Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-01
THE WoRKMEN WIN.
The Victory Gained without Fight
iss a Battle.
When the Fires Were Out and the Strike
Seemed inevitable, the Scale
is Signed and the Mills
viii Go On.

There will be no lockout, This news is
enough for one day, and thousands of peo-
pie will consider the REGIsrEs we'll worth
its price for this single piece of Informs
tion. The workmen have won, and in the
language OF President Jarrett. have gained
the victory without a battle. 1t comes.
too, just in the dark hour before the dawn.
when hope seemed fed and the long strike
inevitable, and was therefore the more
welcome. While the workmen were happy
and j1bAant, they were not proud. They
had gained only what they felt conscious
they deserved, and their cup of victory
contained no drop OF malice.
At noon Yesterday the scale of the past
year was signed by Mr.. n. 4. Whitaker, OF
the Whitaker Iron Company, as Was ex.
pected, but this was the solitary case. vi
the thirteen mills from Steubenville to
Benwood, not one but had rejected the
scale Internationally, and the
OUTLOOK SEEMED BLUE ENOUGH.
About o'clock ray of light was thought
to be coming from the conference at Pitts
burgh, but it was generally discredited. At
O'Clock in the evening the mills closed
down and the fires were put out. lnTesti-
CATION showed the following mills with
fires drawn: Jefferson, Mingo, Junction,
Laughlin, Standard, Etna, Bellaire, Ben
wood, Belmont LsBelle, Riverside and Top.
After supper both workmen and owners
began to appear on tn streets, and while
the former looked resolute and deter
mined, the latter appeared easy and IN.
concerned. They grouped themselves in
the Mcclure House and talked over the
situation, eluding the thousand and one
inquiries poked at them by a REGISTER
representative. 1t was easy to observe
something was in the wind, and as the
conference had not reported, it was plain
these gentlemen were expecting news.
News came, but not to them first. At $50
O'Clock c. ID. Thompson, Vice President OF
this district, came excitedly down street.
triumphantly waving dispatch. II was
as follows:
THE SCALE SIGNED.
PITTsBURG, May 81.
Manufacturers have Internationally
signed the scale. JOHN JARRETT.
This news ran like wild fire and was
soon heralded far and near over the city.
by the manufacturers, but they had
heard this news and seemed III
no whit surprised. Within a half hour,
the manufacturers heard from their friends
In Pittsburgh and the news was confirmed.
The press report shortly atterward brought
fuller account.
NEWS FROM PITTsBCHG.
The regular report from PittsburG last
night says: The conference OF iron manu-.
factureIs and Amalgamated Association
committees this afternoon resulted in the
manufacturers signing the last years scale
OF $3.50 per ton for pudding. This action
happily averts a strike and insures the
running of all mills in the West for at least
one year longer. Manufacturers who have
all along persisted that they would notpay
more than S., and who were supposed to
have solid 'front.' give as q reason for this
unexpected action, that they had positive
information that a number OF western
mills had made arrar gements to continue
at the old scale. With the condition OF
ma ufacturers here, successful workmen
would accept the same wages, and rather
than submit to seeing their trade going TO
other places they decided TO pay the wages
demanded by the Amalgamated AssoCia-
ton. President Jarrett, OF the latter, says
the scale was signed Immediately, AMI
characterizes it as
VICTORY WITHOUT A BATTLE
Intense satisfaction is expressed on all
sides over the settlement, rs a strike was
regarded as inevitable, and to Pittsburgh
an indefinite shutting down of the iron
mills means not only a serious loss 10
those engaged in that particular industry
butte even other industry and business as
well.
ORDERS COUNTERMANDED.
As soon as the news was received, there
nj nf q m q n
ers and orders were at once issued to pre-.
pare to run the mills as usual. With some,
the fires had been drawn and the men scat
tered and it was impossible to get
them together in time for work this
morning, but it is safe to say all OF them
will be running full by Monday. The Bel
mont, Miugo and Laughlin will probably
go on this morning, in some departments,
at least. There was a great skirmishing
about of managers, last night, hunting up
their men, some of whom, expecting
strike, were difficult to come at.
REASONS FOR SIGNING.
\ mill owner, in telling a friend las.
night OF the signing. said it was as they eX-
pected. II then leaked out that they did
not entirely apprehend strike and were
prepared TO sign, ii the worst came.
why did you sign" asked REGISTER
reporter.
The want OF perfect harmony IN our
ranks was the principal reason. II was
found impossible to hold some OF the
Western mills, and rather than have them
get rich at our expense, We concluded TO
sign. The Amalgamation has the adyan-
taEe OF US in holding we'll together"
How do you feel about it,"
Very we'll. never did see the expedi-
ency OF lockout, under the circumstances.
II the men had demanded an advance it
L., L. ~. or.
TrSde is as good as when We agreed to pay
these prices last year, and IL We could do
il then We can now
THE TEN HOUR RULE.
At late hour last night mailer said:
There is one more tn'ng to be settled.
"What is that"
The working hours. We want the IL
hour system changed to 10. We agreed
last August to demand it on May l. but a.
Jsrrett's solicitation changed the time 10
June l."
Have the mills been notified"
They have"
This was learned at an hour too LAKE for
verifiCation.
SHUT DOWN AT MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 3l.-The mills OF
the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company
at Bayview, close at FIVE O'Clock Friday
morning as this company is not a member
of the Manufacturers Association and was
not represented at any OF the Pittsburgh
meetings. When notified of the action at
Pittsburgh, the Amalgamatsd Association
Committee al Bayview expressed the will
iugness of the men TO continue work, but
Supt. Parks said the company had decided
to shut down. Eleven hundred men are
thrown out.
NO STRIKE At CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, May Sl.-The Union Rolling
mill, formerly the Etna Company, has
signed the scale, and employees say the
Britton Iron and Steel Company has also
though the proprietors decline to affirm or
deny it, The Forest Ctty Iron works either