New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-18
HAhD TIMES IN THE IRON MILLS.
WHIT fliTSECRG THINKS OF THE WILSON BILI.
-HELlEVING THE DISTRESsED-GENFE.
OSITY AZ TILE & ApSrcIr ,ronrc

''@'iNU TIE DlSTRESSED-DENEI-
oslIT At THE CARNEGIE wORKs.
ft'sourg' Penn, Dec. II (SpeciaD.-Destituton
Is common all over America. and from the same
cause but nowhere is it greater than in Pitts
burg and no other locality has a greater interest
IN the dark-antern deliberations Of the majority
OF the ways and Means Committee. 1t Is no ex-
aggeration to say that the feeling in Pittsburs is
exceedingly bitter toward the Democratic party.
III Is viewed In the light Of destroying army. If
you ask any intelligent Fitsburg workingman the
cause of the Democratic triumph in 1899 ne will
tell you that the unfortunate Homestead strike
was the sole reason for the wholesale changes of
workingmen in other labor centres. like Chicago
changes which alone insured Republican defeat.
That was in 1892 One year later they are silent.
Messrs. Carnegie and Frick might. from a jul
dcious political point of view. have postponed those
Homestead changes until after Election Day. but
they did not. and now. in the light Of subsequent
happenings. they will be judged fairly Mr.. Frick
announces that because of the prevalent distress
in Pttsburg he has ordered the resumption of the
Lucy blast furnace tomorrow. The Carnegie firm
has need of the product Of the furnace. but
work will be provided for ieo men, and just that
many families will have a more pleasant Christmas
than they would have had if Messrs. Carnegie and
Frck has been less generous.
great deal will be written before January l
| about the new wage scales the Carnegie plants.
but nothing about the scales is known. and If some
facts in regard TO the changes at the Beaver
Falls plant give clew to the readustments else
where then there is no excuse for Democratic
howl. At Beaver Falls the wages of laborers are
to remain undisturbed and the cuts are 10 fali
heaviest on the high-priced men, those receiving
from so to $50 day 1t is also ascertained, by the
way, that in the Connellsville coke region the H.
C. Prick Coke Company. which is much larger
than any other in the district, is one of three
companies to adhere strictly to the last wage agree
ment which entered into couple of years ago,
nd Ia
The action of the Prick Company is exceedingly
commendable In this case. because the wage scale
is based a higher for coke than the market
is yielding. has been yielding for some time.
visit to the mill districts of Pttsburg does not
disclose any supporters of the Wilson bill among
the workingmen Their only wish is for another
chance at the polls Their feelings were well Illus
| trated the county election here In November
The management of the county offices was sup
posed to be the sole issue and two tickets. Repup-
iican and Fusion-Democrats and Independent Re
publicans-were In the field. The Fusioniss. who
had some good men on their ticket charged ex-
travagance. Acknowledgement. nepotisrn. etc lhey
had won the municipal campaign ia, sast re,oruary,
with no great excitement on the tarlr question, yer
last month they were buried out OF sight by the
Democrats. iron and steel workers. who realized
their mistake of 1892. $3.50
AS for the restitution the Soho District which
and steel is pretty fair sample Of the conditions
does not want to protect. The sombre appearance
of the idle mills along second-ave in soho is in
itself sufficient TO impress q stranger. There are
the evidences of great industry. The restitution In
the Soho District became so painful that about
| the Amalgamated Association Of Iron ana steel
Workers. themselves sufferers organized q relief
committee to tramp about Pittsburg and visit the
storekeepers in the search of food. clothing and
fuel These poor fellows themselves hungry. tramp
about all day. and return in the evening TO their
| headquarters, room in a two-story frame shanty
on Second-ave.. where eager throng waits pa
| tiently for hours not knowing how soon the com
mitee win return. Little children in their bare
feet the sight of which moves sturdy iron workers
| TO tears is a portion of this daily panorama OF
distress The committeeman do not seek money.
Food fuel and clothing are all they ask; Iunor
the other afternoon that fifty lhalf-sze) SACKS OF
gatherings of the committeeman proved happily
| true. and the cause of an extra large out
These people will probably receive still more
assistance now that in response to the Mayors cals
| wealthy men have been appointed. with w. r.
| THOMPSON OF Johnstown Relief Fund fame as
sfrees sewers and parks-the city treasury being
temporarily embarrassed 10 proVlue .ili,e
diate as well as constant ree' from TO ,a meetng in
City Hall Tuesday, at which Chris Maze s,, anu
state sensqT W sInps F ,hs partner ns Of andrew
Carnegie, and five other men headed me suDscrp,
tion list with $1,000 Zach the Ipned eben snd
| Mr. Thompson says that nobody VIII be permttea
| to either or freeze to death IN fi''spurs
Three stories not chroncled in the local papers
show the evil effects OF DemocIa,uG sron
| bie savings bank by idle workngmen, A drygoods
clerk. honored by his employers big hrm, 3 ygt
Nth another drvgoods house. and was made heart
sick By the announcement that instead OF hi hig
n,arrs on January l. Another sad incident was
the three DAYS delay Of a chds funeral on Frazier
the scenes eDeo are not BY
he sInms They are witnessed in localities usuaIiy
SUPPLIED E own Wf honey or are paving
them through building and loan associations