Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-12
WORK KND WAGES.
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A LARGE EASTERN MIL sHyf DOWN.

LOUISVILLE, KY, December l1.-No def.
inite understanding has Jet been N1chsd
BY the proprietor Of the Central tsemne
Mill and bis employees In regard to vse2.
The mill hes already shut down ff s4ew
weeks, and the employers ~ that thsy
can stand frssss-out oil wintsr unless tAs
men come 10 their tsrma Mr.. yohnstoa,'
one of the psop,istors, ays that ssyst IL
was nothing serious as they hadshut dowu
on account Of the cold weather, and not b.
cause Of the trouble vita the men, but
that they expected . strike within the next
wssk. He said hat the osntral Rolling
Nil haloass - - scons1uuRS>gsset
which, mp 70 last June, vas paying pud-
dlers t6 . ton, while the Pittsburgh district
district was paying only IS 80
This Di0sreaes IN WaGoo
allowed the Pittsburgh district 70 junder.
sell them, and In the fall Of 1881 th1re ~
strike hare keAuse they refuee4 - p9y
Plddlen more than they got g nsssegr
among the rolling mills In Pittsburgh BE-
cause the employees demanded the wAeeo
paid in Cincinnati. This had ia induence
In the latter district and they entered INTO
q compact with the men, agreeing to pay
them the old prices until the Pittsburgh
mills started, whom they should work for
the wages paid there. The employer tri-
umphed In the Pittsburgh strike last June
and the men went 10 work ut the old wages.
At the same time the wages at the mills
in the Cincinnati district with the excep.
ton Of the Central rolling mill, fell to
IS so. This enabled Cincinnati 10 sell her
- l., Ann am - tnVAR PNtNn
than the Louisville mill could, and few
weeks ago the employers determined TO
hold the men TO their engagement They
Deteruined o Conquer,
n they have TO shut down for the winter.
Some OF the men were seen and inter-
viewed. They say that II is quite reasona-
bic that they should work for $3.50 ton
when those figures are paid everywhere
else, IL the Louisville mills afforded the
same facilities as the Cincinnati and Fits.
burg mills. They say that 1t is down IN .
great hollow, shut of from the river
breeIes by the railroad embsnkmsnt, ani
on all other sides by the streets, which aro
almost even with the roof Of the building.
ON this account work Is retarded and msdc
harder in the Louisville mill than almost
any other. They say that II possible Q
rolling mill should be built upon . hill.
As Il is Il requires fully an hour more. 70
do days work here than anywhere else.
The puddlers will hold meeting In Beck's
Hall Tuesday night, TO See whether they
will work for reduced wages.
Mills shut down..
CHICAGO, December 1.-THE steel rail
mill Of the North Chicago Rolling Mil, at
Chicago, q very large concern, shut down
to-day. II Is understood 70 be partially
owing to the quiet state OF the rail market,
partly to the doubt Of the tariff action OF
congress and partly because no definite
schedule OF wages for the next year has
been fixed The furnaces are still In opc.
ration. The shutting down Of the mill
owned by this company In West Chicago
was announced some time ngo.
PurLApEIPBIA, December 1.-The largs
Riverside rolling mill and Triton cotton
mill, Newcastle, Del, closed Saturday for
an indefinite period. -Four hundred hands
are out OF employment. The iron mill
closed on account OF dull trade, and the
employees OF the cotton factory struck
against reduction Of wages.