River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-07
GIGANTIC COMBINATION.
Many Iron and steel Firms In Pittsburgh
Consolidate.


PITTSBURGH, Pa. July 2.-When the
clocks tolled twelve strokes at mid
night nearly $50 900 workmen, who had
toiled almost necessarily during the
past twelve months, were out of employ
ment. The scales in force during the
past year expired at midnight, and in
all mills the proprietors who have
not signed the sca,e for the en-
suing years work ceased entirely at
that time. The number of iron and
steel mills that closed down is esti-
mated at upward of 400. There
are upward of $50 rolling mills
in the United States. 425 of which have
trains of rolls connected with
their establishments Twenty-Five
or fifty of these have been idle
for some time past. OF tie
400 in operation until Thursday
night nearly 500 are situated west of
the Allegheny mountains Quite a
number of these have signed the scale,
leaving about $50 mills, which are at
present lying idle. These employ up
ward of 100000 men. The number of
glass factories which are not in opera
tion is placed at 200 and the men are
estimated at nearly $4,000.
The advisory committee of the Home
stead strikers met and completed ar
rangcments for the protection Of their
interests during the wage war. Their
organization is thorough and consists
Of subcommittee on the preservation
of order. regulation of the sale of liq-
uor in saloons and protection from
outside labor. The rivers win be
patrolled and watched day and night
About forty slSiffs and the steam yacht
Edna are in the service of the men,
who guard the bank carefully on both
sides of the river. The river patrol
IS in charge of one man who has con-
siderable experience in such matters
and he is assisted by a large num-
Der of others. The headquarters
Of the men will be removed to Eighth
avenue, and will be fitted up in a man
ner 20 suit al purposes of the associa-
ton. The saloonkeepers have been re-
quested to regulate their sales and keep
all mobs out of their places of business
and to close mp entirely if circum-
stances make it necessary. The men
IRE disposed to keep the peace. but if
III tempt - " ObtAotS AAAO AAlAAAo
with non union men there will prob
ably be trouble
PITTsBURGH. Pa, July 2.-From this
lime on the extensive operations in
iron and steel formerly conducted I'M
der the firm names of Carnegie Bros.
& Co, limited, Carnegie. Phipps
& Co. limited, Allegheny Bessemer
Steel Co and the keystone Bridge
Co. at the Edgar Thompson fur
naces. the Edgar Thompson steel
works, Duquesne steel works,
Homestead steel works, Lucy fur
naces, Keystone bridge works, Up
per Union mills, Lower Union mills,
Beaver Falls mills, Sciota cTe mines,
Larimer coke works and YounghiOgeny
coke works will be carried on by the
Carnegie Steel Company, limited. The
general offices of the new firm will be in
this city, while the branch offices are
situated IN all the principal cities
of the United States. None of
the details of the transaction
will be made public by the
firm at present, and they viii wait until
the troubles at their works are settled
before filing the papers of record. The
capital will be So, 900, 600. The com
pany will have in its employ upward of
40, 600 men.