The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-28
VOLUME XXX.-..NUMB MBER R 9 9 so.5I 3().5I
AMALGAnArED CONVENTION.
"hnt Aciion II Should Take Regarding
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~ AMAIGAnATED CONVENTION.
Whnt Action II Should Take RegardIpI
Itgo the btrIke. "a
PirrsnuRoH, July e7.-0n Sunday after
noon tho delegates from this city and Vi
cinitywill leaye on the Lake Erie road I,
attend tho annual convention OF tho Anal
samated Association 10 be held In Chicago
commencing on Tucsday OF next week
This meeting Is not exceptional, or tho re
suit tf present difficulties in the trades rep
resented by the organization, tho rules hay
Ing provided at the outstart for conyen
tion every ycar. The date and place iol
this gathering was fixed at the meeting O
the Convention last year in Cleveland. Il
is presumed, however. that the strike will
be leading topic for consideration at Chi.
cago, and II Is hoped that the opportunity
for interchange of opinions, OF facts and Of
prospects, by delegates from all iron and
steel districts, will tend toward the adop.
tion OF some sensible measure by which
the present difference shall be reconciled.
It is needless to remind delegates from
this city that the action Of the Associ.
alton in advancing the scale-and declin.
ing all accommodations looking to con-
tinuance Of tho scales Of last year, was hall.
hearted, not popular with many members
and condemned by otliers-wUs in iuct di.
rcc,ly opposed TO lhosemiconservntive pol.
Icy which before characterized the manage.
ment Of the Association. The only reasons
advanced for tho increase were that the
mill owners could afford It, and the cost OF
Lying made II necessary: It wns evident
from the market that the increase could not
have been paid and leave what associated
wolkncn insistupon, a lair division OF prof
ts--inasnuch as owners would have been
squeezed out OF their share. There has
nothing occurred IN the market since 10
change this. As to the cost Of living, un.
doubtedly there was an increase which
bore hard on the workmen, but since then
the big harvest has had good effect and
will soon reduce prices certainly rs low as
ut any period OF last year. All descriptions
Of mar rketing have fallen, with the single
exception Of meats, and OF thesc, beef only
has gone up out OF reach. To assert that
living will be very much cheaper this
winter than it was lust, is merely TO state
what Is apparent to anybody who has paid
ordinary attention to the crops. 1t would
be ridiculously illogical 10 insist on higher
wages the coming winter because
Inst winter waS u hard season
on market money. Tho q present,
with its cheaper food apd cheaper clothing,
and the prospects promising further re-
dIction In prices, should certainly be con.
sidcred by the convention, and the dele.
gates Individually and collectively be man.
ly enough TO recede from position which
II bountiiul harvest has radically changed,
To hold out for demand because Of
stubbornness, OF false pride, is as unwise
rs it is childish, and no reputable associa-
,ion should be guilty Of thus running coun-
ter 10 public opinion. .G5' :. l'E
Within n few days representatives OF the
press have talked with no less than fifteen
mill owners on the prospects, and without
single exception they expressed them.
selves as dcterninedly against the Amalga.
mated Association demand as at any time
since the first day Of June. The fact that
pittsbursh cannot compete with other Sec
tions, on the advance scale is the main
iSa-oh way lulh ueleTulluIllOl IL 30 llrf0ly
planted. There are undoubtedly other and
incidental reasons, some Of which loom in
to the dignity OF Importance. OF these the
leading one is opposition to further interier.
ence with the management OF mill business
outside Of the scale Of wages. These in.
references are impositions which have
chafed the mill owners and brought about,
naturally enough, spirit OF resistance to
the Amalgap,a,ed Association. 1t would
not be surprising il the mill owners were
TO insist before signing any scale whatever
that the Association revise its rules 10 such
extent us would, return it to its original
policy-the regulation Of wages; and also
that they he protected from the unthink.
ing, the ignorant and lazy from causeess
strikes by the adoption Of 4 rule that no
strike be authorized unless at least three.
tourths OF the whole membership vote in
favor OF it. 1t is clear that unless tho As.
sociation take energetic action towards |
eliminating the features in its rules which |
admit OF so great injury 10 the public as
has been; done by the present strike, it
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