New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-01
THOUSANDS WILL QUIT WORK.
NEW SCALE YEAR IN THE IRON TRADE
BEGINS.
THE ANIGAMATFD ASSOCIATIONS SEIZED
ULE SIGNED BY SOME OF THE
MANUFACTURERS

prtshurc Inne 2O-The last day OF the scale year
NJ the Amalga mated Association OF lor steel anu
Tinulate Workers ended AT midnight. VINE dr"''''e
oo,,res cannot be gtv,n tonight az TO how many
men will be idle tomorrow II IL known 'ha' "oie
than afty thousand % them will be forced 10 gun
,,,rL q. least temporariy. John Williams. secre-
,ar,. of the Amagama ted Association. however eN
dressed the opinion tonight mat se'"''''
would be reached in the near future. mere - -,
arinnos,tv and both sides seem to be IN Ia'o' VI
coming to an agreement -, ,oo,a
Subordinate lodges OF the Amdlgama'eh ASSo'
,,on are taking Il vote on the proposition ''''" w
manufacturers granting an advance Oh "
80, - CON, vyhue the new scale calls Tor nm "u-
,,nce of - per cent. AZ soon as the returns a., a.,
e. a. conference will be held. Up TO miuhisn. H'~
arms had signed the new scale ana WORN WIZ ~
aon,t,ued AT their plants. The firms signing are
tho Iockhart Iron and Steel COMPANY NV"
-, . IN Wayne Iron Works. Iug q w.
t,ittarIng Iron and Steel Company and Keystone
Iron and Steel Company. and Keystone Ho''"e
Mil All plants under the jurisdiction Of 'ne
American Steel Hoop Company ana the hepuoho
steel Company began work al midnight uhder '"e
"e Iobn Jarrett secretary Of the Association Of
iron and Sheet Steel Manutac'arrrs .ssiiayed vim
The association This scale calls for an advsn, ,r
il Sr onnase ms4 an" sSoa e Skilled
Gay and a similar number Of unskilled workers
In different parts VI the country
TINPLATE PLANTS SHUT Do"N.
4, the oliver Iron NH and Jones & Laugh!in :
plant scales independent OF the organization nave
h.an presented and while the men are not organ
tied al these plants, they expect ~ receive 'i'e
.am. az the Amalgamated scale calls for. An
,,s,,er f. IN be given TO them tomorrow. All the
,i,rI.,a nlants throughout the country uhder the
Jurisdiction OF the Tin Plate Trust smut down NJ
midnight and will remain closed unt, M ao, IN
uent on the scale Is Iracheu ~. ,s ,pnn.snd
throw out OF employment about nfty thousah"
At Ena the OF spang chslfant no, Su nnt
a. a. sc,in - signed This mill and the plant OF
Moorehrad Brothers Co., at sharpsnuis e. Va" dsys
negroes were substituted Tor Wnitc uen Iii
n9o arc expected to BIZ battefieds ana u cfisis WIN
n1obabIy be reached tomorrow or Mohusy a,
n the report that agents VIII pfoDaply oc ssns
~ ~ ,h e Atlantic 10 secure workmen. the labor
Leaders say that manufacturers wohiu Ds ioo on,
TO import worknen OF ep ngoyed they say. that
E1Irouean skilled mechanics cannon compets VII"
Americans and just at this Time the manu'ae'"'
ara cannot afford 10 experiment 49,, 49,, -
The vorkmen in general assert that tney WIZ
In better condition Alto, 10 gnancially and
work can be procured Tor the ashins ihsy 90
unanimous in their demand. ana nave no rear 'o'
the future.
A, the office I'm this city OF Frank Diokerson' the
Eastern agent OF the American Tinplate company
II was said yesterday that there was hothins nc"
IN the controversy between the tinpste manu-
,ac,urers and the Amalgsmated Association OF
iron Steel and Tin Workers over the wage scheu-
,le The situation Is simply this. that the men
want an advance OF from 20 10 per cent emo
the manufacturers, as far as II haue p""'''' "
oT T.,a, ors from the West where the nplate
plants are say that the men 90 nor sxpsr,d ss the
49,, ~ the wage scale for some time, anu as .he
nnreement between the Amalgsmsted Association
and the manufacturers expired last nish,, "a. az
ill.,, ~ ,Ion Of shutdown II Is believed that there
l. little il any hope Of avsrtins general s'nA~