Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-15
REACHING THE TEST.
Iron Workers and Their Employers
to Hold a Conference To-Day.
TALKS WITH MANUFACTURERS.
Pleasant Valley and Manchester Roads
Ready to Consolidate.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF LABOR

iron and steel manufacturers and the dele.
gates to the Amalgamated Convention. AT
o'clock this afternoon q committee repre-
senting the manufacturers will meet COM
mittee from the Amalgamated Association
of Iron and Steel Workers when the scale OF
the latter organization for the ensuing year
will be presented for approval and then it
will be definitely decided whether the
manufacturers and their men will continue
their present friendly relations and work in
harmony for another IL months or whether
there will be strike.
What the outcome will be no one is pre-
pared to venture, but that the matter will
be practically decided to-day is foreg one
conclusion. President Weihe said last
evening: "At the close of to-day's meeting
the delegates were still discussing the scale,
but by noon tomorrow the arrangements
will be SO far perfected that we will be
ready to meet the manufacturers. believe
the time set for this meeting is o'clock in
the afternoon, but where it will take place
am not at this time prepared to state.
However, the manufacturers will send us
word early enough to enable our committee
to be present."
The Delegates Were Deeply Interested.
During the afternoon session yesterday
the character of the business transacted
must have been of the utmost Importance,
for at no time during the convention has
the gathering been 80 demonstrative and
noisy. Shout after shout rang through ihe
hall and re-echoed until it reached the ears
The nsuaI mystery which has charac.
terized all the meetings of the
association nrevailed No outsiders were
allowed near the entrance tn the hall and
tn make matters mora Interesting Secretarv
Madden vonld at intervals rnn ont into the
corridor and wbisner some intelliuence tn
few of the delegates opt,ide when ali
would snsedi,x refnrn IN The meeting room
ond he IpSt to s;,bt b.bind The Iorga foId;no
doors When the meeting finally adionrned
the delegate, seemed In a more enyiable
frame of mind than tbev we're IN. dav he
fore AZ with few executions the men were
smiIing and seemed heartily nIeased
Abo1t The same time The AmsIcamated
d.1aoot.s WV ,r.ra So =, sassion r.stardaS attar.
noon q committee of manntactnrers were
boId;n, a no.t;nr In tba poonI.,s Ront
g'bis wss a,so on eIeoutire session and What
stens were taten has not heen made nnhlic
hnt !. ;s nro,t, v.I, as,ohI;sh.d +Lot NJ
verv important business was considered
the meeting heing merely a nreliminarv one
in which II wsS decided how where and at
what time The AmaIoamated COMMITTEES
wonId he mot hv tbe monnfactnrers
VEINS anu ''aoaen - "e0
OhceTs OF the association Tor the ensuing
year Will be elected next week and 1t Is ex-
pected PRESIDENT william Welhe and Sec
retary Stepnen Madoen VIII retlre after
IT, IT, .;.Idaaei "" ae hp.h :. UoSoov. @ neAS
hastily dec;d.d mon hnt was contamnIotsd
for some tim. mast and after dine considers
tion There we're at different times stories
circnlated that internal dissensions eY;.ted
between the gentlemen above named INIT
there is no truth in the statements The
most friendly relations have steadily existad
between them. and both have aided each
other in the Performance of their respective
duties at all times. As to the successors of
the retiring officers. although nothing posi
tive is known, it is presumed that Assistant
President M. NJ. Garland will be elected
chief officer, while John C. Kilgallon. the
assistant secretary, NAV succeed Mr.. Mad
den.
MI. D. B. Oliver. general manager of the
Oliver Iron and Steel Company, when seen
last evening said; IT would rather not
talk in reference to the situation between
the Amslgamated Association and the mau-
ufacturers lust at present. az the more the
matter is apitated now the worse 1t will
make it," When informed of the intention
of President Weihe and Secretary Madden
to retire at the end of their present term.
he further said: "I yery sorry to hear
of it as matters are now assuming serious
men at the helm
No Polite. ,n IN. ,u.,~,,..a
NJ y Io,os of 1o,.s p 1.,r.
last evening referred to the report which
claimed that some of the members of the
Association had said ali
along they had looked to the Republican
partv to uphold the standard of their
wages, and intimated that if the scale was
reduced they would renounce their allie
glance to that party and turn toward the
Democrats. Mr.. Jones said: ssThe inter
ests of the manufacturers and men are alike
in mapv respects, One thing is positive.
what will affect the men will affect the
therefore do not believe
that there is anv truth in the report. An
other point which contradicts it is that the
Association is not a political
being made up of both Repub-
leans and Democrats. all of whom when
the proper time arrives cast their indiyid- |
uaf votes as they deem proper"
All of the iron mills of the Mahoniup
Valley will shut down if:the manufacturers
reduction of an average of 20 per cent in
wages is not accepted by the Amalgamated
s~ch was the statement made bv Hsnrr
p on,e ~ " nua u, w DsAios $50