The Irish standard., 1901-07-20

DAYS events. Yet another rumor Of
the day was that officers Of the steel
corporation had arranged for force
: of detectives from a well-known
agency for safeguarding the mills
should an effort be made at them to
resume business. The local superin-
tendent of the agency refused to dis
cuss this report in any manner.
President T. J. Shaffer announced
that strike benefits will go to the idle
men from the time of the actual in
auguration of this strike Monday. He
is preparing circular of information
on the strike. He said of it: ut will
be acircular letter to the general mem
bership of our order stating our posi-
tion, arguments and expectations.
List of Plants Involved.
A revised list of the plants of the
three combinations affected by the
strike was prepared Tuesday morn
ing. g.togetherwitht the number of skilled
workers, In the mills Of the American
Tin Plate company, IS men are en-
ployed in three turns, in each as fol-
aows:
Roller, rougher, doubler, doubler's help
er, heater, heaters helper, catcher ana
screw boy and one shearman, who does the
work for three turns with two openers.
Each mills full quota of skilled men Is
q. The tin plate combination employs at
its 27O mills 1880 skilled workers. OF this
number 1866 are on strike and 1924 are work.
ing at the National works at Monessen.
The corrected list of idle tin plate mills Is
as follows:
Atlanta, Atlanta, 6; Banfie1d, Irondals.
o., 4; Beaver. Lisbon, O., 8; Canonsburg,
Canonsburg, Pa, s; Champion, Muskegon,
land, Cumberland, Md, s.: Cambridge.
Cambridge. o.. 6; Ellwood. Ellwood City.
Pa, 6; Falcon, Niles, O., 6; Great Western,
Joliet, ILL.,, 4; Humbert, Connellsville. Pa,
8; 1rondale, Middleton, Ind, 6; La Belle.
Wheeling, 10; Laughlin. Martins Ferry.
wood, Gas City, Ind. 8; Newcastle, New
castle. Pa, 9O Pitttsburg. New Kensing-
ton, Pa, 6; Reeves, Canal Dover, 8; She
mango. Newcastle, 30; Star, Pittsburgh, 8;
United States, McKeesport. II.
The Amalgamated men employed on each
turn in q sheet mill number Is as follows:
Roller, rougher, catcher, pair heater,
heater, heaters helper, doublsr, hatcher,
shearman, shearman's helper, three OPEN
ers and two lifters.
Each mill employs Is skilled men. The
American Sheet Steel company employs
4,470 skilled men in its 166 mills. OF this
number 2,25o skilled men are at work at
80 mills. that have not been closed by the
strike. sThey are: Vandergrift, q mills;
4 Kirkpatrick, Leechburg, mills; Salisbury,
mills; Old Meadow, mills, and Scottdale,
8 mills
The number of skilled men on strike is
$40 at the following plants: Cambridge
works. Cambridge. o., mills; Canton
works. Canton, o., s.; CHARTERS works, Car
negie, 8; Dennison works, Denn1son, O.,
4; Dresden works, Dresden, o., 4; Falcon
works, Niles, O., 6; Hyde Park works,
Hyde Park Pa, S; Laufman works, Paul
ton, Pa, 8; Midland works, Muncie, Ind,
u; New Philadelphia works, New Philadel-
phia. O.. o; Piqua works, Piqua, O., 4;
Reeves works, Canal Dover, O., 8; Struth-
ers works, Bridgeport, O., IS; Wellsville
works, Wellsville, O., s; w. D. Wood works.
McKeesport. Is.
In the American Steel Hoop company
there are 1000 skilled workmen and all
but $50 at the Duncansville plant are idle.
The plants affected are: William Clark's
Sons & Co., Pittsburgh; J. Painter & Sons.
Pittsburgh; Lindsay & McCutcheon, Pitts
bYrgh; Monessen Steel company, Monessen,
Pa; Union Iron and Steel company,
Youngstown o., including mills at Youngs-
town, Warren and Girard, o.; P. L. Kim
berly & Co., Sharon, Pa, and Greenville,
"a, Aetna-Standard works. at Bridgeport
and Mingo Junction, O.; Pomeroy Iron and
Steel company, Pomeroy. o.
This makes 10000 skilled workmen
out at present. It is estimated that
the unskilled labor in the various
mills affected by the strike will run
the total close to the claim of $4,000
idle men, made by the Amalgamated
association.