Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-30

The conditions In labor circles the
INST week were not materially diner
ant from those obtaining for a month
81 more. except the shutdown ordered
81 the Ohio side. The various plants
~ both sides OF the river worked stead
aly.with full force OF worKmen on,and
nlenty Of orders in sight. The work
men suffered extremely from the high
temperature during the past week, and
vet. strange to say, out OF many thou
sands OF employees in this vicinity, not
single case of prostration was re-
corded, although there was a maxi
mum temperature of So.
At Benwood the structural iron for
the new tube works of the Wheeling
iron & Steel Company is going up.
The Riverside work is progressing sat
isfactorily, and there is a noticeable
progress on the work for the new route
under the Baltimore & Ohio road at
Boggs run. All departments OF the
Benwood enterprises will close down on
the Fourth.
The other city mills and factories
are rushed with business, but there IS
no special news, and the same thing
may be said of the general condition of
affairs on the Ohio side of teh river.
The building trades are buster than
ever, il such thing be possible, and
they will be rushed from this time on
until snow flies.
The closing down of a couple of the
big mills on the Ohio side because of
the non-settlement of the scale between
the operatives organization and the
companies, will throw several hundred
men out of work, but it is broadly
limited that the stop will not be for
long. The majority of the workmen
will not object to a short vacation DUR
ing the heated term, after the long and
steady run they have experienced, but
there Is naturally much anxiety to have
the scale conference speedily terminal
ed in their favor.
A shut down of the union plants of
the American Sheet Steel Company
would involve nine of the largest sheet
plants in the country. The company
operates a total of "a plants, but the
largest of these are the organized es-
Establishments. The Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION controls 65 per cent. of the
production of the company, and long
shut down 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 Meadown plants.
Pittsburg; the Canton, Niles and Cam
bridge, o., plauts, 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 sShaffer issued his or
der last spring declaring all sheet mills
open would quit work
The Republic Company's plants are
all organized, and that concern would
not attempt to tr1rn a wheel in the
event of a disagreement. Fully $4,000
men WOULD be idle, including the var
ious workmen in the organized mills
who are not eligible to become men,
bers of the association. 1T is also a
question how many of the independent
operators. both in bar iron and sheets,
would close down pending a settle
ment. The independent manufacturers
have not been in the present confer
ences. Some Of theml would probably
sign the scale contingent ON the settle
AuCut Wy Tic ulS COuiUiuSS Dut OlUeTS
would probably prefer to wait
A Philadelphia telegram says:
The bar iron manufacturers have, af-
ter great trials and much rate-cutting,
again got together and agreed to abide
by the list prices. The Eastern Bar
Iron Association, reorganized May 10th.
recently decided that each rolling mill
in the organization shall contribute to
the general fund cash forfeit proper
tionate to the average production and
pay penalty on any iron sold below
card prices. Every mill is to be per-
mitted to sell where it pleases so long
as it does not cut rates
This settlement of difficulties was
brought about largely through the eff
forts of J. Fl. Sternberg of the Ameri-
can Iron & Steel Company. Reading
who Is the President of the association
He has been working on the matter for
some time.
The Executive Committee includes c.
G. Kaufman, of New Haven: H. T.
Wallace, of Wilmington, Del; ]. H.
Steacy. of Columbia. "a, and William
l. Gaulburt, of Philadelphia
Heavy fines will be imposed upon
any member of the association violat-
Ing the agreement Efforts will also
be made to extend the work of the or.
ganization.