The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-16
THE LABOR WORLD.
THE AMALeAMsrgD ASSOCIATION
The Detail. oftAs sa.la.s Tr.n.,et.d Yesterday,
Tho RssOlrtiOas on Tariff AdOp.td By the
cOsventlOa-rhs pIspOsltIOn Made Of
the pstAlsAsm. p.su.., strikers. So

PnIIADELAHIA, August l5.-At the
morning session OF the Amalgamated Iron
and Steel Workers Convention the reports
OF the Committee on Constitution and
General Laws was again takenup for dis
cussion, and had not finished up to the
hour OF adjournment t.sss6as
A resolution was reported by the Com
mittee on Constitution and General Laws
to the effect that payment OF strike ben!
etiis be hereafter discontinued was not
concurred in. Also, that the National Labor
Tribune, OF Pittsburgh, be continued as the
national organ OF the Association, and the
Nars Letter, Of Wheeling, W. va,
the otticial organ Of the Second
District. Adopted. The. committees hav-
ing under consideration President Jar
rett's report did not favor the plank adj
vocating the federation OF trades, "holding
as we do opposite views on the protective
tariff policies OF our government 1t could
not rebound to our benefit to have any
such convention" The action Of the com
mittee was ratified by the conventIon.
The following resolution Of the committee
based upon the Presidents views on tariff
was adopted: t#l
Resolred, That all producers and manu-
faciurers should bear alike equal burdens
OF tsxatiou, and foreign producers and
manufactures should not be exempted
thetef from; our tariff should at all times be
SO adjusted as to at least tax them the same
amount paid by home producers 3and
manufacturers for the support OF local
State aud national government, as well as
to amount to the difference in wages at
labor and cost OF manufacturing and ruling
rate 'ot Interest in this country, 30
that the, capital ana labor invested
in the reproductive industries Of the
land shall be placed upon an equal
footing in our own market with foreign
capital and labor, and not Disseminated
against National legislation. Our Govern
ment has neither the moral nor the politi.
calright to discriminate against the home
capital and labor in its tariff legislation,
and against any such policy We
are ,unalterably opposed and. there
fore favor q tariff 50 adjusted us
to give our people who pay taxes and sup
port the Government adequate protection
against foreign competition, and place
them at least on an equal footing with
foreign competitors in our home markets
We also favor the abolition OF internal
revenue taxation, and II after 1t is abolish.
ed further reduction of taxes by the
Government be desired at any time
it shall be done by placing In the
free list such articles as do not en-
ter into competition with homeproductions
and manufactures, but in no case should
the tariff on such articles as do not enter
into competition be placed at lower duties
than shall be required to maintain and
keep them on an equalfooting with foreign
competition. 81 - 4,
The President was empowered to appoint
a committe OF action towards condemning
Congress for failure to enact such legisla-
ton ss wonld place duty on the importa.
tson OF British tim and tin plates, andcot-
ton ties, and guarantee adequate protection
to these industries. s.s aogt. r.
When the regular business OF the con.
vention was concluded, over two hours
were occupied in discussing the situation
at the Bethlehem Iron Works, where
three thousand men, out for six weeks, re-
turned to work yesterday.
bttlhC Vi AOS- bhV 4 AhtoSAA o.
strikers were assisted by $1,000 contri-
button from the eastern section Of the State.
The Bethlehem men claim that the
Amalgamated Association will event,
ually retain It's existence only in
the territory covering the western
end Of Pennsylvania and djacent parts OF
Ohio and West Virginia. These localities
embrace the First and Second Districts,
the most important under the present
apportiontment OF iron centres. The Vice
President Of the Eighth pittrict, in which
Bethlehem is included, II Is claimed, has
been uniformly opposed by Western dele
gates in attempts to secure proper support
for the strikers. Owing 10 this and other
matters dissensions have sprung up
in the past few days that have given
origin to the report that the. iron
workers were to withdraw from steel men.
Over two'thirds Of the men at Bethlehem
are making Reseemer steel. The Bits
burgh men say they can live ten times as
long on bread aud water as Bethlehem
can subsist on beefsteak. .-.f
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