Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-20
IN LABOR CIRCLES.
Meeting Of the Pennsylvania Coal
Miners.
A STRIKE AT A PITTSBURGH MILL.
The Situation OF the Coke Tade in the
ConGellsYile Region Anything But En-
couraging-The Chain Makers at
Beaver Falls Resume.

PITTSBURGH, June 19.-The coal miners
called for the purpose Of organizing State
Association, met here this morning and
elected r. c. Campbell, OF Pittsburgh,
President, and Richard Davis, of Dubois,
Secretary. After appointing Committee
on Credentials and Constitution they ad-
iourned for dinner. The representation
was very small, only Is delegates being
present.
At o'clock the convention reassembled
for the afternoon session, but the closely
guarded door prevented the inquisitive
scribe from ascertaining what business was
first taken up.
Sfagnatiop in the Coke Regions.
CoNNELLsvILLE Pa, June l9.-The low
price and dull condition OF the coke mar
ket have had their effect upon trade
throughout this region. Over a thousand
ovens have gone out OF blast during the
past two weeks and to-day there are at
least double that plumber. The additional
idle ovens have all gone out for lack OF
orders, or because of low prices, some OF
the operators having concluded to bull the
market for their fellow operators by with
drawing from trade until the price OF coke
would cover the expense OF making IL.
II is significant fact that Frick, Schoon-
maker, Mcclure. and the large works
about Connellsville, the heaviest manufaC-
turers are all running full, the idle ovens
belonging for the most part to small opera
tors.
near Mt. Pleasant only 275 of jIj are now
running, and Standard is only shipping an
average of 2S cars per day. On Saturday
all UNEMPLOYED men were paid OIL and all
the Hungarians left 10 seek other fields
where there is more work. a revival IN
the trade is confidently looked for ABOUT
July l. Prominent coke men are OF the
opinion that the present stagnatlon cannot
hold out longer than till that date. The
surplus coke is being rapidly consumed
and new supply must be forthcoming to
meet the demand which will occur in the
first part OF July.
ASirike'
PITTSBURGH, June l9-At noon to-day
s'rike o, Cured at the bolt works OF Oliver
Bros. Il Phillips mill, Tenth street, South
Side. Last week the proprietOrS gave the
men notice OF a reduction on 4 bolts on
the long bold, a reduction of twenty
cents per thousand; on the short ones tit-
teen cents per thousand. The reduction
was to take effect on Monday. The best
wOrkmen trled tne new rates Yesterday
and made but seventy.tive cents. This
morning they refused to go to work on
those sizes at that rate and they were put
at other work. Girls were hired to work
on the =, bolts, and at noon today fifteen
of the men left the establishment
The Chain Makers.
Some time since the chain makers OF
Beaver Fails were notified of reduction
which would be made in their wages At
the time action was deferred, but yester-
day was the time set for the new rate to
go into effect However, the men contin-
ued work without interruption, as some
kind OF compromise has been effected.
This organization to which these men be.
long being within the jurisdiction of Mas.
| ter Workman Rankin, that gentleman was
interrogated this morning in reference to
the agreement reached. II cannot tell
you the terms of agreement" said he
but the matter has been amiCably adjust
ed leaving both sides perfectly satisfied.
The amount Of reduction has never been
properly stated, but all has been liked
without anything like strike.
The Trade Tribunal.
PTTT-UVRGH. Jane l9.--AnOther meeting
OF the trade tribunal was held to-day, but
no decision on the wages question was ar
rived AZ.