Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-17
BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM.
No Indications Of Compromise
Between the Steel Combine
and Labor.
Threat TO Start Mills With Non.
Union Men Not Carried
Out.
Tin Plate Workers Will Stand by
the Amaltama Associ.
alton.

Pittsburg. July 17.-The threat of Dis
trict Manager Persifer F. Smith Of the
American Sheet Steel Company to start
the Wellsville Rolling Mill and operate
1t as 1t has been in past, by non union
men. was the only now feature in the
strike situation this morning, and the
eyes of all interested turned to that
plant. UP to ten, however, nothing
was heard from Wellsville by those in
authority at headquarters of the Anal
gamted Association in this city They
refused to believe the Welsville mill
started up and said they had every rea-
son to believe that the plant was shut
down and would remain so in spite of
the efforts of Smith. A dispatch to the
Associated Press from Welsville at
1890 said:
The strike situation here remains as
1t has been since the men were called
out of the mill. p. F. Smith, manager
for the American Sheet Steel Company,
for the Pittsburg district, was here
Tuesday and in an address to the mill
men declared the mill would he run as
a non-union mill. He gave orders for
the mill to start this morning In re-
sponse to Smiths order. about thirty
went out to work, two of them members
of the Amalgamated Association. The
manager of the mill concluded thirty
men was not sufficient to man the crews,
and the attempt. for the present, is
abandoned 1t is said non-union men.
from other places will be brought here
today. In which case serious trouble is
feared Now tha. Smith mas declared
himself 1t is thought the managers of
other non-union plants will make an
effort to resume also with few days
and developments of an exciting nature
can be expected. 1t is known a gang of
men are at work at the Devices Wood
plant of the American Sheet Steel Com
pany at McKeesport. clearing UP and
making repairs and a well defined ru
NOR is prevalent on the south side today
that an effort win be made by the mill
officers ON the Painter plant to break
the strike by brining workers here from
outside. In confirmation of this, for the
first time since the strike began. watch
men arrived with clubs and patrolled
all sides of the mill this morning. None
of the strikers was seen about the prop
erty and everything was quiet. Mil Off
GERS declined to discuss the matter and
said when they We're ready to move they
would do so without any noise. The
wood plant is also guarded and the
strikers look for the manufacturers to
attempt resumption next week.
Pittsburg. July lin direct opposl-
tion to Smiths declaration and evident
preparations at Painters & Woods
works, the official of another company
interested, who did not want his name
used, asserted that the companies had
no intention of starting their plants. The
eame official said something might be
known in ninety days. but he would not
cay whether that was the time the Off
cials expected the strike TO last. What
the manufacturers generally think of
the strike cannot be learned. All infor-
mation at the offices OF the companies
or at mills is denied. The explanation
given - there Is nothing to give out or
an order has gone forth forbidding any
one to talk.
President shaffer is still hopeful of an
early settlement Of the strike. The in
formation he received from the strike
centers today is quite meager. This he
Interpreted to mean the strike was go
ing on well.
Dispatches from Scottsdale report the
efforts of strike organizers at Old Mead
ow works up to this time as fruitless. A
number of employees declared they
would not go out on strike under any
circumstances. AT Salisbury every
thing is moving tremendously and a
strike is not apprehended The plant is
running full with three mills. and the
men are apparently unit against strik
ing.
The executive committee of the Anal
gamated Association sent circular this
morning to sheet workers of Wander
grift. Leechburg and Apollo, making a
strong appeal to them to organize them
selves into a branch of the association.
SO far the men at these places are still
at work. and what effect this circular
will have cannot be stated as yet. But
as these mills are some OF the largest
An the country, the outcome will be
watched with great interest.
Two independent concerns, the Lick
ing Rolling Mill Company of Coying-
ton, KY, and the American Car and
Foundry Company. of Detroit, Mich,
sent signed scales to the Arlalgamated
this morning. The strik-
ers' officials say the Steel bar mill Of
Mingo Junction. plant of the United
States Steel Corporation. closed down
this morning. The shut down affects
about 100 men.
Only one furnace was in operation at
Lindsay & McCutcheons today. The an
was made that II the mat
ter was not adjusted before evening all
the strikers at Lindsay & McCutcheons
would go to the Monongahela Iron and
Eteel Company's plants at Six Mile Fer
ry. where there Is work for GOO addition
81 men. Six Mile Ferry is an independ-
ent one and is union.
At the Monongahela of the American
Tin Plate Company the finishers were
notified that the company would be
compelled to close down the department
In two or three days on account of lack
of sheared material. 1t is expected the
finishers will be kept at work several
weeks yet. Everything il quiet about
the works.
National Organizer Thomas Flynn, Of
the American Federationo of Labor. came
y Pittsburg from Washington this