The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-06-03
rIpMS WILL ACT ALONE.
uoonfacturers Favor the Carnegie
roH Getting Wage Reductions.

manufacturers Favor the Carnegie
lron for Getting Wage Reductions.
-.oreG. Pa, May 27.-The move
fi,' of the Pittsburg iron manu-
T''n,. Eur. are a matter of great interest
t'tl". ,,,.,riaI and business circles as the
. ~ for the Amalgamated con-
au draws near. More or
1sn"0d definite rumors of meetings
e 10 prepare manufactur-
DS'' ,oIo are in circulation, but the
en- o4ort has SO far failed to locate
9''' ..b meetings. 1t is probable that
s COW manufacturers are concerned
dl.l # any are held, and it has been
i0 tAt";ne with almost absolute Ger
a.t that no general meeting
ah' H., manufacturers has been
q This is somewhat unusual in
csl,",r the declarations that the Anal
uf8 al scale must be reduced, and
-a."ii this time last year the big mill
lat wore comforting and had prac-
o' I'M. n, arranged their scale.
a.n. .raplincnt manufacturer explained
s,iIov.. Il do not believe the
!. q a,arturers will have any general
ad.''n +, meetings this year. They got
-ae weu disgusted with them last
Hg, ser. They did not accomplish any
'...., ..n,, an account Of the great variety of
.aa- .e.ts Nv idea Of the policy which
bo pursued this year is that
WA ans will act alone They
Y. a;,bpr Sign the Amalga'aated
NY - they will not sign it; and
arm viii make its own fight if
! 70 he any fighting. If the
.,r,afpd convention does not frame
into .Io n which We can give our assent
"iaa i that all there will be left for
N Mi NJ IN pursue a policy like that of
.,,p ana bring in outside men. 1t
uii he no use sitting down to wait for
-, -o offer better terms for they could
lave longer than we could afford to
mr. nlants lie idle. There is al
= ~. work they can get in the summer
w1uld prolong the struggle. Itis
4. hoppd that they will pursue the
.ol business policy Of accepting the
afthe situation and offer 70 accept
rs in proportion to the selling price
= non until the market gets better
Tta rropuSition that any meetings
10 10 baing held or would be held was
s.asod by other manufacturers. who
..r,bt nobody would take a definite
.,nd Until the policy of the coming
,,..Io8uatrd convention has been de-
-.Iared II is stated and not denied
+ President Garland that the innuva-
-ztior introduced by the conference
@.lrirtrr i'm the matter Of making set
..msnt. is likely to be made permanent
t.s19w 0f the association at this con-
..rtfan. That innovation was the
@,nring or the scale by the committee
rH.1 had no authority to change it
III tba referring Of the changes to a
vote fthc sub-lodges. The programme
fr the convention proposes TO make a
an that conferences which result in a
as.d.Iork shall lie referred 10 a vote of
,ar sub-Lodges
Tbe officers Of the Amalgamated As
s.a,fon are at work selecting the
members of the scale committee,
rbch will meet a short time previous
atbe convention. There are twenty
one members of this body who are APP
rinted by the president from lodges
4 over the country. He has not yet
completed the list, being somewhat de-
aged III the difficulty of securing the
acceptance Of all his appointees. He
DID have the list completed early next
week however. and the scale commit
= viii hold its first meeting next Fri