The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-07-19
oEVENTY-FOUR
THOUSAND
THE NUMBER OF MEN AFFECTED
BY THE GREAT STRIKE.
BOTH SIZES CONFIDENT OF uLTI.
MATE SUCCESS.
INTERESTING OPERATIONS OF
THE CONDUST OF A BIG STRIKE.

Pittsburg, Pa, July l6.-Reports re
te.ved from al sources connected
with The great strike of the steel work
ers indicate that the members of the
Amals auated association had matters
We'll in hand md chat the strike order
was generally obeyed. kilograms
from various points where the mills Of
the American Tin Plate Co. the Amer
lean Steel aC.p 20. and the All ellCan
Sheet 81 e. 90. are .OCateu tod 81.
the snu1Dns down of these piants
large nul-Le. in many Cases IL,
plants had been shut down by the frs
strike order which aueCted the sheer
steel tie steel hoop ompanies
only The ia order brought out all
OF the union plants OF IDe american
Tin Plate GO. With the single eXCep-
ton Of the nsw mill in Monesseu,
which is still Running. Al tie ANA
gamatCd a OCistion headquarters 1t
was stated that the figures given out
Saturday night regarding the number
OF men who oJld be actually idle in
the mills OF tie three compan. es had
been proven correct. This number
was placed at $4,000.
The strike, although one of the
greatest that mas been declared in re-
cent years, Will aHect PIttsburg but
slightly. Despite the fact that this
city IS, and for years has been, the
recognized Industrial center Of the
world, Pres dent Skaters action IN
calling the men of the American Sheet
Steel, Anne lean Tin Plate and AmerI-
can Steel HOOP companies OuJ On
strike. will have but little bearing on
the commercial life Of Pittsburg. This
is a peculiar fact, but it is neverthe-
less true.
OF the $4,000 men idle, $500 are in
Pittsburg, 500 in Allegheny and 1900
in McKeesport.
President ohaffer has it in his power
to close many more Pittsburg mills,
but it is not thought that he will do
ANYTHING of a radical nature until he
is compelled to.
The American Steel Hoop Co., sup
posedly non-union, known as the
Painter mill, in West Carson street
was closed in all its branches. The
tie-up at this mill was said 10 have
been a surprise to the mill owners and
officials in charge of 1t. The other
plant. known as the Lindsay & Ne
Cutcheon mill, in Allegheny, was shut
down completely in the pudding and
bar mills All the skilled workmen
refused TO enter the mill and the COM
pany did not even operate the five fur
naces. The finishing department Of
the mill was working, and as the men
are not in to union, but it is claimed
" the wol that the employees in
that department will go out.
While all the mills of the United
States Steel Corporation are included
in the general conflict, the three COM
panies are the first attacked.
The most interesting report to the
Amalgamated men was the dispatch
from New York which said a confer
ence of manufacturers was to be held
in New York today, at which Warner
Arms, vice-president of the American
Tin Plate Co, was to present de-
tailed account of the experiences of
the committee that met the Amalgam.
ated association in this city last week,
1t was stated that the question OF
again extending the owe branch TO
the strikers or of taking ZIP the fight
and crushing the association would be
determined Generally speaking, the
workers, from President Shaffer down,
seem to be looking for some sort of a
settlement.