Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-09

else vhere. and the unreasonable actions.of
the Labor Committee having forced MI.
Carnegie to secure peace and to give him
some security in the future, has led to the
adoption of the sliding scale. And while
SONS parts may not be exactly right and
may be modified, yet on the whole it il
lust and fair, and Mr.. Carnegie, believing
this, can only say-sign the scale and the
works shall start; refuse to sign the scale
and the works remain idle. l I'm author
lied to state, in conclusion, that in The fu.
ture Mr.. Carnegie proposes to treat all
with the same fairness, courtesy and hber-
atty he has in the past.
Captain Jones left the hall as O al be
had concluded bis speech, and DR.. Boyle
again addressed the meeting. He suggested
that the proposed scale be read. This was
done, and then Eccles Robinson made a
ringing speech, in which he advocated
| careful consideration of the important
question before the meeting.
The next speech was made BY Mr..
George Jamison, chairman Of the Confer
snce Committee, who represents the op'
position to the scale. He said: Mr.. Car
negie claims that the South Chicago mill,
his principal competitor, has not declared
any dividends within q year. If we sign
this scale we sign the death war
rant of our fellow = workmen in
that mill. Mr.. Carnegie says he is
going into the fight to win. II he does
win it will be the death warrant Of organ
lied labor everywhere. The scale goes
down to the sec basis 1t gives q man
the privilege Of cutting the price down to
that point and we, the workmen, must
follow. ! told Mr.. Carnegie that he was
asking an imposslbility when be wanted
men to work IL hours q day in this mill.
II was hard enough TO work eight hours.
If the scale was signed, / told him, very
few of the men who undertook the twelve
hours work would be able to work at all
in the mill by this time next year. We
work all in q lump at this mill, and 1t
takes even now twelve men to do what
eight men can do in other mills, Then 1t
is an impOssibility for us to accept the
scale.
The deafening applause that greeted Mr..
Jamison's sentiments was a sure indication
that the feeling of the great majority was
against the acceptance Of the proposition.
Speeches were made by Mr.. Stewart, q
bright young color,d man, Jos. L. Evans,
David Miller, Blair Miller and John Doyle,
District Master Of the K. Of l..
Mr.. Doyle said that it was rot the inten-
ton of the d. A. to order the men back to
work. The D. A had nothing 10 do with
it. 1t was for the men in that building
this morning to settle the question
Of whether they would oil would
not 60 10 work, whether they were
Knights OF Labor or not Are you will
ing to accept the scale Of the Edgar Thorn
son Steel Works for three years? lYells
of "No, nor'l In 1861 men stood on this
platform and said they were going TO fight
for liberty. Shall they give up their lib
er.y now? He wanted it distinctly I'M
deratood that d. A. No. 3 did not ask the
men TO accept the scale. Mr.. Carnegie had
built a public library for Braddock. Now
he wants his men to work twelve hours q
day so that they will not have time to
read a book. Tremendous cheering
The meeting at half past two voted
without dissent to refuse the proposition
for a twelye-hour plan Of work.