The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-06-14
INCREASED WAGES.
Woskisgmen SIN ON the Gain Through
tho Democrats Tsrtn

Since the lath inst, when We pup
lishea "A record Of the increases OF
wages reported up To that date. several
notable advances have been made.
The complete list has now become SD
long that we have not space for II here.
Asit stood on the lsth inst it showed
increases made by about $50 distinct
companies firms, or individual EN-
Movers. and the number Of employees
affected up TO that time was about las,-
600 We add below the advances made
or reported since the publication oil
that summary:
The Carnegie steel company. nearly DW
men employed ~ the Edgar Thomson 'nr-
naces Edgar Thomson steel works, Duquesne
steel works Homestead steel works Lucy inr-
nnces keystone bridge works Upper Union
mills Lower Jnion mills and Beaver talss
mills voluntary Increase OF 10 lcr cent from
| juno 4
Jones 4 Iaurhlln American iron works. az
| Pittsburgh voluntary increase ~ ~ per cent
| on May 10 4ccO employees affected
salem Wire Nall company and ftadlay wire
| Nail company. Findlay. @, increase OF 10 per
| cent on May IL. 100 employees
Lindsay McCutcneons Keystone mill.
| Pittsburgh Pa puddlers' wages increased
| from ~ 10 a per ton. May -
FAN River Machine company Cuyahoga
| Falls q Increase OF 10 per cent on May Is.
5c0men
Bellaire steel works. yellaire. O.: increase
| OF IS per cent. 500 men
William Wood 4 Co. Philadelphia: wsavers'
wages increased by cents yard.
| W II Grundy worsted mill. Bristol. Pa: In
crease OF per cent
Minnesota Iron com pany the advance in the
mines OF the yermilion district. already re-
| portet has been followed by an advance in the
company's mines in the Mesaba range. In all.
| 27O men affected
Biwabik ore company: iron ore mines 10
Mesaba range increase OF 10 per cent
Berkshire cotton mills. Adams Mass; In
| crease ordered 10 take eject Nay N
| Delaware iron works. Wilmington. Del. In
crease OF 10 per cent. beginning May ~ 1s
! men
Moorehead Bros. vesuvlus iron works.
Sharpsburg Pa increase OF Is per cent. on
May IS. $50 en- ployes
Bellaire Nail company. Bellaire. O.: increase
OF Is per cent
peneoyd iron works. West Manayunk. Pa
Increase OF 10 per cent beginning May 70 SOY
men.
Newichiwanick Manufacturing company
blankets South Berwick. Ne Increase of
per cent; 80 empoyes
These additions increase the number
OF employing concerns 10 24l, and ths
mum Der Of employees benefited TO about
100. 600. OF the recent changes report
ed bove all but two (which affected
about 900 mem Were made vcluntar
ilv. so far rs we can learn from this
published accounts Of the action taken
In the case of the Delaware iron works
the workmen first learned OF theiI
good fortune when they received thu
additional pay.
More than nine-tenths of the work
men affected by the increases note,
above are engaged in the iron and stee
industry The most important of thu
advances was that which was made b,
the Carnegie Steel company. The -.
600 employees OF this great company. q
its several plants at Homestead. Brad
dock. Pittsburgh and elsewhere, wer
working under contracts by whicl
their wages were fixed for the yea
1872 The company informed them O
the l4th that notwithstanding the e,
isting contracts" il had decided tina
the present business outlook will jul
tify higher wages" The chief memoe
of the firm OF Jones & Laughlin whic
has voluntarily increased the wages {
! 1000 men-was the chairman of the r.
publican national committee durin
, the Blaine campaign, and was one {
the manufacturers who reduced wags
atew months after tie enactment {
the Mckinley tariff.-S. Y. Times.