The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-09
iI.|'!I|.NI.PLATE
SCALE not
SETTLED.
Reports Thatithe Recent Conferences
K Ended in a Settlement Are
st3 Officially Denied.
SOME PROGRESS WAS MADE
However, and a Settlement is Prob.
is able at Conference to be
Hold Very Soon.

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81 able at a Conference to be
Hold Very Soon.
The conference between the tin plate
wage committee Of the Amalgamated
and the Representatives OF
1.-the, tin plate manufacturers, principally
ISthej American Tin Plate Company,
(which had lasted almost three weeks,
lGadjourned Tuesday nlghtat Pittsburgh.
without reaching an agreement. y This
seftectually disposes Of the reports that
the scale had been agreed upon, and as
soon as the scale. for the tin house men
was signed the hot mill scale would be
signed. The officers OF the association
say these reports were started by per-
sons who, for some reason, desire to in
|; jureethe association.
i3Although the conference had no tan
tgible results IT was not entirely. devoid
of benefits TO the association, as the
manufacturers now know what con-
:cessions the workers desire, and 1t is
believed by most Of the workers thar
eventually the manufacturers will ac-
cede to enough OF their requests to war
rant them in making q wage agreement
for the year and returning to work by
September 1,says the Pittsburgh Chroh-
icle- Telegraph. s. FL
Secretary John Williams. of the Anal
gamated Association, In speaking Of the
conference, said he did not think there
would be much trouble in arranging u
scale for the tin plate men, and scoffed
at the Idea Of a strike. THE men are
anxious to get all possible concessions
from the manufacturers" he said. .and
as they are not very DESTROYS of re-
turning to work this hot weather they
are willing to wait until an advantage
Gus settlement is made. 1.-THE adjourn
ment Tuesday night had been final then
there might be some grounds for talk
| OF strike, but we cannot discuss even
the possibility of a strike until negotia-
tons with the manufacturers are
broken off. In case no agreement is
reached at a future conference and me-
gotiations are not continued. there
might be strike. AS yet there are no
signs Of concerted effort to coerce the
manufacturers into granting the work.
ers2recuests."
Were the conference meetings salts
factory to the Amalgamuted commit
tee?" was asked.
No, you could hardly say they were,
because no agreement was arrived at.
but they. were satisfactory In as much
as they were the means Of promoting a
general good feeling between the MEM
bers OF the committee and the manu-
facturers. and at a future conference all
points on the wage scale and the foot
notes and working rules will be dis
cussed with more freedom. No date
has been set for the next conference,
/ which will probably be held in Pitts
burSh. The matter was left to the dis
erection of President T. j., Shaffcr aud
the manufacturers. The members OF
the committee will be ready at any time
to resume the conference"
Secretary Williams was shown re-
port. that the scale in force last year
was agreed on ut the conference just
adjourned. and that, with few excep-
lions, the same foot notes and working
rules were adopted and that the scale
would be signed when something &C.
CURED. but what that something was
the author OF the article did not know.
1t also contained statement that q
member Of the Amalgamated commit
tee was n stakeholder In 4 tin plate
plant controlled by the trust. "All lies.
all lies" was the Comment of Secretary
Williams.
President Shaffer, In discussing the
adjournment OF the tin plate wage con-
ference, said: 1.-THE conference Is over
for the present and while not utterly 4
failure, for 1t seems to have established
certain friendliness between us and
the manufacturers, the scale has not
been adjusted in 4 single particular. II
either side could have convinced the
other than their reasoning was correct,
concessions would have been made and
friendly settlement concluded ut once.
Had we been able to prove to the man.
ufacturers that last years prosperity
would be continued this scale year they
would have yielded to US. and had they
In turn showed US reasonable proof that
the present market would not improve
We would have been willing to change
our demands. Both sides argued In
perfect good faith and neither. unfortu-
nately,could be convinced OF the others
logic. Throughout the whole conter-
ence there was no disposition to take
| undue ntlyantngn Of the 'othnr"