Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-27

L1ohnInS UnaG the Rev. Stuart Sharp
hurried TO this city to beg the Tinplate
company officials not to attempt to start
the mills, as bloOdshed would surely
follow.
Will Expect Police Protection.
The situation at the Devices Wood
plant also became more interesting,
when at 10 o'clock this morning the
management of the works announced
their intention to start the plant with
non union men III very few days, and
the police department of McKeespOrt
would be looked to to protect the new
workmen.
Manager Samuel M. Cooper of the
wood plant, after a long conference with
the head officials of the plant in Pitts.
burg, made a statement partly in reply
to the edict issued by Mayor Black of
McKeesport Wednesday, that the com.
pany would get no assistance from the
McKeesport police department should
they decide TO start the plant Mr.
Cooper said:
"We are going to start up within the
next few days and we will look to the
authorities Of McKeesport for assist
ance. SHOULD our men be interferred
with we will insist on the police of Nc.
Keesport doing their duty. If Mayor
Black would carry out the lines he has
laid down III his statement, we will sue
him and the city of McKeesport, for the
w. Devices Wood people are heavy tax.
payers Ill the city and must be pro-
tected."
Last night the Wood plant was al
most deserted by the strikers, pickets,
who deserted their posts and went to
Demmler. Another report that excited
the men today was to the effect
that the company had sent q man,
or several men, to Winchester, Va, to
employ negroes. Winchester is in a
manufacturing district, and competent
men can be had there, it is said. The
belief that they will be brought to
McKeesport to break the strike has
caused considerable uneasiness.
Quiet at WeIIsviIIe.
It was extremely quiet at Wellsville
this morning. -Four mills were in oper.
alton, and Manager Brookman was pre-
| pairing to make good his assertion to
have the entire plant IN operation on
| Monday. It is said the men are begin
ming to realize that the management is
in earnest, and many have notified Mr..
BroOkman that they will report for duty
next week.
Tide giant mass meeting of union men,
which was to have been held OH the
public square here tonight, has been
called off. The leaders of the Amalga.
mated association fear they will be un-
| able to keep such a crowd of men in
control and fear that a riot might be
started that would ALLEVIATE the sympa-
thv of the public away from the union
men.
AT the Amalgamated offices the lead
ers say they have heard of no changes
of Importance in the strike at any point.
The reports concerning the move to or
| ganize the unorganized men of the Car.
negie company were not credited in the
| Amalgamated company.
Strike Manager Cooper of the Devices
| Wood plant added:
Mr.. Cooper intimated quite strongly
that the mills would be run strictly
non.union and that no Amalgamated
! people would hereafter be employed in
the w. Devices Wood plant. He said
he had been given to understand that
the Demmler plant would also be
| opened at the same time.
'I understand that the National Tube.
works men will be called out tomorrow.
I cannot help this; we will open our
MILL