Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-26
arson Case Quickly taDED WAGE SCALE CONFERENCES.
Bar Iron Manufacturers Ready tc Meet
the Amalgamated

THD TIN PLATE SCALE UP-IT
MAY BE FINISHED BY THE CON-
VENTION IN TIME FOR A CON-
FERENCE ON SATURDAY-OF-
FICERS YET TO BE ELECTED
AND OTHER BUSINESS TRANS
ACTED BY THE CONVENTION.
Detroit, Mich, May 25.-The eighth
days session of the national Amalga-
mated Association convention began at
8 o'clock this morning with President
Shaffer in the chair. The interest Of
to-day's session centered in the pud-
ding conference. Two representatives
of the bar iron manufacturers arrived
in the city this morning. They are J..
H. Mutt, Of Youngstown, and w. E.
Taylor, of the Union works of the
American Steel Hoop Company. Mr..
Mutt was seen at a hotel this morning.
He said that he was expecting ]. G..
Caldwell and J. c. Corns, both OF the
Republic Company, from Chicago this
morning. These are the gentlemen
who will probably confer with the rep
resentatives of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation on the scale. When asked
whether the manufacturers will be sat
isfied with the rate said to have been
established by the convention (S5 ton
on base of one and three-Jenths
cents, Mr.. Mutt stated that he was
not in a position to say until he had
received some official notice from Pres
ident Shaffer as to what has been de-
cided upon. He was also DESTROYS, he
said, Of getting an expression from
the other gentlemen who will be here
and intilnated that the recent com
bines make it impossible for individual
opinions to be given. 1t may be, >
said Mr.. Mutt, ''that the conference
will be merely a preliminary one and
that another meeting Will be arranged
for at a future date, here or elsewhere.
4 uCNNi iAiiCN VI q ONaiC prosecutor
ing entirely satisfactory all around
From what can be CLEANED from the
manufacturers and the information in
poss ession of the Amalgamated mem
bers, there apparently is good ground
for the prevailing opinion that the rate
as decided upon will be satisfactory in
its main points to the manufaotus ers.
There may be few alterations.
The convention at this mornings ses-
sion resumed consideration of the tin
plate scale, which may be finished to-
morrow A telegram was received last
night from Third Vice President War
ner Arms, of the American Tin Plate
Company of Chicago, announcing that
he would be in Detroit Saturday morn
ing. This is taken to mean that the
conference committee will be here at
that time to discuss the tin plate scale.
After finishing the scale the conven-
tion must take up the constitution and
this work may consume some time, as
there are said to be many changes.
There will also be some time devoted
to the election of officers and other
business. When the convention will
adjourn finally is at present matter
of conjecture.
% The tin plate scale, as it will be pre-
scented to the manufacturers, will not
show the high advance that is being
reported from some sources. Secre-
tary John Williams said that the con-
vention does not contain the radical
element that has been represented as
forming a part of the representation.
and there is an entire unanimity in the
convention on the points which have
been under discussion.
AT the forenoon session President
Shaffer appointed Thomas Mansell, of
New Philadelphia, and Elias Jenkins, OF
Youngstown, as a committee TO see the
manufacturers and they secured their
attendance at the convention hall dur
ing the afternoon. 1t was announced
that the representatives of the manu-
facturers would occupy seats on the
stage, and that the delegates whose
scale was under consideration would
have seats in the front of the hall and
have a part in the discussion. The tin
plate scale was completed and adopted
before the noon adjournment to-day.
Other committee reports viii be taken
up tomorrow morning. 1t is said that
the advance asked for in tin plate will
be about Is per cent.