Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-06
NO CHANGE AT sHARPsBURG.
Non-Union Men Still at Work at the vesu-
vius Iron Works-Mr. d. It. Oliver Ex-
plains His Interview With Vice-Prcsi-
dent Sbeehan-Strfkers still Confident.


vius Iron Works-Mr. d. It. Oliver Ex-
plains His Interview With vice-Prcsi-
dent Sheehan-StriSers Still Confident.
The situation at the Yesuvius mill was
unchanged yesterday. The non-union men
have charge of the mill, and the plate de-
partment seems to be fully manned The
strikers are Ecommended by the mer-
chants of Sharpsburg for their good be-
havior. The pudding and finishing depart
monts are still idle, and will remain So so
far as the Amalgamated men are concerned.
but the firm claims they will not be pushed
for work in these departments for some
time, and when it is necessary to operate
them they viii have men on hand to start
up with.
The men are confident the fight is theirs.
An important meeting has been held, the
result of which none but those interested
can ascertain. 1t is expected, however,
that as soon as President Weihe comes
home something viii drop at Sharpsburg
that is not looked for by Moorhead Bro. II
Co. Vice President ShcChan was seen yes
terday, but had nothing additional to say
about the strike. His interview in yester-
days DISPATCH, in which the remark was
attributed to Mr.. d. Il. Oliver. that he con-
sidercd Mr. Moorhead bound by the result
of the conference on the scale, attracted
good deal of attention. Mr.. Oliver was yes
terday called on by a reporter in regard to
the matter, when he made the following
statement, which it will be seen makes quite
a serious modification of the purport of the
one attributed to him. Mr.. Oliver said:
81 did not say that Il considered Mr..
Moorhead hound by the result of the con-
ference on the scale Ie1prcssed no op1n-
ion on that point. l merely told Mr.. Shee-
han, in answer to his question, that i under
stood Mr. Moorhead to be ono of those repre-
sented at the conference, and l understood
L signed for him. l feel hardly able to give
an opinion rs to the proprfety or otherwise
of Mr.. Moorhead's action in locking out his
men. am decidedly in favor of adhering
most strictly to any ard all agreements
made with the men, and in this am no bet
ter than the average manufacturer, but
there are SO many elements going to make
up the Moorhead case that feel unable to
glvea positive opinion on it. L think MIR.
Moorhead was not present Mt the last meet
jng-the one at which was authorized to
sign tho scale. Then, again, Mr.. Moorhead
learned during the discussions on the scale
that good many Amalgamated mills in this
district had Of late years been getting parts
of their work, including plate rolling,
done at prices and conditions much
lower than the scale called for, whereby
they we're enabled to undersell him, or else
make him sell at a loss. Then again his
statement that his plate roller made over
$40, 900 last year, while he, as the owner,
made nothing-all these conditions say
make me hesitate before allowing myself to
condemn or criticise Mr.. Moorehead as was
represented as doing"
Mr.. Oliver said furthert "The most effect
i've remedy in my opinion for this state of
affairs is to make fair and equitable rates
for labor, and do away with the 'puddings'
as the men term fat Jobs. There is no eQuit-
able reason why one man should make $50 or
$40 dollars per day while another workman
less fortunate but just as deserving has to
work as hard for So dollars per day. These
excessive wages in special cases have been
brought about by increased tonnage caused
by improved machinery and appliances. L
have time and again urged the Amalga-
mated officials to arrange for a redistribu-
tion of wages in these cases but to no pur-
ic
red cvaSive contracting and underwriting
in price and open-handed non-unionism."