Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-08-17
THE LABOR FIGHT.
EMPLOYERS CAUSING THE ARREST
OF MEN FOR CONSPIRACY.

Mills Starting with Non. Union En-
ploycs, ard Labor Affairs Approach ng
a Crisis-Thc Failure Of tho Pan
Handle Strike.
P1TrsBuRGH, August 9.--In labor
circles in and around this city matters
arc rapidly approaching crisis. Tie
failure of the Eastern freight handlers
to successfully carry on their strike
has had weakening effect upon the
strikers here, and it il conf 1ently as
serted that the coal and iron lockout
in Western Pennsylvania will end
with the present month. The Pan
Handle miners strike is now a con-
ceded failure, and while an advance Of
half cent per busEel will be given
by the operators in September, it will
only be the usual advance given each
year at the opening of the winter sea-
son, and will have nothing whatever
to do with the demands Of the men
who, for three months, have been idle
all along the Pan Handle road.
In the iron strike there is weak
ening, noticeable from the fact that
the number of mills running with
non-union men is to be increased in
few days by several more. Yesterday
Graft, Bennett & Co. opened the bail
in their grand aggre cation of four
mills. At their ki,taning Mill the
following notice, which was posted,
tells its own story, and shows that the
firm means business in the strongest
sense cf the term:
Should the puddcrs heretofore en-
ployed by the Kittaning Iron Company,
limited, or ten or fifteen of them, desire
to 30 to work they can do so upon the
following conditions: First, price to be
s.. 80 per ton OF 2,240 pounds; second,
the company will not sign the scale !:
third, pay day to be the 9Th of each
month; fourth, Eli grievances to be adj
, justed with the party aggrieved, as no
committee will be recognized by the
company.
Last nj yht g,clt 'cx,itcmen. pre-
vailed at Etna over the report that
:, Srang, Chalfant & Co..; mill was &c
start up with non-union men, and
later in the evening nine furnaces
were lighted. AS it takes three ol
four days to get pudding furnaces II
order, an early resumption is lcokee
# # for.
a new feature of the strike is the
: attitude taken by certain firms in ar
), resting the more prominent striker.
on charges of conspiracy. This is no
only the case with iron, but with Goa
Z. companies as we'll. Yesterday tht
National Tube Works at Mckcespor
. entered suit for conspiracy against ;
number of their fo m r worlmen, witt
wer, arrested and brought down t.
jail, but released on bail for hearing
TO day the Midway Coal Compan,
enters suit against Twenty-Five OF thei
= miners on simillr cha ge, and tn
mea were placed under arrest thi
afternoon. Three Of the Mckeespor
strikers were in Jail all night, but wer
released on bail this morning. On
g significant fact is that the iron me
arrested thus far are, with but one {
two exceptions, property holders, ane
n though they were able to give bail ;
y Mckeesport, were brought down I
T Pittsburgh and compelled to give
here. The Mckeesport mill is rur
V, ming steadily, though with but fe'
hands, yet enough, the managers CLAIM
to show the st ilSers that the work
! car be operated without their aid.
- TIL, following mills il this distr.'
ar, now rrn in full or in part by nol
10 union men: kirkpatrick & &c
. Apollo Steel Mill. Superior Rail Nil
Alleghany, and Nat onal Tube Work
Thus far no overt act las been con
- mittcd, the strikers confn.ng then
~ selves to personal persuasion al
~ ridicule at times, though should t!
- present system OF arrest on chars
- Of conspiracy be maintained there
but little doubt that the ironworke
=. will retaliate in some vigorous manne
'1e' 1t was reported on the street tod
that there was a possibility OF t
osy; ass. Ama,gamated Association enterir
lit for conspiracy against the We
tern Iron Association, but this cou
be traced to no reliable source.
@ The coal miners strike took On
new aspect to-day. The New 70
and Cleveland Gas Coal Compa
posted notices at their works notii
the ing their miners, to the number
- 1000 or more, that reduction
hall cent would be made. Til, fl
all along have been paying the mine
Inr their price, four cents, but since 7
~ failure of the Pan Handle strike tt
y refuse to maintain the strike fgur
,nty. What action the miners will take
not yet known.
The strike of tie pottery makers
East Liverpool, Ohio, still continu
and donations from all parts OF
- country are received to assist them
~ maintaining the strike.