Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-15
THE PROFIT is TOO SMALL.
Declares That the Inspectors Are
Satisfied With the
WORK TURNED OUT AT HOMESTEAD.
Strikers Pleased With the Address of
President GomperS.
A PROVOST GUARD USES HIS BAYONET

Secretary Lovejoy said last night tn,
mills at Beaver Falls would not be started
up until the price of wire nails advanced
as the profits to the company for the las
six months would average but per cent
per annum
''You see the company has but just paid
expenses during this time, and as the work
men went out on a sympathetic strike hav.
| ing no grievance of their own, the company
are not disposed to resume operations until
prices are better" Secretary Lovejoy con.
tinued: 'The mills at Beaver Falls have
been run more as help to the men than to
make any great profits, and, of course, now
that they give us an opportunity we will
wait until prices advance"
SIS the Illinois Steel Company the prin-
cipal factor in reducing the price of wire
nails?"
Yes, for their wire nail capacity is very
great and they control large part of the
market But prices will be better soon
and then the mills will resume operations
The Mills VIII Not Be Moved.
stIs there anything in the report that the
mills will be removed from Beaver Falls?"
"No, there is not. That rumor is one of
the many idle ones that have been current
for some time past, but there is nothing in
it. To be sure the Beaver Falls mills are
the farthest away from the city Offices of
any of the plants, but there is no likelihood
of their being removed"
"How about this talk of the Government
inspectors of armor plate refusing the prod
uct that is now being turned out and de-
claring the contracts with the Government
will be annulled if better material is not
soon furnished?"
Mr.. Lovejoy replied that the Government
inspectors could not annul the contracts if
they so desired, and he had not heard they
did. 81 was talking to Lieutenant Gill
day or so ago." continued the Secretary,
"and he informed me that he was very well
satisfied with the material, and had no
cause for complaint. If the inspectors object
to the material turned out at Homestead they
can refuse it. This is what they are in
Homestead for, and everything they do is
perfectly legitimate. But this wild talk
about their threatening to annul the con-
tracts is ridiculous upon the very face of it,
and comes from some sensationalist have
heard of that rumor and consider it as RI
diculous as any of the countless ones that
have of late sprung up"
Denies a Number of Stories.
care contagious diseases prevalent in the
Union Mills, and is there sickness at Home
stead?"
:sNo, there is not. We have physicians
in both of the mills and they are men of
experience and ability and would report to
the Office as soon as any such thing became
prevalent"
"How about dysentery at Homestead"
"There is comparatively little of it
there. Many of the workmen came from
the East, and the change in the drinking
water would naturally affect them. 1 made
a trip through the Homestead mills yester-
day, and was surprised to see the hearty,
healthy appearance of the men.
went through the six sleeping apart
ments, each large enough to accommodate
upward of 800 men, and only saw four in
bed and they were not i'll, but sleeping.
The others who generally sleep at the time
of dav that was there were drawing their
wages, as yesterday was pay day. The
men were arranged in a line at the Office
and all seemed healthy and contented.''
"Are many of the men leaving?"
''No, they are not We have made some
changes, discharged few and employed a
few more, and everything is progressing as
well as could be expected under the circum-
stances"