Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-12
.SHAFFER GIVES
STRIKE ORDER
AMALGAMATED MEN TO GO OUT
AUG. 10.
GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED
Much Money Will Be Lost, Thousands
of Men Idle and Much Suffering
and Bloodshed Looked For-Both
Sides Appear Determined to Hold
Out to Bitter End.

Pittsburg, Aug. 7.-President Shat
fer's long talked of general strike or
der was promulgated last evening to
take effect after the last turn of the
mills Aug. 10. What the result will
be cannot be foretold but judging by
the expressed determination of both.
parties to the controversy the battle
will be Waged fast and furiousIy.
Much money will be lost, thousands
upon thousands of men will be idle,
great suffering is looked for, even
bloodshed and death is possible and
feared.
The strike call includes practically
all the Almagamated men in the Unit
cd States Steel corporation employ
not now on a strike. 1t was issued
from the Amalgamated association
headquarters and mailed to all the
Amalgamated lodge officials who are
expected to call their men into the
strike. The text of the call is as fol
lows
Brethren: The officials of the
United States steel trust have refused
to recognize as union men those now
striving for the right to organize
The executive board has authorized
me to issue a call upon all the Anal
gamated and other union men in name
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fight for labors rights. We must
fight or give up forever our personal
liberties. You will be told you have
signed contracts, but you never agreed
to surrender those contracts to the
United States Steel corporation It's
officers think you were sold to them
just as the mills were. contracts and
all.
Remember, before you agreed to
any contract you took an obligation to
the, Amalgamated association. 1t now
calls you to help in this hour of need.
Unless the trouble is settled on or
before Saturday, Aug. 10, 1901, the
mills will close when the last turn is
made on that day.
Brethren, this is call to preserve
our organization. We trust you, need
you. Come, help us and may right
come to our just cause"
(: The order is expected to swell the
number of idle men to over 100000 at
the end of the week. President Shat
fer was asked if the call was not IN
tended for the union men in the Car
negie Steel company but would answer
no questions on that score. The Anal
gamated association has lodges in sew
eral mills Of the Carnegie Steel com
pany and these men will be expected
to Join the strike. Other companies
of the steel corporation whose opera
tions the association will seek to
hamper are the American Steel and
Wire company and the American
Bridge company In the wire company
the A1nalgamated association has
lodges only in the Cleveland Rolling
mill and the Joliet Rod mill.
Go Out at Newcastle.
Newcastle, Aug. 7. 1890 a. NAT
uuIuuISuC 40 mSI, 1Sp1 OSOuCAAS CuO
last turns of the steel and bar mills in
the local plants Of the National Steel
mill walked out in Difference to the
general strike order of President Shat
fer of the Amalgamated association.
To Exterminate Union.
Chicago, Aug. 7-While the union
h
cause their employers refused to pay
them SO per day, the same employers
voted yesterday to replace them with
non-union men who are to receive
wages of $3.50 and $4.75 per day. In
voting to pay the scale announced the
members of the National Founders
association have taken the first step in
the fight for the determination of the
Machinists and Iron Molders' union.