Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-16
THIN A. 4. ON / as ".
MAKE some SLASHING CUTS AMONG THE
MEN WHO DRAW
Big Pay for Their Vo,k-The Pudding Scale
Remains Where Il s-Ihe Changes Come
IL he Nature cf Surprise as
They Were No. Expected.


IL Tie Nature Of Surprise as
They Were No, Expected.
PrrrsRuRG. PA. June 15.-The West
ern scale OF prices governing wages 10
iron mills was completed this morning
bv tbe delegates ia convention OF the
Amalgamatsd Association OF Iron and
Steel workers, and will be presented 20
the PittsOurg manufacturers &C the con-
terence this afternoon, and Will De sent
10 the Westeren manufacturers 40 once.
The scale is chiefly surprising from
the fact that the h,sh-priced workers
have their wages cut This includes
rollers and their helpers. The organi-
zatioD of fnisherS reinforced by the
puddier delegates, eXerted and proved
their influence iu bringing about scale
bvwhich reduct on would fall on those
hest able 10 stand one, and the reCOynl-
tiOr OF the Oft-repeated declarations OF
the manufacturers that there were some
rpet, making too much money, but that
10 reach them all classes OF labor must
De reduced under the old scales, is met.
Thddelegates believe that by the pres
nc kcale they will satisfy manuiactur-
aud by this means avoid the threat
& wage conflict.
be principal changes In this respect
IS follows: In the wire rod mill
the price per ton for rolling from
b bulets is reduced from As cents
cents. The remainder of the scale
lchanged. There Is a heavy cut In
gies" scale. In the 1l4X3-16 size
reductions are: Roller, from 81 90
so: heater, reduced from so cents
cents: rOugher and catcher, each
40 cents 20 35-< cents. I'm this
tue second extra Is altered 20 read
ltws: An angles of unequal sizes
Ice divided: for instance, Il xxi
iinstead of - shall, be ciJSStd
IL. INSTEAD OF :. } angle. In the
taud cotton tie mill scale an Inn
ant change has been made, which
part a concession 20 the manu-
- Irers. No. note will read, 40
s. dies will constitute a days work for
IN mills INSTEAD of every turn, eX-
Saturday, and on Saturday AS bun
= for 2-turn mills, and single turn 400
dies. Under the old scale 32j bun
on Saturday constituted a days
k.
the plate and tank mills scale I'M
the old list gauges 10 and ! received
rents per ton above common prices;
yes 10 and Is, 30 cents; gauges IA
and Is, 40 cents, and guages Is and
IN so cents. These extras are stricken
" and by this the rollers and heaters
themselves 20 work these extra
without extra compensation.
II he only change Ia the memorandum
greement was as follows: Third
time in Scrapping and busheling,
finishing departments shall In no
exceed nine hours aud fifteen min
1pN from the regular Irregular, insert
- time the mill begins 90 roll until the
furauce commences 70 charge the
heat. This shall not apply 20 mills
Ccenkiug shorter charging hours; this
20 apply TO boiling departments lex
scrapping and buSheling); also 9TH
ALAepartments working under the three
system. The time for meals on
Nwing up mills shall not be counted
An ,e boiling or pudding scale remains
$50 The following extra is in
sd: Where pOtmetal OF stove plate
orked alone or mixed, so cents per
-. ,xtra shall be paid. There is no
lnye Ca the muck mill scale. In
Tping and basheling scale, No.
An is changed TO read busheling
e;Fa scrap aud wrought iron turnings,
ON Is per ton above current price.
tn knobbling and Singing scales
ire unchanged. In the bar and nail
plate mills the second extra is changed
ls follows: For all sizes weighing
less then 2l5 pounds per lineal
foot not less than an aver
age dGy'S work shall be paid,
this not 70 include skelp iron. The
iOurneymen roll turner's scale IS
changed so that nine hours instead Of
ten Eill constitute a days work, and
three hours Instead Of three hours and
twenty minutes half day.
In the nail cutlery price list an extra
is inserted that when nails are made
lighter than common sizes the price
shall be advanced in proportion. o..
The following committees VIII reffe-
sent the iron and steel workers In wage
conferences:
For the Western merchant mill scales
William Weihe, NJ NJ. Garland, Ell.
ward A. Keil p. H. McEvuy, w. X.
Chapman, f. w ROdorick, Harry Hook
ing, Thomas ManSel, j. ID. Sboehau, j.,
d. Carey, Benjamin Yeadon, j. ).
MCrory, George Narkley, solomon
Jones, John Yellig, Thomas L. Jones.
Committee for the sheet iObbing, tin
and block plate mills: William Woihe,
NJ. NJ. Garland, C. II. kaufman, Harry
Herbert, Leopold Auberie, Griffin Davis,
James MClus6ey, Mcpherson Brown,
John Jones, George ID. Evans, Ray
mond Bauer, w. j. Evans, Edward
Carney, Thomas King, Thomas AinsS-
worth.