The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18
DEPRESSION IN STEEL TRADE
PITT>By RL DySrRH az rPtT
ONL-RiLF DI NORMAL.
Tw raty -n,e Tholf-ami Nrn latte ami the
Remaining ~S.D,,O Eniplosrd I'm the
Trade NeTAIn- Half Time Other
Line. sf Iiu-inr,, Rrportr,l Normal.

PIrIsPvya. p,,. u. l. Is con-erva-
lively - r.aalri the II me iiO.,sD men
employed ul the, mills Of tn. p'itshurg
district aIun" fully :5uon are out 1T work
with 40 lm'lc.l iu'" prospect 81 a change.
Beyond this ~" statement l. mad. that
the remaining >5.nH men ere working
o.tsf ~ p.r cent oiilll :ln.e On an average
In lnunL s;own. Wheeling and Johns
town. all eli which ere great indus;ri
centres - far - et,-. aad tin plate are
concerned. IN" con .tlon> approx innate
thu - IA The PI;rsbur, district Thousands
O. men are id'a. h'It the mill owners re-
fuse to give the exact number who are
laid of arth ,ugh they admit that the
figure run r.. - III" '"nS n' '""'sr"dS ."d
do not deny hai IN. advance orders for
all kinGs 81 IRON and steel prod Ycis are
near th, lowest shb hat has been known
in years
la spit" uf This however all other LINES
of trad" "NC.p-rnC those Imme,.ia'".'
conneCtsd with the steel and IRON b,:si-
ness are on good basis The Christmas
trade. the merchants Sty. has been folly
AZ good las year and there seems TO
be no not. Of Dependency - far as the
ftur" j. concerned But for all that
many of To-. iarge steel mills are closed.
Tn. bet Indication ~ Tn. iron situation
Is Ca h. found ~ tho official stitement
just given out by IN. coke makers in
the ConueIl-yllle region. When IL is r."
mernb@r..' that IN IA" production Of every
ton ri iron ~ least one ton Of coke ~ con-
suued the figures will indicate" very closely
the -tltJIS ii the iron industry. For IN
stance. for the first week ~ January
this yea the COX. ems Of the Councils
Vile region turned out ii0,Us2 tons. This
has Crddualls fallen away week by week
until Tor th. week ended December In
tn" product was 2a2. AS tons. rr about two
thirds II m" amount at the !. ginning 81
the wear ia,lng ~" figure I"r very
week 1T tn" Year " j. ~ 't,r"iui- tltt tn"
falling OIL ~ IA" output Hh.s been prdttI-
cilly the same week alto week. ~ II
roughly stated that %h.oS men are EN-
ploS "a about "a" C'k" ovens II II safe
To- say that iully 'n"-thiri "t inam are
now Icl-. II naturally fellows that the
steel industry has u..CIIn-I IN proportion
10 the falling oil OF III" cut pat IN TIA" coke
ovens.
As an example & RE stsGnatinn IN the
stsel mills the great Cambria plant al
Jchnstown IL running only tnr"" Of III
eight mills When they run 40 full ca
caCity they employ between lIWn and
lS,N mon lin. natural IniersnC" would
be that more than l0.9. men are out Of
work. bur ms i not u fact IL l. probable
that l.oso men hs." been Land on, but OF
the remaining iiHp nearly all are en-
ployed halt time. that -. they have
from two t. tnr'.. day work \ week and
in -oIna CASES four day. In TINS WAY
the men az" Enabled - Nv" ard support
their famIlI"- h" principal cans" for
this arran cement J. nc, - much n should
he said. tor tn" men themselves As
desire on the pi't # the TTIll owners II
hold thei- killed NorkT-n about them
until such tam" a nus. Inss' l. resumed on
a hrgar SCI 10 som. # the highly
trimmed and ,-i' n -ts"l workers are
regarded a. almost Irvlluahl" ard the
mill ownsr~ 49,. .,y.Ty "nd"Ivo- II keep
them smpl 'y"i i.dr' 'l0," - ~ , prevent
them from drifting away into other h.lds.
In such an event they sIv. II would he
difficult T. r"llac" them and tbs. mills
would suffer accordingly
In the Jphr-to own -ltuat ION there -
another factor which seems to help out
50 far H. IN" men ar" concerned The
corranv owns tremendous depart
ment store on one of n" MAN Str"sis
Of YOUNGSTOWN whsr" tn" families hlv"
credit when the men are laid of The
company makes ~ a rul. 20 permit Them /
10 pur, ha =. supplies :" h. paid for when
the mills open again Ia thI- way many
fnniiis~ ar" Enabled to- tide oyer IN"
period 81 Inl,tIV,rr without feeling III"
pinch IT HUNGER Their" has been some
oppo~iiIr IN T. IN" company store idea.
hut even if- opponents admit that II has
done much good when work j. scare"
and men W" M enforced idl"n'-~-
The steel MILF IN III" pitt-hurg district
are r,in on par 'r'u" system lu-f a. they
are nj .Ichn-'owu The better class ~ .
wOrkrlsn are Kept employed part OF (
tn. iifn.' and y i seen To thar they are
enabled ~ make - least enough 80 pay /
tn. n.rr~-. - If nf" Even whsr"
mill T. closed DOWN entirely. a. they are
IN @oTr instances ~ uv ne means follows
thai an m" 'n"n ar. id. Car"taE"-- ,
wal hn"U. machinery "Np"rr- and many .
other ar" kept on IA" payroll 20 prevent
the de'"rr ration oi IN" plants ih"n too
the -s'Il.i wor,Ta"n AZ" permitted 20 get
none" enough - ,td' them along II they
need IT, hut III lHsifI. ia. 'dnC"S illl~ " not .
necessary
IL :. cN,"",.ir glY di'fi"ilr to arrive AZ
the eN."' y ,ruh'. II men wn" are IN .
forced ,dl"l...' f.r tw, rat,Ons one
j. tnu.t tr.. mill "F'c -. C:.-"fulIv conc.:l
tn" iiFlIr' "a the ';n"G l. tho wIp,ng
uuJ of TN" l'J"r union. In tn. -t""! /
industry ia Pot burg tr-'!sT uni"nism .
il IRA utio..il" d~ri II ma l." I'D th' =
.h.r. o.. not ~ hnowr union ma, IN IN" .
employ Il rh.. Tinted 7'n'. steel Cor
ior;Itsrn .lth'- ia 'E"iT mills 'r"r mine
IT nr rh"I. r.a.i ""i IL. I~hir linz.
IN" union, N'.F" teen g.|:u,iiv "llmI-
T..i"t aut ',-'l.ay rr".r uT. ..rrZs iIuns
hay" t4ll"r 10 l.'. o.. -, f.r - all pro-
teal r""I!;.. " concerned
Ira ~" ulG q. %, when ruI"ni.u W..
strong ."Dug the tee. WORKER, IA" +.
Office, II ~" union, ~"'!ld hLpw e%-
actly how fD-.y 'u"a We ''f" v,.I a'Id
how MANY Ii." This OUR" ~ rfor.
NATION ha zee "l.mu.' =. but IN -.H;"
If the l,..-sIIg II uuIpn.-u w"L's hgg"
NOT been r"r.Ic = Al the mill, thru -"
running a." ling ~" "a! -"Tl" aud 4
bonus 20 tr'., men. according g. the
gnt,rII The. .-.''u- 80 h." np bI con