Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
THE FINISHERS SUBMIT
To the Reduction Made In Their
Wages by the New Scale.
MANY MILLS TOSTART TOMORROW.
William Weihe and John Jarrett to Settle
the Jobbing Scale.
GLASS MEN REACH A SETTLEMENT

of whom have been idle for some time, will
he hard at work before the close OF the
week. These include iron, steel and gissi, i
-orlsr, This movement Of 49, -l-en Will
mofAe .s -. -1-si @ - 70 business, which
. hsss1peuffered quite a decline during the past
six or eight weel IS. Already the markets
are showing an improvement, due princi-
pally to the amic able adjustment of the iron
and glass wage .ales.
In these brane hes of industry there have
been several important conferences within
the past few days The result of none of
to business men than the decision given
ct the meeting Of tho fnishers
last night in Saller's Hail. At this
gathering the iron fnishers decided that
they would abide by the ultimatum of the
Conference Committee of the Amalgamated
Association, and return to work as speedily
as possible.
The meeting was called to order by Mr..
Laughlin, a roller employed by the Oliver
Iron and Steel Company. After short
preliminary session at which nothing of a
positive nature was accomplished, it was de-
cided to send for the wage committee of the
Amalgamated Association to explain mat
ters Accordingly one of the workers pres
ent was detailed to 60 over to the Amalga-
mated headquarters. On his arrival he told
President Weihe that his presence was de-
sired at the fnishers' meeting.
Secured the Best Terms They Could.
President weihe called to his aid Presi-
dent-elect Garland and Vice President John
sheehan. Together the three men went to
SalIer's Hall On Mr.. Weihe's arrival
Chairman Laughlin retired and his place
was taken by the visitor. The new Chair
man and his two assistants were informed
that they had been sent for to explain to
the fnishers why such sweeping reductions
had been made in the iron scale. President
weihe, NJ NJ. Garland and John Sheehan
all replied in long addresses The purport
of their remarks were that the concessions
had been made in the first place to avoid an
extended strike of the iron workers, and in
the second place the Conference Committee
did the best thing possible under the cir
cumstances.
"At the very beginning Of the trouble"
said Mr.. Weihe 'the manufacturers showed
that they were determined to secure a big
reduction. We fought them for nearly six
weeks and in that time the Conference
Committee succeeded in getting the manu-
facturers to grant several concessions that
in the beginning they refused.".
During the meeting the case of the Pitts
burg Forge and Iron Company was cited.
In connection with this it was said: 'To
show you all that the Conference Committee
Ill - off ha nfo NJ
urers. who took an important part in
the conference has refused now to sign the
scale, giving as his reason that the reduc-
tions are not great enough to permit his
company to rum"
Tho Finishers Decide TO Submit.
The speeches of the National officers
made great impression upon many of the
fnishers present. but there was still quite
number dissatisfied. At 5:15 o'clock Presi-
dent-elect Garland and Vice-President
Sheehan left the hall They were followed
in five minutes by President Weihe. After
the latter had gone the fnishers held an
other short session, during which most of
them had something to say on the subject
Of reductions. Just before the adjourn
meut at 5:45 o'clock, however, it was de-
cided by all present to abide by the de-
cision of the Conference Committee and re-
turn to work. There were 200 delegates
at the meeting, some of whom were from
Youngstown, New Castle, Wheeling and
other parts of the State.
One of the men approached after the
meeting said: "We are all going to work
Monday, but it is under protest Some of
Us are no; at all satisfied, but the decision
of the Conference Committee having been
given we will have to abide by it. The
manufacturers agreed to the scale without
reduction in the pudding department,
knowing that even if they did not receive
concessions in that brnnch it would be a
small matter for them, as they intend sub
stituting steel wherever it is possible.
When all the mills are in operation the
men who will be affected will be about %
per cent of the total number employed.
One thing the men are kicking over is that
they suffer reduction in their wages not of
10 per cent, but considerable more than
this. Take for instance the roller. Be-
sides losing 10 per cent on his regular wages,
30 ceuts is taken from every ton of steel
billets he now turns out Another thing
where we used to be paid extra money for
some sizes we now get scarcely anything
for these sizes. This is due to extending
the list of regular sizes from X inches to
~ inches"
Starting Up the Furnaces.
Tomorrow a number of iron firms will be
ready to operate their mills Among those
more prominently mentioned are the Sable
Iron Works of Zug & Co, Pittsburg Iron
Works of j. Painter & Sons and the Monon-
gahela Iron and Steel Company at HAYS
station. The Sable Iron Works were built
in 1S45 They have AZ single pudding fur
naces, IL heating furnaces and train of
rolls The product is merchant bar iron, J
heavy sizes of fat bars and squares
made on universal rolls and fine grades of
horseshoe bar, with an annual capacity of
%, 900 net tons of rolled iron. They employ
about 500 men.
The Pittsburg Iron Works were built in
1896 The company has 67 single pudding
furnaces, Is heating furnaces and Is train
of rolls The product is hoops of all kinds
and Sizes cotton ties, lock iron, stone saws,
bands and hinge iron, with a capacity of
&C, 900 net tons Employment is given to
800 men. The Monongahela Company's
works were built in 1871 and pu. in opera
tion on October 20 of the same year. They
have 20 single pudding furnaces and one
train OF rolls The product Is muck bar.
The capacity is IT, 900 net tons every year.
They employ about 150 men. Besides these
firms P. L. Kimberly & Co. will start their
works at Sharon and Greenville, Pa, and
Lockhart Iron and Steel Company at Nc
Eee's Rocks.
Glass Elem Ready to Resume.
The conferences of glass manufacturers
with their employees are about ended. The
scales of the workers in the window glass,