Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
GIVEN HIS RELEASE.
The Nom Union Derry Baseball Team
Loses . Member.
IT PLEAsEs THE STRIKERS CLUB.
Coal Operators Aeet and Discuss the
Chance Of Q StrikA
sHoENBERaER & CO. TO START TuEsDAl

There 10 dissension in the ranks Of the
Derry Baseball Club which had its origin
among the uon-union men in the Thirty
third street mill one week ago yesterday.
Thomas Purcell, the pitcher of the team, is
roller in the 12-inch mill, and Louis
Weiss, one of the felders, Is . hooker-up
in the Same department. On Friday Weiss
dropped q billet just as It was ready to be
put through the rolls and Purcell struck
him, knocking him down.
As q result tho assailant 10 now under
81, 900 bonds, which were furnished by the
Carnegie Steel Company, and the victim
has secured his release from the club and
Joined the Carnegie strikers nine. In talk
ing of his treatment by the management of
the Derry Baseball Club yesterday, Louis
Weiss said: ''The assault upon me was en-
tirely unprovoked. Purcell was drunk at
the time. but that does not excuse him.
When 1 had recovered from the blow
went to Manager Dillon, told him was
going to leave and demanded my money.
He told me to come down the next day,
Saturday. and he would pay me- After
leaving the mill made an information
against Purcell before Alderman Kerr and
he was arrested
Cou'd Not Get His Pay.
, Immediately after he was taken into
custody he was released upon 81, 900 bonds,
furnished by the Carnegie Company or
their agents This morning I went to Man.
ager Dillon. according to agreement, and
asked for my money. He told me he could
hAfo dow xrh In
two weeks from now. He also presented
me with two bills, one for 50 and the other
So. The first amount was for my board at
the Central Hotel on Saturday and Sunday,
one week ago, and the $8 were for one and
one-haf weeks board in the mill.
"Neither one of these sums had the
management a right to charge to me.
Superintendent Wriggley invited me to &C
when I entered the mill the agreement
was should pay no board. Things are not
rs nice as they are said to be inside Of the
mill. Only the rollers and heaters are al
lowed whisky and beer, while the poor
hookers-up and the others have to stand by
and submit tamely to the abuse of these
men when they get drunk. II the Carnegie
Company don't pay me will enter suit
against them" The Press Committee rep
resenting the striking workmen say they
have investigated the story of Weiss and
found it to be true. The committee further
states that the work in the Thirty-third
day by shortage of skilled workmen. At
the Twenty-ninth street plant nothing at
all was done.
Complaints From the Upper MIL.
The non-un1oni workers in the upper mill
are dissatisfied, particularly the members of
the Derry Baseball Club They told the
Press Committee that they not only have to
contend with the bosses, but non-union roll
ers and heaters are SO scarce that they are
given unlimited power, and they treat their
assistants with little consideration.
The strikers are greatly encouraged over
the large number of men coming out, and
say their position now is stronger than
ever. Yesterday morning roll was broken
in the 12-inch mill, and the old plate mill
was injured SO seriously that 1t had to be
closed down for repairs The, furnaces
throughout the entire mill are In bad
shape, and some will have to be torn out
The Press Committee say they have no
cerning the working Of the mill. "When
we state" said one of the committe, ''that
the mill is in bad shape, we do not mean
that everything the non-union men are
making is going to waste. The firm is max
ing shipments every day of angles and
plates This stuff is consigned to the Lassig
Bridge Works, Scaife Foundry and Machine
Works, and the plants of the Pittsburg,
Shelter and Keystone Bridge Company.
SHOW this stuff is being received and
whether it Is being put to any use we do not
know. One thing we are positive of is that
five carloads Of finished material shipped by
the Carnegie Company are lying outside of
the works of the Pittsburg Bridge Works,
ready to ship back to to Thirty-third street
mill
Says 1t Has Been Condemned.
"We understand the material has been
condemned and the Carnegie Company has
been advised to that effect, but the latter
have asked the Pittsburg Company to hold
the material for while. The 20-inch mill
is making good tonnage, but to get out .
fair amount of work the men are required
10 work one and one-half turns
''On Thursday the day turn on the 12-
inch mill produced %, 800 pounds. while the |
night turn put out 26, 900 pounda In each |
case they should have turned out about |
81, 900 pounds On the 8-lnch mill the day |
men produced 16, 900 pounds and the night |
workers 6, 800 pounds. Each crew should |
have turned out about 26, 900 poundA Last |
night the strikers were watching tho mill |
,losely to see where the Derry baseball club |
intended to 20 to spend Sunday. Yesterday |
hey asked Manager Wriggley if he would |
accept Q challenge for his team, but he re-
refused to consider the proposition"
WILL START ON TUESDAY.