The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-15
THE LABOR PROBLEM.
OUTLOOK DECIDEDLY DIscouRAalNo
10th Sides Determined md uu,ieldlng II Cie1s'
laud-The Situation At rltt.bursh- Effort
ls.. In ciIeinuati to WIPE Out all the
Trades Unionx- -General Notes.

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, Iron manufacturers Of these States arl
stocking goods. Though employment /,
otr.roJ 10 ali who uoaL n vnt ,,,oro 4, /, !,
,,..s.,,,.. III, .s..'',, s'',,o % ,' !.
a"cers"" iee,!"s Pfc'"!eat fcshfuinS III
future that bodies no good. One Of the most
prominent iron men ia the United States
h,s ,h;s IN cav n, III, s;,ro,;,,. Tho ,n,,o,
$3.50 .'''' ~ "a" " '"V ''' '.",. A"o "oo'
interests ol the ohlted States were never
organized MS they are to-day. Two years
uro tho Knights of Labor were co,nn,rn.
lively unknown in this spctiop. wbjip 10.
,lay tbey numbcr;NlO OOO. AS for tIc Anal.
,mn,ntei association of iron and s,eel
workers, where II year and n hn]f upo
they aggregated $4,000 men, they now
number between 10000 and GoOOO.
4 striku today means Il lock.
out involving thousands OF men, In tho
iron and steel interests one feature looms
I'M prominently; Pittsburgh Inns been made
the battle-ground for tho whole United
States, Al the last general meeting Of Tho
AmaIgamatc,l association OF iron and steel
WORKERS. held ut Cleveland. il WAS decided
10 base the wages Of nil iron and steel
workers in the United Stutes lpon Tho rairs
preyuilin. in Pittsbuuh. I,v thc samc
rule tho basis should have been settled in
this city on AIay /. but tho National cy.
ccutiye officers Of the association. npnro.
cia,ins the gravity OF the situation. would
not decide the question. and Il has hnnn
referred back TO tho lodges OF this distric,
and the time continued until Nav %
What the outcome will be no man can de.
tcrmine; yet il the Pittsburgh men insti.
tu.e Il strike, it will involve every mill in
the country controlled by the Am,lpa.
mated association,
Joseph y. Weeks, secretary of tho IVES.
tern iron and mil association. was smoker,
to on the situation. lie said: III consider
the labor situation us being exceedingly
critical. have been watching strikes lar
years and makinya record OF them. Never
before, in the history OF Mbor have there
been strikes of so much importance os nj
the presen. time, The iron. workers oj ,his
district virtually control the iron interests
of the country, and il the demands already
made are followed by like drmanIs from
skilled employes. II will incrensr Inn cost
OF production iullv five pcr cent. At Whorl.
ins. ". Va, the increased cost of manniac.
,"' M luS iiA''s 10 ea''n'ateu Nv hi'eeh cents per
~. in,or,;o,.s viii, h.,i .,or. :;
ro n se"s S,ao w. aa a''r. raoI 1eoie H., u 'e'u
rr.a. "u n" a,ee i ''.t Eva. 'e Met I'M.
sh 1,;.,Sns,, ;...;.. s;es1eS 'ie sea'e ior
ns,,. e " ~ .Ga ais..,I. 20. H. Mac'l uleans, VII
'hs l o.,,io'i ~ Wy M'I.. COUNTY WIZ
,i",a ~ ; "a a',s.s" ~ 'sN uhss IL le el'
pwhss atIn's. VI. .,G' P,eseh' uehiaaus,
.i:Ne ,i: WI i';E'nao.! ny 'ol'oW, 4or ING caW.
,n.'sis sna i'''t"Mnels T: 10 liian VII! resist
.'u aI,,I'mu slS y; s.hte.et t 's ae a'Ier
Ii 1,,s'ia e.'I"s; .; ,,,o " ''. m.,olI llslu.
