, 1901-09-04
GREAT STEEL STRIKE
STAR TIN PLATE MILL MAKES
COUP AS A RESULT OF
LABOR DAY.
Thirty-Two Skilled Workmen from
Philadelphia Enter Mill Without
MoIestation - Centennial Tube
Works Started With Seventy-Five
Men, -Oemmler Tin Plate Works
10 Be Started.

pittsburg, Sept. At was believed
that Mondays great labor demonstiA
ton would give impetus to the steel
strikers cause n strengthen them in
their great fight, but the developments
yesterday were all favorable to the
masters. From nearly every point in
this district the reports were discour,
aging to the strikers.
T%hirty-two new workmen from Phil
adelphia. all said to be skilled, entered
the Star Tin Plate works without mo-
lestation; 1876 machinists returned to
work in the Pennsylvania and Cont
mental Tube plants and twelve import
ed men went to work at the Steel
Hoop mill in Monessen. At Duquesne
no further efforts were made to get the
men out and the works were in full
operation. Painters and Lindsay &
McCutcheon's mills were again run
ring, with increased forces, while the
conditions at McKeesport were with
out material change.
When the thirty-two men taken into
the Star plant appeared guarded by po-
licemen, so great vas the surprise of
the strikers pickets that not a single
man made an effort to intercept them.
They simply stood by and watched the
largest body Of imported men since
the strike march into the plant to take
their places. The management an
nounced that it expected to have seven
Of the eight mills in the plant in oper-
alton before the close of the day.
When the whistle blew at the Con
tinental tube works seventy-five ma
chinists and ~pipe-cutters entered the
plant and simultaneously fifty others
returned to work at the Pennsylvania
tube works adjoining. No trouble re-
suited and the vicinity of the mills
were serene and peaceful. General
Manager Latshaw of the Pennsylva,
mia Tube company stated that when
the machinists completed the new fur
naces the company expected to start
the plant in full. He anticipated no
trouble whatever.
President Shaffer was late in reach.
ing his Office. 1t was 3 o'clock Tues
day morning, he said. when he retired,
having been kept up attending to his
mail. Referring to the truth of the
statement attributed to j.. D. Hickey
OF Milwaukee that Mr.. Morgan had Of
fered in consideration of acceptance Of
the terms proposed for this year that
in two years, all the mills would be
included in the wage agreement, he
said: when Mr.. Hickey was here he
told me Of several supposed state
ments that he was credited with. and
said they were untrue, as no doubt
this one is. If he made the statement,
however, 1t referred to the executive
board n not to me alone. That is
all l can say concerning It."
Mr.. Shaffer said further that he had
hedru hotnlnS the west ana tnat
there was no change in the situation.
which continued to be satisfactory to
them.
1t is stated at McKeesport that the
Demmler tin plate works will be start
ed within forty-eight hours and with
it's old employees.
The officials of the Star plant assert
that the pickets about their mill held
up a special delivery boy from the
p%ostoffice with a letter for the Office
while he was coming down Tenth
street, and inspected the letter before
he was allowed to proceed. The mat
ter was reported to the postal authori-
ties at once,