Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-10-17

l any consequence have been made Tn their wages. Concerning the ex- | tent of the reduction in the wages of the tonnage men, little of a re- i liable character can be learned. The cut in the 1l9-ineh mIll, where the government armour plates are made, it is reported, is from 25 to 90 per cent, the latter on rolling and heating. Some of the men there it is said, have not signed the scale and may not do SO at all. In ! the l19-in. mill the rollers. who re- ceived $l2:25 per 100 tons, will be paid S6.S5 for that tonnage. h the 32-in. mill the heaters. it IS claimed, are reduced from $3.74 to $2.50 per 200 tons. The screwdowns" in the big plate mills who have heretofore been paid by the day will receive g per 100 tons.
 The Allentown, Pa, Rolling Mills have reduced the wages of 90 men in the foundry and machine shops about l5 per cent.
 A reduction in wages of 10 per cent will be made in Ellis & Lessig's nail works, at Pottstown, Pa, on January lst.
 The Riverside Steel Works, at Benwood, O., have closed down for an indefinite period. Six hundred people are out of employment.
 The Burden Irony Compan, of Troy, N- Y., has made reduction of 10 per cent in wages, with the assurance that when business inn proves an increase of 10 per cent will be made. The men-I5O0 in number-accepted the terms, and the mills are running. This is the first reduction in 10 years at these mills.
 J. x R. Meely's Lebanon Valley furnaces, at Lebanon Pa, have sus- pended operations for three weeks, throwing 100 men out of employ ment.
 The Reading Iron Company has announced reduction of from 5 to ! 71 yer cent in the wages of its 750 employees of the rolling mill and the tube mill, beginning December lst.
 Ths Newport Rolling Mill Con- pany's works, at Newport, Ky, were stopped November 29th by strike against 10 per cent reduction in wages. About 500 men were thrown out of work.
 The Donaldson Iron Company, pipe manufacturers, at Enaus, Pa., announces a reduction of ten per cent in wages, affecting all men ex- cept laborers who get 90 cents a day.
 The Cleveland Rolling Mill Com pany's sheet and puddle mills, which have been idle since July lst, re- ceiYed orders to start up this week, under reduction of l2 per cent to employees.
 JANUARY, 1894.
 The men in Morehead Brothers Co.'S mills, at Sharpsburg, Pa, which shut down about two weeks ago, have been notified of a reduc- ton, .o take effect as soon as the mills start again. The puddiers have been reduced from S4 u S3.25 per day, and l5 per cent reduction is made in all ether departments. The colored workers have accepted the reduction, but the white men refused. The firm employees about | 800 men.
 Davies and Thomas Springdale foundry and machine works, at Catasauqua, Pa, have reduced wages 10 per cent, and will start up next week on full time on a con- tract for electric railway castings which will keep 100 men busy until summer.
 Almost every department of the I'ishback (Pa.) Plate mills, of the Pottsville Steel Company, shut down January 18th, and a general suspension is feared. The company employs nearly 800 men, but has been making unsatisfactory time at reduced wages.
 The employees of the Pittsburg Wire works, at Braddock. Pa, re- fused to accept a reduction of about B per cent in wages and have struck, Five hundred men are affected,
 The plate mill in Olivers' South Fifteenth street plant, Pittsburg, went on, the men having agreed to accept 12 per cent reduction in their wages. The mill will be run double turn for the present.
 Notices have been posted in the shipyard and shops of the Globe Iron Works Company, at Cleveland, O., of 10 per cent reduction in wages,
 The extensive hrebrick works of R. B. Wigton & Sons, of Phillips burg, Pa, have shut down.
 The Joliet plant of the Illinois Steel Company, which employed 1000 men, has shut down indefinite ly.
 All the departments of the Cum berland Nail and Iron works, at Rridgeton. N. J., are in operation under the 10 per cent. reduction in wages.
 FEBRUARY, 1894.
 J. & R. Meily's Lebanon Valley furnaces, at Lebanon, Pa, were put in blast on January 18th, giving employment to 75 men who have been out of work for several months. The wages are, however, lower by 10 per cent than they were previous to the present financial stringencv. Tie workmen have nearly completed the repairs to the No. 1 Sheridan furnace, and it will be put into blast about February 10th. The No. 2 furnace will be rebuilt and is ex- pected to resume operations in the spring.
 The Reading. Pa, Rolling Mill Company has posted notices of wage reductions of from 10 to 9 per cent. Puddlers will be reduced from 8 to $250, laborers from Sl.IO to Sl, puddle helpers 24 cents a