The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-01
MANY PLANTS CLOSED
SHUTDOWN OF STEEL. SHEET IRON
AND TIN PLATE WORKS.
Thousands of Men Idle Awaiting the
Outcome of Conferences over
the Wage Scales.

YOUNGSTOWN, o., June 90.-Every mill
in the United States whose wage scales
are under the Jurisdiction OF the AmaIga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers shut down tonight These mills
altogether employ $4,000 members of the
Amalgamated Association, besides those
who are not members. The general shut
down took place on account Of the failure
of the Amalgamated Association scale
committee and the manufactures to agree
on Il pudding rate at the conference held
here to-day. They were in session all the
afternoon and did not get any further than
the pudding rate. The committee held out
for $500 a ton for pudding and the manu-
facturers refused TO bulge from 81 An adj
Journment sine die was finally taken, each
side to let the other know when it had
experienced a change of heart Just be-
fore he left, President Garland, of the
Amalgamated Association, received tele-
grams saying the new scale had been
adopted. by the Newport Rolling Mill Com
pany of Newport. Ky. and the Pcninsular
Car Company, OF Detroit
Struggle May Be Protracted.
PITTSBURG, June S0.-The wage strug-
gle this year promises to be protracted be-
cause of the wide divergence b. tween work
ers and manufacturers. The steel, sheet
iron. tin plate, flint glass, bottle blowers
and window-glass workers are all inter-
ested in the outcome of the conference be-
ing held The manufacturers have been
late to call for meetings and reluctant to
sign when approached for a settlement.
The suspension of work in the steel mills
with the addition of the coming big coal
strike will be the biggest suspension of
business at one time for years past
The tin-plate manufacturers Will hold an
other conference with the workers wage
committee Saturday. Every tin plate plant
III the country closed down this evening
throwing about 1900 people our of work
The shrewdest guesser cannot tell when
the tin-plate scale VIII be signe6.
There VIII be trouble when the flint glass
workers seek TO have the chimney scale
signed. The manufacturers wan decided
reduction, and are after it hard The stub
born tights put up by the flint glass workers
are proverbial, and a long shutdown is an
ticipated in this Industry No trouble is
anticipated over the remaining glass scales
There IS no telling when the window
glass scale Will be settled, and the MANN
facturers and workers are in no hurry to
come tOgeth for a conference. About If
teen thousand men are involved in this
scale.
The Amalgamated Association received
some ENCOURAGEMENT to-day in the shape of
signed scales The Newport Rolling Min
company, OF Newport, Ky; the Detroit
Steel and Spring Company, of Detroit and
the Union Steel Company. of 4 l4z4r,lria
Ind. have signed the scale and viii ON
tlnue at work. These signatures nave eiver
the Amalgamated Association Consider. HE
backbone. II was reported on the street
to-day that Jones 4 Laughlin demanded
reduction Of wages Of the ANA lsap1ateJ
AsSoclaton averaging Is per cent. This is
scarcely credible.
II the coal miners strike MATERIAL IN
saturday the number of workmen out of
employment this week by reason of these
labor agitations viii reach the high agure
OF least 100000 men.