Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-16
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The workman at tho Edgar Thomson
steel works, at Braddock, Pa, were
startled Monday morning by the follow.
ing notice, which was posted up in tho
mill.
All manufacturing operations at these
works will cease for an indefinite period
on Tuesday afternoon, December 10. All
employees not notified to the contrary will
be discharged and paid In full.
The closing Of the mill was caused BY
the lack Of orders and the great depres.
sion in the rail business, which caused
works would have been closed down
sooner had not an order for IL, 600 tons of
rails been secured some time ago. The
shut down was unexpected by the men,
and coming at the time it does it will
make their Christmas q very blue ono in
deed. Inquiry at the Office resulted In the
Information that there was no telling how
long the mill would remain closed. 1t
might be o question of few weeks and Ii
might remain idle for many months.
The shutting down of the Edgar Thorn
son works will throw sixteen hundred
men ont Of work, while the number con.
oerned indirectly is very large. From
thirty five hundred to four Thousand per-
sops will no doubt be affected by the
stoppage. The railroads will lose two
hundred car loads of freight daily, con-
sisting of material brought to tho works,
as we'll as about fifteen thousand tons OF
rails mouth in the way of out going
freight The pay roll Of the works amount
ed to sl50 900 month when running full,
but has been only about 100000 for
several months.
The Republic iron works on the South
Side have resumed operations at ten per
cent. reduction In the wages Of all en-
ployes, excepting the Amalgamated scale
men.
The manufacturers say the iron workers
| who are members of the Amalgamated
association must submit to reduction
| next year, or there will be shutdown
| The eoale is not signed uEtil June, yet the
question Of wages is being freely discussed
President Weihe, OF the Amalgamated
association, left for the East several week,
ago, aud nothing has been given out by
the members of the association as regards
the objects Of his trip, except that it wa
| on business for the association. 1t wa,
learned that Mr.. Weihe was working ~
| the order In the East, and is making
desperate effort to get all the iron worker.
into the association before the scale Il
presented next year. The Eastern district
Is said to be the weakest point in tn,
organ ization. A large number of ths New
England mills are run with non-unioI
men.
A prominent manufacturer said that b.
did not see how the iron men of that dis
trict could ask for the present prices mex
year. The price of pudding was from
90 25 to % SO in the East aud Western
manufacturers have been compelled to d.
business at q disadvantage from this rea
son. He says there are number of mill
in Pit,sburg that are not able to run ant
pay present prices. This. he contends, L
the cause of the irregularity of the trade
here and Of the spasmodic depressions.