Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1885 — IRON-WORKERS. [ARTICLE]

IRON-WORKERS.

The Outlook More Encouraging. [Pittsburgh special! _ The iron-workers of the Mahoning and Shenandoah Valleys are in good spirits. They look forward to a season of activity among the mills of that section. All the iron firms in Youngstown have signed the Beale except one, and this one is expected to de so at an early day. “The fact that Brown, Bonnell & Co. ran at such a good profit last year,” said a gentleman this morning, “in the face of a declining trade shows conclusively that they can do still bettor this yaar. There is no doubt but that trade is better. Let it not be forgotten that the workmen have accepted a reduction in wages. The manufacturer who says that the prospects are not encouraging makes a statement which the workmen, at lea&t. do not believe.” President Weihe says that nearly all of the mills in the association have signed the scale with Gie exception of those in the Wheeling district. In the latter place the trouble is between the nailers and the manufacturers. When the trouble is settled President Weihe believes that the scale will be signed there without any objection. ■