Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-01
MILLS TO CLOSE.
Unsettled Wage Sceles Cause Iron
and Tin Plate Plants to Stop.
DEBS' COLONY SCHEME MODIFIED.
Only Small Migration Of Unemployed
Men to Go to the State OF Washington
-Leadville Gambling Ended
ChicagO's Population.

PITTSBURGH, "a, June ~. All tine
union iron mills in the county, the tin
plate plants and sheet mills, will close
on Wednesday night, and remain closed
until the wage scales are settled. No
serious trouble is expected, and the
failure to adjust the wage schedule be-
fore the close OF the year is not an in
dication that u strike is to be inaugu-
rated. President Garland, of the
Amalgamated association, denies q
telegraph report from Chicago that he
will order general strike at the
plants of the Illinois Steel Co. If the
scale is not signed for the Bay View
mill before Thursday. He said the
Bay View and all the union iron
mills in the country will close on that
day pending u settlement of the scale,
but that n suspension is necessary at
this time for annual repairs, and that
manufacturers are not in hurry TO
come to a settlement at once. The
iron scale will be taken up in the con-
ference at Youngstown on Wednesday.
As the present agreement expires on
Wednesday night, all the tin plate
hands, with the exception of four non
union concerns, will close at that time.
There will be no difficulty in arrang-
ing the iron and steel sheet scale. 1t
is practically settled now, but the
manufacturers will not sign until the
tin plate scale is ad justed at the mines
at the rates that are now being paid.
At Anderson, Ind, the National Tin
Plate Co. yesterday posted notice of a
shutdown on Thursday morning as
per contract of the adjustment of the
wage scale, At the same time all the
union tin plate factories in the coun-
try will close. The conference of man.
ufacturers and workmen wage COM
mittees will begin at Pittsburgh next
Saturday. All the union window-glass
factories are preparing to close down
on Wednesday of this week for read
justment of the wage scale. On ac-
count of the factional fight between
the blowers and gatherers on one side
and the cutters and fatteners on the
other side delay in settlement is an
ticipated. Among the union flint bot
tie manufacturers there will be no
shutdown, as usual, the information
being given out that union men will
sacrifice their vacation in order to
fight the non-union plants which do
not close. The window-glass shut
down will cause $1,000 men to lie idle,
while the tin plate closing lays off
about 1000 men.
DEBs' COLONY SCHEME MODIFIED.
MILWAUKEE, June 29.--Victor s. Ber-
ger, editor of socialist organ, gave
out statement last night on his re-
turn from a conference with n. V.
Debs, He says the scheme TO plant
socialist colony in the west has been
abandoned, and to take its place there
will be small migration of unem-
ployed men to the state Of Washing
ton. They will look for homes there
the same as other settlers, and the OK
pense of transporting them will be
paid through per capita tax of 10
cents month on members Of the So
cial democracy, Debs' new party. Debs
will remain in the east and he and his
associates will devote themselves TO
the cause Of socialism through this po-
litical party and the ballot
LEADvILLE GAMBLING ENDED.
LEADvIfLE, Col, June 90 -Public
gambling has probably received its
death blow here. Acting under orders
from Judge Overs Of the district
court, posse Of deputy sherifls raidcd
every gambling establishment in the
city, Selling over 81, 600 worth Of tables
and implements. which will be de-
stroyed. All the propretors Of the
houses were arrested. The
raid has caused great sensation, as
it breaks upan industry that has -four
ished here since 1870.
CnlCAGo's POPULATION.
CHICAGO, June 49, The estimate of
Chieago's population by the pub
fishers of the directory just printed is
!, 1928, 900, an increase Of 10000 over last