Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-22
FIGHT TO FINISH NOW
Trust Officials Will Open Mills With
Non-Union Men.
NO PROSPECT OF ARBITRATION
Efforts in That Direction Have
Produced No Result.
MILLS START UP TODAY
MILLS START UP TODAY

Specihl rom u StdH correspondent
PITTSBURG, Pa, August 22-The latest
effort to compromise the strike has mani
tested no result as yet. The steel trust is
now to force the fighting. An aggressive
policy is to be pursued toward the strikers.
Idle mills are to be started up rapidly as
men can be brought in from other states.
Men strike to be paid off and their
places declared vacant, to be filled hereafter
with non-union men. The strong arm of the
law is to be invoked to protect nOn-unlon
men introduced into the mills. Three idle
mills in this region were started up this
morning Nearly 200 city policemen were
utilized as escort and guard at O'Clock
this morning to open the Star tin mill In
this city. The reserves from one station
were required last night to keep down
threatened riot of striking Hungarians at
another mill. Great excitement exists in
McKeesport this morning over threatened
attempt to start the Demmler mills at that
place.
The steel trust officials say there is to be
no halting in their policy from this time on.
which, they declare, is to reopen their mills
and operate them with nOn-unfOn men,
They declare they will eventually accom-
plish this object and profess themselves to
be Indifferent as to the time that may be
required in which to do 1t. This is birds
eye view of the situation at the opening OF
business this morning.
DisapDofntment in Business Circles.
Great disappointment is expressed in
business circles over the seemingly certain
failure of the arbitration scheme. The
steel managers distrust of the ability or
the AmaIgamated board to carry out an
agreement is believed to be the cause OF
the failure. Undoubtedly the most signih-
cant move on the board is the notification
of the trust managers to the men on strike
to appear and receive their money in ad-
vance of the regular pay day. The Ma
tonal Tube Workers are to be paid on
ten days in advance. The Milwaukee strik-
ers have been notified that they will be
paid in full including the withheld reserve
fund of JI2 per cent Accompanying that
notice was the declaration of the superin-
tendent that all contracts are now off and
the trust will demand the right to employ
non-union men.
This action which will be general
throughout the trusts mills taken IN con-
reCtion with the declared intention of the
trust to start its mills wherever possible,
is believed to forecast lively times for the
near future.
No man connected with the steel trust
will admit for q moment doubt of the out
come of the strike. All say that the steel
trust can stand 1t longer than the men;
that the trust will control the price of
steel, and that while the output Is now
curtailed the orders will have to be filled
some time and when they are filled it will
be at prices to compensate for present
losses.
Interesting Morning Scene.
Very interesting scenes were witnessed
-, T-,.;, ard a1n
TO the Star tin plate mills in Pittsburg
about O'Clock this morning. The gather
ing of 80 policemen about the depot
caused the announcement to be made that
strike breakers were to be brought IN.
The news soon spread among the work
men. and in a short time an enormous
crowd had gathered about the depot.
The train bringing the strike breakers
rolled in at 4;45 q IN. The police 1mme-
diately cleared lane. and, surrounding
the workers. escorted them TO the Star
mills where the fires had been started.
The strikers attempted no demonstration
of violence and We're not permitted to ap-
pr0ach near enough to the new men to
talk with them. The men will be housed in
the mill and fed on the premises.
The Demmler mills at McKeesport are in
readiness to start. and a game OF strategy
the strikers on one side to get the strike
breakers i'm and the other hand to keep
.hem out. The strike leaders are doing
their best TO restrain violence, realizing
that a row once started would probably
sumo serious proportions. Another mill at
the Lindsay plant was started UP this
morning, strike breakers having been snug
gled I'm during the night. Reports from
Irondale and Weilsville announce great ex-
element among the strikers over threaten
ed attempts TO start up more mills.
Notice to Strike Leaders.
The police authorities of Pittsburg have
notified the officers Of the Amalgamated
Association that they must instruct the
strikers. and especially the foreigners. that
the right Of non-union men to work Will
be enforced In this city, and that the strik-
ers must net gather on nor obstruct the
streets. This action is considered important,
indicating that the attempts Of the steel
managers to start their mills will be aided
by the police. II is In contrast to the situa-
tion at McKeesport, where the city author
tiles lean to the side of the strikers. The
Pittsburg police department has taken all
precautions, IT Is said. necessary to handle
any situation that may arise.
The Anal lgamated officials vehementIy
disayow intention on the part of the strik-
ers to do violence. and say they will uphold
the police in enforcement OF the law. All
recognize that the danger to be apprehend-
ed is the ignorance and violence OF the
Huns and Slavs, most of whom cannot
speak English. but who are usually quick
to fight and are easily stampeded into an
outbreak N. o. NJ.
WARNING TO FOREIGNERS.
Alleged Ignorance of English Will