The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-06-04
CANTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE a, 1885
THE STRUGGLE BEGINS.


Engaged IN "a War for Wages -IisIlsf
that the strike WIN Be Brief
MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 2.--The scale
presented by the workmen to SlpcrIntend.
ent farbes ON Saturday has not been
signed and lhemlls were not opened yester-
day morning, Consequently fifteen hundred
mcn were thrown ont Of employment.
The mills viii bo shut down for
week ot least to give opportunity for needed
The worGmcn are not NJ all un-
easy ovor the outlook and believe that the
scale Will be finally signed,
PlrTsnuRGH Pa, June 1.-THE iron.
WORKERS mere arc jubllant over their sue.
cess no far In tho controversy with the IMAM
uiNrlnrtlS' They express especial salts.
faction over the fact that the Republic Iron
Works, on The south side, employing
three hundred men, signed the Amalga-
mated scale Saturday As tho produ'J Of
this ml,l (shectlrou) n exclusively
that upon which the present dispute
HINGES, the signing Of the scale there IL
regarded by the wOrkmen as an important
victory. Carnegie, Bros, ~ Co, and biz
worth, Porter n Co, OlmltOd) also signed
tho scale saturday The men ut EyGrson,
hammond " Co.'S and oliver Bros, south
side mills were notified 10 como to worl,
today when II Is believed the scale will
be signed by both trims secretary
Weeks Ot the Manufacturers Association,
expressed no surprise when told OF the sig.
natures, ilemld another MILL would slgi
lhe seals, but that would wind up the list
The manufacturers knew long ago jlst
what lirmS would sign, and will 30 into the
contest knowing Just where they stand
lie sad strike was u certainty,
The AmalgamalGd authorities apparently
arc not worrying much about the outcome;
although some Of their predictions have not
been verified By the course Of events they
still express themselves confident Of COM
Ing out on top IN the present struggle. Two
firms signed the scale yesterday They
we've Singer Nlmck n Co, and Smith, Sui-
ton Il Co, Their action has no particular
sgnlIlclnce, as they work steel almos. OK
cluslyeS.
CLEVELAND, o., Juno.2, with tho OK.
coptI0n Of the proprietor Of the Russia mill
NJ Mites o., nOn6.of the iron manufacturers
OF the MahOnng Valley have yet signed the
Amnlgamatod Association scale, The men
employed ut tho iiy0 mills In Youngstown
and ono In GIprd quit Ot twelve o'clock
Saturday night. The manufacturers have
not absolutely refused 10 slgn but simply
give cydslvG answers to the men.
WnEELlNG, W, Va, June 2,-SAturday
night nll tho Iron aud nall mills In this
city and Vicinity shut down for IN indefinite
tine The owners OF the licllaIre Rolling
Mil signed the scale OF the NOIlor's Union.
Other mills refused 10 Sign either the Anal.
gOmnted Association scale or the United
Nallers scale Both sides seem ilrIn,
and long suspension OF tho works
seems inevitable, Tho nall factories IN and
contiguous n Wheeling number seven, In.
cudng the Mlngo (O,) Mills with Office
here; one bar MILL, two sheet mills, and one
bar aud sheet combined. About twenty
five hundred men are thrown out OF EN-
plOymont by the Stoppago,
CINCINNATI, o., June 1.-The Iron man
ufNcturors hero have decided not only not
10 sign the scale Os presented by tho Anal
gamOted Association Of Iron aud Steel
Workers, but also 10 demand reduction
from the present scale Of wages. As
neither side has Yielded, aud tho contract
year has expired, all tho mills In this
vicinity closed yesterday morning.
CnCA0O, June 2.--The milhof the Calu.
met Iron u Steel Company located ut Cum
mlngs, was shut down Saturday evening
with the probability that II will remain ldlo
foi somo weeks Mr., u, O. Bradley, tho
MANAGER, said that eS,k might not be re-
sumcd until Auglr| Tho old scale OF
wages Of the amalgOmOtcd Iron and steel
workers expired yesterday, and tho manu-.
fOcturoH and men have not rs yet agreed
on new scale, The Calumet Company
paid of between O5O and 700 mon last Sat
urdOy the payroll for two weeks amount
Ing 10 ll,bN0.