Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-09-27
CANCELLATION WINS.
Sixty Thousand Iron and Steel
Workers Resume
AFTER THREE MONTHS IDLENESS.
The Conference Between Represent
ntives of Employers and Employees
on the Wage Scale.

Cincinnati, Sept 24-The conference
committee of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Iron and Steel Workers and
of the manufacturers at $50 o'clock
yesterday morning signed the wage
scale that will be effective until July,
1901. 1t is what is known as the
yearly scale, which takes effect usually
in July. Owing to the unusual fiuc-
tuations of the market the new scale
had not been signed when the mills
shut down June 80 and the conditions
have been unfavorable ever since, SO
that the mills have been idle for al
most three months.
AS soon as the scale was signed mes
sages were sent in every direction be-
fore the conferrees breakfasted, order
ing the fires built at once. Some mills
started this morning and all others
will start as soon as possible. This de-
cision means employment to over Co.
900 workingmen who have been idle
since June.
In endeavoring to arrive at this
agreement the wage conference COM
mittee of the Amalgamated Associa-
tion of Iron and Steel Workers has had
five different conferences with the
manufacturers, meeting at New York,
Detroit, Indianapolis and Youngstown,
as well as here. They have been in
conference here since Wednesday, and
determined Saturday night to sit until
they got together or agreed to disagree.
While neither side got what it wanted,
yet both sides felt relieyed when the
scale was signed, after an all night
session, and most of the conferrees
left without sleep, so as to be at the
mills this morning. President Schaef-
er, Secretary Williams and others re-
manned to arrange some details with
Commissioner Mutt, and they retired
about o'clock yesterday morning, but
the others did their sleeping on the
trains en- route to their homes.
The reasons for the delay in adjust
| ing the wage scale, as well as the fire.
| quent prolonged conferences, are found
in the slump in the market and the
| fluctuations during the past year from
| the highest to the lowest price. The
workers wanted S. per ton, based on a
one and fOur-tenths card rate. The
manufacturers offered $3.50 per ton on
a one cent card rate for boiling, and
/ the differences were in about the same
proportion III OLner lines.
President Schaefer and Commission
er Mutt jointly gave out the following
| official statement yesterday:
The rate for boiling is $4.75 per ton,
| based upon a one cent card rate, with
the same basis running up to one and
| two-tenths for the card rate, or $120.
But the price for boiling for September
and October shall be S. per ton, based
| on a card rate of one and four-tenthS
| cents.
Muck rolling shall be one-seventh Of
the price paid for boiling.
Busheling ON sand bottom shall be
s2.09 on one cent card rate, with the
same base running up to one and two
tenths card rate.
The following scale was fixed for the
finishing mills:
On bar mills the price to be paid is
! the same as last year, with a card rate
| of one and four-tenths cents graded
down to one cent card
On guide (ten inch and hoop mills)
the base and rates apply as they do on
! the bar and the Pinch mills.
Among the mills ordered started are
| those of the American Steel Hoop COM
! pany at Girard, Youngstown, Warren,
| Pomeroy and Greenville, and of the
! Republic Iron and Steel company at
Youngstown, Ironton, Terre Haute,
Binghamton, Muncie, Franklin, Mar
! ion, Moline, New Albany, Minneapolis,
Covington, Ky, Brazil. Ind. Spring
| field Ills, and Alexandria, Ind.