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Show TIN WORKERS TO I yiVOTE ONWAGE GUT fll Proposed Seduction of 20 Per Cent in the Scolo "Will Be Decided by Ballot. W I PITTSBURG, Pa., March 19. A vc- Vjm ductlon of 20 per cent be-low the wage Wl scale of 190S-4 Is the proposition that Wr A AV' be subn1'lle nc:ct week, to the tin i W r' tand sheet-workers of the Amalgamated r , Association of Iron, Steel and Tln- Iwf " "Workers. The proposition is the out- Vf V ffrowih of a Joint meeting of the gen- 'l "S eral executive board of the association r m ajid the oillclals of tho American Sheet U i A- and Tin Plate company In this city. II jHr Tho new scale will be submitted to f tho tin and sheet lodges early on Tues-I Tues-I mtg day next. The vote on the scale must -K. ' be in by April 2nd. If adopted it will .mW- J be effective from March 21st- It will "'jBv' I have ,the recommendation of the Amal-i Amal-i ' gamatcd ofliclals. "itR-t , After the meeting tonight President HK ' Schacfer of the Amalgamated assocla-tlon assocla-tlon mode a statement for publication. He said that the reduction which is W. proposed is caused by the commercial IV" stringency and the keen competition Wfm which exist? in the tin and sheet trade, H rind the fact that there are many idle fil mills of this kind with thousands of MRXJ Amalgamated men out of employment. BiH. A direct reply to the question whether jlHfc the reduction would result in idle mills etartlng up again was Insisted upon, f "iVBr . He then said that this question had IfjjB 1 been asked by Amalgamated ofliclals 4n of both the American company and the mIiI Independents, and that tlie uniform re- t" lF ' was at no sucn assurance could ; Ifflt ' be given, and that a few weeks after II' the Bcale was actually assured would I ft be required for the manufacturers to- ., J li secure orders on the new basis. |