The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-25
LABOR'S GRAND MOVE.
The Amalgamatea Association 5
New Plan for Settling
Wages Difficulties.

PITTBBURG, Pa, May "a, 1893 The
programme 60 be submitted to the forth
coming convention of the Amalgamated
Association which which will begin
its session next Tuesday week contains
some propositions for changes in the ac-
custonled procedure for the settlement of
the yearly scales that whiie radidal in
themselves are calculated to render
the settlements easier accomplishments
than under the old DIan. There is
| provision fes a general conference COM
| mittee of thirty-one members, which is
| TO be divided into three divisions, each
division TO confer with and settle the
| scale for the particular trade it repre-
sents with committees of manufacturers
without reference to the other divisions
The first division will consist of nine
mem bers FROM the boiling division, which
will include boilingsscraping and bushel-
| ing. muck mill and knobDliug- This
division alone is to confer with the manu-
! factiliers in j settlement of the rates OF the
4 trade The second division is to CONSIST
of eleven mem bers from bar. glide, plate.
structural and jeDbing mills. working on.
| pipe Iron, and is TO confer and settle for
is. to consist of nine members,
from the sheet tin and block plate and job
hing mills, and like the others Is TO set
its own scale. The president and secre-
tary of the national lodge are standing
members of each COMMITTEES. 1t any or
all OF the divisions in conference
with the manufacturers should disagree
on some question in the scale, the point
in dispute is to be submitted to
the sub lodges for their vote
as to whether the point under
disagreement shall be insisted upou or
not. 10 insist upon any such point 1t
will require a two-thirds vote of all the
h. lf mir inn inn
In the meantime. however, the trades
represented in any division whose
committee may have been able to effect a
settlement for that division with the en-
ployers, may continue at work pending
the vote. but, if the vote should
the demands those VINO resumed
will be required to cease work
until settlement is reached. AS the
propositions are made by the national
officers, and have been presumably en-
dorsed by the Advisosy Board, it may be
assumed they will be adopted by the con-
vention.
The splitting up Of the General Com
mittee into three bodies will prob
ably facilitate the settlement and
the submission OF points in dispute
between the two sides to the sub-lodges
for their dictum will remove the weight
of responsibility from the committee aud
materially SuOTteH bu6 ulSCuSSlOu al COLI
ference.
Other propositions to be laid before the
convention call fof the restoration of the
10 per cent. taken off the 1inishers last
year, and the restoration of the so cents
taken off the price for working l 3-4 inch
billets on guide mill. There are six
lodges which declare in favor of those
restoration. The so cent matter is an
important one. as fully one half the
guide mill orders are worked from these
biIlets There are also propositions
for continuance of the IS. rate for
boiling. 1t is stated, however. that the
puddlers generally regard the reduction
of the price this year as inevitable.
and they are said to be preparing to see it
reduced to SIS. In view of the admittedly
hard character of tue work it is
probable the manufacturers will accept
SO per cent reduction, and that 33 will
be the rate for the new year,
1t is thought the changes in the method
OF procedure will nuilify any excuse for
disagreement, such as lead to the seces-
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