Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-01
THERON STRIKES.
NO Change in th6 SisUation--B Both
sides Firm.


by Telegraph TO the Dispatch.l
PTTrsnrRGH, June 80. There is no chsnge
I'm the iron situation this morning. Both
sides present firm front. and whom the day
turns 90 of this evening all the mills IN the
West but twelve operated by non.union
men will close down for 81 ipdeiinite period.
A dispatch nom Youngstown. O.. reports
the mills in the Mlhoning Valley preparing
for a proirpcied suspension. N0'wilh'land-
inc the discoUragiHy reports received by The
mill.men they do not seem TO be worried.
4 hnOst ali who were spoken % DclieVe that
She suspension will not continue longer than
two or three week.. a shut down IS always
necessary AZ this time Of The year foF repairs
and siock-tahing The manufacturers, they
claim, have used the same argument Tor
years, and always opposed the Amaleana'ed
Association a. vigorously a. az present Since
the strike OF 1882 the scale has been signed m
conference with bat one exception, aud that
was in 1895, when the strike was declared.
one by one The frms signed the scale that
wear and the strike was over. and The mills
were rli IN 0peTation within month.
on the other hand the manufacturers as
sert that their mills are IN good repair snd
they could run att the summer. but mat they
win not pay more tnan g per ton Tor pnd'
ding.
In speaking Of the situation Charles J.
Trantcr, a prominent miaruioclurer OF iron,
said: "The conference committees have
adjourned sine dle, and the mills viii Toe
shut down this evening. There are no
hard feelings existing between the men and
the manufacturers. l. l. matter 81 bust
ness on both sides. We can't successfully
make iron with toe present wages. The labor
Is cheaper in Philadelphia than 1t IS IA
Ibis section. The tine viii come when
uniform wages viii be paid In az parts OF
The country. II the men here make point
to-day they will lose twice as much to-
morrow by the operation. The manutac-
turers cannot retreat from their position
This must he apparent 90 everybody who
understands the situation. MY opinion Is that
the great BODY ~ the men would be willing
60 ACCEPT the scale, hut they are led on by
those above them. The manufacturers eX>
pect a ieR 10 sign the scale, but they claim
ihat they viii be small concerns. and that
Their signing will not affect the SITUATION
At noon the Amalmnated officials re-
ceiyed information that the scale had been
signed by the Apollo Iron and Steel Com
Iany Of Apollo, Penn. This makes ihree
firms that have sigued 20 far, the other two
being the Akron Company OF Akron, o., and
the Iaughlln and Junction steel Company
ni Mingo. q. The three milis employ ABOUT
1,400 meu.
dispatch Just received by President
Kea,ing. IF The ManuiaclurerS' Association,
from the Kelly Iron Company and the Belle
fonte Iron Compan OF irOuton, QUO,
ri, les they viii not sign the scale, even y Il
is sigucd 10y the Pittsburgh manufacturers,
a, they can get their work done cheaper.
Mr.. Heating says the s'rnng on the scale by
the AppOllo company viii have no effect, as
they were not members OF The Manulactu'
Ters' Association.
fhe old scale OF The Amalganated Asso-
citation expired this evening, aud as no agree.
inent was reached the mills All closed down.
Tmuloy6s finished UP their work Today aud
left everything in good order Tor the in
definite shutdown.
President Heating. Of tho Manufacturers
Association, said this evening that the lele-
gram from the lrnnton mills shows how
strong the feeling is among manufacturers
b insist upon the iiOn-w0rkeTs accepting
reduction in wages II they expect the mills TO
resume operations. There will be no more
conierenccs.r said he ; Eat least the manu-
facturers will not ask for one. They have
given their ultimaium. They can 60 no
move. n the Am,lgamated people want TO
accept oar scale theY can DO 80, bul the he
pressed iron ma.tet viii not permit OF orr
signing scale for continuance OF the pres
cut wages" Other manufacturers seen
talked ABOUT II 10 The sane strain
Oliver Brothers 6 Phillips, The largest firm
IN the city. signed the scale tonight aud their
four mills wiil continue m operation. The
Amslgamded people are lubilSnt over the
break, which IS most important one. The
Grm employs over 5000 men aud is one OF
the largest in this city. The scale signed Is
the same a, ihat In force sst year with the
exception Of few un;mnorlant concessions
made by the Ama'gamated Association at
Mr.. divers request.
The action OF the manufacturers on the
matter IL awaited with intense interest, as II
Is probable tie firm viii be expelled from
the association. The strikers claim that
several other firms viii sign The scale.