The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-02
BIG STRIKE NOW on
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capacity Of the combinations plants
Gradually the plans of President T. J.
! Shaffer, of the Amalgamated association,
are being uncovered Since the trouble in
tn w. Devices Wood mills at McKees-
sog " 4 months ago, the Amalgamated
ass Association o. has been actively engaged in in
breaking up the preset arrangement m 45a Of
the combine in operating pa- VI thcii
plants with non union men and the -
/ WITH Union men. Mr.. Shaffer says that
If this Is not checked the lie OF Inc
Amalgamated association is threatened,
for the combine will always work their
union mills last and the union men VIII
be sufferers by this discrimination.
1t was believed by the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION that the promptness with which
the sheet steel com inc can to tn
terms in the MceKeespo.t trouble and al
lowed the union to exist in that plant
, would prove a boom to further aggressive
action on the part of the organi ed work
men. Taking advantage of the new Unit
ed States Steel co poratiOn as the parent
head of all the other combines with
which the Amalgamated association had
to deal, it was felt that a threatened
strike of all the union men In all bran-h s
of the steel business would so fright n
the combine officials that they would give
in and allow every one of the nCn-un on
plants to be unlOnlZed.
WANT MILLS UNIONIZED.
The strike order against the American
Sheet Steel company has been issued be-
cause this portion of the United States
Steel corporation has thus for stood out
against the intent of union mills, now
recognized as union, to remain so. TIE
American Steel Hoop company stands in
the same position.
Tins arrqWe6 AGAINST the union orr
ganiZation the two branches of the I'm t
ed States Steel corporation. The sca,e
for the American Plate company, also a
part of the great corporation, has been
signed. 1t is said, however, that in case
the struggle continues, the Amalgamated
association has the power to call out
these plate workers as a means of de-
Tense against the parent corporation,
which they hold responsible for all dis
! agreements. The Strike now threatened
in the bar mills, following so closely upon
that of the sheet mills. has therefore a
most serious aspect and may spread to
enormous proportions. Indeed, in some
circles, 1t is predicted that the gigant C
struggle that has been talked of since
the organization of the United States
| Steel corporation was formed is on the
eve Of breaking out and that it Is COM
! ing much sooner than many believed was
probable
The position that the greater combine
is placed in practically frees the indie
pendent plants from completely in the
battle
The fight is not for wages, but for or
ganization. Either the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION must bow to the will of the
greater combine, or else the greater COM
bine will have to give up it's non-un on
mills.
Members Of the advisory board of the
Amalgamated association declare that
the association has a surprise in store
for the combine.
eve have not been idle during the
first half Of the present year." said one.
I'VE have strong lodges organized in
several non-union plants in which the
combine imagines it has absolute con-
troll. We are in better shape for a
strike than we ever were before Our
membership among the sheet workers
is stronger than it has been in years,
and our treasury has a larger defense
fund than we ever had in our history.
The question of signing for all mills
must be settled this year Next year or
the year following will be too late.
look FOR LONG FIGHT.
At McKeesport the strike outlook is
regarded seriously. The w Devices
Wood mill was shut down a week ago
and no effort will be made by the COM
pany to start up the mill within a. few
weeks. A party of twenty-five of tee
employees left yesteray for Port Marion,
where they will go into camp Other
employees are to follow. The members
of the Amalgamated association all in
dorse the stand taken by President Sltat-
fer and predict that unless the com
pany signs the scale, the mill cannot
be started. The Amalgamated people say
new men are joining their organization
every day.
The clerical department in all the mills
of the Republic Iron and Steel company
located at Youngstown, Ohio, and at
other points in the Mahoning and Sne-
mango valleys, in accordance with orders
by the officials, began taking stock to-
day. This will consume at least two
weeks and after that the mills will be
started in full operation under the new
scale. The mills Of the American Steel
Hoop company, at Youngstown closed
on Saturday night and will remain shut
down until an amicable settlement is
reached on the scale question. The mills
of the American Sheet Steel company
at Struthers, Ohio, also have shut down
on account of President Shaffer's strike
order. During the suspension the COM
pany will make extensive repairs and
Install much new machinery
Geo. Holloway, president of the Nc
Keesport lodge of the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION, says the strikers will make no
demonstration under any circumstances
and that the same good order which pre-
vailed during the strike last spring will
characterize the present struggle.
Painters mill, of the American Steel
Hoop company, in this city, was still
In operation today. Manager Albright
said the plant was running full and that
there would be no strike. Employees of
the mill were also seen and they made
similar statements.
In accordance with President Skaters
order, the crews in sixteen furnaces in
the Lindsay and McCutcheon mills. AL.
legheny, struck and the four other crews
are expected to quit today. The men
say they will remain out until the scale
is signed. The strike began at $3.50 a.
M, when four of the crews went to
work and found that none of the men
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