The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-24
SUICIDES AND OTHER GRIMES
PAST FORTY-EIGHT HOURS HAS
FURNISHED A LARGE QUOTA.
Accidents in the stnte-OpeninG of
Island Park ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for
MIR. McCuIIcch at LoGansport.
,ecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind. July 23.-Elwood tin
plate workers, members of Mckinley
Lodge Of the Amalgamated Association,
have rejected the recommends ton of the
supreme officers of their order that they
rescind the action taken last week, when
they refused TO accept reduction of wages
to the end that a large contract. given
usually to the Welsh mills, might remain
in America To-day's meeting was char
acterized by much bitterness and broke up
in disorder, but the men were firm in their
intention to stand by their former action.
President Shaffer. and Secretary Williams
left the city Immediately after the meet
ing
The effort to break the opposition of the
tin plate workers of Elwood to the PROPOSE
ton of the American Tin Plate Company
that the men accept a reduction varying
from TO % per cent. in their wages in or
der to enable the company to secure con-
tract calling for 100000 boxes of tin an
nually from the Standard Oil Company,
was under way all day. At o'clock last
night the big factory, with it's over two
thousand employees. closed for twenty-four
hours. Early this morning President The
liams, of Pittsburg, arrived, and this after
noon conference between the company
and the was held in the auditorium
of the city building. The company rep
resentatives, as well as Shaffer and VIII
liams, used every effort to induce the men
to recede from the position they took last
Saturday when, by a vote of 366 to 25 they
refused TO accept the companys PROPOSE
ton.
Messrs. Shaffer and Williams, who have
counseled all along that the men accept
the reduction, were especially anxious that
the members of Mckinley Lodge vote in
favor or the proposition on account of the
effect such action would have elsewhere,
this being one of the largest locals in the
country. At New Castle, Pa, the tin plate
center of the East, the men postponed &C
ton until they should learn what the FL
wood men would do and very likely they
will be governed accordingly. There were
representatives here to-day from all the
association lodges in the gas belt, the In
diana field being the seat Of the strongest
opposition to the reduction idea, and the
liveliest interest was taken in the proceed
ings.
The men who opposed the reduction say
that if this request Of the company had
been granted it would only be a question of
a few months until every other American
customer ii has would be wanting tin at
the reduced Rice and that they would
have to fight OF reduction on every or
der that comes in. They argue that the
scale for this year has already been signed
and that there is no need of further revi-
sion. This element has constituted % per
cent. of the membership here and on this
contention the fight was won.
In requesting the rebate the company said
that if IL can secure the contract ii would
be in a position to start a number of mills
in the East which now idle and TO keep
the mills which are now in operation going
steadily, lessening the likelihood of future
shut-downs, and in this position ii received
the support of the president and secretary
treasurer of the association.