union men. A great
OF the men now employed in the
manufacturing department proper OF
WrES do not belong TO the Association.
MnCern employs over 1900 men, and
COmpany succeeds in having it ope-
D by nOR-uniOn men, quite a vic
8 III be gained over the Association.
mry Martin, in our conversation this
smg, said he did not think the conf
4 ,IMfOuld succeed in running with non
men, because they could not OBJ
n enough skilled labor. He
81 also, that their starting
I'D p effect the situation; that as soon
strike is settled, all their old men
Pr employment with them; and that
acS sheep inferior wOrkmeR, will
harged, thing they will deserve,
ng 10 his idea.
~ The Superior Mills.
Nperiment of running with non.
I0en IS proving very successful al
erior mills. Their sixteen inch bur
started yesterday, and five addi-
eating furnaces will be fired up to-
Il signs Of disturbance have disap-
~ and the nOn-unionistS are allowed
without interference.
aPital in the Iron Trade.
cures Of the capital involved in the
ineSS IN twenty Of the leading cities
Puntry, as shown in the reports for
census year, show that Pittsburgh
named the Iron City" She leads
mn With 81, ,S33, ,OOO. PHILADELPHIA
NJ with 5, 1000, st. Louis with
and then the latter's great rival
WWlthS6,4l5,OOO. Then come Cleye-
New York with $l,654, 900 and
~ respectively. New Orleans is
sae twentieth city, and her capital
IL MSIN'CJ0 These are the twenty
ne country in point Of population.
w are many places like Wheeling,
MTn, Albany, Chattanooga, etc.
WHer population that greatly ex.
' capital invested in the iron
y many OF the larger cities. Brook
! ~ million and more inhabitants.
-WAiSS,yO invested in the iron
anl dare say Wheeling has more
81 these twenty cities repressnt :
lWy one-third Of the capital ibvestsj
"a man uiaeturing, and over forty
~ oA the product. While
"a TahNS fourth in CAPT
,snIta agSS = second in product. With
phS - S2E+lUOoo sI the value of her pro.
.. .,%s>.,yVN. .%S o,JVN. PIttSburg, with a capi-
q 49, NGUV' turns out goods valued AT
ms Is explained by the state.
I! MIS- OF the Pittsburg mills are
S9hd financial footing than the
MS and that the product of tbs
ESIy light goods which run into
:, 49,, while much of PittSburg's
Maested IN furnaces and in mills
Hns heavy goods. -