Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-07
SETTLED THE BASE.
What the Amalgamated Association
Will Ask for Pudding.
READY FOR THE PICNIC TODAY.
Green Bottle Blowers May Withdraw
From the Knights Of Labor.
TIMERS WILL CONFER AGAIN TO-DAY

Yesterday was the most important day of
the present session of the Amalgamated
Association. At 8 o'clock in the afternoon
the convention decided by close vote what
the base of the scale for next years wages
should be- Contrary to the wishes of quite
a number of the delegates, President Weihe
made rule that no information should be
given to the press concerning the scale.
Other officers were willing that the manu-
facturers and others interested in the matter
should know what wages would be asked,
but Mr.. Weihe was positive, and wo uld not
allow the information to 60 out. In justice
to Secretary Martin, who has been fire.
quently charged with giving away the
transactions of the convention. it is stated
that the following facts were not furnished
by him:
The convention wrangled over the boiling
scale from Thursday morning until yester-
day afternoon. The discussion was on the
rate for boiling on 2-cent card. The wage
committee recommended Sc rate, and it
was stated all along by delegates that tins
figure would be adopted. However, there
was an opposition to this, developed after
the scale was placed before the convention,
which was partially successful in defeating
the recommendations of the committee.
SOME CHANGES MADE.
There were some notifications made in
the scale, but it is impossible to give the de-
tails of the changes at this time. The third
clause of the boiling scale was reached yes
terday and adopted. It is thought that it
will be finished and that the muck and scrap
ping scales will be completed on Monday.
Among the list of extras in the boiling scale
is clause calling for So 81 per ton for
wrought iron turnings worked on a cinder
bottom; the price for working turnings to
advance and decline in the same proportion
as the boilers scale. The scrapping scale
asks for 50 75 per ton for working all
light sheet, hoop, wire and what is known
as Norway scrap. on 2-cent card, and
shall advance and decline 5 cents per ton in
proportion to a 2-cent card.
The presidency of the association is be-
coming an interesting subject of converse
tion. Although non-committal on the mat
ter, it has been understood for several weeks
that Mr.. Weihe will not be candidate un-
der any consideration. Some of his friends,
who desire him to remain at the head of the
organization, have scheme on foot to raise
his salary to 81, 500 as an inducement for
him to run again. Mr.. Weihe has been
spoken to, but he refused to say whether or
not he will be candidate for the position.
A POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR.
Three is no other man in the convention
who can be elected as long as Mr.. Weihe
desires to hold it, but if he refuses to run,
Secretary Martin will probably 5e the win
ner against several other Pittsburg men and
one or two from abroad. One of the dele
gates said last night that he believed
change in the executive department of the
association will take place. In regard to
the scale, the came delegate said it had been
arranged in such manner that all ought to
be satisfied. "The manufacturers will have
no cause to complain, assure you," said
he. 'They have been getting the benefit of
our labor long enough; we want Il share of it
ourselves. 1 think it was wholly wrong and
ill-advised to prevent the publication of
>ayerything done by yesterdays session. I
would he willing to let the manufacturers
have all the information about the scale as
fast as it is acted on"
The annual picnic of the association will
take place to-day at Rock Point. No
special programme has been arranged and
there will be no set speeches made. The
affair is designed to be reunion of the as
ISOLATION, and lodges will be present from
Wheeling, Bellaire, SteubenvIlle, Youngs-
town, Sharon, New Castle and other points
Many of the mills will follow their usual
custom and close down for the dav. Trains
will leave about every hour during the fore
no0n