Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
WAGES INCREASED.
WorkinEmen SIN on the Gain ThroaSh
the Democratic Tariff.

WORKING men 6e1V On the Gain Info0Kn
the Democratic Tariff
Since the 18th inst, when we pub
iished record of the increases of
wages reported up to that date. several
notable advances have been made.
The complete list has now become so
long that we have not space for it here.
As it stood on the 18th inst. it showed
increases made by about 230 distinct
companies. firms, or individual en-
p1oyers, and the number of employees
affected up to that time was about 12s.-
600. We add below the advances made
or reported since the publication of
that summary:
The Carnegie Steel company nearly Is 900
men, employed at the Edgar Thomson fur
naces. Edgar Thomson steel works. Duouesne
steel works. Homestead steel works. Lucy fur
naces, Keystone bridge works. Upper Union
mills, Lower Union mills and Beaver Falls
mills. voluntary increase Of 10 per cent from
June
Jones s. Laughlin. American iron works at
Pittsburgh. voluntary increase of 10 per cent
on May 10: 1900 employees affected
Salem Wire Nail company and Findlay Wire
Nail company. Findlay, O.: increase of 10 per
cent on May 10: 5000 employees
Lindsay & McCutcneon's Keystone mill,
Pittsburgh. Pa: puddlers' wages increased
from s. TO "a per ton. May IS
Fall River Machine company Cuyahoga
Falls, O.: increase OF 10 per cent. on May IS;
500 men
Bellaire steel works. BeIlaire, O.: increase
of Is per cent: 500 men.
William Wood & Co. Phfladelphta; weavers'
wages increased by cents a yard.
W. H Grundy worsted mill Bristol. Pa: in
crease Of 8 per cent
Minnesota Iron company: the advance In the
mines OF the Vermilion district, already re-
oh haa hoor fol Cd hos oA,,ay, Sbo
company's mines in the Mesaba range; in all,
Zoo men affected.
Biwabik Ore company: iron ore mines in
Mesaba range: increase Of 10 per cent
Berkshire cotton mills Adams. Mass: in
crease ordered to take effect May 20.
Delaware iron works, Wilmington, Del: In
crease Of 10 per cent. beginning May IS: 200
men,
Moorehead Bros. vesuvius iron works.
Sharpsburg. Pa: increase OF Is per cent on
May 10: $50 employees.
BeIlaire Nail company. Bellaire O.: increase
of is per cent
Pencoyd iron works. West Manayunk. Pa ::
increase Of 10 per cent beginning May 20; 5000
men.
NewtchiwanIck Manufacturing company.
blankets. South Berwick. Me: increase Of 5
per cent, : 800 employees
These additions increase the number
of employing concerns to PAT, and the
number of employees benefited to about
16O, 600. OF the recent changes report
ed above, all but two (which affected
about 900 mem were made voluntar-
ily, so far as we can learn from the
published accounts Of the action taken.
In the case of the Delaware iron works,
the workmen first learned of their
good fortune when they received the
additional pay.
More than nine-tenths of the work
men affected by the increases noted
above are engaged in the iron and steel
industry. The most important of the
advances was that which was made by
the Carnegie Steel company. The a.
900 employees of this great company, at
it's several plants at Homestead. Brad
dock, Pittsburgh and elsewhere, were
working under contracts by which
their wages were fixed for the year
1898. The company informed them on
the 14th that Notwithstanding the ex-
listing contracts" it had decided that
the present business outlook will JUS
tify higher wages" The chief memb
of the firm Of Jones & Laughlin-which
has voluntarily increased the wages of
1000 men-was the chairman of the re-
publican national committee during
the Blaine campaign, and was one of
the manufacturers who reduced wages
a few months after the enactment OF
the Mckinley tariff-N V. Times.