The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

There will be no strike of iron-work.
ers at Pittsburgh dispatch from that
city says: @The conference Of the iron man.
ufacturers and Amalgamated Association
committees resulted In the manufacturer
signing last years scale Of 81 80 per ton for
pudding. This action happily ayerts
strike. The manufacturers who
have all along persisted that they
would not pay more than o. and who were
supposed to have solid front. give as o
reason for their unexpected action that they
Western mills had made arrangements to
continue at the old scale. with the condition
that if the manufacturers here were sue
cessful the workmen would accept the
same wages: and. rather than submit to see
ing their trade going to other places, de-
cided to pay the wages demanded by the
Amalgamated Association President Jarrett,
of the latter says the scale was signed un-
conditionally. and characterizes it as a vic
tory without ba tie" Intense satisfaction
is expressed on all sides over the settle.
ment" This settlement applies to oil the
iron mills in West Virginia, Youngstown and
Cleveland
Vice President Blanchard, Of the
New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad,
has been giving the English some cogent
reasons for the construction of the channel
tunnel. chief among which is the suggestion
that it might check the growing disposition
of American buyers to go to the continent,
rather than deal, as formerly, through En-
glish houses
The business failures reported to the
mercantile agency Of r. q. Dun 4 Co. during
seven days ending June ? numbered Isl AZ
against l5s the preceding week The New
England States had Il; Middle States, l6:
Western. AZ; Southern, ri; Pacific States and
Territories, l3; New York city, s; Canada
and provinces. %
A gathering of free traders al
Detroit was presided over by Hon David
A. Wella About seventy delegates were
present Mayor Thompson, who delivered
the welcoming address urged the forma-
nation Of an American Zollverein, com.
posed of the United States, Mexico and
the Canadas The adoption Of such I
union he said. would result in freedom
of trade between the countries named
Mr. Wells delivered lengthy address in
advocacy Of the policy of free trade
Thomas g. Sherman, of Brooklyn. an6
Hon. William NJ Springer, of Illinois, alss
made speeches An address to the people
of tho United States was adopted, which
after declaring the tariff question to be tn,
paramount issue in national politics, set
, forth the benefits that might be expected Il
result to the country from the free-tl ad,
policy. David 4 Wells was elected perma
nent President, with an imposing lise o
Vice Presidents
Advices from Oposura. Sonora, indi
cate that the Apaches, learning of Gen
Crooks advance, had left their ranches il
the mountains and were seeking security il
the interior Of sonora The Mexican fore,
there was regarded n insufficient TO inter
cept them, and the opinion was expressed
that Crooks campaign was failure II i
| alleged that the General arranged no plal
of cooperation with the military author
/ titles of Sonora, who have been entirel,
| ignorant OF his intentions.
The example of the iron manufac
turers of Pittsburgh in signing the scale 0
/ iss. Ia being generally followed in the Obi
| district, and there Is now no probability Q
any suspension Of work ut the rolling mill
that will materially reduce tho production
| The Bay View mills, near Milwaukee
closed last week. although the workmel
who number nearly lao, were willing 4
continue at the wages of the last contrac
year They will probably remain closed q
summer
The Universal Peace Union claim
the credit Of having induced the Irish Ma
tional League, lately organized ut Philade
phia, to at andon the design Of deluging tn
British isles with gore, and adopt the mon
agreeable plan Of winning Ireland's indie
pendence by constitutional means