The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-25

PITTsBURaH, Pa, May 24.-Tho pro-
gFamme to be submitted to the forth.
coming convention OF the AmalgamRted
Association, which will begin its ses.
sion next Tuesday week, contains come
propositions for changes from tho ac-
customed procedure for the settlement
Of the yearly scales that, whilo radical
in themselves, are calculated to render
the settlements easier of accomplish
ment than under the old plan. There
is provision for general conference
committee OF thlrty.one members,
which 10 to be divided into three divis-
ions, each division to confer with and
settle the scale for the particular trade
II represents with committees OF manu-.
facturers, without reference to the
other divisions.
The first division will consist Of nino
members from the boiling department,
which will include boiling, scrapping
and busheling, muck mill und knob
bling, This division alone is to confer
with the manufacturers in a settlement
OF the rates for the trade. The second
division Is to consist OF eleven mem.
hers from bar, guido, plate, structural
and jobbing mills working in pipe iron,
who is to confer and settle for these
trades. The third division is to consist
OF nine members from the sheet, tin
and block plate and iobbing mills, and,
like the others, Is TO settle its own
scale. The president and secretary OF
the national lodge arc the standing
membRrs OF each committee.
II any or all Of the divisions in con-
ference with the manufacturers should
arrive at deadlock on some question
in the scale, the point in dispute is to
be submitted to the sub-lodges for their
vote as to whether tho point under dis.
agreement shall be insisted upon or not.
To insist upon any such point II will
require two.thirds vote OF oil the
members OF the organization voting. In
the meantime, however, the trades rep
resented in any division whose com.
mittee may have been able to effect u
settlement for that division with the
employers may continue ut work pend.
ing tho vote but II the vote should be
favorable to insisting upon the demands
the trades that had resumed will be re-
Quired to cease work until settlement
Is reached.
AS the propositions are made BY the
national officers and have been presum-
ably endorsed by the advisory board it
may DO assumed they will DO adopted
by the convention.
The splitting up Of the general COM
mittee into three bodies will probably
facilitate the settlement, and the sub.
mission OF points in dispute between
the two sides to the sub.lodges for their
diCtum will remove the weight Of re-
spoDsibility from the committees and
materially shorten the discussion in
conference.
Other propositions to DO laid before
the convention call for the restoration
OF the 10 per cent taken oil the finish.
ers last year, and the restoration Of the
SO cents taken of the price for working
13-inch billets on the guide mill. There
are half u dozen lodges which declare
in favor OF these restorations. Tho so.
cent matter is an important one, as
fully one-half OF the guide mill
orders arc worked from these bill.
let's. There arc also propositions
for n continuance OF tho $3.50
rate for boiling. 1t is stated, however,
that the puddlers generally regard the
reduction OF the price this year as in
evitablc, and they are said to be pre-.
pairing to SOC it reduced to SIS. In view
Of the admittedly hard character Of the
work 1t is probable the manufacturers
will accept a fifty cent reduction and
that So will DO the ratefor the new year.
1t is thought the changes in the
method Of procedure will nulliiy any
excuse for disagreement such as led to
the cession OF the hnishers last year