The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-03
AMALGAMATED SCALE.
The Helmbacker Rolling Mills at 81
Louis Shuts Down.

The Helmbaoker Rolling Mills at st.
Louis Shuts Down.
ST.. LOUIS, July 2-The first day of the
amalgamated association scale was marked
here by the shutting down of the Helm
hacker forge and rolling mills, whose pro-
prietors refuse to sign the scale, stating that
they cannot run at profit at the prices
named in the scale, as their eastern COM
petitors, paying the same wages, are in
such close proximity to the coal and iron
fields as to have large advantage.
PUDDLERs OUT.
PHILADELPHIA, July 3.-The puddlers
employed by Marshall Bros. & Co. this
morning joiEed the amalgamated workers
who are locked out or who have quit
work until the scale IL signed by the en-
ployers. The men held meeting to-day
and firmly resolved to stay out until an
agreement is signed.
A COMMITTEES of locked-out workmen Of
Hughes 81 Patterson waited on the
firm to-day in reference to the latter's
refusal to sign the wage scale Of the Anal
gamated Association of Iron aud Steel
Workers. The senior member OF the firm
referred them 80 notice which was posted
up as follows: "No member Of the Anal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers will be employed by this firm" j"
Mr., Hughes declares very positively that
the scale will not be signed.
DEAD LINES AROUND THE MILLS.
P1rrsBURe, Pa, July 2.-Fully 100 men
were on guard all night in the Homestead,
Munhall and around the Carnegie steel
works. There is no possible approach
to the town and the mills that are
not strongly guarded, and 'dead
lines" are drawn clear around the
fifty acres Of mill yard. No one can pass
through the lines unlesss he has business Of
his own that takes him that way , and even
then if he is not a mill worker Of some sort
or a resident OF the town he cannot pass.
The advisory committee have fully ma
tured their plans, and the whole body move
together like clock work. There are men
night and day for all the different posts.
Twice day the men report. and their work
Is mapped out for them. To-day a com
plete system Of signalings was
being arranged and the night
guard provided with rockets The
plans have been SO well matured that
], 200 men can be had at any spot in five
minutes, night or day. To-day the men re-
ceived their pay and notices of discharge.
The best of order prevails and no trouble is
apprehended. There is nothing new in the
iron scale situation. No more signatures
have been received and no important
change in the condition Of affairs is looked
for before the scale conference next Wednes-
day.
NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION.
There has been no new feature In the
situation at Homestead Tonight and the
town is as quiet as though there was no
strike In progress. The system OF guards is
rigidly maintained by the workmen, and a
sharp lookout is being kept for noa-union
men who are expected To sake the places OF
| the strikers. None of these, however, have
appeared as yet and nothing is known
as TO the probable time of their coming.
One more firm has signed the Amalga-
mated Association scale to-day, the Harri-
man Iron Company Of Hartman. This
makes two signers to-day, the other being
the Bristol Iron Company of Bristol, en-
ploying $50 hands.