Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-30
WANT NON UNION MEN
An Effort to Replace st. Louis Strik-
ers With Men From This City.
ENOUGH TIN PLATE WORKERS HERE
An Extension Of Time Granted to Moor
head Bro & Co.'s Employees.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL NEWS

The Amalgamated Association has awak-
ened to the fact that stern opposition is
aimed at it from new quarters. Up until
yesterday it was generally supposed that
the trouble with Neidringhaus, at st. Louis,
would be settled amicably.
Information was receive at the headquar-
ters from source the reliability of which,
Secretary Madden said, could not be
doubted, to the effect that gentleman is
now in the city looking for men to go to st.
Louis to take the places OF the old employees
of the firm at that place.
The Amalgamated scale has not been
signed at st. Louis and n recent conference
between President Weihe and the repre-
sentatlves of the firm failed to accomplish
anything. Mr.. Neidringhaus has kept rather
quie5 as to what policy his company would
pursue, and for this reason the information
recorded yesterday was all the greater sur
prise.
Officials of the AmaIgamated Association
are not much afraid of union men going
from Pittsburg to work in q non-union mill,
and as there are few non-union men here,
the success of the st. Louis agent is not ex-
pected to be very great.
The question relating to tin plate workers
for this country has stirred up considerable
discussion among labor leaders, and par
ticularly the officials of the Amalgamated
Association. 1t is generally believed by
them that Superintendent Owens. of the
Treasury Department has erred in his de-
cision to Mr.. Neidringhaus in which he in
Inmates that Welsh workers may be i'm
ported without violating the law. 1t may
be that tin plate manufacturers and Anal
gamated officials will shortly be arrayed
against each other in a quarrel on this
point.
OPERATORS WANT FOREIGN WORKMEN.
Tin plate manufacturers, and particularly
Mr.. Neidringhaus, cling to the idea that
American workmen are incompetent and
too few in number to do the work, and that
in order to put the industry on q sue
cessful basis men must be brought from
abroad. On the other hand Amalga-
mated officials claim enough men
can be found here who are fully competent mt
the next year, and in the meantime new
men can be taught the trade.
In speaking OF this matter yesterday Vice
President Sheehan of the first district, said:
Il believe Mr.. Ncidringhaus prefers the for
eign workmen in order to reduce the cost of
production. The price paid for thinning in
Europe is centsa box. The price here is
Il. But if he can succeed in bringing men
here for from to 10 per cent below what the
men receive here he will save considera-
Bile. 1t will not pay the Welsh
WOTkOTS TO leave UDelT nOlueS anu
bring large families here for less than 100
per cent III advance of the wages paid there,
1or the reason that if they come for1ess they
can never make up for the cost of coming
here and what they lose by the difference in
the cost of living"
WHY wELSHMEN ARE WANTED.
Mr. Sheehan said he was not alone in the
belief that Mr.. Neidringhaus wants foreign
ers in preference to American citizens. He
showed the reporter letter written by the
firm to John D. Rees, of G34 Preble avenue,
last winter in reply to an application made
by Mr. Rees for position. Mr.. Neidring-
haus said he was coming to Pittsburg and
would grant Mr.. Rees personal interview.
He came and MI. Rees saw him. The letterex-
planned that he was practical timer; that he
worked his way up through the trnde from
the position of q lister, and Mr.. Neidring-
haus gave him to understand that he could
depend on u situation. Mr. Rees has never
heard from Mr.. Neidringhaus, and he thinks
it Is because he made known the fact that
he is an American citizen. Mr.. Rees says
he can pick up 20 practical tin plate workers
in Woods Run inside OF "a hours, and he is
sure it is unnecessary for tin plate manu-
facturers to go to Europe for workmen, un-
less they do SO to reduce the cost of produc-
tiOn.