The sun., 1901-07-23
AFTERW ARDS
Big Meeting Of Pattern Makers
Held Last Night.
MANY JOINED THE UNION
No Change in the Situation of the
Steel Workers Who are Strik
ing for Recognition.
Other Labor News.

A renewal Of the strike at the Har-
Ian 4 IIolingsworth Company's work.
was narrowly averted yesterday morn
ing The men walked out of the sh"ll
at about 10 o'clock. A shop meeting was
called and the men went Mt once to the
Smith Building and the meeting WA"
organized by calling ex-United States
Marshal I4annan to the char. Ih'
meeting continued for two hours. HE
men voted twice on the question as t''
whether they would renew the strike o.
return to work The first vote showed
about an equal division of sentiment,
the strikers winning by Il majority "t
five. A motion to reconsider prevailed
and on the second vote those who want
I'd to return to work won by majority
of twelve. 1t was also voted that the
men return to the shop as they had
left it, altogether. The time set for
this in the motion was Z o'clock this
morning. hut great many of the men
pnSficularly those who had taken their
dinner with them when they went to
work in the morning, returned to work
yesterday afternoon
The cause Of the mems quitting work
was the reappearance of William Cross
~ and Duncan Thatcher men who de
serted the machnists' ranks during the
recent strike. MS fOremcn in the ma
chine shop. When the men returned to
work n week ago they objected to theS"
men hcing placed over them as fore
men. The agreement they had accepted
was that all the men who had been en-
gagged in the strike should return to their
old places and there should he no dis
elimination in favor or against any one.
They held that MS Crossley and Thatcher
had gone out with the strikers aud de
serted them, to return to work. thcl:
promotion to assistant foremanships
looked like n promotion. or reward foi
their course, and that would be unpleas-
ant to the men. When this objection,
was made by the men the firm agreed "a
recind the appointments of these fore
men and they were sent to their old
places in the shop.
That condition continued during tn
week and everything appeared to b'
going along nicely. The men were glad
to get back to work, and the people o!
the city generally were rejoicing over til,
happy ending of the strike. Yesterday
morning when the men went to work
Mcssrs. Crossley ana Thatcher reappear
ed as foremen. Discomfort was Mt one,
apparent The members of the com
mittec that managed the recent strike
wpre called upon to inquire into TIN
matter The men held that the reap
pcarance of these men indicated 4 re
pu,liation Of the agreement of weel
ago by the Harlan 4 liollingswortl
Company. MessrS Campbell and Blake
nf the committee called on General Fore
man Holt, reporting the trouble an'
the cause Of It. The committee tol'
Mr.. Holt that the men would not -worl
under the new assistant forcmen, an'
was asked what the promotion Of these
men Indicated. Mr.. Holt's reply wa
that il was an experiment, and that III
thought the matter would adjust itself
When Mr. Holt was asked If the pro
motions were to he permanent he replies
n that they had been made upon the or,ler
of the firm and would have to stand.
2& Appeal was then made to Mr.. Il
q jackson Shaw. Mr.. Shaw appeared It
s De fairly and kindly disposed toward tn
IA men and repeated what Mr.. Holt ha'
Z said about the promotion of Crossley am
Thatchcr being an experiment. and tn
committeeman were hopeful Of an nd
jnstment Of the difficulty at once.
conference between Mr.. Shaw and MI
Holt appeared to change Mr. Shaw
# ppinion of the matter, and he informe
the committee that the promotion
would have to stand. The committc
fhep reported to the men the result =
n shop meeting held at the works. TIL
men decided to omit work, and adjourne
% At the Smith Building the large sont
the Smith Building the large sout
side room on the third floor was crowde
with men. They had come from thei
e.. machines and benches. and many =
'M them brought their dinner baskets wit
IS them. They were all of one mind abor
the cause of their leaving the shop. an
|M were ready to resent what they We're il
|S clined to believe was not only ~
X NS pudiation of the terms granted by Ill
firm when they returned to work. b,
was also n reflection upon the workme
{ members of the Machinists' Union, an
then they We're ready to strike and sta
out of the shop until Messrs Crosss
Nj and Thatcher were removed from the
positions of authority.
tN The organization Mt the Smith Bull
Ming was effected by calling ex-Unitt
Nj States Marshal Iannan to the chair M
M Rthe election of Thomas Lawless. seer
liktary.
MIN A statement of what occurred at ii
between the shop commi
ilYttccs and Messrs. Shaw and Holt. WI
NJ matle by ..r. Campbell and Mr.. Blak
llliepeatng substantially what has bee
All siven as the matter of that conferen
f}N above. Tn introducing what he sal
Nll Mr.. Campbell advised the men to Ike,
" iool and collected. to think about Il
inestions involved and to act wisel
III Ie deprecated this new contentio
" hpkly admitted that he felt that Z
fn had cause to complain hut appeal
NJ l their hest judgment in making th'
VI yrision. He urged unity of action, NJ
hdged himself to abide by whatev
Ecision they might make.
MI wv. III. Blake of the committee folio
\, Mr.. Campbell, he repeated what h