The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-06
TIE STEEL sCALE.

mill, 800 men.
TIE STEEL SCALE.
The Difficulties Ended--The Trouble at Bay
View, Wis. s
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5.-News, alleged,
semi-allegcd and reliable, telegraphic and
local, relative to the transition state OF the
labor market still continues to be upper
most every day Of the week. The last
two months Of 1884 were notable for the
numerous reductions in wages; the begin
ming Of 1885 seems to be changing from
this somewhat, and including in its re-
ports Of Encouragement OF the terms OF
labor. Hitherto all dispatches, rumors,
etc., bearing on wages in the iron and steel
mills, have contained clause in favor OF
the Amalgamated Association, the mem
bers OF which, working as theydo under a
yearly yagreement, have been protected from
thegeneral reductionsthat have afIectedall
other classes OF labor in iron and steel.
With the close OF the year, however, the
scales in the Bessemer plants expired by
limitation, and the new scales for the year
would have been submitted in time for
settlement upon the 1st OF January, had
business been good. But as business was
at low ebb there was no hurry, and there
promised TO be tardy arrangements; more
especially in the rail departments. Other
steel mills and the iron mills scale sche-
dulles do not expire until the close Of the
last day in May OF each year. The expi-
ration OF the Bessemer mill scales has
given opportunity Tor rumor-mongers and
for the brilliant cnjecturers to let loose
upon the community no end OF their pc
culiar production much to the disgust Of
the parties intimately concerned and to
the misleading Of the public.
AN UNRELIABLE DISPATCH.
f-.IIere is -dispatch7fr6m, Chicago" re-
marked Secretary Martin, of the Amalga-
mated Association, in his most indignant
tone, published in the morning papers,
stating that our association men have
made arrangements to go to work at the
Bay View mill of the North Chicago Com
pany at lower rates than the scales call for,
and that they have done this without con-
sultation with the general office OF the
organization. The report is simply bare
faced lie; there are no firmer men in the
association than those ut Bay Yiew."
"Could they have done this without
you knowing Of it?"
NV u e!t otiti II naiytnliLls ~ tle ki19 iii
naa peen IN .ne wlhu IEis ohlSe T would
nave peen informed promptly. We nave
recent news from pay VIEW anu every
tning u as usual 1heIe. ihaS 1 prssss = us
patcn IS iaise from beginning 10 emu.
AN AMALGAMATIoN SCALE SIGNED.
The new scAle for the Bcssemer plants
,,oy dolayod Tor sor,o t;,no ow;n,, ~ tho
Ss ~ IN' 80 80. 49,. o".e " w
iact tiias many Oh theth are IN no hurry 10
start up. The Pittsburgh Bessemer at
Homestead will be the first TO commence
onoro,;ons or rew r.tos II bos hoo, Gov
VFe'".0' " ~ -. ~, 80 ~.
mohths running tie piowlns' department
on orders for billets, which are used by
rolling mifls for the manufacture OF va.
riety Of articles Since tl,e majority in.
- ~ y - a. 81. ~. -, -.
Ieress " pn ny p.sis vas Ss ni,n1 nieia !. ny
Carnegie brolheTs & * 20, hmiieu, ~ mas
9een aolng very little III Llle tail ,nllli the
ntehuon peing NO 70 concentrate la'i roiiing
az tne Eagar Lhomson TTrks, SiSl .aI,g leaving
billet making 70 the stnalier esta2lish-
ment anu replacihg is Lail mn wlll
tram lor the f9lllhg Oh afcnltectutai Shapes.
Last spring tneFe was siN weeks run on
rails NJ hoI,esleau, Ie, when apout cIoseu
out us snort iile , ~ = faii prouueeI, eAcePt
y snati pe o. Igne SeStlons 81; Lhas are no n9t
desirable iood LOT Lhe plg NAV Oh the Ed
gar ar IhoMson macllInsiy; , -,
me notlce ns 81 i ieuIcIIon ION posted last
month NJ tne flItspnfgi nessetneE was lor
~ percent IN the g ia,., 10 IN tne ploSoming