The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-09-28
AGREEMENT REACHED.
Iron Mills Throughout the Middle
States to Start Up,
Committees 81 AmaiEamated As.ocI-
alton of Iron and steel workers
and uanafacsarers sign scale.

Cincinnati, Sept. 2i.-At $3.50 o'clock
Sunday morning the conference COM
mitiscs 81 the Amalgamated Associa-
ton OF Iron and Steel workers and
Of the manufacturers signed the wage
scale hat will be effective until July
/. 1901
II Is what h known ~ the yearly
scale. which begins always with July
Owing TO the unusual fluctuations OF
she market the new scale had rot
been signed when the mills shut
down June 90 and the conditions have
brcn unfa,orable ever since June, 30
that the mills have been idle for al
most three months. As soon as the
scale was signed Sunday morning
messages were sent In every direc-
ton before the confcrccs brsakfastcd
ordering the hires built az once. Some
mills viii start Monday morning and
Others 90 soon ~ possible. This de-
eision means employment TO over Co.
90 workingmen Who have been idle
since June, awaiting the adjustment
Of their wage scale. Meantime the
wage conference committee Of the
Amalgamated Association Of Iron aud
Steel workers has had five different
conferences with the manufacturer.
They have been Ia conference since
"Wednesday and determined Saturday
highs 90 80 till they got together or
agreed 10 disagree. nnile neither
side got what they wanted. yet both
sides felt relieved when the scale was
signed after an all night session AMI
most Of the conferees left without
sleep "a as 20 be- ~ the mills Monday
morniag. President Shaffer. Secre.
tary Williams and athers remained
20 arrange some details with Com
missioner Mutt and they retired about
: o'clock Sunday morning. but the
others did their sleeping on the trains
en- route home for the general rs-
sumption Monday. The reasons for
the dciay la adjusting the wage scale
~ well a. for the frequent prolonged
conferences are due 90 the slump In
the market and the fluctuations dur
ing the past year fcom the highest
% the lowest prices The workers
wanted s. per ton based on a one
aud four-tenths card rate. The man
ufacturcrr offered $3.50 per ton ON =
one cent card rate for boiling and
tho differences were In about the
same proportion In other lines.
President ShaFcr and Commission
er Mutt Jointly gave out the follow.
ing official statement sunday:
Tho rate for boiling Il St.75 per ton
bsaei uponia onc-cent card rate. with
thc same basis running up 10 one and
two-tcnihs for the card rate. or $50
Bot the price for boiling for Sepicm-
her and October shall be s. per ton.
based upon a card rate OF one and
four-tenths cents.
Muck rolling shall be one-seyenth
OF the price paid for boiling.
Busheling on sand bottom shall he
500 on n one-ccnt 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 10 he paid
D. the same as last year, with card
rate Of one and four-tcnths cents
graded down 10 one-ccnt card.
ON guide (ten-inch and hoop mills)
the base aud rates apply n they do
on the bar and the tweke-inch mills
Among the mills ordered started
arc those Of the American steel Hoop
90. az Girard. Youngstown. Warren
Pomeroy and Grecnyille. and OF the
Republic Iron and steel Co. AT
Youngstown. Terre llaute, Birming
ham. Muncie. Franklin, Marion, Mo
line. New Albany, Minneapolis, Gov
ington. Ky. Brazil. Ind, Springfield
m, and Alexandria, Ind.