Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1892 — Wage Redaction in Iron Mills. [ARTICLE]

Wage Redaction in Iron Mills.

The following from the Iron Age, of Juno 23, 1892, will give some idea of the enormity of the wage reductions proposed by the iron and steel manufacturers and presented in the form of an ultimatum to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers: The pfice for bar rolling and heating, 2,240 pounds to the ton, has been cut down from 70 to 50 cents on a 2-cent card; for boiling from $5.50 to $4.50; for rolling common iron on plate mills, from 72 to 50 cents. Put in tabular form some of the reductions appear as follows: HEATING SLABS AND SHINGLING. Shingling, 2,240 pounds. Card Rates— Old rate. New rate. 2c bar iron (re-hammered) $0.75 $0.50 3c bar iron “ .91 .65 2c bar Iron (charcoal) .82)4 .62)4 3c bar iron • “ l.oi .82)4 Heating 2,240 pounds 2c bar Iron $0.75 $0.50 3c bar Iron 1.00 .70 GUIDE, 10-INCH HOOP AND COtTON-TIE SCALE. Sizes— Old Rate, New Rate. 7-32 rounds and squares. $7.63 $5.70 9-32 “ *• “ 6.15 3.15 6- half round 9.50 4.35 94 and )sQval 8.50 3.20 NUT I BON. Old Rate, New Rate. 27-64x)4x1-16 $12.50 $6.63 27-C4X9-64 10.00 4.80 15-32XK 4.70 3.60 19-32XM 4.25 3.10 CHANNEL IBON. 2 Inch and upward, base $2.90 $2.18 9ixs-16 and lighter 7.70 3.50 94x5-16 and lighter 9.50 4.30 T IBON. l’v and upward $3.20 $2.40 1)4 4.70 3.50 CLIP AND WAGON STBAP. 94 $3.20 $2.30 7- 4.10 2.55 5-16 7.09 3.40 TEN-INCH HILL. 94 oval, $3.50 $2.47 94x3-16 and heavier 8.20 2.18 There are 300,000 blind people in Europe.