Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15
WARRIOR PEACE,
Is the Question Now to be De-
cIded
Between the Owners Of and Workers in
the MiIIs-Yesterday's Pittsburgh
Conference Between the As
sociations.

The first information from Pittsourg,
Yesterday is 10 the effect that the confer
ence of the committees of the iron manu-
fac.urers and the Amalgamated Associa-
ton, was in session in the afternoon at the
hall OF the Iron Association, Fourth ave.
nue., for the purpose of agreeing upon
scale for the year, beginning on the first
day Of Sune next. What the outcome will
be it would be idle to conjecture so close on
the actual result. 1t is hardly probable,
however, an understanding will be arrived
al, inasmuch as there is
DIFFERENCE or OPINION
as TO what shall be the terms, and the con-
ference has six weeks in which to work
Both sides to the conference has six weeks
in which to work. Both sides to the con-
ference have been unprecedented as regards
the desires of each. Thele is no reason to
doubt the reliability of what has been here
tofore stated in this connection, namely:
that the employers will expect areduction,
most probably by changing the base OF the
puddlers' scale from 2 to 2 on common
bar, and reducing the fnishers
scales an average Of 10 per cent. and that
the employees will propose the scale now IN
force. If there shall be any further pro-
position on the part OF the latter it will not
include anything radical; probably the
engineers scale, which has been sgitated
during eighteen months, will be brought
forward again; and some additions made to
pudding and finishing scales, not changing
them as to price and terms, but simply for
the purpose of officially recognizing rates
that are being paid for certain classes OF
work which have not heretofore been
included in the yearly scale agreement.
STRONG OPPOSITION TO REDUCTION.
There will be strong opposition deyel-
oped 10 a reduction in whatever form 1t
NAV be proposed. The argument briefly
stated is, that the new tariff does not make
any changes in the market sufficient to
warrant q reduction in wages; that the
present market so much better than that
OF any one year ago is in anticipation OF
the new schedules: that the advance of
duty on ore, a raw material, has not been
followed by an increase OF its price, on the
contrary an important concession has
been made the furnace men
By the ore companies; also that the duty
on pig has not been disturbed sufficiently
TO influence the market. of course the
employers representatives will take the
opposite ground, and show where and how
much the several classes of metal manu-
facturers have been or will be affected by
the charge of duty. The scales for finish
ing are such that an affected article may be
read justed as TO wages without interior
ence with other articles, which fact admits
of amicable arrangements in finishing
much more readily than in pudding.
At 2:30 2. NJ. the from manufacturers be-
gan TO appear at the rooms OF the Western
Iron Association, Mr.. James McCutchen
being on hand, closely followed by David
Oliver, Frank Hearne, OF Wheeling, aud
the rest. They were barely seated when
President Jarrett and his fellow committee
men arrived and were shown behind the
glass doors. They were lost 10 view utter
ly. and as they passed from sight not
man allowed a word except these three, Il
don't know" TO escape his lips.
NOTHING TO BE LEARNED.
Special Dispatch to the Sunddy Register.
PITTSBURGH, April 14.-The conference
between the manufacturers and iron
workers was held in the consultation
rooms from two 10 six this afternoon. No
reporters were admitted and even
the list OF conferees was not divul-
ged President Jarrett, Secretary Mar.
tin. J. Willett and James Whitaker
are known to be four of the seven conterees
on the part OF the ircn workers. Secretary
Weeks, of the Iron Association, is one OF
the manufacturers crnferees. The rest are
unknown. At the close of the meeting
your correspondent met Jarrett. who re-
fused TO open his mouth. Secretary
Weeks said il had been de-
cided to give nothing 10
the papers, but the meeting was very salts
factory and the prevailing opinion Is the
scale of wages will be arranged on two
cent rate instead OF two and a half as ii was
last year. This means a reduction of fifty
cents per ton on puddlers wages and a cor
responding reduction mother departments.
There is splendid outlook for strike.