The daily gazette., 1882-06-09
THE GREAT IRON STRIKES.
What Is Said of the Conference.-The New
Organization Not Intended to supersede
the Western Iron Association.

the Western Iron Association.
PITTsBURG, June S.-Members of the
Amalgamated Association to-day speak
rather favorably of the action of the con-
ference of iron manufacturers yesterday and
last night The new organization is not
intended to supersede the Western Iron
Association. 1t will look after labor and
wages. Secretary Martin of the Amalga-
mated Association, said of it this evening
The idea of the new organization is not to
crush out the Amalgamated Association.
| We welcome the organization and we have
advised just such move for several reasons
| in the past 12 months.
"A prominent member told me this morn
ing that the crushing out business is the
ycriest nonsense. 1t is just the contrary.
When the employees organized they did so
to more conveniently confer with the EN-
pi0yers, and the employers must be organ
lzed 70 make conference result In anything
tangible. The gentleman said there was
none other than good feeling towards the
association and that as soon as the book of
rules and constitution is printed COPY will
be sent to its headquarters.
PRESIDENT JARRETT's VIEWS.
President Jarrett of the Amalgamated
Association, was asked what he thought of
the new organization. "It will be n good
thing" he said, 'if the employers will get
up harmonious organization. If the new
association will fix the uniform prices for
their iron If they will stick by these prices
and never undersell one another while pro
Tossing to treat each other fairly, then they
can afford to pay good wages, which is what
the workingmen want That is what we
have always told the men,"
Secretary Weeks, who is the right-hand
man OF the manufacturers here, said that
the action taken by the conference to defeat
the Amalgamated Association in the present
strike was such as could hardly fail of sue
cess, but he declined to enter into details.
The strikers are perfectly quiet, awaiting
developments. President Jarrett went to
Youngstown, Ohio, to-day. Action will
doubtless follow organization, but so far
there has been only an expression of indi-
vidual opinion, the bar mills being firm
against the scale and the manufacturers of
specialties rather weak.
CHICAGO, June S.-Some trouble is antici-
pated because of serious interference threat
ened, and i'll lew cases actually offered, by
the striking horse-shoers against those who
refuse to join their union. The union offers
to pay the workmen $40 a week to stop
Many Of them have accepted the offer, but
the employers find no difficulty in filling
their places. The brickmakers are once
more at work and tour among the Yards
reveals the fact that they are all running in
good order at compromise of 12k cents
per day advance in wages.
NEW YORK, June S.-The striking drivers
in the employ of Street-cleaning Contractor
Malrs returned to work to-day, not having
been successful in their demand of an
increase of 25 cents per day in their wages
The horseshoers' strike is partially success
ful, several prominent lines having given in
and agreed to pay the so cents per day
increase.
READING, June 8.-About 100 men en-
ployed in the tube mill of the Reading Iron
Works, quit to-day, being dissatisfied with a
notice which was posted in the mill by the
management in reference to certain iron.