Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-02
AN TMPoRTANT ORDER.


C. c. THOMAS, President
Secretary.
AN IMPORTANT ORDER.
Though the document on its face conveys
no more than an order to some 800 men in
this city and county to cease work, il is
fraught with q greater consequence than it
would seem 10 carry. Immediately on being
perfected, committees were dispatched to
Allegheny, the East End aud Virgin alley
with copies for circulation among the men,
bers concerned.
When those deputed to notify the Virgin
alley men went around the officer on duty
at the building imagining that an attack
was about to be made, sent word to Captain
Unterbaum of the fact, but when the cap
tain and several officers appeared the COM
mittees had gone out of sight
Chairman of Council, John E. O'Shea,
and member of the American Federation
of Labor explained the position indicated
by the document Said he:
''This is the first official act of the Joint
committees appointed to take charge of the
matter in connection with making the
strike against the Allegheny County Light
Company general.
THE ORDER GOES TO GoMPERs.
''The original document will be mailed to
President Gompers, of the Federation, to-
morrow morning, and he, on its receipt, will
attach his signature and lay it before the
Executive Board for action upon it. This
will consist in notifying every labor
organization in the country, and kin
dred bodies in sympathy with them, of
the fact that strike has been called against
the company. just as soon as notification
has been received from New York, it will
be impossible for any union man to work
where non-union lineman or electrician
is employed. If any are engaged
in putting wires into a building
for example, every union man working in
that building will walk out. Committees
have now gone to call out the men on the II
o'clock turns, but they will not be REQ hired
to leave their work until tomorrow, so that
The public may not be inconvenienced To-
night.
The men employed by the keystone
Construction Company, will be called out
tomorrow, because it works for the
Allegheny County Light Company, and so
will the men employed in any and every
trade which directly or indirectly is con-
rected with the operations of the Light
Company The force of this movement will
not become apparent for few days, but the
blow has now been struck, and the struggle
begins
UNION MEN TO GO oUz.
Tomorrow every union man working for |
the company will walk out, excepting per-
haps few, for there are black sheep in every |
flock
ITO see what position the compauy were |
taking we sent out three men at different |
times yesterday to the East End Light Com |
pany = which is part of the same |
company - to ask for employment. |
The East End people are wanting |
men very badly so that the first of the |
three men was at once employed. But a |
second thought seemed to strike Superin- |
tendent Hoovler, jor he asked the man |
where he had worked last The man re-
piled that he had been working for the
Allegheny County Light Company. tAh |
well, said the Superintendent, L am |
very sorry but I cannot employ
you The other men were similarly treated |
and received in eject the sa me reply OF /
course, we didn' expect anything else, but |
I think it is a very fragrant case of black
listing, and goes to show that the men on /
the out may expect little consideration at
the hands of the company"
BRIGHT LIGHT LAST NIGHT.
Last evening the multitudinous lamps of
the company we're showing forth more light
than usual, owing to the fact that thev have
all been newly overhauled and cleaned since
the strike. As during the dav a report
since proved to be false, had been circu-
lated that the city would be
in darkness last evening, DIS
PATCH reporter called upon Superintendent
Naysmith at the Virgin alley power house.
Everything seemed to be in apple pie order.
and the whirr and burr and jar of the
moving machinery was as evident as usual.
A few special officers were in the vicinity
but otherwise things were unchanged,
You seem to be getting on all right" re-
marked the reporter.
THE sUPERINTENDENT's STATEMENT.
''Yes," said Mr.. Navsmith. s'our en-
gineers, fremen and dynamo men are all at
work, and show no disposition to leave us.
They are all members of qhe union. but are
too well pleased with their Jobs to leave
them. If you like you can walk in and in
Yestigate the feeling among the men for
yourself. We have about 2S men working
here and at the East End. From to-mor.
row we change the work time into turns of
hours each, instead of 2 turns of 12
hours each. The men will receive the same
wages for the hour time as for the 12.''
The Thomson-Houston Electric COMPANY
officials are watching the situation with
great interest. As already hinted in THE
DISPATCH, the Allegheny County Light
Company is charged with political mani1u-
lation by several of the discharged men.
Messrs. Hughes and Gawthrope local agents
of the Thomson Houston interests, recently
published their intention of applying for a
charter for plant to be erected within six
months, and they are keeping a close eve
on the present position. the Fort Wayne
Jenney Company takes like interest in the
war, and the General Manager is at present
in town and prepared to jump in when an
opportunity arises. The latter company
and the Thomson-Houstoh feel that their /
interests are as one in circumventing the
Allegheny Company, and it is stated that
they have already secured several blocks of
stock in the latter company.