Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-09
STEEL STRIKE.
Federation of Labor
Will Help Strikers.
Strikers Claim a Big Victory
in Chicago.
New National Labor Association
Formed in Washington.
REVOLUTION GAINING STRENGTH.

Pittsburg, Pa. Aug. 9.--The steel
strike situation underwent but little
change over night. The steel cor
poration made no attempt during the
night to reopen the Painter mill and
the strikers claim that they blocked
the plan to start the plant by winning
over non-union men who had agreed
TO go to work. Mill officials deny that
there has been any interference with
their plans and say that in due time
the mill will be started up. Presi.
dent Shaffer and bis brother officials
Of the Amalgamated association are
still engaged in an effort to secure
the cooperation of the American Fed.
GRAFTON of Labor. They say they
are sure of obtaining IL and that their
complete success is thereby assured.
Neither President Shaffer nor Presi.
dent Gompers nor any of the men en-.
gagged in the conference with them
was given any intimation of their
pans but II Is predicted that they
will make the bold stroke OF trans.
ferring bodily TO the Amalgamated as.
sociation all the members OF the Fed.
Grafton of Labor who may be affected
by the strike. H. the iron and steel
trades are many men whose labor has
not been sufficiently skilled to admit
them to membership in the Amalga.
mated association. The federation
has for some tirtc past been organic.
ing these men and II Is said there
exists an agreement between the
Amalgamated and the federation. that
I'm event of trouble, they are to be
transferred to the former. II such 2
plan Is carried cut ii would add thou
sands of men To the membership of
the Amalgamatcd association.
Secretary Williams of the Amalga-
mated association this morning
claimed that the meeting at Lawrence.
vile last night crippled the Clark mill
again. He said
Our meeting last night was a great
success, for. as q result. there Is but
one mill in operation at the Clark
plant; that Is the breakdown 20-inch
The mill has been going ever since
the strike occurred. II the steel cor
poration had 400 men in the car mill
we have taken 500 away from them
The local steel officials gave an alb
solute denial of the statement that
the Clark mill is again crippled. They
admit that one roller mill was won
from them by the efforts of the strik.
ers last night bIt they assert that
they had another roller ready to take
It's place and four OF the five mills of
the plant are running again today.
They made no Effort they say. to start
the fifth mill, but will probably do so
early next week The farm mill at
Lindsay and III" McCutchoon works
are in operation again today. Yestor-
day, according 90 the managers of the
mill, IL went within 70 per cent of
the fun run and will do better today
because of the earlier start made.
Manager Jinks says that the old men
will be given another chance to come
back at mill No :. but II they fail to
do so nOn.unior workers will be put
in their places and another mill
opened up next week Advices from
Hyde Park are 10 the effect that every
mi in the plant Is in operation and
work Is being turned out quite salts.
factorily. Theg probably will be
nothing done at the Painter mill for
few days.