Evening star., 1936-11-09
10000 MORE GET
STEEL PAY BOOSTS
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
and National Tube
Join Trend.
By the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, November g.
More than 10000 steel workers in
Youngstown and Lorain, Ohio, re-
ceived wage increases of between 9
and 10 per cent today as the Youngs-
town Sheet & Tube Co. and the Ma
tional Tube Co. of LOrain Joined
other steel plants in granting raises.
The National Tube, subsidiary OF
the United States Steel Corp, an
| nounced a 10 per cent increase for
approximately 5000 employees. Com
! pany officials said the wage adjust
ments represented weekly pay roll
increase of from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Youngstown Sheet g. Tube
Co.'S announcement affects $4,000
workers in the Youngstown plant and
1000 employees of the Indiana Harbor
plant in South Chicago.
White Collar Men Benefit.
The announcements were made
this morning at all three plants. The
! YOUNGSTOWN Sheet g. Tube increase
applies both to plant employees and
Office employees in the lower salary
brackets. The announcement at
Youngstown followed negotiations be-
tween company officials and employe
representatives.
At Pittsburgh representatives Of
more than 10000 Carnegie Illinois
Steel Corp. employees withheld accept
ance today of 10 per cent wage offer
by the management pending further
study of the proposal
Some of them-representing three
big plants-refused to give an affirm
ative answer and planned to lay the
wage question before district coun-
Gil of employe representatives which
was being organized today at meet
ing of delegates from 10 Carnegie
Illinois mills.
Representatives of five other plants
told the company they wanted the
wage increase to become effective i'm
mediately, rather than on November
16. and that they wished additional
time to make up their minds on the
proposal to base the increased scale
on the cost of living.
The three plants whose workers
seek to lay the matter before the
district council are the Edgar Thomp-
son Works at Braddock, Pa; the
Duquesne Works at Duquesne, Pa,
and the Ohio Works at youngstown
Ohio. They employ $4,000 men.
Tha ntIor fyya tho Tocf1o
Pa, Tin Plant; the Shenango Tin
Works at New Castle; the National
Works at Monessen, Pa; the Wander
grift, Pa, Works and the Farrell
Mercer, Pa, Plant. About 1l,600 work
at these mills.
The company said workers of the
Gary Sheet and Tin Mill at Gary,
Ind, also have reached no decision.
A company spokesman announced
II major plants, employing 28,7o0 men,
accepted the increase. They were
listed as the Wood Mill at McKees-
port, Pa; the -oll and machine shops.
Canton, Ohio; the Guernsey plant,
Cambridge. Ohio; the Laughlin Works,
Martins Ferry, Ohio; the Homestead
Pa, plant; the Isabella Works, Etna,
Pa; the Farrell, Pa, Steel Works; the
Mingo Junction, Ohio, Works; the
Clarion, Pa, steel and by-products
plant; the river and transportation
division, Clarion, Pa, and the Lorain
division at Johnstown, Pa.
Other Works Accept.
The Carnegie Illinois Offices said
the plan also had been accepted by
the South works at Chicago. and the
Gary steel works, at Gary, Ind, each
employing $4,000 men.
The workers representatives mean
while discussed the formation of the
council, which would represent all the
company's mills in collective bargain
ing negotiations.