Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08
NO CHANGE
Demanded by the AmaIgamated
.A,-.- = Ass0ciatIon.
A Large Convention and General Good
Feeling, Yesterday-The Old Scale
Reafirmed

The district meeting, at Pittsburgh, yes
terday, of the Amalgamated Association
was attended by excitement, and the place
of.convening, Schiller Hall, was.surrounded
by a multitude of men who influenced
more or less the meeting within the hall.
There was an unbusiness like spirit
eyinced, style of proceedings that would
have been just the thing to make politi-
cal gathering so off with success, but
which was Singularly inappropriate under
the circumstances. There has been 10th
ing of that kind this season; the whoop-
hurrah has evidently taken back seat III
favor of the cool heads.
Yesterday morning the delegate Conyen'
ton met at 10 o'clock in the hall on the
fourth floor of the Tradesmen's National
Bank, Fourth avenue and Wood street.
This was the first convention of the des.
cription ever held by the Association, and
was provided for by the rules as revised at
the annual convention held in Chicago
last summer. The former procedure
was, first, the consideration in
lodges of what should be suggest.
ed as REGARDED changes in terms
and wages; secondly, the report OF lodges
to the district convention. From thence
the several results went direct to the Com.
mittee of Conference, Under the revised
rules these results are transmitted to
delegate convention, and the one now in
session is deliberating upon the sugges.
tions from the districts This is an i'm
proyement in the interests OF methodical
business and will no doubt he felt materi'
ally in the negotiations of the scale for the
coming year.
The convention was largely attended and
comprised. representative from all but the
OUTLYING lodges. The morning session ad-
iourned at 1880 o'clock. OF course the
meeting was private. but the reporters,
who held little convention of their own
at the entrance 10 the hall, agreed unanl-
mouSly that the good numor depicted on
the countenances OF the delegates as they
fled ont augured well Tor an amicabIe ad-
iHstment Of the scale. President Jarrett
was in so especially high spirits that one
could hardly fancy his face could have
worn the serious and panied expression
VIII ich cha raCteriZcd il year ago.
what have you done vas the inGUi-
Business has gone along smoothly, he
replied; "there has been no antago onisms
whatever developed, and no signs OF any.
SO far az W. have progressed there are no
new demands.
That is to say the present scale will be
reaitrmed.
We are not through yet, but think
YOU may eefely state that there will. he no
demand iur a change in any particular.
We will get through ell our business to-
day providing matters mNve on aS eNpedl-
tiouSly this afternoon ~ they did this
morning.
Then Mr. Iryrett was sent on his way by
the reporters rsIoiCingly to his dinner, for
which he assured them he had most keen
appetite and uDimpaired digestion. Secre-
tary Martin was requested TO evCrve what
he knew OF the probabilities of the after
noon session, but he good naturedly de-
clined to make anAmalgamated Wlgglns oil
himself However, il was understood from
q reliable s"LrCe that a proposition look
ing To the sheet card, viii be made and dis
Cussed: but inasmuCh as bar is better pro-
tected by the tariff than sheet the proba-
bilities are against its adoption, thOugh 1t
nav be left to the discretion OF the COM
mittee on conference.
As is now determined what the work
men want, namely, the present wages and
terms. what the Manufacturers Committee
NAV propose becomes of redoubled inter
ests. Mr. c. w. Potter, OF the North Chi
cago Rolling Mill Company, is much less
retiCent on this point than the
Pittsburgh manufacturers. lie stat
ed 10 reporter as follows:
"Our company does not belong to the
Western Nail AssoCiatson, but, as our
workmen are members of the Anlalgamat-
ed Iron and Steel Workers, in the matter
of Sa.es we are practically in the same
position as though We did belong to the
association. What We want now Is
not direct reduction Oh wages,
but that the present sliding scale
of wages be no longer confined
within the limits at which is had been
fixed for some years. What the Western
Iron Association desires and will endeavor
TO effect is to have the Amalgamated Asso-
ciation at this annual meeting take lower
figure than 2E cents for its ascend
ing aud descending scale of wages:
In the present condition ot
the market, and IN view of the reduction
in the tariff. such a change is absolutely
necessary. Present wages cannot be pald
for present and future work. IL the Anal
gamated Association will not agree to this
reasonable change, which | rather thinE
the will, the mills will be compelled 10
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