Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-23
LABOR NOTES.
,..,Yh d. Weeks on Labor Bills Now
Before Cong ress.

BtAoEc NOnAENHa
V,.pIxoroS, April 22.-Mr J. ID. Weeks,
=; p,tsbury, Secretary of the Western
lion srd Steel Association, is in the city.
- hes been looking after the prospects Of
aria legislation this session, and says. Il
a, not think that the Morrison bill can
ass snd yet should not be surprised if
,6id. The influences at work in favor Of
he measure sre very strong. So far as the
,oliiical consequences OF agitation and the
massage Of lille bill are concerned, / care
vsry little whas is done, but the discussion
of The SCI rbieCt and the uncertainty which
attends the future Of the measure, are dis
rrrOlpg 10 the interests of the iron and
stssl industry vest Of the Allegheny
fountains. Within the next six
Vstks the manufacturers Of Pitts
bnrg uuss make an arrangement with
he Amslgsmatsd Association OF Iron and
Sci Wyrkrrs IS 70 the minimum rate OF
gsgss 10 be paid for the twelve months
iran, the Isl If next June. IL an aSrse-
n.ept IS rot reached there will be a strike
1r. lockout. II q reduction in duties Of
per cent IS 70 oe made, the Inanutactur-
srs Garnet live under an agreement % pay
present rates II wages. The NorkinSmen
a non WOE AL AZ klt AlAlAnAuA AaAO va
xsges ccreed upon for the present year
sd inty 3eusnd an increase. There is
mile or no profit in business at present
-s,ss. and q horizontal reduction OF % per
cent IA EulitS would simply bring every
,bi7g 10 a stsndstill.'
"Wfst do YOU think of the bills pending
fr- lstC. legislation IN the interests OF the
lsbCrirg men," asked the correspondent
Il think labor organizations eYeryGhe-s
should be more fully alive TO the adyan'
,sges 70 be gained BY the enactment as q
law Of Mr.. Hopkins DILL, which passed the
HOuse last week, to create bureau OF Ia
For statistics The greatest interest seems
10 Ue felt N the bill 70 prohibit the employ
ment OF foreign contract labor, but that
UessUre seems TO have poor chance oi
tsing resChed tais session. The working
men ought 70 prefer half loaf to no bread,
srd there is q GOOD chsncs, il due attention
IS paid to the matter n the Senate, TO
secure the passage of the Hopkins Oil.
Ten it only needs approval by the Presi-
GsGL
A Strike Drawing 10 n Close.
NEw CASTLE, April pa move has been
set on foot 10 put IN operation the furnaces
IN this city which were shut down recently
By strike among the employees. Peter
mbeEly, Of SEarOn, one OF the owners OF
tie Etna iurnsCe in West New Castle, came
from Sharon to-day, bringing with him
thirty-hve men, and put the furnace IN
blast at noon, being assisted in doing so by
four or five of the strikers, who resumed
work. No disturbance has taken place IS
vet.
Hundreds Discharged.
THMAnELrHIA, April 22.-One hundred
men were discharged from the Baldwin
locomotive Works yesterday. A member
oi The firm today said that, unless other
work came in, reductions would continue
until the pTP.ent working force OF 5000
would be reduced 10 sbout 1900. The
cause OF the falling of in orders, the gen
ususr said, wss that railroads have been
carrying freight and passengers at such low
stss that hey are compelled TO rednce
heir expenses, and one OF the first places
TLiCh 20 rstrench is motive power