The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-05
COMPETITION
The Cause of the Iron and
Steel Workers Lockout.
So Saws One of the Manufac-
turers of PittSburg.

No Concessions Made by Either the Man.
ufacturers or workers-wnI Meet
again Wednesdny-NearIy 200. 900 Meu
Idle in Pittsburg and Vicinity-Prepa
rations for War at Homestead.
PITTsBURG, July 4.-The iron scale
conference Of manufacturers and work.
ers. which, it was hoped, would result
III a settlement of the great strike. was
III session four hours Friday, and finally
adjourned without being any nearer al
agreement than before. Contrary to eX-
pectatiOns both sides refused to make
any concessions, and after frultless talk,
lasting from o'clock Friday afternoon
until s. an adjournment was taken until
Wednesday.
In an interview one of the most prom.
inent manufacturers in the city gave the
position of the employers.
We are conironted,' said he, with
conditions and questions that never be
fore menaced Pittsburg. The conditions
governing the trade have entirely
changed. We have competitors now
which we never had before, and they are
sold. How can we continue to pay $3.50
for pudding when in the eastern mills
the puddlers work for So 90 per ton and
pay their helpers? They also pay their
finishing men less than we do by % per
cent. 1t is simply out of the question
to pay the scale and compete with the
east"
Three additional signatures were re-
ceived Friday. They were: The Indi-
ana Iron company, of Muncie, Ind
Mitchell & Tranter, of Coyington, KY.
and Carnegie's Twenty ninth street roll
ing mills, this city.
The Homestead Situation.
The advisory committee of the Home.
stead strikers met Friday and completed
arrangements 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 liquor in
saloons and protection from outside
labor. The rivers will be patrolled and
watched day and night. About forty
skiffs and the steam yacht Edna are i'll
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 had considerable eX-
perience in such matters, and he is as.
sisted by large number of others.
The headquarters of the men will be
removed to Eighth avenue, and it will
be fitted up in a manner to suit all pur-
poses of the association. There VIII be
thirty incandescent lights put in and
private telegraph wire, which will pat
the association in communication with
every town and hamlet in the United
States, will be run into the headQuar-
tiers. Twenty members of the Amalga-
mated association are acting as special
officers to preserve the peace. All eff
gies have been cut down, and every eff
fort will be made to prevent the hang
ing of others. The saloon keepers have
been requested to regulate their saloons,
and keep all nObs out of the places.
The men are disposed to keep the
peace, but if an attempt is made 70 oper-
ate the plant with nOn-uniOn men there
will probably De trouble. All employ
ers We're notified Friday to call az the
Office Saturday afternoon to receive their
pay and notice Of discharge.
Nearly 200, 600 iron and steel workers
are Idle in Pittshlrg and vicinity.
Capital versus Labor.
The great lockout of the thousands of
toileTs viii be watched from day to day
with intense interest by the friends ot
]
culeau struggle between labor and cap
ital, III which each side maintains its
contention to be right and that Of its
opponent wrong. II is impossible to
f0retell the outcome. There is the $780,
600 Of the wOrkmen's money employed
as the munitions of war against the
$25, 900, OCO capital of the mil owners.
While it is certain the latter
VIII not fight till they have
lost their all, as the former are de-
termined to do if need be, still Carnegie
and his supporters will be ready to sac
rifice S2j0,0O0, or the one hundredth part
of their capital, for the sake of vic
| tory for their principle. 1t is not to be,
however, a mere battle of dollars. 1t
will be a battle of men, battle of hearts
against heads, a battle of human need
against human greed. Almost from the
start the sympathy of the masses
whether rightfully or not-will be on
the side of the strikers. This is an ad-
vantage that puts vast odds against the
millionaires. Still, it is hardly to be ex-
pected that they will cOncede much be-
fore they have actually begun to be
heavy losers financially.