Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-24

Every department of the La Belle
tin plant on the South Side is idle as
a result of a disagreement between
some of the carrying OUT boys and
the management. Quite a large mum
her of men, boys and girls are EN-
ployed at the plant, and the difficulty
is certainly to be very much regretted.
While it is not known just what course
will be pursued by the management
of the mandatory, it is generally pre-
sumed that the trouble will be settled
speedily and satisfactorily to those who
are concerned.
1t is learned that the strike was de-
clared on Saturday morning about 2
o'clock and was kept very quiet by
both sides for reasons best known to
themselves until yesterday. Three
boys who were employed as carrying
out" hands in the old section of the
plant, where there are eight pots. re-
quested the management to hire an
other boy, claiming that there was too
much work for the present force, and
upon being refused recognition refused
to continue their work. The manage
ment then notified them that they were
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their places. Just as soon as the dis
agreement became known throughout
the plant the catchers and dippers
went out on a strike. In the evening
the girls employed in the tin house
also quit work and the various depart
ments closed down.
In speaking of the strike last even
ing one of the officials of the plant re-
marked:
by the action they have taken the
employees have violated all their obi
cations to the American Tin Plate
Company, which controls the local
plant. There is an agreement which
orders that in case any trouble occurs
between the management and employees
of the mill that a committee of the
men must give at least ten days 40
tice of a strike after they have con-
ferred in turn with the proper authori-
ties, such as the management of the
mill, the district management n the
Executive Committee of the manufac-
turers and failed to bring about a set
tlement."
The employees that are on strike are
members of the Powell Lodge, which is
affiliated with the Tin Plate Makers
International Protective Association of
America. All the employees of the big
plant. have struck except the work
men on the hot rolls, who have an or
ganization of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation. However, they are off duty as
a result of the strike, and, of course, as
one of the men stated last evening.
will act in accordance with such action
as the other employees may take with
reference to the present differences.
Another workman of the mill said
last evening that there were three
carrying out" boys at work in the
new section, containing six pots, and
the same number of carrying out"
boys in the old section. containing
eight pots, and that the latter force
applied for an additional boy, COM
planning that the work required more
hands. He also said that the manage
ment was not willing to comply with
the request without a cut in wages, and
the boys, therefore, decided to quit
work.
The men held a well-attended meet
ing last night, so it is reported. and
decided to not go to work. George
Powell, of Elwood. Ind, the interna-
tional president of the association, Is
expected in the city next Saturday, and
it is generally thought on the South
Side that there will be no new develop
ments in the situation until after his