The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-10
SETTLEMENT
FOR The MINGO
Mill in SIGHT.
President Theodore shaf5er, Of the
Amalgamated Association,
Talks Encouragingly.
A CONFERENCE HERE FRIDAY
Between Amalgamation Officials and
the Workmen to be Followed
by Another To-day.

by Another To-day.
President Theodore Shatrer, OF the
Amnlgnmated Association of Iron,
Steel & Tin-plate Workers. is in the
city, conducting negotiations for the
settlement Of the differences existing
between the National Steel Company
and some of the employees Of the Mtngo
Junction plant. When seen last night
at the Stamm, Mr.. shaffer said:
No. 1t Is not true that lind con-
ference with the officials OF the Ma
tlonal Steel Company and the commit
tee of the worlsmcn of the Mingo juno
tion plant here this afternoon. / did
not meet the company's officials, but l
did confer with the district vice presl-
dent, Walter Lcrli.n. OF Martins Ferry.
and with committee Of the workmen.
Tomorrow, at II o'clock in the morn
Ing. at Mingo Junction, we Will have
formal conference with General Mana
ger A. B. Carter. OF the company, when
l believe We will arrive at an amIcable
and satisfactory adjustment Of the diff
ferences now existing. Two weeks ago
was in New York and there met
President Rice and Mr.. Carter. OF the
National Steel Company, and they both
said that they desired to deal with their
men through the Amalgamated Associ-
alton, in other words. that they did not
want to run the Mingo plant non-union.
This Is not q general scale conference
that is to be held at Mingo Junction to-
morrow; 1t Is local mill settlement,
and the Amalgumated Associations en-
dorsement will be given or withheld ac-
cordinG to the settlement arrived at. If
the settlement to be made Is according
to the AmalgamateG Association rules
and settlements elsewhere, then the en-
dorsemcnt Of the Amalgamated ascot
alton will be given. as said. believe
an amicable settlement will be reached
Tomorrow"
Are Indignant.
The Amalsamated men at Alingo
Junction are Indignant over O sensa-
tionnl and entirely untruthful story
that appeared In the Register yesterday
morning. and at n special meeting Of
Mingo Lodge No. %. .tmalgamatcd As
ISOLATION of Iron, Steel G. Tin Workers,
which was held Friday morning. this
Indignation was given full vent and
resolution passed denouncing the publ
cation us false in every particular e1-
cept that the mill was shut down, and
that a reduction had been proposed. A
committee of steel workers was APP
pointed to see that the statements were
corrected and to secure the publication
of the real facts relating to the situa-
tion.
Among the statements made in the
Register are the following:
THE reason for closing the Mingo
plant was that the men presented re-
quest for change In methods of
working. which would render their
tasks less nrduous and give them time
for recuperation between turns Prior
to that the plant had run two twelve
hour turns day. 1t was not an un-
common thing for men to faint while at
work. 1t was such desperate sltua-
ton that none but the strongest men
could stand the work. and nearly all the
Americans had given up their employ
mcnt. The plant was surrounded by
high. tight board fence. around the top
| Of which barbcd wires were strung, SO
arranged that they could be filed with
a killing charge OF electricity. Every
evidence. 1t Is said, was given the men
that any opposition to the Will OF the
trust would be useless and that strike
could not win. The men were idle all
this time, and coming nearer and near
er TO- starvation. Some had been driv-
en- from the tencments they had occu-
pied. and some are now living in caves
dug into the hillside. and under the
river banks. The trust hns starved the
men to the point where they are sup
posed to be helpless, and they now pro-
pose to take advantage of their condl-
ton to enforce an almost unheard OF
cut In wages. Whether the men will
submit has not been determined, but
they are hardly able to further protest,
| and submission is likely"
| The Facts.
All those statements the Indignant
steel workers branded as false, says the
Stcubenville Herald-Star. There is no
one starving In MIngo and no one there
who is willing to work who cannot find
work ut living wages. In fact. the
town was never In more prosperous
condition than 1t Is to-day.
The true situation is that General
Manager Carter has sIgnlfled his WILL
ingness to confer with the men regard
ing the new scale Of wages. He has
proposed q 33is per cent reduction on
the price per ton for the thirty tonnage
men. This reduction affects some OF the
men more than others. The reason CIV
en- for the proposal is that the company
wants to make the cost OF producing 4
ton Of steel ut the Minso plant the
same as at other plants owned by the
National Steel Company. The men will
refuse to accept the proposal and they
have no doubt but that It Is simply an