Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-03
THE LABOR TROUBLES.
Application for a Trade Tribunsi-suits
Against Frick & Co.
lBy Telegraph 70 'no pSpa.o"

fBy telegraph to tho Dispatch-l
PrrTsBuRo. PA. August 2.--W. J. Bren-
nan, representing the Amalgamated Asso-
citation, made application before Judge
Ewing to-day for the appointment OF q
voluntary trade tribunal TO settle the
Homestead trouble. The petition was
signed by sixty-seven former employees OIL
the Carnegie Company. Judge Ewipa
made an order for provisional license LOT
the tribunal, as provided for IN the act,
where only employees request the appoint,
ment of the board. II the Carnegie Steel
Company does not sign the petition In SIX
days 1t will be dismissed:
Attorney Cox stated this afternoon that
It lad been'decided to bring suits against
H.. @. Frick. Secretary Lovejoy. and Su-
peEintendent Potter at once for conspiracy.
The papers are beingprepared but Will not
be ready for fling before tomorrow morn
ing. II has not yot been decided whether
to make the informations before an alder
man at Pittsburg or at Homestead. The
charges are founded upon the lntroduc--
tion of the Pinkertons, which precipitated
the riot on July 9Th.
BLAST FURNACES SHUT DOWN.
restriction of the output OF blast
| furnaces has commenced by the shutting
down of some already, and many more
shut-downs are 10 follow. The surplus of
stock is the cause. and the apprehension
TINT a settlement of the labor troubles IS
| not near at hand.
From present indications the American
| IRON Works, belonging to Jones Il Laughlin,
| will not resume operations until some set
| tlement is definitely arrived at by the Gene
Ial Conference Committee now discussing
| the scale question. Several rumors have
| been going around the past few days re-
sardlng mutual concessions between the
Employees and this firm with view TO
| Starting up the works, but upon investi-
| cation they were found groundless.. Mr..
| George Nj. Lsughlin, member of the
irm, to-day emphatically denied that any
scale had been formally presented by the
irm. The men, however, appear to be
nnxlous TO resume work, and from talk
with some OF them it seems they are will
8ng to make concessions and meet the firm
half way.
| MINING OPERATIONS SUSPENDED.
IsBPEMSa, Mich, August 2-Following
| the shutting down of the Big Champion
mine the American. six miles west of here,
suspended operations to-day, throwing
out Of employment 100 men. Other mines,
1t Is said. will follow SUIT. as they cannot
| sell ore at the present cost OF mining.
THE HoMEsTEADERs ENCOURAGED.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, August "A mass
! IltcllfS WIS utlu utIc tO-hul Va AOthCl-
| out men under the auspices of the Anal
gamated Association. Most of the promi-
J nent members of the association
| made speeches Of encouragement. and
many letters from abroad were read,
| offering sympathy and money in
abundance. An important feature of
! tho meeting was the report of com
mittee which went through the mill.
| This committee (of eight Amalgamated
I -. NJ llad
| Superintendent Potter, of the mills, and
| stated that they would like 10 see If the
mill was really being operated, as was
claimed by the firm. They stated that
| they would report at the meeting. The
committee really did not think that the
management would entertain its re-
/ quest but Mr.. Potter cheerfully
agreed TO take four membes through
| the mill. The committee reported that
the firm had large number OF men work
| ing, and few experienced rollers who
| turned out two or three armor-pates q
! dGy. A number of men. however, were
| unskilled and useless. Their committee
| found no cause for discoura9ement. The
| report was really a surprise to the men
who would not accept the press statements
! The meeting adjourned with unanimous
sentiment in favor OF prolonglng the strug
gle.
That is the strikers side. and while there
| is plenty of enthusiasm on that side, The
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, Is rapid
ly filing its plant with non-unlon men
| This evening Superintendent Potter sale
that IN round numbers 300 new men came
in to-day and fourteen Homestead work
ers. In all, he claims to have 1.2O0 work
men tonight, many of whom are skilled
steel-workers.
| CARNEGIE MILLS AT WORK.
About $50 mer were working in the upper
Union Mills of the Carnegies to-day and
the eight, ten, and twelve-inch mills anc
the plate-mill are in operation. To-mor
row Superintendent Dillon says the second
plate-mill will be started. Tho best ol
| order prevails in the vicinity of the works
| The strikers are notinterfering in any way
| with the workmen. and no trouble Is ap
pretended. The strikers assert that the
above assertions arc all untrue.
ANARCHIST MoLLECK RELEASED.
Frederick Molleck, who was arrested al
Long Branch as an accessory of Bergman
the would-be assassin of II. Q. Frick, wa
given hearing before Judge Grlpp thi:
afternoon, and "a there was no evidence tC
hold him he was discharged from custody
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