Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-03
the GREAT inoN LOCKOUT.
The sttuatiop ut pittsburgh and
other Prominent Points.
lBy telegraph 10 the DIspatch-l

PITTSBURGH, July 1.-TWO more signatures
10 the Amagamated scale were reported ibis
morning. They were the Lsuehlin Iron
Company, oi Leechburg, Pa, and The Find
lay Iron Company, OF Flndlay, o. This
news was the occasion OF considerable re-
joiciDg about the workmen's headquarters,
but, according 10 the manufacturers, the &C.
ton OF these firms was discounted before the
lockout began. The shutdown does not af-
feet every workman In aud around the mills,
a. has been reported.
MANY OF those departments that are not
governed BIZ the Amalgsmated.A Association
scale will continue In operation. Jones q
Laughliu employ 1900 men nj toe American
IRON orks, but only 2,0o0 OF them are
affected. Others are employed in machine
shops and other departments OF the mill.
They will continue work a. long as they
have iron, and. II trade will warrant 1t, an
effort will be made to purchase material IN
the East. The pipe.mill OF A. NJ. Byers q
60. will also continue In operation. although
their rollIng.miIl Is closed. About 800 men
are employed here, or about two thirds OF
the entire number.
In an interview to-day Il. 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. "At our mills
We will continue TO operate the maehine-sh0ps
until the stock Of iron Is exhausted. when II
trade will warrant we will purchase iron
abroad. All the eastern mills are in opera
ton and the price for boiling Is $50 per
ton less than Is demanded by the Amalga-
mated Association. We merely offered them
the same wages az were paid in 1SSG-'SI,
when the price OF bar iron was higher than
IL is at present. Some Of the men seem 10
believe that two months shutdown Will not
affect them, as they will make in ten months
what would be made In twelve. This Is not
the case, as the eastern firms will supply the
trade In the West that could be supplied by
the western mills II the men accept the man
utacturers' scale. | do not care TO make an
estimate, but think fully $4,000 10 wages
alone Will be lost In Pittsburgh every day
during the strike. A great deal OF money
that might be earned here In Pittsburgh Will
70 East"
A telegram from Youngstown Gays There
Is no change in the situation at The mills
here, all being idle and many employees leaving
10 enjoy the vacation elsewhere. AT the
sheet.miIls Of Summers & Co. one OF the
firm said this morning that they would pay
the scale prices, and the emnioye. were
MllllIR W Ithuint Mblh WI anu -hAf
ing II there was no interference from the
officers Of the Amalgamated Association.
The company has never signed the scale,
though paying scale wages. A tour OF the
mills to-day shows the lockout here TO be
more complete than was expected.
All the mills bul few non.union con-
Germs and the machiue.shops OF Jones q
Laughln are shut down. The WORKS o.
Oliver Brothers & Phillips, who signed the
scale, ale also shut down, bat operations
will be resumed in few days. The IRON
workers explain the general suspension by
SAYING that many Of the mills have closed for
repairs. and point TO firms signing the scale
as an evidence that II is only question OF
comparatively short time until others follow
their example. There is intense interest as
to what Carnegie, Phipps & Co. will do. All
their works are shut down to-day and no
scale has been signed by the firm. IL Is
probable that representatives, Of the firm
VIII hold a conference with the Amalgamated
officials and reduction, especially at The
Homestead Steel-W orks, will be Insisted on.
This afternoon neither side showed any
signs Of weakening.