The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-15

NOn-tntOn Men-1ne IOtat NumocF
Out Now Reaches 90, ,000-Stril<c at
PittsburG Marked by Little Inter-
est and No Disorder-BOth Sides
Express Satisfaction.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 14.-There were
victories on both sides of the great
steel strike to-day, but they furnish no
direct line on the ultimate result of
the conflict. The strikers succeeded in
finally forcing the National Tube
Works at McKeesport, probably the
largest individual plant in the United
States Steel Corporation, to close
down. On the other hand the steel cor
poration reopened the big Painter mill
in this city and also resumed opera
tions with non-union men at the Cres-
cent plant of the American Tin Plate
Company at Cleveland. Two mills were
on at the Painter plant, although one
of them broke down during the day
and according to the statement of the
officials half the mills in the Crescent
the plants named are to be increased
and the managers claim they will soon
have them working in full, They make
the fifth and sixth plants which the
steel corporation has succeeded in
starting with non-union men, others
being Wellsville, Hyde Park, Clark's
and Lindsay and McCutcheon.
Demonstration at Wheeling.
There was n ureaf 10 bor danoopStra
ton at Wheeling to-day and President
Shaffer made a stirring appeal to his
followers to fight on. In an interview
before he spoke he said that if the
Western lodges did not heed the final
appeal of Assistant Secretary M. F.
Tighe and come out they would be ex
PEELED from the Amalgamated Associa-
tion and their offers of financial as
sistance spurned. There were few other
developments of importance during
day. Locally the strike seems to drag
and interest to flag. Large numbers
of strikers have gone away either for
recreation or to work and there has
been scarcely any excitement, much
less disorder. McKeesport and Wheel
ing are stirred UP periodically, but
there has been no violence at either
place. Rumor again to-day settled the
SITlk6 ana tent a mana TO TeSLaTL CnS
stilled mills of commerce. 1t was re-
lated that President Shaffer had &C
knowledged that he could not win that
the steel corporation feared that it's
rivals would profit by an extended
strike, and that they were going to
settle. No shadow of confirmation of
the story was possible. The general
situation is thus briefly summarized:
The Number Ont $4,000.
The spread of the strike at McKees-
port and Wheeling has brought the num-
ber of men who answered the final
strike order to something over 10000
and increased the total number of men
rendered idle by the three orders to
about $4,000. Many of the men drawn
into the movement willingly or unwill-
ingly continue to accept other employ
ment and the exact number now idle
is a guess. The strikers. are fully in
control at McKeesport, Wheeling, New
castle, Bellaire, Mingo Junction and
show some strength here. The manu-
facturers hold South Chicago, Bay
View. Joliet, Youngstown, Columbus,
the Kiskiminetas Valley, the tin plant
at Monessen and the Carnegie group.
OF the last named property some doubt
is expressed as to the lower union mill
in Pittsburg. Some men have left their
places there and the strikers boast that
they will close it down. 1t is running,
however, nd the managers say it can
not be stopped. Desertions from the
ranks of the strikers are reported from
Painters mill here and the Crescent
plant in Cleveland, and the managers
say it is only a question of time he
fore there is a general break The
manufacturers have made no effort to
break the strike at McKeesport or
Wheeling with non-union men, and
have given no indication of their plans
in those districts. Both sides express
their satisfaction with the progress of
the strike.
The strike headquarters were in
charge of Secretary John Williams to-
day, and several members of the execu-
tive board were on hand to advise with
him and assist. They denied positively
that there was dissatisfaction with the
policy of President Shaffer that there
was any disagreement in the board, or
that there was any wavering along
their battle front. They said that so
many independent plants were being
started and that these already in OPP
Grafton were taking so many of the
skilled men on strike that the steel cor
pora ton would suffer as a result of the
strike.
DismnntIing CHARTERS MIL.
Workmen began to-day to dismantle
the CHARTERS mill at Carnegie. The
machinery will be taken to Leechburg,
where the new mill will be located.
Work on the Devices wood property
at McKeesport has been suspended. 1t
is said there is a mortgage of $4,000, 900
on the mills and that nothing toward
dismantling them will be done until
some arrangement is made as to the
mortgage.
The fact that the annual encamp-
ment of the second brigade of the Ma
tional Guard of Pennsylvania was
postponed and that it is to be held at
Somerset, near Pittsburg, is regarded
as significant. The encampmcnt be-
gins this week and will last until the
latter part of next week, and 1t Is
thought here that the strike had
something to do with its postponement.
Within two days the state will be in
a position to throw troops into Pitts
burg, McKeesport and Newcastle
within a few hours. The persent situa-
tion, however, does not warrant the
calling of state troops.
There was some disorder around the
y Painter and Lindsay & Mccutcheon
mills tonight and the police had to
escort the non-union workers home.