The Bessemer indicator., 1894-03-03
CALLS FOR ACTION.
A FEW REASONS WHY THE
STEEL WORKS DON'T PAY.
Facts and figures for the consideration
Of c. F. 4 I. CO. oficials-Nec-
essity demands a change in the
general lsuperintendency-Hints that
might make money for the COM
pany-Something should be done.

49, 'J 80 SAPoH6 PohS "iou6ob 0us
in SO doing the plain path of truth will
not be devisted from ore jota. Facts
tell. and facts and figures only will bs
used. Animated by desire to assist thu
worthy people against oppression snd
wrong. it opposes Superintendent Robin
son in his soulless system of cutting
down the wages of the steel workeri
which threatens to reduce many Of
them to a state little better than that oi
pauperism.
Unless Mr.. Robinson is acting under
instructions from the head management
and with the full knowledge of the
directors Of the company, they should
call halt ON him and attempt to re
pair the damage he has done to the
hard working employees Of the mill and
to the good name of the c. F. & l. Co.
itself. Let them investigate the sf.
fairs of the mill for themselves; let
them understand that money which is
taken from the men who do the actual
work is going into the pockets of men
who hold jobs as foremen, clerks o,
time keepers whose services could and
should be dispensed with; let them in
vestigate into the fact that these
sinecure offices are sucking the profits
of the works; that the plant is not now
on a paying basis and that . continuous
and smooth run can not be expected
while men are laboring at enforced
starvation wages. They must know
that men laboring under such condi-
tions never did and never will produce
the best results.
Furthermore, let those at the head of
the concern ask themselves Y it IL right
to hire men with the agreement that
they are to receive $500 per day. for
instance, work them a month with this
understanding and then pay them off
at $l.75. Are such things rights Is it
not an injustice to the employees and to
the company Will not such trsachery,
such iniquity revert at last on the COM
pany and be its rulnationf Before long
the institution would be blacklisted by
the world at large and men could no
more be induced to enter it than they
would dungeon.
The good nam. of the G. F. 6 l. Co.
requires a change, a radical. sweeping
change, and prompt one. Let ]. A.
Kebler who is manager of the institu-
ton come down from Denver and in
stead of consulting with Mr.. Robinson.
mix with the populacs of the town, and
If he doesn't CLEAN information that will
set him to thinking 1t will be because
he will not listen. He will find some
of the best men who can make the
works success under ordinary con-
ditions kept out through malice or for
other reasons known only to the general
and he will find men
WuO Chu tcll ulIu tuC tIutu uuout oViuo
of the inside workings Of the mill.
It would not be amiss for Mr.. Kebler
and the board of directors to ask them
selves why there are so many straw
bosses in the works. men holding down
good paying jobs. even now while the
works are practically idle, where under
former managcments such beses were
not necessary when the works were
running at full blast. Let them ask
themselves why there are seven bosses
and only about forty-two working men
all told in the bar and guide mills. Why
should there be seven bosses now for .
mere handful of men where Superin-
tendent Grove had only two bosses in
the day time when things were lively,
and the watchman looked after the
business at night. These BOSSES get
from $500 to $500 "a day for doing
little or nothing. while the men who do
the actual work get $145 for twelve
hours work. Let those at the head Of
the concern ask themselves also why .
straw boss who pretends to look after
everything in general and nothing in
particular about the floating gang gets
perhaps 800 . month while several
bosses under him look after the small
squad of men who do the actual work
at the princely sum of $l.30 for twelve
hours work. When the gentlemen at
the head Of the concern see how much
msney IL being paid out for bosses be-
fore the works arc running they will
likely make hssty computation as to
Whist the luxury will cost when work is
going on full blast.
viii President Osgood. Manager
Kebler and the board Of directors look
into this thing before 1t IL too late and
see wherein the steel works arc not ON
= paying basis, Let them study the
situation and sec If It 10 not economy,
II 1t is not business, II It Is not human
ity to make . radical change.
The city council has decided that
after April they win do away with
thirteen are plugs or hydrants, making
saving Of 80 per month. Mayor
Dempsey took the initiative in the
movement. Now who win take ths
lead In knochins out several super
auovs iighhs II can ard shoaid b
desc. NsAts . far ost Of tows tAs'