St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-03
Carnegie, Phipps & Co. Sign
the Scale for Their
Mills.
Three More Signatures to the
Amalgamated Scale Are
Also Reported.
Workmen Are Jubilant and
the Majority Of Manufaet-
urerS Stand Pat.
Twenty Thousand Dollars a
Day in Wages Lost to
Operatives.

PrTTsBURG, July 1.-Two more sigma
lures to the amalgamated scale were re-
ported this morning. They were the
Laughlin Iron company, of Leechburg.
Pa, and the Findlay Iron company. of
F1ndlay, o. This news was the occa-
sion OF considerable rejoicing about the
Workmen's headquarters, but according
10 the manufacturers the action of these
hrnS was discounted before the lockout
began. The shutdown does not affect
every workman in and around the mills.
as has been reported. Many of those
departments that are not governed by
the Amalgamated associations scale
Will continue in operation. Jones d
Laughlin employ 1000 men at the
American from works. but only 1000 of
them are affected. The others are en-
ployed in the machine shops and other
departments of the mill. They will
continue work as long as they have
iron, and if trade will warrant, an eff
fort will be made to purchase material
in the East. The pipe mill of A. NJ.
Byers & Co. will also continue in opera
ton, although their rolling mill is
closed. About 500 men are employed
here, or about two-thirds of the entire
number. In an interview to-day B.F.
Jones, of Jones & Laughlin. reiterated
the statement that the manufacturers
WOULD NOT START THEIR WORKS
at any other terms than have been sub
mitted to the men. Said he: Sat our
mills we will continue to operate the
machine ShnrC No -
exhausted, when, if trade will warrant,
we will purchase iron abroad All the
Eastern mills are i'll operation. and the
than is demanded by the AmaIgamated
association. We merely offered them
the same wages as were paid in 1857,
when the price of bar iron was higher
than it is at present. Some of the men
seem to believe that two months shut
down will not affect them, as they will
make in ten months what would be
made in twelve. This is not the case,
as Eastern firms will supply the trade
in the West that could be supplied by
Western mills if the men accepted the
make an estimate, but think fully $50
600 i'll
WAGES ALONE WILL BE LOST
in Pittsburg, every day during the
strike. A great deal of money that
might be earned here in Pittsburg will
go East" At Youngstown, o., there is
no change in the situation in the mills,
all being idle and many employees leav-
ing to enjoy vacation elsewhere. At
the sheet mills of Summers d Co., one
of the company said this morning that
they would pay the scale of prices and
the employees were willing to resume
work Oh Thursday morning if there was
no interference from officers of the
Amalgamated association. The COM
pany has never signed a scale, though
paying scale wages. A tour of the mills
in Pittsburg to-day shows the lockout
hereabouts to be more complete than
was expected. All the mills but the
few n0n-union concerns and the ma
chine shops of Jones q Laughlin, are
closed down. The works of Oliver
are also shut down, but operations will
be resumed within few days. The
iron workers explain the general sus-
pension by saying that many of the
mills have
CLOSED FOR REPAIRS
and point to the firms signing the scale
as an evidence that it is only question
of comparatively short time until 9TH
ers follow their example. This
dlteruOOll, HelLne1 size SHOWS any signs
of weakening. The Western Iron asso-
citation has appointed committee of
four to take charge of the matter, and
all of the firms in the association
have assured the committe that they
will stand firmly by their resolution not
to sign a scale unless reduction in
wages is accepted.
This evening Superintendent Walker,
representing Carnegie, Phipps q Co.,
signed the scale for all the mills except
the Homestead steel works. The latter
was not signed because Mr.. Walker de-
sired to consult with the other
members of the firm on some
slight changes proposed by the work
men. 1t will be signed, however, be-
fore the end of the week. The Carnegie
mills are now closed, but operations
will be resumed Thursday. The Re-
public Iron company, of this city, also
placed their signature to the scale to-
night, and will start their plant the lat
mart Of tha waaly