Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-28
ON A DOUBLE TURN.
Vesuvius Owners Successful in Get
ting More Work Done.
OLD HANDS ARE GETTING SCARED.
The Amalgamated Association Takes the
Embargo Off Mills
IT ONE TIME CALLED BLACKSHEEP

The plate rolls in the Vesuvius mill at
Sharpsburg were put on double turn last
night, and the interest in the struggle con-
sequently deepened. The bar rolls con-
tinued in operation, and, it is said, had the
effect of inducing some of the old hands to
turn in. The difficulty the association will
now have will be to keep Its men in line, as
the firm has announced its intention Of pro-
ceeding with its work. Protection to every
man who elects to take employment is
promised by the company.
Among the fnishers on strike are some
men who worked in non-union mills years
ago, but were since taken into the union
fold. Those are being closely watched, for
it is thought that if they go back the rest
will follow in sort of catch-as-catch-can
race for the jobs
ANXIOUS TO GET WHITE MEN.
1t is not known how soon an effort will
be made to start up the other two
trains of rolls, or the pudding depart
ment. The firm is anxious to procure
white labor if it is forthcoming, but it
has the names of 175 colored workers
who are ready to turn in. If the white men
are not willing to work when the depart
sns asOtt is ready for Lighting up the firm will
puddlers or their, helpers are to be seen
about the streets; they have nearly all found
employment elsewhere.
A joint meeting of the puddlers and fin
ishers is to be held tomorrow afternoon. So
1t Is said, though no official notice is given.
At association headquarters yesterday the
made in yesterdays issue regarding meet
ing held on Wednesday. He said the Sharps-
burg finfshers called at the office and
said that no such meeting had been
held. The fact Of the matter was that a
meeting was held and discussions 1ndulged
in, but it was behind closed doors. The
meeting was held at a street corner. Orders
for goods on the two AmalgaInated stores
ions, and it is stated that one mans rent was
paid to prevent his family being put on the
street.
MUCH SPECULATION AFooT.
There is much speculation and rumina-
tion, too, among the older and cooler heads.
One of them yesterday did little figuring.
"The prospects are not bright for running.
this strike he said," and 1t seems to Inc 1t
will be added to the list of non-union mills.
1t is already long enough. In three years
Clark's mill; $50 in the Fort Pitt; $50 in Lin
ger Nimicks; 45O in the Glendale Spike
works; 400 men in Spang's steel mill, and
now the 400 more in the Vesuvius may be
men.
At the last convention of the association
the policy of the organization towards non
union, or "blacksheep' mills, underwent
very radical change. A report was brought
up in committee making it legal for asso-
citation men to work in mills which, though
in the sense that they had not
signed the scale, yet adopted it as the basis
of wages. This was accepted by the con-
vention with instructions it should go into
effect on the lst of August.
A VERY RADICAL STEP
This is generally regarded as a very radi-
cal step, as it practically puts the mill
which refuses to sign the scale on the same
footing as that which does. An official of
the organization holds tnat 1t only applies
in the case of such mills as pay Amalga-
mated rates in all their departments, though
they had not "signed" the August scale. If
this construction Is correct the
policy of the convention will re-
main imperative inasmuch as there
is not q non-unfon mill which pays
in all its departments the same rate as pro-
vided for under the scale. Thus it would be
practically dead letter. But there Is reason
to believe that, in effect, union men will be
privileged to work in mills where, for the
work they do, equal rates are paid with
those ruling where the scale is i'll force
That is, that union men can accept work in
mills where say one-half OF the men are
paid scale wages and the other not. This
will be tantamount to permitting union men |
to work with non-unioniSts, a departure |
from orthodox principles, which is regarded |
Is being momentouS. !