The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-01
THE IRON WORKS CLOSING.
The Crisis Between Manufacturers and
Mechanics Reached.
The Amalgamated Association and the
EailOrs' Union Generally Idle.
A Few Mills Running, but the Shut.
Down Very General.
Thousands Of Men Out of Employment
and Both Sides Firm.
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Wheeling, Younes
town, Beneville' Chicago and Clevs-
land All In the Same Trying
ThrOes and Troubles.
Thousands of Men Out OF Employment
and Both Sides Firm.
NO TALK OF VIOLENCE is HEARD.
THE IRON CRISIS COMES.

YOUNGSTOWN, o., May Sl.-Al iron
mills In this city, and in the Mahonipp
valley, shut down last night on account
OF the refusal of the manufacturers 70
sign the scale presented by the ANAL
gamated association. About 10000
men are thrown ont of employment NV
thls ana the strike promises 70 be long.
NAIL MILLS CLOSE.
ST. LOUIS, May 3l.-The Belleyllle nail
mill and the Western nail works. nj
BelleVllle, Illinois, shut down last even
ing IN accordance with an arrangement
agreed upon ~ the recent meeting of The
western nail association. The new
flttsburg scale has not arrived i'm this
city yet, and therefore no action has
been taken by the manufacturers. II ia
expected tomorrow, however, when
there will prsbably be some develop.
mont anon gthe mill men.
MORE MILLS CLOSING.
TERRE HAUTE, May 3l.-The Terre
haute nall works haye closed down in
usnhitely' The nailers have presented
a scale, but the company has not yet
signed. The AmalgRmated assooiation
scale has not been presented. Five
hundred men are thrown out of empluv.
ment by the stop. Advices from GREEN
castle state that the works there con-
tlnue IN operation. An agreement has
Desn made between the men and the
company TO continue work at the pres
ent scale. The Wabash rolling miiI. of
this city, has also closed.
sToPPAdH AT MILwUUKEE,
MILWAUKEE, May 3l.-The Bay View
IRON mllls closed down last night, owing
10 its failure to sign the scale nj Pitts.
outg. About 800 men are thrown out
THB SITUATION AT CINCINNATI.
CINoINNATI, May sl.-The situation
here among iron manufacturers is sirn.
ply that of following the lead of the
Plttsburg manufacturers and act IN con-
cert III deciding, as they have done, not
only not To sign the scale Rs presentad
ny the Amalgamated association. but
also 10 demand reduction fror,i the
present scale Of wages. As neithtA aid.
mas yielded, aud the contract yes has
expired, all the mills in this Vicinity
VIII be closed To morrow morning.
Ihere are no exceptional cases, such az
AT Plttsburg and Wheeling, whore the
demands of the workmen will be com.
plleu Wlthy aud the shutting down viii
be general. "''-
a GENERAL SUSPENSION AT WHEELING.
WHEELING, May 3l.-LAst nipht aU
the iron and nail mills In this civ and
vicinity shut down for an indeanite
tllle' Inc owners of the Bellaire roll
lAg mill signed the scale OF the Majors,
union, but 1t " Understood they will not
run Other mills refuse TO sign either
me Amalgamated scale or the United
Majors scale. Both sides Seem
hrm and long suspension
OF work seems inevitable. The nail
factories In and contiguous to Wheeling
number seven, including the Mingo,
ONO, mills, with an otiico here, one
par nlll, TWO sheet mills and one bar
ana sheet mill combined. About $500
the stoppage. ~
FIRES OUT AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, May 3l.-Last night the
fires in the furnaces OF the Caln5et irnu
and steel company, at Cummings near
South Chicago, were allowed 10 90 ont
ana 1t is understood they arc not likely
10 70 ne rent Tor some days, perhaps weeks.
ihe smut down Is partly owing 10 dull
lllhes, Out Is the direct result OF the fail
ure OF employees at their various
meetings to agree To continue work M
the wages offered them. The comnanv
paid or between 600 and 7d0
men, which is about one-half of the
mills full force. These men are thrown
OUT OF work, but no trouble is antioi-
pated, as they are all Of first.rate char
acter.
ALL OUT ALONG THE MAHoNINA.
CLEVELAND, May 3l,-With tie ex.
coption Of the proprietor of the Russia
mllls ~ Niles, Ohio, none of the iron
iihHhulacturers OF the Mahoning valley
nave YET signed the Amalgamated Asso.
Giaeiohs U,ie scale The men employ ed at
N.Y. MINIS III youngstown and Que in
Girard quit work at I2o'clock last night
Ihe manufacturers have not absolufelv
refused to sign, simply giving evasiyo
answers 10 the workiugmon. The istter
are Jubilant over the success of the asso-
ciatlon at Pittsburg, and assert that the
Mahoning valley operators will sipn
within week. The fires in the Pussia
mlll at Niles were lighted Tonight. and
all men returned 10 work.