Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-12
The AmaIgamated Associ'
alton Organizing Unions
There Rapidly.
A HELP TO BOTH SIDES.
Disadvantages to Manufacturers ana km-
pIoyes Will be RemoTed-Weihe Wanted
ARain for President-A Conference on
Tin PIare-The BANQUET 10 John Jarrett
Other Industrial Items.

The Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers are making great strides
in Eastern Pennsylvania in the way of
organization, and it is probable that at the
next convention they will be strong enough
10 present a scale to the eastern manufac-
turers. If they do not sign it the Anal
gamated men will be in position to enforce
their demands. At the convention yester-
day John Gallagher. who was appointed
special organizer at the last convention for
the eastern part of the State, reported that
he had organized since December / q new
lodges in different towns, and the membership
was increasing at each meeting.
Good for Employer and Workman.
This is good news not only to the members Of
the association, but to the iron manufacturers
here as well. The latter have been placed at
disadvantage when competing with their east
ern neighbors on account of the latter securing
their labor cheaper than the Pittsburgers
could In some mills in the Fast, where the
Amalgamated Association has no representa-
tion, manufacturers only pay IS % per ton Ior
pudding while the Pittsburg manufacturers
had to nav IS 50 for the same work. On account
of this great difference in the price OF labor,
the Pittsburg manufacturers sent many re-
quests to the Amalcamated Association 10 or
ganize the Eastern mills.
At the convention yesterday communica-
tion was received from st. David's Benevolent
Welsh Society extending an invitation 70 tne
delegates to attend the reception TO be rendered
John Jarrett Saturday evening at Lafayette
Hall. The object of the gathering will be to
hid farewell to Mr. Jarrett before his departure
for Birmingham, England. The majority of
the delegates will attend the reception on ac-
count of Mr. Jarrett being one OF the ex-Presi-
dents of the Association
A Request TO President WeIhe.
A resolution was read from Harmony Lodge
No. Is STequesting President Weihe to consent
to be candidate for reelection. A committee
of II members was appointed to wait upon the
President and ascertain if he would comply
with the request
ceived from the United States Tin Plate Com
pany, asking that committee be appointed to
confer with that firm relative to the sheet and
tin plate business. This is in regard to the
wage scale effecting these departments. Mr..
CrOnemyer, the president of the company, was
requested TO appear before the Reclassifica-
t1on Committee, which was appointed last
week.
The report of the Committee on Johnstown
Sufferers was read. 1t showed that s., l0e worth
of supplies had been distributed among the
sufferers. They sent the first car
load of goods into Woodvale, where
the most suffering existed among the people,
A fact to be commended is the action of the
Amalgamated Association in this matter
Heretofore the name of Johnstown and its
associations with the Cambria Iron Works and
the Gautier steel department was held in ab-
horrence and spoken of in obnoxious con-
tempt by the members of the association.
This was due to the fact that the proprietors of
the mills would not allow any union to organize
their men and paid lower wages than other mill
owners.
Accompanying the report was letter from
the survivors of Woodvale. thanking the asso-
citation for their assistance at that place and at
Cambria CITY,