Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-02
THE IRON TRADE.


The Chicago, Milwaukee and Cincinnati
Mills Closed-A Good Deal of Uncertainty
About the Future Still Manifested.
PITTsBURG, June 1.-The signing of the
scale by the iron manufacturers yesterday
occasioned great rejoicing among all class
es. number of mills are running to-day
But most of them have shut down till Mon
day in order to allow employees to attend
the annual picnic of the Amalgamate asso-
citation, at Beaver, Pa, on Saturday. On
Monday every mill will have re-
sumed work.
The wire drawers Of divers wire mill
on the south side number $50, and also
those employed by the Gambia iron works.
of Johnstown, Pa, struck to-day against
reduction 10 per cent.
CINCINNATI, o., June 1.-The mauufac-
turers say the iron strike is ended; that as
soon as the fires can be started work will
proceed. The workmen did not insist on
Sc yesterday, but receded to $3.50, but the
manufacturers held the ground that their
agreement with the men to abide by the
Pittsburg adjustment precluded them from
all negotiation. There has been vet no
formal meeting of workmen, nor formal
note to- the manufacturers, but all assume
that the work will be resumed.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., June 1.-The rolling
mill proprietors of the Mahoning Valley
will all sign the scale of last year, and
work will be continued without Interrupt
ton after next Monday, with the exception
of Brown, Boneil q Co., who will close
down for ten days to take account of stock.
There is great rejoicing here among the
1000 mill employees.
CHICAGO, June 1.-The acce ptaloe of the
scale for pudding by the iron masters at
Pittsburg yesterday does not effect the
steel mills, but has merely to do wisL those
working merchant iron. There are only
two of the latter class of mills in this
vicinity. The Bay View mills, linear Mil
waukee, owned by the NorthSChicago Roll
ing Mill company, and the mills of the
Calumet Iron and Steel company at south
Chicago. Both shut down last night,
throwing an aggregate of 1000 men out of
work. Both will probably resume work in
a few days.
CLEVELAND, June 1.-The iron works
are all in operation as usual and nothing
to indicate a strike had been contemp-
lated.
A Warren special states the West Lake
Iron company signed the scale to-day.
The Ward Iron company, at New Philadel
phia, signed the scale last night.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June There will be
no strike by the iron workers here. A sat
isfactory agreement between employers
and employees was reached week since.
Everything is going on as usual.
Early in the week the men in the Ohio
Falls iron works, about 600 in number,
gave notice that they would work until
Thursday night under the old scale, after
which they would demand an increase of
fifty cents per thousand. The demand
was not acceded to, and this morning they
went out. 1t is thought the matter will be
arranged in few days and the men will
return to work.
PITTsBURG, June 1.-The business men
report that the effect of the settlement of
the iron difficulty is already noticeable in
increased orders, but the manufacturers do
not seem to be very hopeful for the future
A. NJ. Byers, one of the most prominent
said, this evening, that he did not consider
the prospects for the summer trade even
fair, that the mills would only run long
enough to fill orders, and that he did not
think many days of each month would be
required to do this.
], D. Weeks, secretary Of the Western
Iron association, is of the same opinion
The workmen are not worried for the
future. They consider the forebodings as
uncalled for, and regard the outlook as
quiet and rosy. The strike of the wire
drawers. at divers wire mill, was settled
by the proprietors withdrawing the order
for reduction. A dispatch from Johns
town, Pa, tonight, says: "The report that
there was strike at the wire mill of the
Cambria Iron company is unfounded.
There is no strike of any kind here"
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-The rail mill at
Belleville, ILL.,, is running to-day as usual
and the Western will resume as soon as the
damage by the late fire is repaired. Both
of these mills work on the same scale as
last year and are not embarrassed by the
puddler difficulties. They work old rails
instead of the puddler system. A tele-
gram from Mr.. Jarrett has been received
at Belleville announcing that the signing
of the scale gave great satisfaction. The
nut and bolt mill in East st. Louis is also
running, but the superintendent declines to
give any further information.
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