Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-25

The present aspect of the iron and steel
labor situation is becoming serious The
Homestead scale conference On Thursday
was fruitless. Neither side was inclined to
grant such concessions as would make a
settlement possible, and to add to the un-
pleasant outlook, when the clock struck IL
last night, the time set by the Carnegie
Steel Company for their Homestead work.
men to sign Manager Potter's new scale
had expired This fact, coupled with the
warlike preparations which are being made
by the Carnegie Steel Company, has made
the workmen feel very uneasy.
There was another disagreement vester-
day afternoon at the conference in the Fer
guson block between the Wage Committee
of the Amalgamated Association and the
Pittsburg manufacturers, and the second
meeting ended in exactly the same way as
the first The session convened at 2:3O
o'clock and adjourned four hours and ten
minutes later.
Insist Upon 81 so for Boiling.
The time was principally taken up in
going over the scale and discussing the
changes suggested by the manufacturers at
the last meeting. All the pressure pos
sible was brought upon the iron and steel
masters to make concessions, but they did
not change from their original position of
demanding a rate of 81 so ton for boiling
and heavy reductions in the other depart
ments
When President Weihe walked from the
conference chamber in the evening his face
hg,. AL Il
that all his efforts with the manufacturers
had been in vain, the situation remained
the same as before, and the differences be-
tween the manufacturers and Association
remain as before the last conference between
the two bodies had been held
1t is now said that in order to avoid
trouble the workmen will make any con-
eessions that are just and reasonable, but
those most directly concerned state that
they will not sacrifice one iota of what they
consider to be their just right If the
manufacturers, including the Carnegie Steel
Company, take the same stand, it is claimed
that q settlement of all difficulties can vet
be effected before July 1, when the present
scale expires.
No Trouble With Wire Rod Men.
The Conference Committee of the Anal
gamated Association was more successful in
its interview with the wire rod manu-
facturers yesterday morning The manu-
facturers seemed more anxious to secure a
Encouragement of certain features in the old
scale than TO demand any serious reductions
One of the chsnges asked was that the three
turn men work the full eight hours regard
less of the output No difficulty in the
settlement of this scale is apprehended.
Should these fair prospects be realized,
two scales will thus be practically arranged.
The other scale is the stell sheet mill
schedule, in which the wages of the shear
mau now remains about the only obstacle
to a complete understandings
The Work of the Convention.
First Vice President Carney, of the First |
district, acted as President in the conyen-
tion at Forbes street Turner Hall Yesterday. |
The morning session was given ND to the |
reading Of the report of the Committee on |
Constitution. The afternoon session was
also devoted to committee work. The Com |
mlttee on Claims, Auditing and Officers |
completed their reports, while the Com |
Inittees on Appeals and Ways and Means |
are still at work. The last mentioned body |
has advocated the continuance in Office of |
Organizer John Gallagher. He represents
the Association in the East and was in
structed by the committee to continue to
hold up al any cost organized labor as far as
iron and steel we've concerned
It was announced that the Scottdale Iron
Works was expected to sign the Western
scale for 1928 last night or this morning.