Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07
SPEEDY SETTLEMENT
OF TIE DIFFICULTY AT fHB KD6AR fhoA'
son WORKS LOOKED FOR.
fhs Men to 60 Back b Work al hs V"n-
psnys Tams-Nr. Carnegie lnisrviswsd-
fhs Prospects Of Shut Down
Not Rslishd.

PrrrsBuRG, April 6.-The crisis 81 the
Edgar Thompson Steel Works has been
reached. 1t is now an almost settled iact
that ths men will 20 back to work in the
neAr future. They will accept Mr.. Car
nesis's twelve-hour plan. Altosefner
sbou. {, 500 men are out at Braddock. VI
tbis number about 1000 are members oi
the Knights of Labor and the others are
uon-union, making them in the majority.
Asyet the men have not been ordered
back 10 work, nor will they be, rs the way
matters stand now it is q lockout. MI.
Carnegie in his interview yestsrdAy SAID:
"when the steel works start again ii will
be under our proposition. Oar hrm mas
been trying for years to work our men
hours per day instead Of IL, paying them
the wages for the shorter time that other
firms Maid for l2 hours work. We were
the oniy steel rail firm in the world that
aver tried 10 do this. ] find that We have
spent $500, 900 in this effort, without sue
ceeding in getting one OF onr compeutofs
TO follow the example. The iron ana steel
business has become and is rapidly pecom-
ing 80 bad that we must work our men rs
our competitors do. namely, two shifts In
"a hours, instead Of three" .
The members Of the Executive Board oil
ID A. No. 9 held meeting, at which they
decided 10 request the men to 60 back TO
work. They say that in all probability
Mr. Carnegie would not recede from hi-
nositiou. and as the other mills were all
working ON the twelve hour plan, 1t was
thought wire policy to ask the Braddock
men 10 do so. As yet this request has not
been made, but will be at the next meet
ing of the men, which will more than hEe-
ly be this evening. Said one oil the work
men:
1--WE had to give in to Mr.. Carnegie. As
matters now stand the non. n.univn men at
the Edgar Thomson Steel Works are In the
majority and they are getting very tired oi
waiting for the Knights Of Labor to settle
/ the trouble In fact they were Just getting
ready TO make break when the knights
! discovered it. A meeting Of the Executive
Board was called Immediately, at which 1t
was decided to ask the men to return to
WOIk, bQu Ntu bbaS PNoAe'J
they will, as the general feeling among
/ them Is to return 10 work"
Mr.. Joseph l. Evans, q member Of the
Board, when asked about the matter, said:
THE Board has taken no official action In
/ the matter for the reason that they have no
power to act. As individuals, they may
have advised, and I know that several
members Of the Board have expressed an
opinion that they thought the men should
return, but outside Of this they have done
nothing" Another member who was seen
said: ~ think the men will return to
work Immediately. intend to 60 TO the
meeting and advise them TO do 10. am,
of course, opposed, and greatly opposed, to
a man working twelve hours day, but as
matters now stand, think II Is advisable
for the men to return to work. To be
truthful with you, might as well say that
the men have all decided to 20 to work,
and il will only be matter off little for
mality until the trouble Ia fixed mp"