The daily gazette., 1882-06-06
THESTRIKINGI IRONMFN.Ac
THE SITUATION IN THE WEST
ERN IRON DiSTRtCTs.
INDIoATIoNs OF A oOMPROMIsE. 4 u
The Strikers Hopeful that the EmployeFm s
VIII Yield to their Observation-Disclosures
Boiler Makers in New York Gain Their
Point.

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PITFsBuRG, June 5.--The fifth day Of the
great iron lockout opened this morning with
as much uncertainty regarding. the duration
of the strike as there was the first day the
mills In the district shut down. ,Interviews
with the representatives Of both sides only
brought forth reitefations of their deter
mination toithold out against the other to
the bitter end. Groups of idle workmeni
were seen on the, streets this forenoon, and
all appeared as though they were perfectly
at ease as to the result of the strike. The
Amalgamated offices were closed to-day,
President Jarrett having gone to Cincinnati
to look over the situation at that point and
further West, and Secretary Martin being
also absent from the city.
Said one of the Amalgamated men to-day:
"The demand for nails will soon make q big
| break in the manufacturers line, and the
other establishments will soon follow. One
nail mill on the south side is already COM
PEELED to buy nails to fill their orders. The
men generally have no idea of leaving town,
as they are closely watching the stFaWs, and
have pretty good idea of how the wind is
blowing" As one of the straws the same
man said that some of the men employed at
Chess 81 Porter's mill had gotten up .
party for an extended jaunt, and on telling
member of the firm that they expected 10
be gone about six weeks he advised them TO
stay in town; also that Oliver Bros. a
Phillips have ordered their bricklayers not
to touch the large furnaces in their Tenth
street mill, but to push the work on the
pudding furnaces as fast as possible. AS
repairs on the heating furnaces would oc-
cupy some time, this order is considered an
indication that the strike will not last long
in that establishment. s4 s5@N#9
Regarding these assertions, manTfac
turer who was interviewed held that the
recent eountermanding Of orders for repairs
might be taken as proof of the manufac-
turers holding out indefinitely, "for," said
he, 'tthey don't want to put money into
repairs and then let their mills stand idle for
the next six months. The Amalgamated
Association may think this sign that they
are soon to be victorious, but they will likely
see that it is simply an indication that the
mill owners are preparing for an extended
tussle. Moreover, it's nonsense 10 suppose
that the present condition of the nail trade
: will soon break the lockout Had it
: not been for this strike the Nail Association
meeting of last Wednesday would have
g lessened the production of nails, but only
: the impending strike prevented such 9
g | measure. 1t may be true that the stock Of
e nails is none the largest at present. but It Ia
7 larger than it was two months ago Before
! the beginning of the struggle 1t was known
to the manufacturers that number of mills
b, would sign the scale. There may be possi.
: bly, -one more firm in this district who will
p yet sign, but the remainder will stand, N
& they consider that a stop of three months
n will do the trade good.
d To-day the gas workers at the Union IroE
Il Mills struck for an advance in wages and
refused to work. There are 25 of them
This is the mill owned by the Carneigies,
who signed the scale last week. Tonight II
I was currently reported that Zng & Co. OF
this city, employing 400 hands In their mill
i had signed the scale, but investigation shows
that they are still holding out. There are
i firms, so far as heard from at late hour
tonight, either in this or the adjacent dis
9 tricts, that have signed the scale. 5,
CINCINNATI, June 5.-The action of the
! iron workers at the meeting on Saturday
night having amounted to virtual declara-
/ tion for general strike, on the ground that
4 the committee which made the agreement
| last fall with the mill owners had exceeded
its constitional power, there is a shutting
down to-day of all the mills President
| Jarrett has been sent for, and either his
presence or message from him is expected
at a meeting to be held this afternoon. The
meeting this afternoon in CoVington was .
: failure. There are dissensions among the
men themselves. Those opposed to the
e strike accuse those who precipitated 1t OF
not keeping faith. Matters do not look 50
} favorable for speedy adjustment tonight as
they did yesterday. Jarrett is not here.
WAREHAM, MASS, June 5.-All the nailgrs
J connected with the Wareham Nail Com
+ pany, whose works are in South Wareham,
struck to-day. They demand and increase
of 10 per cent, and claim that the Somerset
. Nail Company, the Fall River Nail Company
and the Old Colony Company are paying
:, the amount demanded. The strikers held q
= | meeting and appointed one of their number
to go at once to Fall River and Somerset to
ascertain the prices paid in those places. Il
will be decided tonight whether they are 70
: go to work tomorrow or not. ,r
! MILWAUKEE, June 5.-Matters at the Bay
View Rolling Mills are quiet. The 1000
strikers live in small cottages adjoining the
! mills, and are making no demonstrations.
. They have their own stores, and their credit
will be good at these places as long as the
storekeepers can afford it, There are very
L few of the worllingmen who regret the
: strikes, but some of the more intelligent sec
: already that it was not wise move. The
n managers of the mills claim that they had q
IS little rather shut down this summer than not
as business has been dull and profits small
A number of Chicago strikers and Socialists
have been up here for a few days, encour
= aging the men and promising assistsnct
when necessary.
THE NEW YORK BOILER MAKERS REsUMI
WORK.
About ZOO of the striking boiler maker
4 returned to work yesterday morning at tn.
e increased wages. The Morgan and Della
e mater Iron Works still hold out agains
If them. At the request of these two em
y ployers, committees visited them yesterday
/ The employers said they were willing to PAL
n as high wages as were going, but not X
e recognize the unions demands.
v The committees replied that all the mer
) formerly employed in these shops are now
], members of the union, and that it would bt
5 an impossiblity in treating with them u
,e ignore the union. All the union asked was
k an advance of 10 per cent, which all othel
d shops were paying. The committees re
e ported back to the union, and 1t wal
promptly decided not to allow the men tc
return to work in these two shops until thu
10 per cent. advance is Internationally
granted. t
S The cashier of the union was busy yester.
n day paying off the men who are still on
e strike Up to 5 p. m. over $500 had beer
!. paid, at the rates of S5 and $l0a week. AL
q the men who went to work yesterday morn
3 ing were paid on Saturday night. President
c Curran said there was plenty of money II
a the treasury to take care of the men KEEP
n | on strike Nine hundred memhera have