Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-11
.P|TTSBURG IRON WORKERS
Plans Laid for a General
Boycott.
A Threatening Letter to Alder
man McMasters.
Wage Settlements Effected in 0thel
Pittsburg Mills.
The Cooks in the Carnegie Mills Go Out
ON astrike-Wholesale Dsssrtions
of Non-Unionists Causing
Great Annoyance.

By the Associated Press.l
PrTTsBURG, Aug. 10.-In Alderman
McMasters' mail yesterday was an an
onymous letter, postmarked New York
city, noon Monday. The letter was
written in a cramped and pushed hand,
probably disguised. 1t read:
ALDERMAN McMAsTERs-DEAR SIR I:
Some time this week party of men will
leave here and will try to kill you and
Superintendent Frick again."
Alderman McMasters has. been in
Michigan for two weeks. The anony-
NOUS letter was turned over to the
Alderman's attorney, who after reading
it said:
''I suspect the letter was written here
and was sent to New York to be mailed.
All attorneys engaged in theprosecution
of the Homeeteadsiot cases, have within
the week received several letters of a
threatening character, but they have
little. if any, fear of threats coming
from man who is afraid to sign his
name.'I
In this connection it may be said that
other officials of the Carnegie company
are still receiving letters threatening
theiraiives.
A WORKMAN ASSAULTED.
John Reams, a non-union workman
employed at the Upper Union mill, was
assaulted by two men while on bis way
to work this morning, and badly beaten.
His assailants were arrested and recog-
nized as Edward thinner, striker, and
hnx n
Reams' injuries are painful but not dam
gerous. This is the first trouble since
the beginning o. the strike at the Union
mills. The assault caused considerable
excitement, but the police superintend-
ent does not fear any more trouble. and
only the usual number OF officers are on
duty about the mill.
PLANS oE THE STRIKERS.
The advisory board OF the Annalga-
mated association 10 credited with hav-
ing scheme on hand to get the aid Of
! the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
! gineer, Switchmen's association and
efectua)ly stop the shipment of material
from the Carnegie works by having the
| organizations refuse to handle them.
~ IN OTHER MILLS.
PIrrsBURa, Aug. 10.-The differences
between the iron manufacturers and the
Amalgamated association have been ad-
| iusted at conference, which adjourned
at 1890 tonight, after an agreement was
| reached and the scale.signed. Thus the
| threatened strike of iron workers in this
city and the west is averted. The set
tlement only affected the Pittsburg dis
trict, but it is thought the manufactur-
ers of Shenango and Mahoning valleys
and the west will fall into line and sign
the scale.
| The Pittsburg mills will resume at
once, and the valley and western mills
will follow in few days. The settle
ment does not affect the Homestead
strike directly in any way.
! A SIDE ISSUE.
HOMESTEAD, Aug. 10.-Charles Ray
burn, head cook at the Carnegie works,
struck this afternoon and left, taking
with him seventy-one cooks and walters.
Rayburn made information for assault
and battery against Chief Waterman
Newton and four assistants. They were
arrested and committed to Jail for hear
ing tomorrow. 1t is plainly seen that
| the wholesale desertions are source of
much annoyance TO Manager Potter and
assistants.
O'Donnell did not arrive tonight.
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