The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-12

four rolling mill men did
The men I'm the MauouEaheIa furnaces
did not agree TO go out until o'clock
last night, when "a special meeting was
held. Auu.her meeting viii be held 10y
them later today to consider the matter.
There wer, some thirty pick,ts al the
gate 20 this mill. too. but there was no
trouble when the men went in There
were tn usual threats. Ia reply To- these
the roller said: "I can't afford to lose
my wages
The first real evidence that the strike
was really on was seen iu this city nj
midnight last night when tho picSets
gathered their forces at the mill gates
no troubl. was expected at the tube min
because it viii not run today. SO there
were no men tl,ro. except the usual
guards who were left there as "a matter
of form Sixty picsets gath'r,d at the
gates Of the rolling mill and a similar
number were at the gates To the M'uon-
EahvIa furnaces Except for them and
occasional groups. of Iunrrcrs who walk
cd around through curiosity the streets
were deserted after II o'clock last night
until daylight this morning
Then the corners began 60 gather their
crowds cf strikers and by 3 O'Clock this
morning the streets were unusually az
tive. There was mo- apparent drift OF
these men to the mill gates. They seem
TO have been warned not Co gather in
too great numbers as was the case last
night.
There were 5000 strikers on IN, streets
at S o'clock and their numbers were iu-
Croasiug fast. The pickets al the mills
were grim. Last night "a group of them
at the rolling mill were asked if there
would be any trouble
.No." said one with grim sort of hU-
NOR. there won't be any trouble unless
som. OF those fellows come down here to
90 To- work"
The policing Of the mills AZ present is
iu tine hands of the local and the iron
police. the latter being a force employed.
Dog the manufacturers TO guard the prop
srty. Last night iu anticipation ot trou-
bile Chief AIcCIuslly. OF the iron police,
had twenty men detailed at each OF the
gates. The fierce was kept on this morn
ing and viii not Doe removed U-N the
strike IS of.
The beginning Of the strike was made
somewhat spectacular last night by the
building OF fires IN many OF the mills
along the river. This was done just as
if there was no such thing as strike
iu the air. The hundreds OF stacks along
the river front began 10 lelch smoke at
about . O'Clock in the after 0on as is GUS
t0mary on Sundays Liter the fires be-
gan 20 grow at Homestead, DUqucsue,
and Braddock. bat the owners Of these
knew that half of the mills at any rate
would close down within six hours 60 re-
main closed maybe for weeks or months.
quite the most elaborate statement thGr
Mayor Black OF this city has issued Yet
was that which he caused 70 Doe read al
the meeting of the strikers al the Opera
House last Saturday uiehJ II Is as tol-
lows:
The assertion Of the United States
steel Corporation that DO viii dismaltIc
the ". Devices Wood mill may and may
not mean what appears ON tHe surface
In the twenty years or more that 4 have
been "a resident OF this city 4 have heard
similar threats, the motives OF which we
have no further to seek than those which
actuate the present situation. The reason
which the trust gives for the removal
i= that tho mayor and people OF Mckees-
port are hostile To the trusts, IN other
words because the pcoTie of the city and
the chief executive T. ,r 55e oppressed
against the oppT-sso-, because their
sympathies are with the dOwu-trodden
and against those who seek To enrich
themselves by ll-requi,ed toll the trust
viii seek another field
Where in all the broad expanse Of this
great Union can the Omitted States Steel
Corporation find tho place where the sym
p8thies Of the people viii not ever De
with those who groan under the heel of
oppression Where in all the wide world
can they go where they can escape the
ineNoTabIe punishment that iuduitude
metes out 10 raDine and injustice What
mo0ts ii that the place Of oppression
means a different name If the oppression
goes On2
1T was said many centuries ago that he
who wishes justice must do Justice. and
the same principle, ombaImed now as a
maxim OF equity applies as surely and as
forcibly as when il was first enunciated
Let the trust treat its men as they should
be- treated and It win not De- necessary 10
construct mills ou wheels that they NAV
flee from every expression ot righteous
public sentiment. As a mater Of fact II
the Wood mill is moved it will De because
10 is out Of date. When the sal, Of the
property was made IL was said that there
was not enough ground and that the mills
would have to be moved Talk Of the re-
m"val Of the mill is aH old story. stale
and uniuterestiug because OF TOO frequent
repetition
Where in al the land can the trust
get better treatment than from the mu-
uiciTaIity of McKe,sp0rt2 Take I0r ex-
ample the matter of taxes The trust
mills here today pay taxes on an assessed
valuation Of a trifc over 90 per cent OF
their real value On the other hand the
laburiuE man who owns his own home is
taxed TO thrCe-fourths Of the real worth
Of his home. Were the trust taxed in the
same proportion and upon the same ba-
sis fl would take thousands Of dollars an
nuaIly from the trust Golfers. The cItI-
z-us Of McKeesport by "a bin IN equity
can prevent this splua,on because 50 is
lasting injury TO property and an injury.
To taxpayers and creditors
"I have served many years IN the coun-
cils of the city and I know what 1 am
talking about when I assert that every
request made by me mills here for the
vacation Of streets for special privileges
and special benefits have been granted
They have never been backward I'm ask
ing what they have wanted They have
never asked in vain.
IF the wood Mil Is moved the gap viii
soon be filled There is capital enough
and enterprise and Loyalty here 70 make
that certain The city is too strong 20
cringe under an imaginary blow. Every
consideration Of location. tax rate. and
natural advantage points 10 future great
ness for MckeesPort that staEgers the
Imagination.
81 am heart and soul with the men en-
gagged iu the strike. gave out iu a pup
Die statement which was widely published