New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-02
WAGES OF IRON WORKERS.
TIE TROUBLE IN THE WESTERN MILLS.
TEN MILLS IN PITTsBURG SIGN THE wohh""'
sCALE-MTLLs CLOSED IN OTHER CITIES
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sCALE-MTLLs CLOSED IN OTHER CITIES
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CLEVELAND, June 1.-Superlntendent Oo.o-
man. of the Union Rolling MIL, refused 10 sign Wv
Amagamated Association SCALE and 2oo OF the u'iie
dcnortment are ont Other departments may follow
This was a great surprise the Association was cum
dent that the scale would be signed so cohhueh.
the men that brass band had been hired to ceeprate
the expected triumph Mr. Coleman refused 10 sgn ''
scale because he did not want to leave the mnnui .
tlrer's Association He offered TO sign the scale Oh
but the men refused to accept the compromise i"o
committee waited on the Superinendenr again yesterdhy
but he said that be wished to await fnrtncr
IN PittsbuTg, and stated that. II the ftuspuiE
turers signed the scale lie would follow lheIr
pie. The mill was not lighted mp this morning. anu
everything was quiet 40,
PfrrsBRG June (Spcci0b.-Ten iron and steel miiis
have signed the wage scale Several OF these areaoy
lave their scales safely placed in the Office OF the Aha
ganatcd Association The mills that have signed arc
Carnegie Bros & CO.. Republic Iron Company. Dilwortl
Porter & Co.. the Wayne Iron aud steel WORKS. the
Solar Iron Works Singer. Nimck Co., smith, sutton q
Co.. the National Tube WORKS, Woods Iron Worhs ~, W.
McKeespOrt, and Long CO.. OF Mehee n e.
old point about the merchanable iron i III
The firms Of Lindsey, McCutcheon Co.. UI.ti W., ,n
ers 4 Phillips. and A. NJ ByerS 60, ~ ,Lis
this point and refused to sigu the scale unless ts c
We are ready for the hsht.' said ono OF the mann
facurers to-day. we would just soon close our "orA'
Thai talk amounts 10 nothing" said an ironworker
who was told OF IT, There Is not manuacurerln IN thc
district who has not signed who is not ceg AS pis ~
no,shle over IT, Do yOu think they wdut TO see heII
orders going 10 the other mills. with coal az their doors
aud natural gas ~ low prcet don't thlnk ,nTIo IT, "
mill in the city that will be idle for any length OF tme
The repairs in many OF the MILLS which are necessary
at th, time the year will take from one Ia four weeks
To complcte them This IS the case among the shect
mills orders received in May this year were taken on
the condition that II settlement reached thc
he Joseph ID. Weeks, secretary OF I'M,
Manufacturers Association. TINS afternoon ic'elnc'
telecrams from all the leading iron centres OF io
try. According to his advice. only one IRON mn
Of Pittsburg uhc Russian, at Niles, Ohlo mas slEe" en
scale The Bcllare MIL nt Wheehns; ne sS ~ in %ng
signed the nailers scale President Wehe "l Wv ,iI
workers said this evening that certain noiuhlo l.,
had sent In a request 10 the AmLlgam1'ed As'"''"'o
for q copy OF the scale.
YorSGsrowN Ohio. June | tSpe-idb.-At all the roll
ing mills in the city work suspended today the
manufacturers refusing the scales For the same
reason the mill at Grird and the Inzclon NH are also
idle visit to the mills brought ont the fact that al
were engaged IN making repair. or putting IN new hi-
chincry. aud from this II Il argued that II Is not th'
intent 10 remain idle long.
MILWAUKEE. June 1.-The scale presented by the
workmen Of .hc Bay View Rolling Mills tosnperncnlent
Parkes on Saturday has not been signed and tho mills
were not open today consequently 500 men are ont oi
employment The mills viii be shut down Tor week. Al
least. TO give opportunity for repairs
The strike by the does not extend east Of
the Allegheny Mountains Loading dealers In this clty
are little affected py II and indeed disposed to well
come anything that will tend to enhance prices A to
the length Of the strike opinions differ widely person
LARGELY Interested tho manufacture, who hal Justcome
from Pittsburg. said Yesterday
"Strkes of this kind. e. he long and serious must
have some underlying principle IN this case ihc dt
cnce. between the mills and The wnrkncn arr small ana
think the quarrel will he short ono. IN sheet IRON thr
dispute Il entirely o wages. bat n bar iron aud nails
I'm which am interested there Il another question ~
which the manufacturers arc unit luc W"ihln'h lu-
si-t payment Tor poor work A. II u was g1ou ""ts
There j. principle of thr mills Lut not for the work
The question 81 price j. OF less Importance with
the manufacturers iu this branch of the busine The
difference only about 10 per cent. aud that would not
rcsulf In a general strike. inclined 20 think that
the dispute viii soon De settled. ana that arcauy We
have worst ef tho strike .
Is. g.. Clarke. oi the Thomas Iron Company rsn 'hht
the sfle d not affect the business aud he pleased
10 record the fact that he getting sixty i've cents
ton more fOT steel rails.