Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-07-02
BIG LABOR wAR IMMINENT.
A Wholesale Cut In Wages In the Pro-
tected Iron and steel Industry.

Z A Wholesale Cut IN wages IN Inv ~
tected Iron and steel 1ndustry.
Last week we heard of = big combine
composed Of Carnegie. Philips &Co, the
Homestead works. and Of several other
big steel mills. Il needed no prophet
20 t~0retell the reduction q wages now
promised Give a Sc, Of organized NAN
utacturers-espciallv tariff protested
ones-s monopoly Of any product A2d
q the labor Of the p-siuce~ Is vel
and they may - COUNTIES asoa - de-
press the price ot labor aud enhance the
price 81 goods 70 the trlvItert q their
power. The extent and explanation Of
these reductions Is given IN tie New
I York Times 81 June q. l>9- = follows
t~wHaLEsALE CTR - ~sfN
T1-e the L.. ar sIE->-5- ~ rs-StE
c.1.y a; M-zsp1-s s-r-i E4E-> A.1 i1e
PROJECTED x--4- - -7-tcs1 al SEe
az manufacturers O.. t-n Er1 sts@ a- eS1
srrl1E = @se great ts&-E t-1-cetc- hen
AZ % s--yez he srr-aE c-m-g- Tlta
rsst oc-t=st 81: a sssrp -r-cctso- q tie
ws-es q ,.s. t-p-5y~& E1s s;l-T wAs lo-t
I IN ,-s kTA 49, p1lA1sr. Press G. Monday
-, uz1e- ne aesLi1eS BF Lssor War In
q =-;-Isc- Ms--,sti-t- W. Make s
W1 .e.a-= CT Z WAe=-E-u--1-s % Vary
s-u- = o. y Pc Ca-;-W --se-s = ACrpp.ed
caz1lt9a to- . F.Eat
-.e Pres srplz --3 ,.sr Re ADs-ra-Aied
A~ss1csr1- q. Iro- Al see Workers was
7=-y SO q - 1~o-tr-;r- y q very startling
r-opcsrc. involving ts 5-.est reduction
ere, Ssse5 70, " TIE Ea1-tacts-srs il con
C-1=- a. .ol1H,
ne r-cp1S-c- cc-ss . ne association
,1----a - Nazg-i-. All >1srango valley
l-pl MA--:4@f-.5-s ASSOCIATION slich com
,s t1e great asat-s--e1ts q Brown. Bon
-el 4 Co tes Nsac-.ag valley Iron Co Cart
TrcA- Mc-Gn1r L Co YOUNGSTOWN Rolling
N-C1- B-l -rc1 Co. Ir1zblL lion Co, and
81 IL cthe, Kills IL Cleveland and s. Louis"
i iat1 set :efiA ne reductions demanded,
saying Inst he very .rst Item IS an iniics-
-cz q re wholesale s8aEhter II wages asked
re manufacturer. TaG Is a reduction
tta- $50 30 40 pr tor ior pCdililg. with sd-
6it1-a. re5uctl0us 20 be caused BY az increase
q ne g-sl-ty O. Work required said the
Press
TIE rrea; slaughter comes on the guide, ten
.--1 loop s15 ooii11.le mills Where the
---ers heaITs rou-hers and catchers now
make Is {" J%r ton. they are asked TO accept
80 AID o. grades where they now make sal3
;1ay a-a asked t1hs satisfied with
TEist5es ~10rsppea; 10 have been f~oreseen by
N.EirEy ana his associates when they largely
.---as>=4 IL duty On cotton ties The price for
wing r.pa iron in sheet and jobhing mills Is
1Ls1 - $50 PEI ton, instead Of $40 The
Pre-: closed is review 0t the proposed reIuc-
i.-, Win the following remarks;
The workers Will be brought face 70 face
vsth stern determination on the part Of th9
Ha1utss.lrers TO force ar acceptance OF their
scale tAls ye4c, which i theJ succeed, practical
j means the permanent Gripping 81 the Anal
-znated association. The manufacturers are
SAD 10 oe aulli = their determination 10 accept
-1tEi.E.ess Than hey propose, and as a conse-
slence one o. the hitterest struggles that has
'4saH p.aes IL iron circles in years is just be
-a1.l. 20 dawn"
The Iron Age OF the 9th inst. confirms these
assertions and publishes the fun scale OF reduc-
tons proposed SAYS this authority:
Large reductions have been made in nearly
every department We are advised that manu-
~taciurer, Of the above places the Mahoning
and sheEangO valleys and Cleveland district
have a thorough understanding among them
sa-res and that this scale IS in the nature OF an
uliLmalun from them from which they will not
receie.
Tle Pittsburgh manufacturers have not yet
formulated the reductions which they will de-
mald, but the Iron Age reports that trouble
has arisen at the Homestead steel works OF
Carnegie, Phipps < Co
Ills understood that the reason for this is
thst t1e firm have made large reductions IN the
scale, which the men are not willing 10 accept
The changes proposed by Mr.. Carnegie and
his associates mean a clear reduction Of about
Il pr cent to every man who works by ton
mage r. addition to this, other large reduc.
rC1s are made. in some cases over q per cent"
The Torkmcn have been told that they must
sign the new scale "on or before June n
There are several gentlemen in Minneap-
oils who should not overlook this news. One OF
them 8, Mr. II. ". Oliver, chairman Of the con.
%vent!ol's subcommittee on the tarir, who re-
ported 10 the iron and steel manufacturers after
the passage Of The Mckinley bill that the rates
in the new iron and steel schedule were those
proposed by the manufacturers themselves "
Another j. ey-Spcaker Reed who declared that
The manufacturers had obtained JUS. what they
wanted AMI who said at Buffalo on October
Is, $50.
They ask me whether 7 consider the McKin-
ley bill jus, to the poor. Well, l should say 50.
4 bill which has for It's object the aiding OF the
poor by raising their wages, It seems to me, is
o just one.
Mr. Mckinley himself should mediate upon
the great reductions nov demanded by the iron
manufacturers Of his own state. Perhaps the
convention can be induced to say something in
It's platform about the impending conflict be.
tween the manufacturer and their workmen.