Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-18
NO SIGNS OF WEAKENING.

the Two Union Mills Showing They Do
Not Fear the Determined Stand OF the
Carnegie Steel Company.
The recent agreement entered into by the
Carnegie Steel Company and the employees
of the Beaver Falls mill was cancelled at
o'clock this morning, and hereafter, if the
men conclude to go to work, it will be as
union men. AT o'clock on the after
noon of Thursday next, the time for the
locked-out workmen to return to their posi-
tions in the Homestead mills will have ex-
pred, and after that time the firm intend
to take the first applicants that come along.
In the Upper and LowerUnion mills no time
has been set for the men to go back to work,
| but the company declares that never again
will the Union mills employees be recognized
as members of the Amalgamated Associa-
| tion.
In face of this determined stand taken by
| the Carnegie Steel Company the locked-out
| ana striking employees have assumed an
equally firm position and exhibit not the
slightest signs of weakness or fear; in fact
they show n great deal of confidence and in
sfst that they will win the present battle
In n conversation with several of the Union
mills workmen last evening it was brought
out that in case the Carnegie Steel Company
made an effort to run all their mills non
union. even ii their old workmen did not in
terfere, more than one obstacle would be In
the way.
The Question OF Skilled Labor.
SIN the first place." said one Of the wage
earners, where is the company going to get
5000 men to fill tho vacant places in the
Union, Beaver Falls and Homestead millsP
We readily recognize the fact that it will be
comparatively easy for them to get men to
work in the wire rod mill at Beaver Falls.
but in the Union and Homestead mills most
of the machinery is of a special character
and even the manner ofgetting out the prod
great many non-union iroworkers in the
country, and admitting that some OF these
represent skilled labor, yet they cannot
take our places simply because it would
take weeks and months before they could
learn the ins and outs of the business at
the two Union and Homestead mills. We
were pretty sure of our ground before we
went out. and we are just as confident as
ever. Then, again, If the Beaver Falls mill
employs non-union men and the workers in
other mills of the Carnegie Steel Company
the company will have 10 take back their
old men at Beaver Falls"
The firm, on the other hand. is just as con-
fident. The officials all along stated en-
phatica!ly that they will not recognize the
Amalgamated Association in the future
Therefore from the firm position taken by
both sides many disinterested parties are OF
the opinion that the struggle will be an end
less one, while others say that the hopr
when all the mills will be in operation is
near al hand
The trouble between the Carnegie Steel
Company and their former employes, both
in this city as well as in Homestead, has
done much to preveut any material prog
ress being made in the wage controversy be-
tween the Amalgamated Association and
the Pittsburg manufacturers. The two COM
mittees meet at o'clock this afternoon in
the Ferguson block for their tenth confer
ence. While the former discussions be-
tween the ironmasters of this city and the
Amalsamated Association have thus far
proven fruitless, the feeling is now becom-
ing general that a settlement will be reached
in a short time.
Powers of the Wage Committee.
The Wage Committee delegated by the
Amalgamated Association at their recent
convention has been vested with certain
powers to treat with the manufacturers. and
while they possess no authority to make
any radical changes in the original scale,
they have the right to make any minor
alterations the manufacturers may insist
upon, and which the Amalgamated commit
tee believe should be granted. The exist
~ trouble between the Carnegie Company
and their employees has in addition pro-
duced q feeling on both sides that settle
ment should be effected ut the shortest
notice.
1t has been stated repeatedly that the
Pittsburg manufacturers will agree to allow
the S5 so rate for boiling iron if tho Anal
Eamated Conference Committee will in turn !
concede reductions in the prices paid roll
ers, heaters and other high-salaried men. 1t
is certain that the Amalgamated Association
will not agree to the 81 reduction in the pud
ding departmen and in order to bring
about peaceful settlement, it is expected
that the manufacturers will waive that
point. Important developments in the AZ
rangement of the wage scale for Pittsburg
will, no doubt, be forthcoming during this
week.
The committee of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Iron and Steel Workers, which
was sent from Pittsburg to Chicago last
weak to request the building trades of the
"Windy City" to boycott the output of the
Carnegie mills if non-union men should be
employed there, has made no official report;
in fact. they have not been heard from since
their departure. The statement was made
by this committee that similar committees
d'been sent to other large cities with the
same purpose in view. The fidelity and
strength of the unions in the building trades
thus promise to be fully tested, as Carnegie
beams are in use in every section.