The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-16
labor TROUBLES.
FIGHT on THE SCALE SCHEDULE

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FIGHT on THE SCALE SCHEDULE
\ a Difference Of Opinion In Pitt.bursh Cir
elss-Both Sides interviewed Mae siiiis
WIN oontiaue Operations In Spite
otthe Amalgamated Association.
PtrrsBuRoH, May 15.-It Is learned OF
very good authority that President Weiht
and Secretary Martin. Of the Amalgamatet
Association, arc at work preparing new
compromise scale which is to be submitteG
to the Manufacturers. The scale is ter
percent below the scale Of flast year and
this Is the scale which will probably bt
accepted by the manufacturers. The OH
GERS refuse TO talk about the scale or what
they will do.
"It is duiier and harder to make scaiei
now at any price than in 1878" said 9
Heading manufacturer this morning. III
tile mills should shut down for six months
or year It would be q blessing to all who
have money invested in the production oi
iron. There are no railroads building
now and the rigid economy OF the biz
railroad companies has OF course been
severely felt by the trade. II has
taken the largest and best paying class o.
customers virtually out OF the market.
We have expected this, however, and
have not been taken by surprise by the
absence oil railroad trade. The most Sc.
we're blow which has been struck at the
trade this spring has come iromthe farm.
ers all over the,country. The winter was
30 bad that no plowing could be done, and
comparatively little plowing has been. done
this spring. The demand for agricultural
implements has been smallerthan for many
years. Farmers arc using their old tools
or are doing without any. The low prices
for grain has been disastrous to them.
Those who are poor had to sell for what
ever they could get In order 10 live and
buy food. Those who could hold their
grain have done so, and In consequence
are short Of ready money. 81
THR OLD RATES. ,st X
81 do not see how we can get along at
the old rates Of wages. know that this
has often been said by some manuiac-
turers when 1t was not time, but it 's cer-
tainly so now. It's a cut.throat race now
between firms TO get trade. Some big
concerns are selling at much less than cost.
One firm recently got contract in a west.
ern city for 500 tons oil ship plates at'2s
cents. Such plates have always been from
five to six cents, Manufacturers here are
met with the statement OF lrown, Ronnell
4 Go. e receiver and the interview Of BOT
ter, OF Chicago, neither OF which are orr
terions. It Is to Potter's interest to have
O row in Pittsburgh. He does not want
10 see wages reduced here. He does not
pay as much as Pittsburgh men do and
can afford TO talk as he does. II is just as
much matter Of business for him to
create trouble here as 1t is for him to cry
mp his own wares at home. That
statement Of the Brown, Bonnell
& Go. receiver Is not what it
seems to be. Does the reaeiyermean that
year aud paid for material Of market
prices? Not much. When hewent in rs
receiver be appraised the pig iron he took
at S. q ton and that was the figure invent
to him at. No wonder he can, show a,
profit when he got his material at from
tilty to sixty percent less than Il would
| cost in the market. ! have no idea what
will be done about the scale. As things
90 now It is matter which concerns the
banks more than the iron manufacturers.
The banks are running about halt the
works in the city and II the hard times
continue they will run the balance. The
manpfacturers must stop the strike cry for
selfish purposes. They have sent ont
travelling SCENTS who talk stFike ana
lFigbtep customers into buying. When
the order boeks are tull and the travellers
report that they have got all they can get.
then comes the signing Of the scale and
the mills start up. Customers are getting
tired Of this sort oil trickery, and it win
not Yerk any longer"
TIE s!rpAToS BlsRussgs.
TheaqestlqR % to ghetheF thpreis To-
be agsaerai strisOamongthe Amalg4mated
men was being generally though quietly
discussed this morning. The members Of
the Ama'gamated Association were very
syerse to express their opinions publicly,
ont quietly Eqnversed among themselves.
9he memeer ol Laaieesestte, a.,.i'us'.. ioags
noweyer, was more onl,spoHeh. u,l az y
man Mhpse ps eplon SsLiles muHH M "elgnt
among ny ie.lo%,@ofhRen' .hn SSsea;a4ie ;, slr,
aopk ttfif Eae asso1iatlTn sn wiz agtee 70
the teE4s u Rtot9:ea ,Hs th4t lacsal-
e 4oa W. Nss s4y EtIas ths II teHssi
ths KY scais w yessetsaS I T. sp
4 latn., e,. +bntr ~ '1iaIIa
A rumor was started this morning that
an important conference had been held
aess ago between 4; 1n tne fePlesen.al,yes neI
San%ittss q y tk9IF hg se aaa 4anor