Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-01
Especial Telegram to the Globe. I

| CHICAGO, May 0l.-AT the hour of u to =
night the 300 men employed by the CaIu-
met iron mills quit work and dispersed to
their homes, and will settle down to idle
ness and consequent hardships for period
of two to three months, because the Anal
gamated association of iron workers of
which they constitute a part, have de-
manded wages from the manufacturers
which they say they are unable to pay at
the present time.
David G. Bradley, secretary and manager
of the Calumet works, said: ''There is no
help for it. Iron is now so low in the
market that to pay the wages demanded
would be detrimental to our best interests.
In fact we can not do it. If we could even
pay expenses don't know but we might
conclude TO run the mill for
the sake of keeping the men
at work, but to DO so at loss is simple
nonsense"
SIS it true that the men desire to quit
because they cannot stand the extreme
heat to which they are subjected during
the summer?"
Il don't believe a word of such talk.
Men will work in any weather, at any kind
of labor, if the work is there for them to
do"
"Then it is simply a question of
wages?"
Exactly. The wages of last year, which
was $3.50 per ton to puddlers, is more
than we can stand this year, and as the
association refuses to accept any less, we
stop work until they reduce their prices, or
the price of iron increases enough to make
it up"
CHICAGO, May 31.-From interviews with
managers of leading iron mills in and
about this city, it appears inevitable that
all will close down tomorrow, owing to the
failure of the mill owners to accede to the
Pittsburg scale. The controversy will not
in any way affect steel rail mills, which will
continue their operations. The managers
of the mills join in asserting that the ad-
vantage rests with them, as the market is
inactive and the prices only moderate,
while the employees were only recently en-
gagged on long strike, from the effects of
which they have not yet recovered.
President Preussing, of the Master Ma
sons association, stoutly denies the impu-
tations made by the Bricklayers' union.
that he had tempered with the agreements
signed by the committee of arbitration.
and which it was supposed would end the
strike. He asserts that the brickIayers are
in rage simply because they have been
defeated in everything they set out to &C.
complish. The end of the strike cannot
now be foreseen.
A conference of miners and operators
and a committee of the board of trade met
at Belleville this morning at 10 O'Clock. The
miners agreed to accept all the conditions
of the board of trade proposition previous
ly telegrephed except that which contem-
plates non-inteference.with machine mines.
One of their committee said they conclud-
cd to accept no conditions that did not put
hand mines On an equal footing with ma
chine mines. The other propositions made
by the board of trade were accepted by
both miners and operators and another
conference Will be held Monday. It is be-
lieved the difference will be finally and
anicably adjusted.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31.-As far as can be
learned to day the iron mills are running
as usual in Indiana but it is not known
how long they will continue.
PITTsBURG, Pa, May 31.-A conference
of the iron manufacturers and Amalgama-
ted association committee, this afternoon
resulted in the manufacturers signing last
years scale of $3.50 per ton for pudding.
This action happily averts strike and in
sures the running of all the mills in the
west for at least year longer. The manu-
facturers, who have all along persisted that
they would not pay more than S. and who
were supposed to have solid front, gave
as a reason for the unexpected action, that
they had positive information that a num-
Der of western mills had made arrange
ments to continue at the old scale, with
the condition that if the manufacturers
were successful the workmen would accept
the same wages and rather than submit to
seeing the trade going to other places
they had decided to pay the wages de-
manded by the Amalgemated association
President Jarrett says the scale was signed
Internationally and characterizes it as 2
victory without a battle. Intense salts
faction is expressed on all sides over the
settlement, as the strike was regarded as
inevitable and to Pittsburg an indefinite
shutting down of the iron mills means not
only serious loss to those in that particular
industry, but to every other business as
well.
WHEELING, May Sit is now definitely
decided that there will be no lock out in
the iron mills here. Mr.. Whitaker, presi-
dent of the Crescent sheet-iron mills,
signed the scale to-day and his mill will
continue at work without stop
page. News of the signing of the scale at
Pittsburg was received here tonight with
disgust by the manufacturers and delight
by the workmen. This settled the matter
here. President Laughlin of the Junction
iron works at once gave orders for his
mill to continue without stoppage. The
other mills will be idle until Monday, but
will then resume. The lucky solution of
the difficulty at the eleventh hour causes
general Joy among all classes of the COM
munity.
CINCINNATI, May 31.-The five lea ding
iron mills of this city, Covington and
| Newport, the Globe, Mitchell, Tranter.
| Riverside, Swift and Licking, have de-
clined to sign the scale presented by the
workmen, members of the Amalgamated
union Of iron and steel workers, and the
mills will close tonight. This throws out
of employment between 1000 and 5000
| men.