Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-06-29
SCALE NOT SIGNED,
At Bar Iron and Sheetwork
Conference at Pitts
burg.
NOPE FOR FORMER TODAY.
Republic Officials and Men Would
Like to Avoid a General shutdown
July 1--American Sheet Steel plants
to Be Closed Down For Repairs.

Pittsburg. June 29.--The new bar
iron and sheet workers scale5 OF the
Amalsamated association s.ere un-
signed last night, though both the
mems officials and the Republic Iron
and Steel company's representatives.
were very hopeful that the signatures
would be affixed last night to the bar
scale and general shutdown avoided
on July /.
In the sheet workers scale there is
little hope Of securing an agreement
this week. though another attempt
will be made today The plants of
the American Sheet Steel company
will shut down tonight, when the scale
year ends, and the conferences will
continue probably next week, for no
secret is made OF the fact that the
American Sheet Steel company is
anxious to continue the operation OF
its organized plants with as little de-
lay as possible.
A shutdown Of the Union plants OF
the American Sheet Steel company
would involve nine Of the largest
sheet plants in the country. The com
pany operates total Of "a plants.
but the largest of these are the or.
ganized establishments. The Anal
gamated association controls IS per
cent Of the production OF the com
pany, aud long shutdown OF this
proportion OF its plants would mean
an inestimable loss. with the present
crush of orders.
These nine mills employ close to
5000 men. Included in the list are
the Shousetown and Old Meadows
plants, Pittsbnrg; the Canton, Niles
and Cambridge TO- plants. and the
immense Aetna Standard mill at
Bridgeport Aside from that, the
union men who went to work in the
non-union plants when President
Shaffer issued his order last spring
declaring all sheet mills open would
quit work.
The Republic compaHy's plants are
all organized, and that concern would
not attempt To turn a wheel in the
event of a disagreement. Fully Is.
600 men would be idle. including the
various wofkmen in the organized
mills who are not eligible to become
members Of the association. It IS
also question how many of the in.
dependent operators. both in bar iron
and sheets, would close down pend
ing settlement. The independent
manufacturers have not been in the
present conferences. Some of them
would probably sign the scale contin
gent on the settlement by the big
combines, but others would probably
prefer to wait.
The announcement has been made
by the sheet steel company at it's Can
ton (O9 plant and at several others
that the plants Will shut down on
Monday The announcement Is made
that the shutdown is made for re.
pairs, but many of the workers CON
sider the move an evidence that the
company does not look for an agree.
ment by July !. The East Chicago
plant of the Republic Iron and Steel
company will shut down next Mon
day for three weeks. The Birning.
ham (Ala.) plants will also shut down
next Monday for only week.
5ames H. Mutt, secretary of the Ia.
Dor bureau of the Republic Iron and
steer company and one of the com.
pany representatives at the present
conference, said yesterday that the
shutting down of several of his com
panys plants, announced Yesterday
was solely for the purpose of re-
pairs.