Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-06
ELBA IRON MILL IDLE.
Strike Threatened Unless the 30
Day Clause is Abrogated.
TROUBLE OVER THE THIRD TURN.
Amalgated Men Go to Work in Schoen-
berger & Co.'s Mill
NEWS OF THE GREAT LABOR WORLD

The EIba Iron Mill, which was expected
to start up with non-union men, was idle
yesterday. The old hands were there and
quite number of new ones, particularly of
the laboring class, but no attempt to start
the works was made. The reason for this
was that things were not in readiness. Man
ager Everson says he has one intention in
regard to his dealings with the workmen,
and it is this: That he will not waste words
or argument with them. The pudding
scale is the one on which fight is looked
for, and if any demands are made outside
of what the Oil Well Supply Company,
the owners of the Elba Iron Works, offer,
they will suspend their pudding depart
market.
Yesterday a muck and bar roller and sew
eral roll workers were engaged with new
pudding boss, but enough OF the workmen
for the latter department could not be
gotten together to make a start. One Of
the scrap furnaces was started on Sunday
night and heat turned out for the purpose
of testing the rolls and engines before
working them. New guides and lines have
been put in the muck rolls
Puddlers and Finishers viii sthy Out.
The puddlers and fnishers held joint
meeting yesterday and decided not to re-
turn to work unless the Oil Well Supply
Company signed the scale minus the 30-day
clause. The puddlers are fighting the
''third turn" idea for all they are worth,
as they claim it would seriously
affect their wages The workmen are under
the impression that Mr.. 7. B. Everson, the
superintendent of the mills, is blufing in at
tempting to run the mills non-union, but
that gentleman told DISPATCH reporter
that, trouble or no trouble, the company in
tended to run the mills in whatever way
they pleased, and only in the best-paying
manner As the matter now stands, there
is deadlock between the .Elba Iron Works
and its employees, consequently the next
strike may be looked for here.
The reported refusal of the Executive
Board of the Amalgamated Association to
legalize the Schoenberger strike was neither
affirmed or denied at headquarters yester-
day, and opinions as to the truth of the re-
port is divided emong the men.
Amalgamated Men at Work
Within the mill the perpetual clash and
hum of hammer and machine told the un-
deniable story of the mills condition. In
every department were workmen from the
strikers ranks by the score and half score.
No time was lost anywhere, from the blast
furnaces to the finishing department. OF
the 800 men within the plant not hand
was idle. It was very evident that
svmething had occurred The strikers who
who had returned to work did not deny it,
but, on the contrary, stated that they still
retained their membership in the Amalga-
mated Association.
The Bessemer and blooming departments
OF the mill ran double turn last night. The
112-inch plate mill was started yesterday
morning, and three heats were rolled off be-
fore noon. More than half of the men at
the rolls, furnaces and shears were of the
strikers and few of the Homestead work
ers mingled with the number.
Labarers Replaced by Machinery.
At the new 112-inch mill helpers are dis
pensed with. 1t takes but one man to run
the crane by which all of its machinery is
put in operation. 1t is run by hydraulic
power, and picks up the heavy ingots,
carries them to the furnace, places them in,
turns them over and draws them out when |
heated, and finally places them on the rolls.
The horseshoe department will be started |
to-day, and the 72-inch mill will follow.
About the Thirty-third street and Twen- |
ty-ninth street mills nothing of anv i'm |
portance occurred. The committees met in
the forenoon and gave out the report that |
the ranks were firm and unbroken. One of |
their heaters went to work at the Thirty |
third street mill in the morning.
1t was stated by the strikers and denied |
by Superintendent Scott that both rolls on |
the 12-inch mill were disabled last night. |
The men claim that seven rolls have now |
BEEN broken since the mills started nom /
union. At the Twenty-ninth street mill |
last night six heats were rolled of.