Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-08
THE MILLS TO CLOSE.
A Critical Point Reached in the Lake
Erie Switchmen's Strike.
DINKTES WILL NOT GO ON THE ROAD.
Cake Officially Declines the Nomination for
President.
AN ABUNDANCE OF LIVE LABOR NEWS

Unless something is done BY the officials
of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie road to-day,
| a number Of the iron and steel mills along
the line of the road on the Southside will
have to shut down on Monday. 1t was given
out in all OF divers mills yesterday that,
unless the strike was ended to-day, the COM
pany would have to close down. They are
now suffering for material, but will try to
run through to-day. The strike has now
reached the point when it is a matter OF
alarm. Jones & Laughlin's, the Republic
Iron Works, Dilworth, Porter & Co., and
other mills may all have to close down. If
this is done several thousand men will be
thrown out of work.
In divers Tenth street mill yesterday,
the supply of material was so short that the
officials became desperate. They have
dozens of cars loaded with stuff for their
mills lying between the mill and CHARTERS
yard. When they asked the railroad COM
pany to put the cars on their sidings. they
were told it could not be done.
THE DINKEY WOULD NOT GO.
They then pleaded with the crew of their
own "dinkey" engine to 60 to Charters and
bring up their cars. The men refused to do
this. claiming that the strikers would repel
any interference with that part of the busi-
ness.
The firm also has large number of cars
lying at the mills loaded with finished
product which they cannot get out. The
consignees are clamoring for the stuff, but
there is no way of getting it to them. Jones
& Laughlin's are in about the same fix.
They have dozens of cars for which they
would pay any price to have moved. The
Republic Iron Company are also in despair
al their inability to get cars from the rail-
road.
The mills below the Southside depot also
suffer to certain extent, but they are not so
have Panhandle connections by
which they can get stuff out,
but the Panhandle engines cannot
go into the CHARTERS and Pittsburg yards
and drill out Lake Erie cars. There were
only two crews at work in the Pittsburg
yards yesterday. On Thursday there was
but one, and the officials were congratulat-
ing themselves that they had secured two.
By to-day they hope to have another engine
out and tomorrow may have four crews at
work. They got number of men on
Thursday, but what became OF them NOBODY
could find out.
GoBBLED BY STRIKERS.
It was freely rumored that as soon as the
company gets man the strikers win him
over to their side. In regard to the situa-
tion one of the officials said yesterday:
"Our through freight and passenger trains
are moving all right, but it is simply i'm
possible to reach any of the local mills. The
owners understand just how we are situated,
and they are not crowding US. Our cars are
tied up on sidings, and we can't move them.
The switching is dangerous business, and
we need trained men to do the work. The
worst of 1t is that the pesky little strike is
cutting heavily into the revenues Of the
road. >"
A visit to the Charters yard last night
found everything quiet. The strikers seem
to have deserted the place, but when new
man shows up they apparently do business
with him. 1t is reported the men at Youngs-
town threaten to strike unless the trains are
made up in Charters in better shape. The
strikers here are confident of success.