The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-07-02
CAPITAL VS.. LABOR.
iHoN AND STEEL WILLS >ulT
DOWN IN EVERY DIRECTION.
"f ."ahhiacturer> Refuse 10 Sign the
scale "f the AmaI.amatcd A>>oeia-
tfon-rhou>and. Of NcoudIe.

h"n-Thou>ands Of Wen Idle.
by Telegraph 10 the State Chronicle.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July l.-Th,
Premier steel works, employing about
three hundred hands shut down las,
night, the company refusing to accept
the scale.
LANCASTER, Pa, July 1.-The Sus
quehanna and Columbia iron compapie,
OF Columbia shut down indefinitely las,
night ostensibly for repairs. Five hun
dred men are thrown out.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July l.-Abou,
one thousand employees of Hughes.
PATTERSON Il Gaulber, McFadden 4 Cas-
Key quit work last night, and the two
rolling mills are shut down on account
OF the refusal to sign the scale.
ST LOUIS, July l.-As a result of a
r iusal to sign the scale adopted bv tho
Amalgamated association, the Heaters
Rollers and Puddlers employed by the
lielmbacher forge and rolling mills com
pany numbering 150,,quit work this morn
ing and the mills have shut down.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 1.-The Unio,,
Rolling Mill closed today and il is i'm
possible to tell when it will re-open. The
null usually shuts down for repairs dur
ing the summer, but the present suspen-
sion Is due to the trouble between the
manufacturers and the amalgamated as
soclation of iron and steel workers.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 1.-At 10 n. m
notice was posted on the entrance to
the company's office, that all EMPLOYEES
from the highest to the lowest wouId lac
paid Oft in full to morrow between the
hours of noon and ) o'clock. Ab,ut
600 men In all will receive their money
and also notices of discharge. Barring
fEc TACT that the crowd of workmen may
De noisy, no demonstration is anticipated
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 1.-Evervthiny
Is quiet IN Homestead, and was throuoh
out the night. This morning the Anal
gamated lodges directed the removal of
the many efiigies dangling from the tele
graph poles aud in the mills. The shut
down at Carnegie's works today is the
most complete in its history. Not man
Is at work wlthia the plant, the me
cEanlcs and lnborcrs having Joined the
ranks of the locked out workmen.
PITTsBuRG, Pa, July 1.-The iron
and steel mills throughout the district
are closed to day and everything is at \
Standstlil. The manufacturers were I'm
hopes that in the face of PROLONGED
strike the men would weaken and would
come to terms offered. Such was not
the case, however, and about ten o'clock
last night the manufacturers asked for a
conference with the men with "A view to
a sttlemeht Of the wage question, The
conference Is being held this afternoon.
PITTsBURG, Pa, July AT the re
quest of the iron and steel manufac
turers of the Pittsburg district, repre-
sentatlves of the manufacturers and the
regular committee of the Amalgamated
ASSOCIATION met in conference on the
wage scale this afternoon. The con
terence lasted from to $50 O'Clock
and was without result. The time was
occupied In arguing the demands of both
parties; the manufacturers demandinp
the acceptance of ST. 80 basis and the
Amalgamated s.. 30 for boiling iron. No
compromise scale was offered or dis
cussed, The conference ad lourned to
meet on Wednesday of next week. No
settlement of the differences is in sight
ana the feeling tonight seems to be that
a disastrous wage is at hand 1t is esti-
mated that there are now 40, 900 idle IRON
ana steel workers on account Of the fail
ure OF manufacturers to sign the scale.