People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1895 — Advance 10 Per Cent for 25,000 Men. [ARTICLE]

Advance 10 Per Cent for 25,000 Men.

Pittsburg, Pa., May 15.—The board of managers of the Carnegie Steel company decided last night to advance the wages of its 25,000 men 10 per cent, the raise to take effect June 1. It is not known what effect this will have on the flght of the Amalgamated association in other mills. Outside manufacturers say that in many instances the Carnegie scale is 50 per cent lower than the Amalghmated scale, but this can not be determined accurately by reason of the fact that the improved machinery of the Carnegie company's mills gives the men much greater earning power than in other mills. This is the first advance since the reduction of 1892.