The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-15
THE IRON STRIKE.
AOvlcEs FROM AL QUARTERS.
The Situation Il ClevelAnd-ons Hundred More
q. yoa.uniou Men Seeursd-lntsr1lew with A
'7 Member Of the AmalgAmatsd Asso.
' elAtlon-Ths Harmony Mills. SIS.

PirTsBuEGH, June IA member oi the
Amalgamated Association being inter.
viewed in regard TO the Cleveland diff.
Guilty said: The difficulty proceeds from
the employment Of non.union meu. The
union men would be able to hold disorderly
inclined persons, 80 long rs there are no
importations Of forsign labor brough. to
the country for the especial purpose Of
interfering with workmen engaged in con.
tests for terms OF labor OF wages, but such
importations thev could not help regard
ing as description OF overt act, inviting
radical measures in return. The impres.
sion was that there has been no disposi.
ton in this city to conduct the contest on
other than fair terms. "The mauuiactur.
ers,' said an Analgama,ed Association
man. "haye recognized the utility and
propriety Of union by forming union oi
their own. We shall not otter induce.
ments to foreign mill owners to remove
their plants wherewith 10 break the mill
owners stand against us. Nor would we
consider it within the limits OF fair
contest for them to offer inducements TO
foreign skilled labor 10 come here 10 break
our strike. A correspondent some days
ago asked a prominent X. OF L. what lie
would think il Capt. Jones, Superintendent
OF the Eigar Thompson steel works, who
is now travelling in Europe, should return
in few months with couple Of thousand
steel workers at his heels. We don't be-
lieve that firm or any other firm in this dis.
trlct contemplatcs such u move. II
wouldn't do; both sides can dig at the ioun-
datlon OF the question at issue, II thev
determine SO TO do, but the result would he
to demolish very valuable superstruc.
ture." N.
"You do not take dark view OF the
situation? ?" -
" No; mn not an alarmlst. Besides, the
outlook is not so bad that there should be
any occasion to build up permanent
enmity. The crop prospects are excellent
and ttiat would mean IN opening CLEAN
were the cloud ten times as dense and dark
as it is As for Cleveland, it seems to me
that with such splendid fishing in the lake
those persons who have been creating dis.
order had much better be tackling bass
than making row." I8
lt. 5s.ea Arbitration. s,s Isaa
Many OF the striking worknen have
gone out Of the city to visit friends or ior
recreation. The iron workers, however.
are, as general thing, m intelligent, or.
derly body Of men, and they do not spend
their time idling about the streets or in the
liquor shops when not at work. The riots
Of 1877 were not caused by these men.
There is no danger Of any trouble from
them, unless m attempt is made to fill
their places by the importation OF foreign
labor. Happily this is not at present
even discussed as probability by the en-
pioyers. The best feeling prevails on both
sides, and when settlement is reached it
Will be doubtless without the ill-ieeling
that often results from these strikes. II an
attempt were made TO settle the difficulties
by arbitration, as is done in the iron dis
-tficts in England, it would seem as if it
ought to be successful at this time and in
the present state OF feeling. The leaders OF
the workingmen assert thos II the employ
ers will convince them by facts and figures
that they cannot afford to pay the increase
demanded, the strike will end. The eu-
pioyers assert in the most positive manner
that they cannot atIord to pay the advance
at the present market price OF iron. 1t
cannot be learned that any attempt has
been made to reach a settlement by arbi-
tratIon,. but heretofore the workingmen
have always refused TO entertain susyes-
ton OF this kind, though frequently pressed
upon them. X.
How the Manufacturers Feel.
OF the l25 mills with o,4l5 furnaces in.