Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23
lI2'EE NOT IMPROBABLE.
Mn. Nay Result From the Wheeling
Steel Works Cut.
=. ABDUCTION Worse Than at First
-,-,ected-Not Only the Day Men
p,,- the Tonnage Men Affected.
,.~-est Cut Yet Made at the
17ro~5s-Men Say They Will Not
,ooant 1.-THE New Scale.

r,ts reduction at the Wheeling steel
ILL., which was mentioned exclu-
..sv in Yesterdays Register, may re-
Il. Fl strike, as considerable feel
IL f3s been stirred up by the COM
INV making the cut in wages, espec-
\, time when the men were
...cei mp with the assurances that
.ser could look for more work and
More pay
rrI7yes of the Wheeling steel plant
.egs sustained within the past year.
+ gss only last summer that their
.a, we're reduced from 10 to 25 per
It'll and upwards. After the men had
.rstjered the last cut for some time
AIN fnally went to work upon receiv-
,es HE assurance that their wages
r5rld be restored as soon as business
mould permit. Since that time the
..sa works has been running steadier
Han at any time during the past two
Vars and there seemed to be no lack
n. orders. All departments of the
0gut We're htpL DuSy Until lHP recent
holidays, when there was a short stop,
hut this lasted only long enough for
necessary repairs to be made. The
heel works and plate mill have been
mining Tor several weeks and the
rgad,ing department was also expected
-o resume this week.
Everything looked encouraging from
.ta standpoint of the employees until
The notices We're posted in the steel
works Friday, as published in this
p4oar. that the day men would have
Their wages readjusted at the end Of
thirty days The thirty-day notice was
gwen according to the terms of con-
tract which exists between the COM
mnv and the men. Even when these
notices were posted and although they
clearly meant a reduction, yet the
more sanguine refused to believe in a
cat in wages, but that the company
wanted to restore the reduction made
last summer. Yesterdays events
proved that these hopeful expectations
we're not to be realized. 1t turned out
That not only were the day men to
have their wages cut down, but a
made iii the tonnage mems pay. The
tonnage men, on going to work yester-
day morning, were notified that Presi-
dent Hubbard wished to confer with
them in the office.
President Hubbard met them there
and handed the men a copy of the new
scale which was to take effect in thirty
DAYS This was accompanied by the
statement that the condition of the
market made the reduction a necessity
The men returned to work in a dis
heartened frame of mind, but have
been vigorously discussing the matter
since among themselves. The proba-
liliIy is. unless the sentiment changes
greatly by the time the new scale is tC
take effect, February 21st, that the
men will refuse to accept the reduc-
tion and rather than accept it will
qgit work.
Jnder the reduced scale, which takes
effect at the end of thirty days, the
rI- amounts to almost the same thai
vas made some months ago at the
3eIlaire steel works and which caused
be strike at that place The cut is
l9avy, in some instances amounting {,
'0rty per cent. and more. The rol
lands are said to suffer the most, al
h0ugh their work is harder. The roll
rs get a reduction from SO TO $3.50 or
,rery hundred tons; hookers were re
iuced from $1.44 to S1.05 blue meta
ngineers, S2.10 to S1,40; heaters, $2.S;