Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-13
BOTH SIDES TALK OUT.
The Company and the Locked-0ut
Men Tell Their Own Stories.
WHAT THE MILLS ARE DOING.
Officials and Leaders in the Struggle Claim
to Be Content.
NO HELP FROM THE RAILROAD MEN

The exact condition of affairs at the Car
negie mills in Pittsburg, Homestead and a
Duouesne is concealed and hidden BY the
conflicting claims of both sides to the labol
dispute. The Carnegie officials say that the
strike at all the mills has been positively
broken and that everything is working te
their entire satisfaction. The Press Com
mittee of the workmen and the officials Of
the Amalgamated Association make the
same cheerful claims They insist that
they have the strike won and that develop
ments within day will prove the position
they have assumed.
A review of the work being done at the
various mills and the position claims from
both sides to the controversy are supplied
by THE DISPATCH reporters
Superintendent Potter Talks.
Superintendent Potter and his assistants
at the Homestead mill were jubilant yester.
day. They one and all declared everything
was running smoothly in the mills, and
that as far as they were concerned the out
look for the immediate future was roseate
with promise.
1--WE are all right now," said Mr.. Potter,
s'and if you doubt it take look around and
see for yourself Nearly all the depart
ments are now running on double turn and
everything will be in operation by the
first of the week. We started the 40-inch
new beam mill this morning, and consider
ing the fact that the men were all new and
strange to their environments, the result
was in every way satisfactory. 1 tell you
that the strike is over, and that the men are
hut pnIf M ua
don't fear the effect of any boycott, and, be-
tween ourselves, don't believe that any
will be declared"
For the past three or four days q rumor
has been industriously circulated through
the length and breadth of Homestead bor-
ough to the effect that there was a deal of
contagious disease in the mill and that a
number of the non-union men were seri-
ously ill The officials of the company in
sist that this story is untrue and a casual in
spection of the bunkhouses and living quar-
tiers of the men now in the mill will verify
their statement
In the Penn Avenue District
At the Upper Union mills some import
ant developments are expected before this
evening. Several conferences were held
yesterday. Great secrecy was observed,
and it was intimated that business of some
of the conferences held in the morning
quite number of strangers were present.
When questioned the Press Committee re-
fused to tell who the strangers were, but
others among the striking workmen
were more unguarded in . their
answers They limited that tine Wis
itors who took an active part
in the morning conference were attached to
the various railroads throughout the city.
The workmen, however, would not say
whether their guests belonged to the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Brother
hood Of Brakemen or the Switchmen's
Union. Further inquiries revealed to a
certainty that some members from the last
named organization at least called at the
headquarters of the strikers yesterday.
Pleasure Seekers Called Home.
Since the strike began a number of the
Lawrenceville workmen have left the city
for recreation. At meeting held Thurtday
il was decided to recall these men. For
this purpose messengers have been selected
from among the workmen and sent out to
gather up the absent ones, many of whom
are camped along the two rivers. A large
number returned yesterday morning, and a
great many more are expected to return in
time for the meeting to-day. 1t is rumored
that the workmen had been recalled to con-
fer upon the advisability of accepting the
Carnegie Steel Company's terms, which are
higher than the rates paid by other firms
who have signed the new scale. The Press
Committee state there is no truth in the
above rumor. "We would hardly go as far
as we have" said one, land then acknowl-
edge defeat by returning to work. No, we
are more determined than ever, and firmly
believe we have the best of it
An appeal to ull workingmen was issued
BY the strikers yesterday. The appeal is in
the form of circular, which reads as fol-
lows:
You are requested not to work up the
works of the Carnegie Steel Company dur
ing the present strike. By SO doing you
will help us to gain a victory in our present
struggle for organization.
The Press Committees Reports.
These circulars are being distributed
freely and copy will be sent to ! II the
prominent firms and labor organizations
throughout the country whose members use
the products of the Carnegie company.
copies have been sent to the en-
ployes of the Keystone Bridge. Works,
Pittsburg Bridge Works, Ritter & Conley,
Barnes Safe and Lock Company, L. M. |
Morris, Marshall Construction Company,
Scarfe Machine Shops, Lappen & Nc |
Cormick and the Monroe Construction Com |
pany.
Secretary Lovejoy, when asked about the |
course the company would pursue in case a |
boycott was placed upon the firms ma
terials, replied that he did not know for |
certain, as he had not given the matter any |
thought
One report received by the Press Commit |
tee yesterday was to the effect that in the |
old plate mill Thursday one furnace had a |
heat OF iron in to make 11x3 and another |
had heat to make 26x5t. Out of these |
heats the firm, the report says, did not get |
one good bar. The entire lot, it is claimed, |
was cut up into scrap. One of the induce |
ments held out by the firm to obtain |
straighteners for the new plate mill is Of |
fered by Mr. Molamphy. He offers 81 q |
day, lodging and board on the condition |
that the workmen sleep in the mill In ad-
dition to this they can, the Press Commit
tee say, have all the beer checks they de-
sire.
No Help From Railroaders
John Downey, the Grand Master of the |
Switcnmen's Union. is In the city. He was
asked if his visit here was in any wav con-
iron and eteel workers. He replied in the /
negative and said: THUS far we have re-
,eived no communication from the Anal
yamated Association to assist them.
Furthermore, we do not expect any. If we
10 receive any word from them 1 hardly /
Know what steps will be taken, but hardly
hInk we can do anything for them" Mr.
Downey Intimated that the switchmen had
.nongh to do to fight their own battles.
Affairs at Duquesne are quiet. All the
mills are running and force of 800 men
S at work. The officials of the company
,elieve the strike is over and anticipate no
nore trouble of any kind,