The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-26
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Yesterday, there was held in Pittsburgh, ,
meeting OF the Iron Manufacturers Which
might be. styled the first general :mee,ine
held to consider the labor question that is al
present asiiniing Theron ccnters. It VIZ.
one Of the largest meetings OF the kind
! ever held in Pittsburgh, over fifty gentlemen
being present. From Wheeling gentlemen,
who were present, We learn that all the
Wheeling mills were represented, ns well d.
many factories OF importance west Of
the Al!eghanies. 1T was very harmo
NOUS meeting" said h prominent gentleman
In the Mcclure House lobby last evening
but one that we don't care to say much
about. fou can say however, that there
was very thorough and strong determine
ton to see the thing through and nay nc
more money. The stand We have taken Is
final" is.&
Another; said, ct was . meeting held 70,
the purpose 0! coming to some conclusion MS
to what our position must be for the coming
months, and the action taken was definite,
and strong ono, all concurring III it."
There are now a few days intervening be.
tween this and tho first OF June In whicl, the
Amalgamation may make some move look.
ing, to a compromise between the employer
and employc before u general strike enslies.
But Judging from the talk heard among all
classes Of the iron workers in this city there
Is very little probability OF such u move be.
ing made. Ono thing, however, is certain.
mud large majority see it. and that is that
tho Ama'GaHatton has. entered into strug.
gle with what 1t has never met beiore-u
thoroughly united organization. s.
True there are several who concur with the
pailor. who said: "Jnsi hs soon Ms the mill
owners SEQ some one getting their market,
and they begin to lose money, they will
quietly slip out aud sign the scale. Tho
Amalgamation hns backbone and that's what
counts in a struggle like this. The mill
owners claim to have It aud that's all right
but the question ia, can they keep 1t? ihcy
have not been organized as long as we have
and have got to be tested" a.
The manufacturers were very close mouth.
ed last evening and The workers talked among
themselves IN little knots on the street cor.
ncrs but apparently did not care to say mnch.
IN nj! the mills preparations nre going on for
the l0ckoutnn there Is really no doubt but
that next Thursday morning tho mills will
DC found empty and silent, while the pull OF
smoke that i,as been so long over the city
betokehinG activity aud prosperity will roll
away for aa indefinite period. For tho very
latest adviccs from Pittsburgh and points OF
ih'crcs. concerning the strike, our readers
arc referred to the Geographic columns.
One Of the results Of yesterdays meeting
was the calling Of meeting for June 18th, Of
all tho iron men west OF the mountains, Nv
that. time the strike, II strike there should
really be, will have been fairly started along
the iue, and there will be much 10 discuss,
From, the present talk, the feeling among the
iron men there will be the sane as It is now,
ono OF determination to fight II out 10 the
bitter end II 1t takes all summer. $780,