Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-25

PITTSBURG, Pa, June 24.-The
rooms OF the Amalgamated Association
at the local headquarters were crowded
with tin plate workers all day. All
We're anxious for news from Chicago,
where the conference on the wage scale
has been in progress since last Tuesday
morning.
Not word has been received at the
national office from President T. J..
Shaffer or any of the members of the
workers wage committee Assistant
Secretary Stephen Madden said the Off
Gals had not even left their address.
and he is unable to wire them for in
formation. Fred NJ Shaffer, brother
OF President t. J. Shaffer, received a
telegram, but no information was con-
tanned in it relative to the wage scale.
AT the Pittsburg Office of the Amer
lean Tin Plate Company nothing was
known as to what progress has been
made. One of the representatives of
the company said it had been agreed
by both sides before the conference
opened to give out nothing regarding
the scale until it had been settled This
agreement has evidently been strictly
observed, and it is fair to presume that
a settlement had not been reached.
The delay in reaching an agreement
indicates that the manufacturers com
mlttee refused TO accept the terms pro-
posed by the Amalgamated Association
committee. A demand was made, as
already told, for general advance ay-
eraging about 20 per cent. The I'M
skilled workers have been conceded an
average advance of more than Is per
cent The workers, before thew left
for the conference, expressed themselves
as confident of securing the terms de-
sired.
Assistant Secretary Stephen Madden
cannot account for the DELAY. and saws
a settlement should be reached. Ac-
cording to the constitution of the or
ganlzation all scales must be presented
70 the manufacturers one week before
the expiration OF the scale year, which
Is June 80 In order to comply with
the constitution the scale should be
mailed tonight at least If the cues
ton is settled in conference it will he
signed for all the plants composing the
trust. Several companies are not in
GUIDED in the list of the American Tin
Plate Company. They cannot be sl1p-
Piled with copies of the scale until it
has been agreed upon.
Inc membership in the recently Or
ganized lodges of the Amalgamated AS
sOclatlon at Etna and Sharpsburg is
increasing much more rapidly than was
anticipated by the most sanguine sun
porterS of the momement
Inc membership at Spang, Chalfant
& Co. mills, Etna, now numbers over
10, and at MoOrhead Bros. & Co.'S mill
Sharpsburg, 100. Both mill companies
are paying the puddlers s425 per ton.
and If the men are paid what the new
Amalgamated scale calls for they will
be advanced to S..
Mr.. Moorhead, of Moorhead Bros. e.
Co., has announced that he will raise
the puddlers pay to the amount requir-
ed by the new scale next Monday.
which will be week in advance of the
demand made by the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION
Laborers in South Side mills are pre-
pairing wage scale for the summer.
1t provides for an advance OF 10 per
cent for common labor and per cent
for wheelbarrow men, They will ask
that the scale take effect on July l. A
mass meeting will be held next week,
when arrangements will be made to
lay the proposition before the employ
ers.