Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-08-15
Number Il
TRUST CLAIMS VICTORY
Claim Based On Western Mems
Refusal To Obey Shaffer.
STRIKERS RELY ON FEDERATION

Secretary Williams Places Blame For
the Big Fight On Trust Officials For
Refusing To Arbitrate-Tnen Makes
Wild Predictions.
| Pittsburg, Aug. 12.-The iron mas
ters are today claiming victory in the
| great steel strike. They base their
claim upon the refusal Of the Anal
gamated men at South Chicago, Joliet
and Bay View to obey the general
strike order of President Shaffer and
their success in maintaining opera
tions in other plants where It was an
ticipated that there would be serious
trouble. The strike leaders, however.
aver that developments today and
throughout the week will materially
change the situation. They would not
say, however, what they had II min
| or how their cause was to gain in
strength 1t was said that they were
counting upon strong aid from the
American Federation of Labor and
other organizations OF union labor, but
those bodies have not yet given any
public indication of what they will do
The Amalgamated Association has de-
veloped great strength in the Wheel
ing district and has made ga.ns N
some of the Pennsylvania districts
Yesterdays reports showed that
South Chicago, Joliet and Bay View,
at Milwaukee, had voted to stay in
that the Ohio works of the National
Steel company, at Youngstown, and
fha in q
the National Steel company, at Colum-
bus, had resumed without trouble;
that the Homestead, Edgar Thompson,
Duquesne, Upper and Lower Union
and Howard Axle Works of the Car
negie group, employing more than 15.-
600 men, had resumed without trou-
BILE; that the converting and blooming
mills of the National Tube company at
McKeesport had started without DIFF
ficulty, and that Bellare had been only
partially crippled. 1t was likewise
shown that the men of the Boston Roll
ing Mills at McKeesport, had notified
the National Tube company that they
would go out today, and that while the
National tube plant at : McKeesport
would be started IN the morning it
was certain that many men would go
out. In addition it was said that the
Wheeling plants were crippled and
tnat it was uncertain what would be
done there. Advices also stated
that the Clark mill here, which has
been running non-union for several
would be started up as usual this
morning, and that there was no doubt
about it's successful operation. The
steel officials were elated over their
showing at the Carnegie plants and in
Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin, and eX-
pressed confidence in speedy victory
over the Amalgamated Association
Reports received at strikers head
quarters this morning We're that the
Mingo Junction men had all quit work
This news was hailed with satisfac-
tion.
Secretary Williams gave out an in
terview last night in which he placed
the blame for the strike upon the re-
fusal of the United States Steel Cor
poration to arbitrate, and declared
that before the strike was over thOI-
sands of men in other trades would be
drawn into it to save the Amalganated
Association and the principles for
which it stands. He said also:
81 tell you. this question will have
to be settled in some way. If not by
peaceful strike, then by Legislation. II
that fails, the ballot will be tried II
all else fails, | believe that it will
result in an appeal to the bayonet. l
tell you there is a condition existing
today that places this country on the
eve of one of the greatest revolutions
that ever could occur in the history Of