Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-19
THE SCALE CONVICTION.
A Protracted Discussion of the Wage
Question Yesterday.

A Protrscted Discussion of the Wage
Question Yesterday.
The National Scale Convention of the
Amalgamated Association assembled in
Pittsburg at 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
with thirty-two delegates in attendance,
apportioned among the eight districts of the
Association as follows: First district, in.
cluding Plttsburg and the immediate vicini.
ty, represented BY George II. Hughes,
James Reynolds, James Cain. Thomas
MARROW, Stephen Madden, John D. Wood,
r. S. May, Phillip Weaver, Thomas NJ.
Jones and NJ. j. Laughrsn. The Second, or
Wheeling district, represented by Thomas
D. Edmunds, NJ. Greininger and James
Nolan. James Grundy George A. Carney
and Samuel Cashmone represented the
third, fourth and fifth districts,
consisting Of Cincinnati, Chicago, Mil
waukee 1erre Haute and st. Louis. The
sixth district, composing the Mahoning and
Shenango valleys and northern Ohio, was
represented By Thomas Williams, 7. J. Lee,
Roger Evans d. j. Woodward and James
l.. Jones. The eastern wing of the organ
ization, established in Harrisburg and Phil
sdelphia, was represented by Andrew Lee
This is considered the weakest district in
the organization, as the Amalgamated As
sociation has made comparatively little
progress among the eastern iron workers.
President Wiehe and Secretary Martin we're
the officers. At the morning session moth.
ing was done beyond getting matters in
shape tur the discussion on the scale
nfa sha
vention adjourned at noon, Secretary Mar
in said: 1--WE had very harmonious ses-
sion this morning, at which nothing was
lone Nothing OF Importance has been
transacted as yet.
At 2:30 o'cl OK the convention resssem
bed for the afternoon session since when
nothing has been heard in this city Of the
result Last evenings Pittsburg Times
said:
A worker well acquainted with the wage
question in the iron mills, durin1 an inter
view this morning, made some important
statements which be said were based on au.
thoritative information. Said he: The
delegates to the conference today are in
structed to accept 10 per cent. reduction,
but no more The men claim that with
natural gas the manufacturers can sell iron
even lover than can the eastern manufac-
tureIs, and at the same time make a reas-
enable profit. The employers are bent on
bringing pudding down to - per ton,
which would reduce the finishers from 2j
to 50 per cent. This the fuishers will
not have. The workers say that such
reduction would enable the manufacturers
to sell nails for 10 cents per keg. Represen.
tatives from such mills as Painter & Sons,
A. NJ. Byers, Jones & Lsughiin and others,
may uiose to reduce puddlers- rates. while
Shoen6erger, Carnegie and the 0livers' men
will consider the price Of pudding Of but
little Importance as they will have little or
none of it to do befor. long Ii the finish
ers from these places maze their scale on
the basis that the pudller ia about out OF
the contest, there will be big kick By the
latter. Then the mills handling steel will
start up their finishing departments and
leave the puddlers out in the cold. How
ever am almost certain that this confer
ence will not settle matters even among the
Eorhmen.'