Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-07-01
IT IS ON.
THE GREET sOE WORKERS STRIKE
Begins in al the Western Union Iron
Mills.
ONE HUEIED THOUSAND MEN OUT.
A Bittsr ID Long Contested Wage Battle
Pro6abh.
The FIJI BREAK IN THH RANKS.
The Gres Diver Firm Signs the Scale Lats
Last sght-The VOrkmsn Highly
Ebts and COnf&nt Of Victory.
Ohsr Manufacturers Expect
ed to Sign.

PTTrsR1RG, PA, Jnne 30.-There is no
change in the iron situation this morning.
Both side present a firm front, and when
the day turns 90 Of this evening all the
mills in the West, hat twelve operated by
uon-uniol men, viii close down for an in
definite ,sricd. AIdispatch from Youngs-
town, o. reports tie mill in the Mahon-
ing vally prepariR for prOtracted sus-
pension.
Notwithstanding the discoursging re-
ports received blythe mill men, they do not
seem to Ie worrfd. Almost all who were
spoken ts belies the suspension will not
continue lonserthan two or three weeks.
A shut down q always necessary at this
time of the year for repairs and stock tax
log The msniActursrs, they claim, have
used the ssus srguments for years, and
always opposed the Amalgsmsted Associa-
ton % vigrOtsly ss ut present. Since
the strike of 1882, the scale has been
signed in Conference with but one
exec ptlOl Ang tLdt WAY III 1879,
when astrke Eas declared. Ole by one
the firms siguG the scale that year, and
the strike was bvsr, and the mills we're all
in operstion within a month.
On TIE ottr hand the manufacturers
assert tiat tbEr mills are in good repsirs,
and thss theJ could run all summer, hut
they WI oIpay more than s. 0O per ton
for pudilingi la speaking of this situa-
Ition, tnnrls j. Tranter, prominent
asnufatturf of Cincinnati, said:
THE conference committees have ad-
ielrned IN die, and the mills will be shut
down this evening. There are no hard
fesiuy exiing between the workmGn and
manufacturers. II is a matter of busi-
ness on nth sides. We cau't success.
fuHH3 mRe iron with tbs present
wagA he price paid for labor il
chesAr n Philadelphis than it is
IN hS,eetons. The time will come when
uuitofn ,uges will be paid in all parts OF
the ,ouglE. If the men here make n
PORT u.ly they will lose twice as much
to. iiorrui by the operation. The manu-
facurers cannot retreat from their posi-
tiols. Tiis must he apparent to every
boiy vholaderstsnds the situation. My
op nicn i that the great body Of the men
w,ult be Silhng to accept the scale, but
thsy are led Oa ny taose above them"
The nnnufrturers expect a few to sign
the scse but hey claim that they will be
small clleeTnsaud that their signing will
NOT effect the situation. At noon the
Ana yauated officials received informa.
Isiun that the scale had hsOa signed
| nv tFs pssY0 iron and Steel company, Of
4 knolo III This makes three firms that
hay. sign4, so far, the other two being
tbe kroS Iron company, of Akron, Ohio,
uud ne Iaughlin and junction Steel COM
nam, st airgo, Ohio. The three mills
eOiIoy aSout |. 400 men.
| a dipStch lust received by President
Kslik of the Manufacturers Associa-
it.oa I'm the Kelly Iron company, and
the Bslffonts Iron company, OF lronton,
Ohia, stats that they will not sign the
Gale even ifit is signed by the Pittsburg
aanrfacttrers, "a they eau get their work
lone cheser. Mr.. Keating says the sign-
ing Of the Gale by the Apollo company
will havelro effect, as they were not men,
bers Of the Manufacturers Association.
HE MILLS CLOSED.
The employees finished up their work to-
DAY, and lelt verything in good order for
he indefinite shut down. President
Esatiug, Of the ManufaCtursrs' Associa-
zion, said this evening that tho telegram
# I'M the Ironton mills, shows how
q tong the :, cling is among the manufac-
/ / rers 10 insist upon tie iron work
l. : accepting 3 reductiCn in wages,
j they expect the mills to
resume operations. rhsf will be
no more conferences" said be. Vat least the
manufacturers will not ask foi me. They
have given their uItimatum. they can do
no more. II the AmalganAsd people
want TO sctept our scale theSeap do 30,
but the depressed iron markeA will not
permit our signing the scale idrthe con-
| iinuance of the present wages. Other
manufacturers seen talked in ahut the
same strain. B. +. Jones said th& works
would remain closed until q satitactory
scale il presented by the workef. He
claimsl that there was no discussion
alaorts stbs manufacturers, and he I'd not
believe that any firm would sign thepres-
eat sale.
N CARNEGIE's WORKS.
Interest is being directed to the weeks
of Carnegie, Pnipps 4 Co, but nothingOf
a definite character regarding their intn-
tiens eonld he learned. The manager sid
that be could not make any positive stae-
ulent as it was not possible to tell Jut
now what might occur. 1t Is among 70
possibilities that Carnegie will man
some offer to the men wltnll
few days. One OF IN
workmen stated that there was an lmpres
sion growing that no difficulty was apPre
hsnded 50 far ~ the pudding department
was rOneerned, bat that they would insis
on the dnisherS accepting the reduction
\ Through this Ilosition OF the firm some
thing NAV transpire at any time, although
neither side Is saying much.
BIG BREAK.
Oliver Bros. Il Phillips, the largest trn
in the CITY, sigaed the scale tonight, anc
their four mills will continue IN operation
The Amalgamatsd people are Juoilan'
over the bresE, which il a most I'M
/ portant one. TIE firm employs over !, O0'
men and is one Of the largest II
, this city. ID. B. oliver, who affixed hi
signature to the scale was member O.
, tn@ hss ls'c'D,srs Conference Committee
ooi he tGI seat from the final meeting
ant Sanirpo b. report that the firm had
dec,i'd IN .osde the demands OF theil
~otS~>l. an interview tonight ~h'
stated they wers forced to sign the scal'
! ON account Of contracts that had to b
/ A MEANS OF SETTLEMENT.