The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-22

They ask me whether there is also a general re-
/ consider the Mckinley ductiOn OF IS so per
bill Just to the poor cent 1t /, thought that
Well, should say so. A there will be no change
bill which has for its OBJ the price for pudding
ject the aiding Of the The rate is now IS. so per
poor by raising their ton and there is little
wages. IL seems 10 me, is support TO movement TO
. just one--EE-SpeGker advance 1t TO S6.56.-AS-
Reed at Buffalo Oct. Is, socided Press DiIpdich.
1890
The action of CARNEGIE, PHIPPs & Co. has
been anticipated for several days. as the
reduction began early last week at other
points widely scattered, and it was then
stated that manufacturers all over the
country would go into the movement.
The Philadelphia Press Ia high tariff or
gam announced the impending slaughter
on the 9th inst under the headlines,
"Big Labor War Imminent-Iron Manu-
facturers Will Make Wholesale Cut in
Wsges-Reductions to Vary from Is to 80
Per Cent.-Workers in a Crippled Con-
dition for a Fight" 1t said of the
situation
The workers will be brought face to face
with stern determin alton on the part of
the manufacturers to force an exceptance
OF their scale this year, which, If they sue
coed, practically means the permanent
crlppling OF the Amalgamated association.
The manufacturers are said to be unit in
their determination to accept nothing less
than they propose, and as a consequence,
one OF the bitterest struggles that has
taken place in iron circles In years is Just
beginning to dawn.
This view of the united effort to cut
wages is confirmed by the Iron Age of the
9th inst, which says:
Large reductions have been made in
nearly every department We are advised
that manufacturers at the above places
the Mahoning and Shenango valleys and
Cleveland district have a thorough under
standing among themselves, and that this
scale is III the nature of an ultimatum
from them from which they will not re-
cede.
In its statement of the impending diff
Guilty the Press said the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION of iron and steel workers would
soon be confronted by "the largest reduc-
ton ever asked for by the manufacturers,
and that the proposition comes to the as
ISOLATION through the Mahoning and
Shenango valley iron manufacturers as
ISOLATION, which comprises the great es-
adjustments OF Brown, BoNNELL & Co.,
the Mahoning valley iron company,
CARTWRIGHT. MCCURDY & Co., youngstown
rolling mill company, Bull iron COM
pany, Trumbull iron company, and all
the other mills in Cleveland and ST..
Louis. The reductions proposed fully
justify the headlines given. The Press
says:
The great slaughter comes on the guide,
ten-inch, hoop. and cotton-tie mills.
Where the rollers, heaters, roughers and
! catchers now make S5.SS per ton, they are
asked TO accept $40, and on grades where
they now make S5.l3 they are asked to be
satisfied with 81.
In addition TO this puddlers are to be
cut from $3.50 to $3.50 per ton; pipe iron
rollers from $40 to $3.50 and other work
men in proportion. The same plan is to
be carriedlout everywhere, and the Anal
gamsteG association is preparing for a
bitter and determined resistance all along
the line.
If there were no other reason to be
given this reduction of wages is sufficient
reason why the democratic party should
make tariff reform the one great battle
cry OF this campaign. 1t would be worse
than cowardice to abandon that issue a.
the very moment when the manufacturers
who are reaping the benefits of the tariff
robbery are attempting to crush down
their employees to the starvation point
There are some outrages which
ought to arouse the indignation Of
/ every American, no matter whether he
suffers by them or not, and this is one of
| them Mr. CARNEGIE and his ilk should
be speedily taught that labor has some
rights, and that the destruction of them
is not to be compensated by charity" in
the shape of free libraries, or even by
furnishing Scotch whisky to Mr.. HARRI-
son, and coach riding with BLAINE through
| Scotland. No true democrat can view
this outrage without feelings of indigna-
ton and resentment, and it should rouse
everyone to a determination to rebuke
the obstructionists who stand in the way
of tariff reform in congress, and to make a
united and determined fight for the re-
lease of the masses from the oppression of
the favored classes There is but one is
sue and but one leader for the democratic
party now, and the people should give the
little clique OF congressional president
makers who are trying to stop the work
of reform distinct and explicit informa-
ton that what is needed now is action
and not talk.
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Carnegie Means War.
ANDREW CARSEGIE means war. He has
I rnada hia r,Iaps IN foht orOanizad labor