Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-10
NEARING THE END.
The Great Strike at Pittsburgh
Reaches a Crisis.
Aresting Union hen Under the Conspiracy
Act-Another Mill to Start Up With
Non-Union labor-fears Of
Trouble and Bloodshed.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS.
S,eoinr Dtspn,ch % lhs Reatsser.


the end of the great iron strike is undoubt-
edly at hand, and it is safe to predict that
the manufacturers will come out first best
in the fight. The starting up Of mills with
non-uuion men on all sides of Pittsburgh,
with this district as the objective point, has
exercised a depressing effect upon the
Amalgamated Association, and to day there
are signs in the ranks of the manufacturers
which point to a speedy resumption OF
work in the numerous mills. The fires
were lighted at
The Etna works
this morning and it is expected they will
resume work with non-union men within
a fortnight. should the experiment prove
successful it will be attempted at the other
establishments and is designed in this
manner to effect break in the ranks OF the
strikers.
The Leaders of the Strike
at the National Tube Works, who are
charged with conspiracy, were arrested to-
d,v but released on bail. New suits for
oonspi racy were entered to-day against the
leaders of the coal miners at South Fayette,
and a number of deputy sheriffs are now in
search of the disturbers, who are charged
with menacing, attacking and preventing
non-union men from going to the WORK.
This afternoon
Fifteen strikers
from the south side marched into the city,
headed by a martial band. They freely ad-
mitted the object Of their demonstration
was TO prevent non-unioR men from enter
ing the city Their movements are care
fully watched by the authorities From all
appearanseS the strikers are becoming deS-
perate and are preparing to make an effort,
while the manufacturers are quietly pre-
pairing to resume operations with non
unien men, or whomSoever they can press
into service, with view Of breaking the
strike.
The MekeespOrt Mill
seems to be meeting with good success with
the non-uniOn men. The company mas
steam boat launched on the Monongahela
river. near the National rolling mill, on
which they are boarding large number OF
their new workmen. There is also some OF
them boarding in houses, fitted up for
them near the mill, they fearing, when 1t
becomes generally known that the mil! be
run permenantly with the new men, that
the lawleSs among the strikers may attempt
to give trouble. ,r,.-
Provisions have been made for additions to
the regular and extra force OF borough Oh
ticers, by securing posse OF deputy
now on duty.
Another Account.
PTrTsRrRGH, August 9-To the reporter
whohas for weeks been brought into contact
with the leading iron manufacturers oil the
city. il is now becoming evident daily that
there is some plan or scheme on foot which
shall result favorably for their side in the
conflict, or which at least offers cheering
hopes of an early change for the better.
Faces that were gloomy week ago are to-
day wearing an expression OF satisfaction
and comparative tranquility. But as Ior
the gentlemen giving any tangible reason
for this change, that Is another question:
entirely The nearest approach to any ray
of light was afforded during too-brlet
talk with John Chalfant, ESq.
What do YOU think" asked that gentle
man, lis going to be done at Mcheesport?
1t looks" was the modest reply, 'as II
| Mr. FlagIer was going to come out ahead.
You are right" said Mr.. Chalfant.
And il he does
"Itwill start every mill in this city SOON
er or later, mind that" AID the gentleman
! moved Oft.
A call was made at the office OF the Etna
| Iron Works, this afternoon, to gain some
| information relative to the widely spread
rumOrs that this mill was to start. A gen.
| tleman connected with the office said that
| these rumOrs doubtless grew out OF the
| fact that one of the firm had recently de-
| parted on an Eastern pleasure trip. The
| workmen took the ground that this was
| trip 10 secure foreign non-uniOn men, but
] such was not the case. The mill might
| start with the old men, but there would be
| no signing of the scale under any conslaer-
| alton. Just how this was to be done was
| no. stated.
N another direction there are vague init
| nations that something is going 70 be
| done. and that right soon. Mr.. B. +. Jones,
! President Of the Iron Association, and who
| has been in Europe since the first days
| the strike, has been of late in daily com
| municatiOn with other members Of the firm
| OF Jones & LaughlinS, and while it would
| BE- haSty to state that these cOmmunica-
| tions will lead TO an effort to run these inn
| menSe works with nOn-union men, yet,
| taken in connection with other hints and
| symptoms, il is safe to assume that import
| ant lhcdSuEtS VI Suulb hlllu are OH lOOJ
among the men whose mills have so long
| been idle.
Locally there is little now to report on
the strike. Henry Ward, William King
and David Reese, the McKeesport iron
workers, who were arrested yesterday on
the charge Of preventing the non union men
from proceeding with their work, were re-
leased from the Jail this morning on $500
bail. The men entered their names as Sc
curities ON each others bonds, and the
name of Hyman Browarsky, liquor deal
er on Fifth averue, also appears as seeuri-
ty on one OF the bonds The men were
met at the Jail office by several of their
friends, who welcomed them on their re-
turn TO liberty but there was nothing in
the nature of a demonstration and very
! little was sand