Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-11
TY CENTS A TON
Tance for Boiling Iron De.
landed by the Amalga-
mated Association.
NY BIG CHANGES ASKED.
i Lodges Make a Number of
cry Important Suggestions.
In PLATE SCALE PROPOSED.
sets Now Under Consideration at the
lronwOrkers' Convention.
NY BIG CHANGES ASKED.
In PLATE SCALE PROPOSED.
s6E GGrFEEy FOR A SHORT SESSION

1as a number of unusually important
ars to act upon this year that have
before been brought up. The con.
on has completed its routine work and
rday began upon the important bust.
prepared by the general officers, which
aces suggestions of such subordinate
IS as desired changes either in the con.
-9S. Among the most important sug-
ons, and for the adoption of which
G efforts will be made, are: First, to
two years scale; second, to with
from the American Federation of
r; third, that the price of boiling be
this year at Sc, instead of at SIS so per
as at present, and fourth, that Sunday
be avoided by beginning work on
lay evening instead of Monday morn
general officers of the association con-
ed the following questions of sufficient
rtance TO be subm tilted to the general
lization for consideration:
st-Shall there be a revision of the
that govern those departments where
ovements have been made, at furnaces
oils in both iron and steel mills, which
increased the output to such an extent
may cause diff culties to arise in some
ose departments between the employed
heir employers?
The Question of Strike Benefits.
'ond-Shall the system of paying strike
fits to members on strike for the signing
scale continue, where the mills or fac
at which strike for the same exists
been running from three to five
tbs with "black sheep" through which
-gh material can be produced after that
h of time to prolong the strike, and the
fits paid thereafter cannot acco mpllsh
purpose desired by the association?
ird-Wnl it be judicious on the part of
gssociation to have all scales signed for
or more years?
obably one of the most important sug-
ons made relative to a change in the
titution is offered by Mansfield Valley
ye No. u, of Mansfield. 1t is:
ould the Conference Committee fail to
re the acceptance on the part of the
ufacturers of the scale as adopted by the
ention, the scale shall be referred back
&c sub-lodges for further action, said
IN to be final.
e reason for offering such a change is
raced in very few words Many MEM
Of the association have come to the con-
ion that it Is little use to spend $50. 900
year on convention, unless
es can be adopted embodying
wishes of the sub-lodges. As it
scale committee prepares scale; it
to the convention where the delegates
their say and adopt such changes as
wanted; it goes to the Conference Com
ee which gets just as much as it can
the manufacturers. The idea of the
.osed change is that if the Conference
mittee is to have power to act in the
what is the use of spending four or
weeks in a convention?
Cgestions From Monongahela Lodge.
onongahela Lodge, of Pittsburg, makes
mber of recommendations as follows:
-st-That the Advisory Board be discon-
ed.
cOnd-That hereafter all trustees be
ted by d irect vote of the membership
manner provided by the association.
lrd-That the old law of dist rict meet
for the purpose of legalizing strikes
decIarin. them off be revived
urth-Tnat each Vice President in the
raj districts be empowered to select q
etaTy to assist him in his labor; that the
onal Association support all strikes that
egaiZed, and the Vice President of the
let. IL conjunction with, the President
le subordinate lodges, shall have power
gallze or lllegalize saiG strikes.
ftil-That the boiling department work |
lie turn, or three heats during the last
weeks il July and the month OF August. |
Vti-That committee be appointed to |
ider anc report the advfsabiitv of hold |
state and county conventions for the |
pose OF Discussing economic questions. |
merican Lodge No. %, OF this CITY,
IS all mills and factories under the iuris |
ION Of the association closed for four |
ks from July l.
luity Lodge No. AZ, of Pittsburg, offers |
proposition to sever the connection of |
association with the Federation of |
or. 1t is understood that the associa- |
has received the worst OF the deal from |
time the atfiliation was formed-notablv |
st years building trades strike, and |
do not propose that the experience |
be repeated.
onongahela Valley Lodge No. 50, Pitts
:, desires the following:
r~t-Resolved, That section SO, article |
II, be stricken from the constitution |
sads: "W henever Dracticaol any mill |
artment or factory under the jurisdic- |
Of the Association, boiling department |
opted, desiring so to do, can, upon agree |
with the management, arrange 20 work
he eight-hOur system.
cond-That any mill working three or
e furnaces and any one of said furnaces |
apartment are stopped through overpro-
ton or other causes, except when fur
Is out OF repair, said furnace or depart
It shall remain idle for two weeks, when
work Shall be equally divided for the
,e OF two months.
Claim to Have a Grievance.
lird-Whereas great injustice has been
to members of our lodge, who are ont |
mployment by members of othe r lodges
, are holding jobs in other mills, but on
Dunt of temporary stoppage came to the
to take turns, thereby depriving our
abers OF what we think they are Justly
lied to,
solved, That the seventeenth animal
vention enact some law to govern sim.
cases of this kind.
nterprise Lodge No. 9, of Youngstown.
rs the suggestion relating to Sunday
K referred to.
over Lodge No. 81 suggests that in the
ire there stall be no taking from one
IS wages to put to another This is the
lit of the annual squabbIe between the
ers and roughers. Dover lodge also
yests in this connection that, as the
ers are seldom sent as delegates to the
yention, and therefore cannot gain ad-
sion, when the question of wages be-
en- rollers and roughers is brought up.
rollers be permitted to select a commit
of five to appear before the convention |
rage committee in their own behalf.
-alls City Lodge No. 10 wants the
ers' scale acted on this year by the
ers alone.
here is quite difference of opinion
ng the subordinate lodges on the sum-
stoppsge question. Hoosier Lodge No 4,
funcie, Ind, can see no benefit from the
weeks stop in July, as so many mills
outside the pale Of the association and a
pulsory stop Of the mills in the associa-