Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-06-06
INCREASED WAGES.
Workingrnen Still the Gain Through
the Democratic Tariff.

Workingmen Still on the Gain Through
the Democratic Tariff.
Since the 18th inst, when we pub
lished a 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 14th inst. it showed
increases made by about 230 distinct
companies, firms, or individual en-
ployers, and the number of employees
affected up to that time was about 1885,
OOO We add below the advances made
or reported since the publication Of
that summary:
The Carnegie Steel company. nearly 1900
men, employed at the Edgar Thomson fur
naces, Edgar Thomson steel works. Duquesne
steel works. Homestead steel works, Lucy FUR
naces, Keystone bridge works. Upper Union
mills Lower Union mills, and Beaver Fails
mills, voluntary increase Of 10 per cent from
June l.
Jones & Laughlin, American iron works. at
Pittsburgh, voluntary increase OF 10 per cent.
on May IS: 1900 employees affected
Salem Wire Nail company and t1ndlay wire
Nail company, Findlay, O.: increase OF 10 per
cent on May 1S: 5000 employees
Lindsay & McCutcheon's Keystone mill,
Pittsburgh. Pa: puddierS' wages increased
from 81 to "a per ton. May IL
Fall River Machine company, Cuyahoga
Falls, O.: increase OF 10 per cent. on May ls;
500 men.
Beilaire steel works, Be1iaire, o.; increase
of Is per cent: 800 men.
William Wood & Co.. Philadelphia weavers'
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 Vermflion district, already re-
ported has been followed by an advance in the
companys mines in the Mesaba range; in ALL
2,700 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 49, 200
men.
Moorehead Bros, Vesuvius iron works
Sharpsburg, Pa; increase of Is per cent, on
May Is; $50 employees
Bellaire 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.
Newichiwanick Manufacturing company.
blankets, South Berwick, Me; increase OF
per cent. 300 employees.
These additions increase the number
of employing concerns to 247, and the
number of employees benefited to about
100000. OF the recent changes report
ed above, all but two (which affected
about /, ZOO men) were made voluntar-
lily, 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 49,
900 employees of this great company, at
its several plants at Homestead, Brad
dock, Pittsburgh and elsewhere, were
working under contracts by which
their wages were fixed for the year
1895. 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 member
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
few months after the enactment OF
the Mckinley tariff.-N V. Times.