New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-08

EFFORTS To REORGANIZE THE FAMOUS
LEAGUE OF IRON AND STEEL
WORKERS.
A POLICY OF CANCELLATION NOW BEING TRIED.
But POSSIBILITY OF a GREAT

POLICY OF CANCELLATION NOW BEING TRIED.
But POSSIBILITY OF a GREAT
STRIKE IN VIEW.
Pittsburg Aug. CSpeciaD-A strong effort Is
! being made to reorganze the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION OF Iron and Steel Workers. Until 1892 1t
had for nearly twenty years controlled 80 per cent
OF the iron and steel mills of America. II had al
ways been considered a conservative Organization
and probably the most powerful in the country. In
mills controlled by the Amaleamated Association
the wage question is settled annually by conference
| commencing July !. The decline OF the Amalga-
mated dates from the Homestead strike Of 1892, the
failure Of the strike Of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany's employees having prompted other manufact-
urers TO defy the Amalgamated although the sec
ond largest iron and see firm in The United states,
Jones 4 I.oughlin. sti recognizes the union The
senior member OF this firm Is Il. +. Jones. chairman
| OF thu Republican National Committee in the Blaine
campaign OF 1881.
Just now the Amagamated Association is trying
10 prevent a stampede among friendly manufact-
urers the question Of puddler's wages The scale
rate for pudding was reduced from s. 20 ton In
1892 to s. In 1893 and 81 this year All the union mills
are paying 81. and the manufacturers even admit
that the men poorly compensated but blame 1t
on competition Moorhead Bros q Co.. of Sharps-
burg a suburb Of Allegheny city. who brought
colorcd men from the South. are paying only - -;
the Clinton and Sligo mills OF this city. the latter
also with labor. are trying 10 enforce - ="
rate and have been partly surccssul and the Lock-
! harlt Iron and Steel Company ana Pittsourg
| Forge and Iron Company also demanding
the s. 60 rate They may compel the men to sub
init thanks Democratic hard times -but the
Ama.a gamated officials are very active ana troupe
| IL expected.
NJ VI. Garland the president. has just returned
! from Phladrlph!a where he organized two sub
| lodges composed OF workers In tin plate. MI Car
land did not to talk much about his trip and
| IL Il presumed that mucn secrecy VIII De thrown
about the proselytng In the East In order To throw
the manufacturers OFF the track. lower rate lot
pudding has always been granted In the East but
since breaking with the Amalagamated they have
! cut as low as s. - ton. and Western nanuidct-
urers are beginning 10 feel II IN the market Union
| manufacturers In Plttsburg Will be compelled sun
| further 10 reduce pudding rates. which means a
| strike unless they witness restoration Of rates III
competitive mills. through the power OF the Anal
| gamatel and the most sangune ironworker does
| not expect such pleasant outcome - th. rrr
condition OF the country should once more prompt
the union worknen 10 submit, o,.r, tho mills
Pudding Is th" hardest work apDn, ''g n mn.
| and the me1 In this department suHer srelt"s.
;ransformlng pig iron into state for rolling into
| merchant or muck iron or blooms. IN" great phys
| ployment 81 one assistant In the winter AMI Two
In the summer During inc not spsl W. p,ntIy
r"mnel.d 10 suspend On account OF the heat To add
to h. misery his wages are computed on the long
Ih~ Amalgamated seems TO have concentrated
rs hghns at the sEo m ioffdal n ' nrounG
Manager Truxa Of This mill who has s on,,gh hrh ~
ADMIT "S ns not a. enough ' G money i. paid or h work
Vice. President McEvcy. OF the Amagamatsd
say. there are bu, three mills west q The Ale.
gheny mountains paying under the - rate. the
| Clinton sligo and Moorhead Bros. and that the
failure OF the Sligo strike means strlk" AT every
| mill ives, OF the mountains wherein puddline
Furnaces are oer1'd rreyoG h a. to
receie from the s. - rate which had prevailed ,or
the statement that when IN n1nuia.,uter11 % , o1
Mahonlns youngstown. ohio; district ana Shsh
iricto valleys found that competition would com.
pei them also To reduce, they fe't as sotry oy'r
! as dli their employees. they told Amagamatei ON
Gals that the figure was too low ana FOR human
itys sake they dsliked 20 ask the men To WORK
II the sligo strike Is lost. the manufacturers OF,
ihesc two VALLEY. mus, 81, again ncp pants They
do not want 10 do It. but they must either ac-
quicsce or get out OF the business. lilo.
The AmaIgamated peope claim that the pudiler
cannot make more than 81 g. day AZ hr Hi'so ~.
mat he has puddlers who are making s. . per day.
and that the men in his finishing department are
Proportionaie to its population. ptsburg contains
as many conservative men on Iabor dnesri1,hh' ,h h
any other city but popular sympathy - Win uc
pmddlerr in the present fight. The pudl we're
once the backbone Of unonism among Iron wiers
old sHciety. called the Sons Of vulcan. and TIE
inisnfr ,gs '' We're reduced in 1872 following the
Homestead strike when Mr. CARNEGIE nrst s,''e aS
,gnin in 1893 when several hundred members prlh,,
cinaiv in The Mahonlng district. seeded ana
formed new body called ne ifVh anu ,i 10 comparri
Win the Amalgamaici They advocated me rrduc,
ton OF pudilers wages and ,j
officials were partial TO the puddlers , ..
The first reduction the wages Of me later WAs
granted on the strength OF pGa tina, @2 }b, SiG Sa
Gavs 81 the puidicr were numbered Pudding IS
sl In progress everywhere all IN sane san maSa
r mneG and tho term. 'scab AMI "backsheep are
no longer applied TO non-un on ron-WorKe,Tl nnb
",ers forced out OF the Amalgamated by Suihr1
| failures Their reorganization Is being pt1T, ,
with very guieily the new poI g9yr 7 t Le~chburg
| one wear ago Kirkpatrick * Co conciunei 10 up -
ate their plant Independently OF tna When be-
| came very strong. entered into the cnui ~
The friends ~ the unionists would nor Man ~ ~
the same side Of the street "a ire ~ innIn-s
| The non-un!onis.s Early last month Is + Jt"nlnt mn !,
& Co In the same town. concluded tha, ny ,nai
s,or When their mill resumed the few non.
1a," davs later twenty five men from APOLLO; u
r@eMychhoyne town. were given employment They
ha5 been non-union employees OF the Apollo iron
AMI Steel Company. and had been , Isrn' ~ Iuv
| Finally enough non-union men were SECURE" .
strikers all the while offering no resistance ,Tc.
the conciliat9ry pole cs vile names the non
mn,onist is visited al his house. and commnt'ee
argues the question fairly ara square, w''n '
= + Jones's nrm granted lower VIZ aaa -
nv the Amagamaed In order that 1t might co'tpr1e
with Carnegie Interests FOR VIII " 1onas:s
mer certain newspapers daily predicted MI. S"" r.
scale for another year. lie "arneh thr s'o San he
, the magamated people many years ago was ono
nrnhuLe1 n fellow manufacturer who insuited one
~ his own employees Who happened to be on the
Wage Conference Comn~tee
THE MISSING DRrGGIST HEARD FRo"'