The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-15
President Shaffer's Orders to the
Steel Workers Will Probably
Be Obeyed To-Day.
THREE PLANTS TO BE TIED UP.
Plan Is to Show the Steel Trust the
Power of the Amalgamated AS
citation by Successive Orders
Extending the Struggle.



Q SEES NO CHANCE FOR .
. SYMPATHETIC STRIKE. .
. Pittsburg. July 14.-willis L. King. .
Q vice chairman Of the Board of Man q
. ayers Of Jones & Laughlin's. an In .
. dependent corporation. discussing the .
q strike. says: .
. Should the fight become very Bit .
. ter and be long out. can see .
. no earthly hope Of the workingmen q
q winning. They could cause much q
. trouble. but do not think they could .
. ever come out victorious. What eff q
. feet the strike is going to have upon .
. the independent mills. I cannot say q
Q at this time. There Is but one way q
. In which the strikers can make .
. trouble for them. and that Is to go q
. into the mills and organize them. q
. This will be difficult matter. and in Q
. consequence think the Independent .
. mills will not be drawn into the dis .
. pute for long time. at least. II at .
Q all. can see no possible chance Of Q
q sympathetic strike upon the part Q
. OF the nonunionists'' q
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Pittsburg. Pa. July 1A-From present in
dications 1t looks probable that President
SHAKERS strike order issued last night to
the Amalgamated Association members in
the employ OF the American Steel Hoop
Company, the American Sheet Steel Com
pany and the American Tin Plate Company
will be obeyed and the great struggle be-
tween the Amalgamated Association and
the steel companies will be on in earnest
tomorrow.
In the union mills Of the three companies
against which strike has been declared. 1t
is predicted that not q wheel would turn
tomorrow. An effort will be made also to
close down some OF the nonunion mills OF
the companies and to cripple the rest. The
AmalgaMated Association people are very
sanguine OF success.
The strike was not Of our own selecting -
said President shaffer to-day. 1T was
forced upon us. We are not contending for
wages. but for principles-for self-preserva-
ton. The tin and sheet people will not be
able to turn q single wheel tomorrow. We
have our forces thoroughly organised and
there Will be some surprises in store.
have not heard to-day from a single lodge
IN answer to my strike order. but an an
river Is not necessary.
THE order will be promptly obeyed by oil
our men. But there will be no trouble
Labor organizations have changed. The
Amalgamated Association Is not the asso.
citation 1t was twenty years ago. not even
five years ago. The men are more readily
control"
1000 to Go Ont At Newcastle.
A report from Newcastle, Pa, tonight
says:
Fully 1000 men will be affected In this
city by the Amalgamated strike. OF these
1000 are employed In the Shenango pant
and Loo in the Greer plant OF the American
Tin Plate Company, and 600 at the steel
plant Of the National Steel Company. The
men OF the latter mill were not called out
by President Shaffer, but notices were post
ed there to-day stating that the plant will
not be In operation tomorrow.
Men Ready for Long Struggle.
connellsviile says; The employees Of The
Humbert plant OF the American Tin Plate
/ the balance tonight. They do not know
Just how the situation stands. and are
waiting for other tin-plate plants to talk
the lead. The Humbert mill Is known as 9
nonunion mill.
At Greenville 100 men will be affected b.
1 the strike, and the great majority are IA
vorable to hoid-.:Gt to the end. in sup
port Of the dem lands Of their leaders, TIL
local mill shut DOWN two weeks ago o.
account OF extreme hot weLther. but IN
| mon were anxsoa5 TO sc on.
/ The report from New JScnsi:Eton II. nigh
Is: In compliance with President Shaffer'
l strike order, the members of the Amalga
| mated Association employed In the Pitts
burg and Pennsylvania plants Ut the Amer
ican Tin Plate Company at this place. vii
not resume work .o-mcrrcw.
Although the men are disappointed tina