The herald., 1896-07-27
Striking Tailors Decline to Con-
slider Compromises
CONTRACTORS JOIN HANDS
In Attempting to Abolish the Sweat.Box
System
Chairman Hanna Denies His Connection With
Any Action Antagonistic to Labor
The Strike at Cleveland
Associated Press Special Wire.

,ors of this city in Walhalla hall toda,
Addresses were made by a number c
leaders and the situation was general
discussed. The substance of remark
made by various speakers was that n
compromise with the contractors shoul
be made; that the strikers must STAN
firm and accept nothing but victory.
The fact that some of the contractor
in the past, who combated the tailors
have now joined hands with them j.
regarded by the leaders as significant
and is taken as an omen of success 70
the tailors in the total abolition of th
sweat-box system, an increase of tn,
wage scale and for a fixed weekly toi
standard Of fifty-nine hours. 1t is es
timated that fully 10000 hands are nov
idle on account of the strike in this city
and vicinity Commissioner Charlie:
L. Phipps, chairman of the state boar6
of arbitration, has visited the leaders
on both sides of the controversy and ar
effort is now being made to induce all
to arbitrate.
THE CLEVELAND STRIKE
CLEVELAND, July 26-It is believed
by the leaders of the strike at the Brown
Hosting works that terms of settle
ment between the men and the company
will be agreed upon within day or two
and that work will be resumed before
the end Of the week. Propositions have
been made which are likely to be accept
ed. but the locked out men refuse to give
the terms Of the settlement
HANNA'S POSITION
CLEVELAND, July 26.-Chairman
1f
mittee, will start for New York tomor-
row evening. He goes to arrange for the
opening of the Republican headquarters
in that city. Mr.. Hanna was asked to-
day if anything definite had been ar
ranged as to the plans of the campaign.
Nothing definite" was his reply.
THAT is part of what we shall discuss
at the New York meeting. Nothing will
be settled upon until the New York
meeting is held"
A story was published here yesterday
to the effect that Mr.. Hanna had ar
ranged to meet the president of the Gen.
trail Labor union for the purpose of dis
cussing the formers record as an en-
ployer of labor and that the labor unions
president had refused to meet Mr. Han
ma. AS to the truth of the story Mr..
Hanna said he had been asked by re-
porter if he was willing to meet Mr.. Witt
of the Centrai Laa,vi uniuIi, anu lie ilau
replied that he was willing to do so. The
question was asked because the Central
labor union had propounded to Mr.. Han
ma a series of queries affecting his rela-
tions with labor. Mr.. Hanna said he had
heard nothing more about the matter
and Mr.. Witt failed to call. That was all
there was to it.
"These questions" said Mr.. Hanna, re-
ferring to the queries propounded by the
labor union, contained insinuations.
There purpose was of course antagonis-
tic to Major Mckinley, and they sought
to connect me with various strikes by
Implication and insinuation. They un-
dertook to connect me with the sailors
strike here two or three years ago. 1
had nothing to do with it. My brother,
H. M. Hanna, was at that time president
of the Vessel Owners association. The
question insinuated that I had some
thing to do with a miners strike in
Pennsylvania. Our firm has an interest
in a mine there, but was not in control,
agement of it. In point of fact have
been employing some five or six thous-
and men for the last eighteen to twenty
five years, and have had number of
strikes. 1t would have been strange If,
under the circumstances, had not. But
I have not been endeavoring to make
political capital out of the fact for or
against"
IRON MILLS RESUME.
PITTSBURG, Fa., July 26.-Tomorrow
will occur the beginning of the resump-
ton of iron mills which will soon put TO
work at least 10, 900 idle men. 1t is esti-
mated that at least that number are in
terested in the settlement of the wage
scale with the Ohio manufacturers OF
Youngstown Saturday nigh.
Thesuccess of the Amalgamated asso-
citation in making the wage settlement
It has effected, means too, that the mer
employed in non union mills will get al
advance in their wages and that theii
employers will sign agreements to pay
them the union prices. This comes as {
near recognition as the men are con
tending for at the present time. Tht
conference was with the Ohio associa
ton but plants in several other state!
will be started under the agreement
The firms who signed the agreement ar
as follows: Andrews Bros & Co., Hazle
ton, O.; Brown, Bonnell & Co., fou
plants at Youngstown; Union Iron ant
Steel company, two plants at Youngs
town, one at Warren and one at Girard
Mahoning Valley Iron Co, two plant
at Youngstown; Falcon Iron &; Nail Co
Niles, Ohio; Coleman, Shields G. Co
Niles; Eagle Iron and Steel Co., Irontor
Ohio; Union Rolling Mill Co., Cleveland
O.; Cherry Valley Iron Co., Leetonia, o.
Etna Standard Iron and Steel Co
Bridgeport, o.; Central Iron and SITES
Co. Brazil, Ind; Weatherall Rollin
Mill Co., Birmingham, Ala; Share
Iron Co, Sharon, Pa; Struthers Iro
Co., Struthers, O.; Pomeroy Iron Co
Pomeroy, O.; Cairns & Son, Massillol
Ohio.
LINCOLN, Neb., July Ex-senator
X. Jones, chairman of the Democrat
national convention, arrived from S
Louis this afternoon. From o'clock III
til o'clock the chairman and Mr.. Brya
were closeted in the latter's parlo
when they emerged MIR. Bryan assur,
the press representatives in waitil
that there was nothing to give out.
1--WE have been discussing plans, b
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