W"nsu. ,no,I 'io e,, noi ''iu slce1 interests lhe
"si. trho yI co,i minor, u."''f ~ ,hn p,, ,t,.,,
ba nn,,har NM 18TH ~ G,o y. ,ho"sond , ~ ,aanu, W
s,n;,.o snS t'' ny ~ ,o anvusai'', afe out on
a..tAe, "hu .he el'ip,oyefs arc '.nportlns
'Ts'.im .i MGs'Ges ~ IN .lle lhirts.
tn the "'lluow s'1ss tra'e mere IS more
i'i nionS eA'suts, out neVeftheiess
''o,'ci.'n'e !, ui'c"sl,'ess IN iliai l'est'
a, "A ue'cS''. coaVeatloli, representing hve
.aoni''nu : M! men, WIS hem to.aay IN ihls
ct!' put ''ottmus on.atae tic aooTc coutd bc
oot"'.eu; oIonla l'!e pr.seht demands OF
'iol."o'kets pe persisted III, II VIII increase
tite cost ai rrouaeif6h o. h'e per cent per ton
all over me ohiteo SLAVES.
s-- Fighting the I.nnor ,,n,o,x
| C,yc,Yx,r, Nt,vi1-Ar o,r,rt ;, ,o;.,
M ada in ,h;s c;tv @ avon ,ha n.rt .uoai m s Is nsl
Tors and cmnoycr. of ,.n,a st %o',;", T., evlac ~
particularly builders and those % who i, h,nd1S ,
building materials to form n Ieaano ',,. w',;cL
shall be pledged 10 r;vr M emnlo~n"r, u ""'tn 10
any union man Snch y ~ conrI. J, i,,s nehs huou ~
talked 'oi for some time amon,, mnMhors r ~
the builders nssociation ,anI S ,hev ara y,
nearly nil invor,bfo ~ I, rhn ~. ~.
now ho;nc mado i. 70 ;rJro, ~ .',,',,t. s,to..
nrors md .cmnlovcrs - ';o;n :, ,''snaH'I snuh.
novamnnt ;fhe car,a,,,ors @ ny ~ o,. su.A -, !"
:, str;kr and ovorv,h;n' J.nnna;m. G". oH
tho : hu;ll;no 9;nd,s1rr :, os na.,;nII,siU' y,'
at stau@Ist;'i and ,n'St yo,,a;,, r'uuuS ~
,rnnhn ;s s",,a '1' Tha 'e",' hmaa 81 u,.e .,.'
claim Tint no trnuhIa wo,iJ ' ha"a e"spe!s.s n;',
hal i not hen E,r Ne n'a.lIo.o.o. a ,o as.seI ~
some Of III" Nmemhnrs oenss, ~ tia o"renSso.,' y,
nn;on and thcv inrther cl,;m MI t,ot ".v,s u 'mnns
s;ble IN ;rnat with tho nnon '.' "s !. - ''poH ao
mnn,vpd md ,hrv viii NOT .ttar,nt T. !, I
,isas,ro,,s. strike rmona III, tho ;r ;ron "or,or, ~.
wn hro,ob, ahout throSnb % ,ha s'%"IaS n,;on ,as,
vcnr. mi IL nroveI = savoro r iassnr 80 20
"Reminiscences @ Thero ia % tharoiero w. non0 ~
s;JerSblr denross;on ,non, so nmr,o,ors Som
Who nro dcierm;nnJ IN ~ uastorS rT; r. ;,,a;r
business IN lrnyuo toccthar md choo,, tho
tradrs.nnons Mr JoLr Sm;.h III, ."rsa nros,,on, em.
Of Tho ,mrnrm,crs' unon to whos, rTasM o,lar,s as
nm ,,,,n,dr ,hc nrosnrt s,r;a s 'imn - 90
was mo, hv w Il rnnor,sr ,S;s III 20 morS;n9n 9 "uu and
asSed what ho tLon"ht ~ s ,he s;,nn,;ng s "'.u l
"It "a vcrv scrioms sa;d al III smtl, s'1, srr;, oro
is - mowrnent on innt o TINT .i' T. ,h;n,I 'eis IL
i;teiv n Isad ~ vcrv ;,nnor,"M. INN , ros,,, u %
NThat do do WI, n m mSan 9h ''''"': 'esA''s' ''e
0Thc boss @ corn"n,cr. ] to.dov oro ,,,o,,; 10
nhonf a,nono tir nmnlovors y ",H ntor .,,tiass
inn yery mysterious manner TN, trhev are are
; irving 10 keen their nrot,rnmme 10y nro. NO
found secret or from nus rs INF nv Ie % h"ve ao,ppoJ p1y
enough 70 convince US that they are de-
.et;l''it, ;n.. y .,, ~ pse"k a9wn not only onr
o anao't ~ !. 'Mey SS''' ou' destroy uhlohis'n I'LL