Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-06
SIX DOLLARS, SURE.
That is What the Iron Puddlers Will
Demand on Their Scale.
A COPY OF THE NEW AGREEMENT
Grand Master Downsy Talks on the Recent
Switchmen's Trouble.
GRIsT OF YESTERDAYS LABOR NEWS

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session of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers will be based on S6
per ton for pudding, or 2-cent card. At
yesterdays session the matter was fully dis
cussed, and the sentiment of the majority
of the delegates was that the puddlers should
have an advance of so cents per ton.
After converting yesterday morning, the
wage scale was taken up and the discussion
on it lasted all day. At $50 O'Clock the
convention adjourned and the matter had
not been settled. There is not any antipath
on the part of any of the delegates toward
requesting the 80 cents advance, but it is
only question of how it shall be done.
The matter will be taken up again this
morning, when it will be settled. The ar
guments advanced yesterday by the pud-
dlers were plain. Straightforward, and based
on business ideas. The majority Of the del
egates this year are young men, and 1t Is
said their expressed views yesterday would
startle some of the older men.
ENTHUSIASTS NOT IN IT.
There was no hurrah or enthusiasm about
the discussion, but the matter was canvassed
carefully, and the best points put forward as
to why the advance should be asked Tor. 1t
was stated that in view of the fact that the
price of finished iron had gone up, there
was no reason why the manufacturers could
not share some of the increased profits with
their employees. Many of the young men
were loaded down with statistics about the
markets" Some of the delegates were of
the opinion that the market quotations were
incorrect, and were furnished by the man
ufacturers for the purpose OF creating
false impression about how much they were
receiving for their iron.
From present indications the present ses-
sion will last fully four weeks. The con-
vention last year was in session 18 days and
one night, and so far this year it is about
three days behind in the programme. The
manufacturers will not get the new scale
until the last of this week, as it will take
fully week to go over it. When the Scale
Committee reported yesterday, the following
memorandum of agreement was adopted.
It is the same as the agreement made last
year, and will, no doubt, be satisfactory to
the manufacturers:
COPY OF THE AGREEMENT.
We, : of the first part, and
Lodge. No. State Of n Ma
tional Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers, of the second part, do hereby
agree that the following scales of prices, based
upon the Western Iron Associations card of
prices, shall govern the wages of the several
departments as herein stated for one year,
commencing July !, 1889 and ending June so,
1890 1t is further agreed that no scale shall go
below the price paid on the Western Iron AS
sociation's card selected as basis. 1t Is un-
derstood,
First-That iron mills Except sheet iron
mills) working steel shall pay price and one
half for steel, but this shall not apply to niIld
steel: that is, working that steel of which the
output of the mill shall be as great as when
output of steel is but three-fourths (2z) of the
output of iron, the rule price and one-half
price shall apply.
Second-On all mills working iron or steel
weighing one hundred and sixty (l6O) pounds
or over, extra help shall be furnished to the
heater, the same to be paid by the company.
SOME OF THE DELEGATES FINED.
President Weihe notified several of the
delegates that he had imposed fines Of 25
cents each for missing the roll call yesterday
afternoon. A communication was received
from the Cigar Makers International Union
No. 171sof Allegheny, asking the indorse-
ment of the blue seal. The matter was re-
ferred to the Ways and Means Committee.
On motion it was decided that the time for
presenting resolutions be continued until to-
day. A motion to change the hour OF ad-
journing from $50 to 5o'clock was defeated.
Secretary Martin stated yesterday that
not one word had been heard from any of
the manufacturers about the scale. He
said it would be presented to them next
week. He would rather see the manutact-
urers organized. Ii they were, the scale
would be presented to their scale committee,
but under the present circumstances it
would have to 60 to each individual manu-
facturer.,
READY FOR THR PICNIC.
The reunion and picnic will be held to-
morrow at Rock Point. The general COM
mittee is composed Of the following we'll
known gentlemen: First division, First dis
trict-Vice President William T. Roberts,
George S. Baird, NJ. NJ. Garland, John c.
McCabe, John L. Morgan, Hugh O'Don-
nell, Stephen Madden.
Second division, First tdistrict-Vice Presi-
dent f. G. Sullivan, John W. Williams,
John Mccoy, Christopher Evers, Patrick
Moran, James Swatman.
Second district-Vice President Harry
Hooking, William w. Smith, Thomas
Brettell, ST., Arthur Phillips, Joseph H.
Purcell.
Sixth district-Vice President James II.
Mutt, John F. Ward, John Wilkes, Roger
Howells, John Phillips, Thomas Kimberly.
The delegates to the convention will
march in body from Turner Hall, by way
of Chestnut, Fifth avenue Grant, Fourth
avenue, Smithfield, to Union station.
headed by the Grand Army and Select
Knights bands. The train leaves Union
station at $50 A. M.