Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-21
RECEIVED. THEIR PAY.
The Finance Committee at Law
renceville Distribute Funds.
CLAIMANTS ARRIVE IN SQUADS.
The Carnegie Company Also Pay OF Their
Many Workmen.
BUMPER MEN TO GO OUT ON STRIKE

At Eintracht Hall, in Lawrenceville, the
headquarters of the striking workmen, q
busy scene was presented yesterday. AT
an early hour in the morning sub-lodgea
of the Amalgamated Association held q
joint session. During the meeting the bust
ness of the week was reviewed and new
plans formulated for continuing the labor
struggle. Several new committees were
also appointed.
The session, which lasted about one hour,
ended at 9 o'clock. Immediately after ad-
iournment the Finance Committee repaired
to an ante-room and made preparations to
distribute funds to the more needy work.
men. Hardly had the. committee become
seated and arranged their banknotes and
silver in convenient piles than the work.
men who desired assistance. began forming
into line. At first there were only about %
men who put in an appearance and pre-
sented their claims, but before the twenty
fifth man had reached Paying Teller
Schillo's desk the line had swelled in num-
bers to an even hundred.
The Applicants Arrive In Squads.
The applicants then began arriving in
twos and threes and small squads of from
four to eight men. ALI of these tookstheir
places at the end of the line. At o'clock
Eintracht Hall was able to accommodate the
entire number of claimants. and even
halt an hour later, when the number had
reached 100, the men suffered little incon-
venience in obtaining an entrance to the
hall. At 10 o'clock, however, the crowd
had attained such large proportions that the
newcomers were obliged to form another
line in the stairway.
The men were orderly in their behavior
and refraimed from making any loud de-
monstration except when an additional sp-
plicant would appear. Upon taking his
position in the rear of the long string his
more lucky neighbors who were further
advanced would good naturedlY guy him for
his tardinesa The matter was q serious one
to them. The money they were to receive
meant bread and butter and the other neces-
stiles for their wives and little ones.
Some OF tho Men Despair.
When the noon hour approached the line
seemed larger than ever. Some of the men,
despairing of ever reaching the paying
telLer's desk, left the line to return later:
Those behind them considered this lucky
stroke in their fortunes and moved up sew
eral notches toward the goal Of wealth. At
3:16 o'clock the line had narrowed down to
three men. They were speedily paid and
evinced the greatest satisfaction as they
rolled up the bank bills placed in their
hands and tucked them in their vest pock-
cts.
After the last man had been paid and the
ante-room was cleared the Finance Com
mittee rose from their seats. They asserted
that it was very tiresome work to sit at a
table for six hours without any intermis-
sion. One of the committee when ques-
toned said: "We have paid off about 500
men this morning and afternoon. The
amounts each one received ranged from $4
to $40, according to the size of their families
and the extent Of their needs
Few Amaleamated Men Receive Money.
''Strange as it may seem to an outsider
there were few Amalgamated men among
the recipients of benefits. They were
mostly mechanics, gas makers and laborers
who Joined US in the strike and q large
number of them were men whom we in
duced to leave the employ of the Carnegie
Steel Company, Limited. We also had
payday on Wednesday last, when we paid
benefits to just as many men as we did to-
day."
It was also payday at the Upper Union
yCotcluny. AhCy pCSou
wages at IL o'clock noon and an hour later
most all of the men had gone home The
plant will remain idle until tonight, when
the gas in the furnaces will be turned on
and preparations made to renew work at an
hour tomorrow morning.
In speaking of the situation at the Upper
mills yesterday one of the Press committee
said: eyes, it was payday at the Carnegie
works to-day. The workmen employed
there received their wages for two weeks in
August. As in all cases of this kind there
was some dissatisfaction among the men,"
Will Go on a Strike.
'This morning the IL and 18-inch mills
were running, but not much work was per-
formed. At the Lower mill the report that
the fires are lighted and some repair work
is going on il true. In the bumper shop
the men are also working, making a1les.
They are much put out over the proposed
attempt on the part of the firm to start the
plant. They say just as soon as non-union
men are placed in the works they intend 60
ing out on strike"
Superintendent Richard Probert, of the
forge department of the eTwenty-ninth street
mill, when questioned said: Everything
is in good condition. Extensive improve
ments have been going on since the mill
closed down in July. One new mill has
been added. It is late improved pattern
and is known as 72-lnch mill. The works
with the 8, IL and 15-inch mills will start
next week. Sufficient men have been en-